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's brigade of rebel infantry, and reached Stewart's Creek, the Third Kentucky gallantly charging thegley's division on to join Crittenden at Stewart's Creek, and moved Rousseau's to Nolinsville. leven miles. Rousseau was to remain at Stewart's Creek until his train came up, and prepare himstwo brigades, was ordered down early from Stewart's Creek, leaving one brigade there, and sending aillery at the cross-roads, northwest from Stewart's Creek. The enemy's cavalry fell back rapidly ber, the Fourth U. S. cavalry left camp at Stewart's Creek, leaving the train and baggage under charh Ohio infantry, stationed in our rear at Stewart's Creek. Another body of about forty men startedad from Nashville, and we came upon it at Stewart's Creek. Gen. McCook's corps, constituting the riemed that the enemy would make a stand on Stewart's Creek, that being a good line of defence. Thatheadquarters advanced to the east side of Stewart's Creek, and after a hasty supper he proceeded to[11 more...]
t of Stone River. The disposition made for the unequal contest will appear from the inclosed map marked two, and a copy of memoranda to General and statffofficers marked three. These arrangements were all completed before the enemy crossed Stewart's Creek, nine miles out, and the infantry brigades were at once called in, and the cavalry was ordered to fall back more rapidly — having most gallantly discharged its duty, and fully accomplislied the objects desired. Late on Monday it became appar General Polk's advance at La Vergne. Heavy skirmishing Friday and Saturday last week, on both lines. Result found, on Sunday morning, a confederate battle-line, say six miles long, three to four miles in front of Murfreesboro, Yankees at Stewart's Creek, ten miles from there advancing upon Bridgeport and Chattanooga. That day and Monday we intrenched and got otherwise ready. Yankees approached slowly, getting ready too. They say fifty thousand strong — we ragged rebels, about thirty thous
Doc. 146.-battle at Murfreesboro, Tenn. Lieut.-General Polk's official report. headquarters Polk's corps D'Armer, army of Tennessee, Shelbyville, February 28, 1863. To Colonel G. W. Brent, A. A.G.: sir: I have the honor to submit the following official report of the operations of my corps in the battles on Stone River in front of Murfreesboro. One of my brigades, that of Gen. Maney, was on outpost duty in front of Stewart's Creek, and, with a cavalry brigade under Gen. Wheeler, was held in observation. The enemy made a general forward movement on the twenty-sixth in their immediate front, and they were ordered to retire slowly upon the line of battle which the General Commanding had decided to adopt on Stone River, a short distance from Murfreesboro. On the evening of the twenty-eighth my brigade struck their tents and retired their baggage-trains to the rear, and on the morning of the twenty-ninth they were placed in line of battle. As the brigades composing