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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 149 3 Browse Search
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott) 125 9 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 92 6 Browse Search
Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States. 88 2 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 83 3 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 70 4 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 60 0 Browse Search
Col. J. Stoddard Johnston, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 9.1, Kentucky (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 53 5 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1 51 1 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 41 5 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., In command in Missouri. (search)
ter and the Cumberland, are strongly secessionist, it becomes imperatively necessary to have the cooperation of the loyal Union forces under Generals Anderson and Nelson, as well as of those already encamped opposite Louisville, under Colonel Rousseau. I have reenforced, yesterday, Paducah with two regiments, and will continue tois force, in-. creased if possible, by two Ohio regiments, in boats to Henderson, and, taking the Henderson and Nashville railroad, occupy Hopkinsville; while General Nelson should go with a force of five thousand by railroad to Louisville, and from there to Bowling Green. As the population in all the counties through which the aumbus. The foregoing disposition having been effected, a combined attack will be made upon Columbus, and, if successful in that, upon Hickman, while Rousseau and Nelson will move in concert. by railroad to Nashville, Tenn., occupying the State capital, and, with an adequate force, New Providence. The conclusion of this movement
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Holding Kentucky for the Union. (search)
t striking figures of the period was Lieutenant William Nelson of the navy. He was a man of heroich, the Union mayor, a brigade of Major-General William Nelson. From a photograph. On the mornait House, Louisville. General Davis shot General Nelson, who died almost instantly.-editors. two fcars. On the day after the August election Nelson's recruits began to gather at his rendezvous. tion and organize men to receive the arms that Nelson was to bring. This was found to be impracticats gathered at Greensburg by General Ward, and Nelson's forces at Camp Dick Robinson,--none of whichast Tennessee expedition was not progressing. Nelson, whose arbitrary temper had made him enemies aen, was a Major-General in the Union army. General Nelson, who had advanced against him with two Ohimmand the Fourth Division. On this expedition Nelson reported as part of his force, thirty-six gentecretary, brought about an altercation between Nelson and a wagoner nearly as large, which narrowly [10 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The battle of Shiloh. (search)
ys after, I was unable to walk except with crutches. Mrs. Crump's House. On the 5th General Nelson, with a division of Buell's army, arrived at Savannah, and I ordered him to move up the eastsed for the day, and was placed on the right. Thus night came, Wallace came, and the advance of Nelson's division came, but none unless night — in time to be of material service to the gallant men whredit them with doing all there was for them to do. During the night of the 6th the remainder of Nelson's division, Buell's army, crossed the river, and were ready to advance in the morning, forming tlows: General Lew Wallace on the right, Sherman on his left; then McClernand, and then Hurlbut. Nelson, of Buell's army, was on our extreme left, next to the river; Crittenden was next in line after Nelson, and on his right; McCook followed, and formed the extreme right of Buell's command. My old command thus formed the right wing, while the troops directly under Buell constituted the left wing
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Shiloh reviewed. (search)
o follow rapidly with the headquarters train. Nelson had already arrived and gone into camp, and Crrn what word if any had been received from General Nelson, whose division you expected soon to arriv been timely and repeatedly sent, and that General Nelson's division might soon be expected by the was identical with the second position taken by Nelson and Crittenden on Monday, and it was equally fom the landing, with the reserve artillery and Nelson's and Crittenden's divisions on the left, and in a heavy storm of rain. About 12 P. M. General Nelson's leading columns passed through my line ater the commencement of the battle in front of Nelson. General Hurlbut says: On Monday, about 8 y General Grant's order, but by the advance of Nelson's division, along the River road in line of bae Albert Sidney Johnston fell were in front of Nelson. Without following the vicissitudes of theth great fury from an earlier hour in front of Nelson and Crittenden on the left, and vigorously but[24 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The opposing forces at Shiloh. (search)
homas J. Harrison; 15th Ohio, Maj. William Wallace; 49th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Albert M. Blackman. Brigade loss: k, 25; w, 220; m, 2 =247, Artillery H, 5th U. S., Capt. William R. Terrill. Artillery loss: k, 1; w, 13 =14. Fourth division, Brig.-Gen. William Nelson. Tenth Brigade, Col. Jacob Ammen 36th Ind., Col. William Grose; 6th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Nicholas L. Anderson; 24th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Frederick C. Jones. Brigade loss: k, 16; w, 106; m, 8 = 130. Nineteenth Brigade, Col. William B. Hazeew Wallace brought 5000 more after nightfall. . . . Excluding the troops who fled, panic-stricken, before they had fired a shot, there was not a time during the 6th when we had more than 25,000 men in line. On the 7th Buell brought 20,000 more (Nelson's, Crittenden's, and McCook's divisions). Of his remaining two divisions Thomas's did not reach the field during the engagement; Wood's arrived before firing had ceased, but not in time to be of much service. General M. F. Force, in From Fort He
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., chapter 12.46 (search)
Home Guards assembled in the State under General Robert Anderson, of Fort Sumter fame, who had with him such enterprising corps commanders as Sherman, Thomas, and Nelson. the Confederacy had some four thousand ill-armed and ill-equipped troops at Cumberland Gap under General Zollicoffer, guarding the only line of railroad comm543. but at Crump's Landing, five or six miles distant, was General Lew Wallace's division with 8820 present, and 7771 men present for duty. [see page 538.] General Nelson's division of Buell's army had arrived at Savannah on Saturday morning, and was now about five miles distant; Crittenden's division also had arrived on the m nightfall. . . . The rest were either killed, wounded, captured, or scattered in inextricable and hopeless confusion for miles along the banks of the river. General Nelson describes them as cowering under the river-bank, . . . frantic with fright and utterly demoralized. At this crisis came from General Beauregard an order fo
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., chapter 12.47 (search)
water transportation would be furnished for his brigade of Nelson's division, Army of the Ohio, on the 7th or 8th of April, cked, for instead of dispatching to the field the whole of Nelson's division by steamers, he ordered it to march thither by ery. At this critical instant, Colonel Ammen's brigade of Nelson's division of Buell's army was brought across the Tennessessential division. By 7 P. M. the night before, all of Nelson's division had been thrown across the Tennessee, and durinide and established half a mile in advance, to the left of Nelson. Lew Wallace's division of General Grant's army also had ce's division numbered 5000 men of all arms, with 12 guns; Nelson's division, 4541 strong, officers and men, with 18 guns. s. After exchanging some shots with Forrest's cavalry, Nelson's division was confronted with a composite force embracingma, supported by well-posted batteries, and so stoutly was Nelson received that his division had to recede somewhat. Advanc
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The March of Lew Wallace's division to Shiloh. (search)
ed survey of the field would indicate the distance as somewhat greater. General Wallace estimates it as over 14 miles, of which quite 5 miles were through mire so deep that the axles of my guns left wakes behind them as if mud-scows had been dragged that way. Captain Brown, who studied the route in 1884, estimates it at between 13 and 14 miles. Not considering the comparative difficulties of the two marches, the map indicates little difference in the speed of Wallace's division and that of Nelson's leading brigade (Ammen) from Savannah to Pittsburg Landing (1:30 to 5). Ammen in his diary dwells on the extreme difficulties of his route, which lay largely through swamps impassable by artillery. Documents submitted by General Wallace. I. Letter found on the person of General W. H. L. Wallace, after he had received a mortal wound at Shiloh, and sent by his widow to General Grant [see foot-note, page 468; printed also in the Century and in the Personal memoirs of U. S. Grant ]: