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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 37 3 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 2 2 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 2 2 Browse Search
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) 2 0 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Cavalry operations in the West under Rosecrans and Sherman. (search)
to increase this branch of his army materially. The authorities at Washington do not seem to have appreciated the necessities of the case as fully as himself. Some increase, however, was made, by the coming of new regiments. And while General Stanley was on the alert for all the necessary purposes of the army in position, General Rosecrans organized, in the spring of 1863, for a cavalry raid around the rear of Bragg's army. For this purpose seventeen hundred men were placed under Colonel A. D. Streight, with directions to embark on transports on the Tennessee River at Fort Henry and proceed to Eastport, Mississippi. Colonel Streight reached Eastport and set out thence April 21st. He reached Tuscumbia, Alabama, April 24th, and by May 1st was at Blountsville, Alabama. His objective was Rome, Georgia; but when near Cedar Bluffs, Alabama, twenty-eight miles from Rome, he was attacked and defeated by Forrest. Colonel Streight himself and thirteen hundred men were captured and carried
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Nashville, Dec. 15-16, 1864. (search)
; 28th Ky., Lieut.-Col. J. Rowan Boone; 26th Ohio, Capt. William Clark; 97th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Milton Barnes. Brigade loss: k, 4; w, 57; m, 1 == 62. Third Brigade, Col. Joseph Conrad: 42d Ill., Lieut.-Col. Edgar D. Swain; 51st Ill., Capt. Albert M. Tilton; 79th Ill., Col. Allen Buckner; 15th Mo., Capt. George Ernst; 64th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Robert C. Brown; 65th Ohio, Maj. Orlow Smith. Brigade loss: k, 8; w, 47; m, 2 == 57. Third division, Brig.-Gen. Samuel Beatty. First Brigade, Col. Abel D. Streight: 89th Ill., Lieut.-Col. William D. Williams; 51st Ind., Capt. William W. Scearce; 8th Kan., Lieut.-Col. John Conover; 15th Ohio, Col. Frank Askew, Lieut.-Col. John McClenahan; 49th Ohio, Maj. Luther M. Strong, Capt. Daniel Hart-sough. Brigade loss: k, 40; w, 204 == 244. Second Brigade, Col. P. Sidney Post, Lieut.-Col. Robert L. Kimberly: 59th Ill., Maj. James M. Stookey; 41st Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Robert L. Kimberly, Capt. Ezra Dunham; 71st Ohio, Lieut.-Col. James H. Hart, Capt. William