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The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), The Dalton -Atlanta operations. (search)
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 45 : Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge . (search)
Chapter 45: Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge.
On August 20th the bloody battle of Chickamauga was fought and our troops slept inside the intrenchments of the enemy.
A month later Brigadier-General William Preston who was a gallant figure in the fight, was sent to Mexico, with authority to recognize and treat with the new Emperor Maximilian.
The defeat of Rosecrans's army at Chickamauga was complete, but the failure to promptly follow up the victory rendered it a barren one to the Confederates.
Bragg's army remained on the field of battle twenty-four hours, burying the dead and collecting arms, before the advance was begun, and then, moving slowly, found Rosecrans behind earthworks in and around Chattanooga.
Bragg immediately posted his army along Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain, and planned to drive Rosecrans out of Chattanooga, or to starve him into surrender.
In this situation, General Grant was assigned to the command in Tennessee.
On October 23d he ar
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1863 , October (search)
October 16.
General Bragg, in command of the rebel army of the Tennessee, issued the following General Orders from his headquarters at Missionary Ridge, Ga.:
In order to augment the strength of the army, and to give to our brave soldiers an opportunity to visit home and provide for their families during the coming winter, the following rule is adopted:
1. A furlough of not exceeding forty days will be granted to every non-commissioned officer and private who secures a recruit for his company.
2. The recruit must be received and mustered into service, and be doing duty in the company before the application for furlough is forwarded.
3. In all applications made in pursuance of section first, the commanding officer of the company will certify that the applicant has obtained an approved recruit who has been mustered into the service, and is present with the company, doing duty.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1863 , December (search)
December 2.
General Braxton Bragg issued a general order from his headquarters at Dalton, Ga., transferring the command of the rebel forces to Lieutenant-General Hardee who, on assuming the position announced, in orders, that there was no cause for discouragement.
The overwhelming numbers of the enemy forced us back from Missionary Ridge; but the army is still intact and in good heart; our losses were small, and were rapidly replaced.
The country is looking to you with painful interest.
I feel I can rely upon you. The weak need to be cheered by the constant successes of the victors of Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga, and require such stimulant to sustain their courage and resolution.
Let the past take care of itself.
We care more to secure the future.
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Memorandum for Colonel Browne , Aide-de-camp . (search)
Ringgold, battle of
When, on Nov. 25, 1863, the Confederates retreated from Missionary Ridge towards Ringgold they destroyed the bridges behind them.
Early the next morning, Sherman, Palmer, and Hooker were sent in pursuit.
Both Sherman and Palmer struck a rear-guard of the fugitives late on the same day, and the latter captured three guns from them.
At Greysville Sherman halted and sent Howard to destroy a large section of the railway which connected Dalton with Cleveland, and thus severed the communication between Bragg and Burnside.
Hooker, meanwhile, had pushed on to Ringgold, Osterhaus leading, Geary following, and Cruft in the rear, making numerous prisoners of stragglers.
At a deep gorge General Cleburne, covering Bragg's retreat, made a stand, with guns well posted.
Hooker's guns had not yet come up, and his impatient troops were permitted to attack the Confederates with small-arms only.
A severe struggle ensued, and in the afternoon, when some of Hooker's guns were
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, Index. (search)
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 9 : (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Chickamauga . (search)