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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The defense of Knoxville. (search)
f to a section where Union sentiments were known to exist to a very considerable extent. It was accordingly arranged that Rosecrans should move from Murfreesboro' against Bragg, while a force should be organized in central Kentucky to move toward Knoxville in cooperation. The latter movement was intrusted to General Burnside, who occupied Knoxville on the 2d of September, 1863, with part of the Twenty-third Corps, and on the 9th received the surrender of the Confederate force under General John W. Frazer at Cumberland Gap. The greater portion of General Burnside's force was now expected to move down the Valley of the Tennessee to a connection (possibly a junction) with Rosecrans, then at Chattanooga or its vicinity. This involved leaving Knoxville to be held by a small force, and rendered it necessary to fortify the place. Accordingly, as chief engineer, I was instructed to arrange for a garrison of 600 men, intended only to hold the place against a cavalry dash. During the e
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 7: Confederate armies and generals (search)
rdered Major-General Sterling Price to move into Missouri. It was expected that the various independent bands could be organized and bring at least twenty thousand recruits into the Confederate army. Price's force, consisting of the divisions of Fagan, Marmaduke, and Shelby, amounted to nearly twelve thousand men, and is variously called the Army of the Missouri, Price's Expeditionary Corps, and the Army in the Field. After a Confederate generals--no. 12 Mississippi John W. Frazer commanded a brigade. Samuel J. Gholson commanded a brigade. William F. Tucker led a brigade under Hood. Benjamin G. Humphries led a brigade in Virginia. William E. Baldwin, commander of a brigade at Mobile. Jacob H. sharp led a brigade in General Polk's Corps. Claudius W. Sears, originally Colonel of the 46th Regt. Robert Lowry, commander of a brigade. William F. Brantly commanded a brigade in Tennessee. Douglas H. Cooper, leader of Indian troops. very active cam
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), General officers of the Confederate Army: a full roster compiled from the official records (search)
10, 1863. Doles, George, Nov. 1, 1862. Drayton, T. F., Sept. 25, 1861. Duke, Basil W., Sept. 15, 1864. Duncan, J. K., Jan. 7, 1862. Echols, John, April 16, 1862. Ector, M. D., Aug. 23, 1862. Evans, C. A., May 19, 1864. Evans, Nathan G., Oct. 21, 1861. Farney, Wm. H., Feb. 15, 1865. Featherson, W. S., Mar. 4, 1862. Ferguson, S. W., July 23, 1863. Finegan, Joseph, April 5, 1862. Finley, Jesse J., Nov. 16, 1863. Floyd, John B., May 23, 1861. Forney, John H., Mar. 10, 1862. Frazer, John W., May 19, 1863. Frost, Daniel M., Mar. 3, 1862. Gano, Rich. M., Mar. 17, 1865. Gardner, Wm. M., Nov. 14, 1861. Garland, Sam., Jr. , May 2, 1862. Garnett, Rich. B., Nov. 14, 1861. Garnett, Robt. S., June 6, 1861. Garrott, I. W., May 28, 1863. Gartrell, Lucius J., Aug. 22, 1864. Gary, Martin W., May 19, 1864. Gatlin, Richard C., July 8, 1861. Gholson, S. J., May 6, 1864. Gist, States R., Mar. 20, 1862. Gladden, A. H., Sept. 30, 1861. Godwin, Arch. C., Aug. 5, 1864. Gordon, J
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
d those who served under his orders, will long remember his deeds and virtues. Brigadier-General John W. Frazer Brigadier-General John W. Frazer was a native of Tennessee, and was appointed to tBrigadier-General John W. Frazer was a native of Tennessee, and was appointed to the United States military academy from Mississippi. At his graduation in 1849 he was promoted to brevet second lieutenant. He served in garrison at Fort Columbus, N. Y.; on frontier duty at San Miguhe rank in the regular army of captain of infantry. When the Eighth Alabama was organized, Captain Frazer was appointed by the war department, lieutenant-colonel. After serving with this regiment a in a skirmish at Corinth; was with Bragg in the Kentucky campaign, and under the command of Colonel Frazer was slightly engaged at Munfordville, Ky. Subsequently he resigned, and on May 19, 1863, wasge of Cumberland Gap in September, when the Union army under Burnside approached that post. General Frazer, finding that Knoxville had been occupied by the Union forces and that General Buckner had b
The Daily Dispatch: October 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 15 (search)
Gen. John W. Frazer, who surrendered Cumberland Gap, is a native of Tennessee, and was a captain in the 9th U. S. infantry when the war broke out. A fine Arabian steed, for President Davis, has arrived at Wilmington, N. C., from Nassau. Among the stump orators in Ohio against Vallandigham was Gen. Thos. F. Meagher. The swindles of Livingston in Savannah, Ga., alone, now turn out to be over $600,000. The Alabama nail factory, at Girard, advertises nails at $1.25 per pound.