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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The battle of Chickamauga-letter from Captain W. N. Polk. (search)
g, Lieutenant-General Polk:  Walker's corps5,175 Cheatham's division7,000 Stewart's division4,398 Cleburne's division5,115      Total infantry and artillery21,688  Cavalry2,000      Total23,688      Loss about4,000  Confederate left wing, Major-General Hood:  Johnson's division3,683 Laws's division about3,000 Trigg's brigade1,536      Total infantry and artillery8,219      Loss about2,000 In reserve, not engaged, 2 brigade's, Preston's3,270  Right wing:  Hill's corps.Breckinridge3,769 Cleburne4,670 Walker's corps.Liddell4,355 Gist Gist's Brigade arrived about 10 A. M.--20th.  Cheatham6,000      Total18,814  Cavalry, (Forrest's)3,500      Aggregate22,314  Of the infantry of this wing 4,749 were fresh troops.   Left wing:  Buckner's corps.Preston4,078 Stewart3,750 Hindman's division6,100 Hood's corps.Johnson  Law  Kershaw       Total Longstreet's Report, page 375, vol. X, Rebellion Record.22,849  Ca
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Roster of troops at battle of Chickamauga. (search)
Right wing--General Orittenden and McCook. Wood's division4,125 Barnes's brigade, about1,800 Davis's division2,971 Negley's division4,349 One brigade, Sheridan's division1,373   Total, infantry14,618   Artillery, about1,000 Wilder's brigade Being unable to ascertain General Wilder's force, the total of this wing cannot be given.--mounted infantry Confederate forces Sept. 20th--General Bragg Commanding. Right wing--Lieutenant-General Polk. Hill's corps.Breckinridge3,769 Cleburne4,670 Walker's corps.Liddell,4,355 Gist, Cheatham's division6,000    Total18,814 Cavalry, (Forrest's)3,500    Aggregate22,314 Of the infantry of this wing 4,749 were fresh troops.  Left wing--Lieutenant-General Longstreet. Buckner's corps.Preston4,078 Stewart3,750 Hindman's division6,100 Hood's corps.Johnson  Law  Kershaw     Total22,840 Cavalry (Wheeler's)4,000    Aggregate26,849    Of the infantry of this wing 10,900 were fresh tro
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Battle of Johnsonville. (search)
daylight, I found myself Captain of a cavalry company attached to General H. B. Lyon's brigade, then at Fort Heiman, on the west bank of the Tennessee river. Until this time I had been continuously employed in the artillery service under General Breckinridge, then consecutively under Generals Bate, Cheatham, Helm, Preston and Lewis, with sixty days service in heavy artillery during the siege of Vicksburg. My battery was familiarly known as the First Kentucky or Cobb's battery. General H. B. and that was all he said, but a few days afterwards he selected me to carry his report to Chancellorsville and Richmond, where I had the pleasure of describing the main points of the final destruction of Johnsonville to both Generals Lee and Breckinridge. Hoping I have not tired you, and hoping I have not greatly mistaken anything, I will close. Truly, your friend, F. P. Gracey, Captain Cobb's First Kentucky Battery. Our command encamped the night of the 2d two miles below and acros