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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 56 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) 29 1 Browse Search
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 25 3 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 24 4 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore) 16 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 10 4 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 10 6 Browse Search
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War 8 4 Browse Search
Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 8 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore) 6 0 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Bragg's invasion of Kentucky. (search)
vanced vigorously to succor the garrison at Munfordville, the head of his column being opposed by caow, to start early on the 15th en route for Munfordville. On the next day he reached that place, boe recent affair before the intrenchments at Munfordville to half that of the enemy, I could not prud command had been ordered from Lexington to Munfordville even as late as the 12th, a battle with Bueu will contest the passage of that river at Munfordville to that end. Buell heard of Bragg's move force 49,776. The losses at Richmond and Munfordville were very slight, compared to the daily dep the part of General Buell would have saved Munfordville and its garrison of 4200 men; that proper cptember 18th, when we caught Buell south of Munfordville. Bragg could not have attacked at Altamontterms.--editors. After the surrender of Munfordville he could by September 21st have reached Louee the end immediately after his victory at Munfordville. He could certainly have crippled Buell to[6 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Morgan's cavalry during the Bragg invasion. (search)
and General Smith's entire army, Stevenson having arrived, was marching to effect a junction with Bragg. We left Lexington on the 6th, and until the 10th were employed in preventing the debouchment of Sill's and Dumont's divisions (Federal) from the rough country west of Frankfort, where they were demonstrating to induce Bragg to believe that Buell's at-tack would be delivered from that direction when the latter had in reality marched to Perryville. After General Bragg had moved from Munfordville to Bardstown, the entire Confederate strategic line, including the disposition of the forces under General Smith, may be described as extending from Bardstown on the left flank, via Lexington, to Mount Sterling on the extreme right. It was one admirably adapted for defense. However threatened, the troops could be marched to the point menaced by excellent interior roads, and favorable ground for battle was available wherever attack was probable. The base at Bryantsville was secure, and
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., East Tennessee and the campaign of Perryville. (search)
ad already strengthened the guards at Bowling Green and Munfordville. To continue to draw from the front was not yet to be ning of the 15th. I there learned that the garrison at Munfordville had been attacked, but the result was not certainly kno was ascertained that he had marched the day before for Munfordville, the garrison of which, it was also ascertained, had re. The next day, at Prewett's Knob, thirteen miles from Munfordville, I learned that the garrison had that morning surrenderrew during the night. His rear-guard was driven out of Munfordville the next day, and was pressed by our advanced guard untl report General Bragg states that he offered battle at Munfordville. No doubt he was willing to fight on his own terms at hat Bragg and Smith united would have overwhelmed me at Munfordville. The disappointment of calculations pending the eventsthe Ohio; later it was racing to get the lead of him at Munfordville; and at that point, astonished to find himself not atta
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 7.83 (search)
e also the corps of Polk and Hardee were ordered to unite. Buell was now moving on Bowling Green from the south. On the 16th our army surrounded and invested Munfordville, and General Wilder, with its garrison of four thousand men, was forced to capitulate. General Kirby Smith, having found Morgan's position impregnable, detachtered at Richmond, Ky. He was relying on an early junction with General Bragg. On the 17th of September Generals Polk and Hardee were called to a council at Munfordville. With the map and the cavalry dispatches out-spread before him, General Bragg placed General Buell and his army in our rear, with Munfordville on the direct lMunfordville on the direct line of his march to Louisville, the General Braxton Bragg, C. S. A. From a War-time photograph. assumed objective point of his movement, General Bragg then explaining his plan, which was discussed and approved by his lieutenants. Our advance was then resumed, leaving General Buell to pursue his march unmolested. This action