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Rally Hill (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
as not practicable east of the road, I changed the direction of the march to the left into the road and found Bate's division preparing to cross the stream. After reaching the north bank of the stream, I was ordered to pursue the road leading in the direction of the Caldwell place, while Cleburne's and Bate's divisions moved at an angle to the left; but before reaching the Dr. Caldwell house, I was ordered to change the direction of my column to the left, and we reached the Lewisburg, or Rally Hill pike, near the toll-gate, a distance of one and a half mile from Spring Hill. This was within an hour or an hour and a half of sunset. I could distinctly see the enemy in force, both infantry and artillery, at Spring Hill, but did not, and perhaps could not at that point, see either troops or wagons, moving on the Columbia pike. Forrest's cavalry were on higher ground northeast of my position. I was ordered to form line of battle and take Spring Hill. Gist's brigade and the detachment
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
the field of Bentonville. Lieut.-Gen. A. P. Stewart commanded the troops of the army of Tennessee, numbering 8,731 effective men, and General Johnston treated Stewart's command as one corps. There were present, of Cheatham's corps, detachments from Cleburne's and Bate's divisions (only engaged in the battle of the 19th), and 406 effective men under the command of Major-General Bate. Stewart's corps had 890 effective men, and 2,660 of Lee's corps were present; with this force and the North Carolina troops under Gen. Braxton Bragg, and the forces under Lieutenant-General Hardee, numbering 15,000 men of all arms, General Johnston fought the battle of Bentonville. Cheatham's arrival on the 21st increased the strength of the corps to 2,602, and Lieutenant-General Lee joined General Johnston in a few days with about 3,000 troops, composed of detachments from his own, Stewart's and Cheatham's corps, united in one body at Augusta, Ga. The attack was begun upon our left (Hoke's divisio
Selma (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
21, 1865, addressed to Gen. George H. Thomas (see Vol. XLV, War Records, Part 2, page 621), giving such instructions as fall within my province as commander of the division, General Sherman advised him to march on Columbus, Miss., Tuscaloosa and Selma, destroying farms, gathering horses, mules (wagons to be burned), and doing all possible damage, burning Selma and Montgomery, Ala., and all iron foundries, mills and factories, and adds: I would like to have Forrest hunted down and killed, but dSelma and Montgomery, Ala., and all iron foundries, mills and factories, and adds: I would like to have Forrest hunted down and killed, but doubt if we can do that yet. If the Spanish Captain-General Weyler, of Cuba, had issued and published this letter of instructions to a subordinate officer, the press, the pulpit, the halls of Congress of the United States would have rung with fierce denunciation of the savage spirit of its author, and public opinion would outlaw his memory. The remnant of the army of Tennessee retired from Corinth to Tupelo, Miss., on the 23d of January, 1865. General Hood was relieved and Lieut.-Gen. Richar
Tennessee Valley (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
al Beauregard had an interview with him], he changed his course while on the march and repaired to Tuscumbia and Florence, where three precious weeks were spent, enabling Sherman to repair the road to Chattanooga and collect his supplies for the march to the sea, at the same time affording time to General Thomas, who had been sent to Tennessee, for the concentration of an army at Nashville strong enough to crush Hood even if he had avoided Franklin. Marching through the beautiful valley of the Tennessee over which Sherman had carried his army to reinforce Grant at Chattanooga, our army was appalled at its desolation. Sherman's iron hand had destroyed it—old men, non-combatants, women, children, faithful slaves, were reduced to want. General Hood published an order to the troops directing their attention to the ruin of this fair land, and appealing to their manhood to recover the State of Tennessee. The torch, not the sword, had caused this great destitution and made a desert of
Perryville (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
r; Col. A. D. Gwynne, distinguished at Mill Creek Gap, and called by his comrades the Knight of Gwynne; Lieut.--Col. Luke W. Finlay, severely wounded at Shiloh, Perryville and New Hope church, and Maj. Henry Hampton, dangerously wounded at Perryville. The officers of his staff, Captain Johnston, adjutant-general, Lieut. John H. MPerryville. The officers of his staff, Captain Johnston, adjutant-general, Lieut. John H. Marsh, inspector-general, soldiers of experience and gallantry, were both killed. John C. Carter was a native of Georgia, a citizen of Tennessee, where he was educated, entered the service as a lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Tennessee, won honorable mention from his colonel at Shiloh, and further promotion and honor until he waat of three 12-pounder Napoleon guns by Turner's Mississippi battery caused infinite regret in Cheatham's division. With other pieces they had been captured at Perryville, and had been served in all the subsequent battles of the Southwest with the greatest distinction by the company of noble Mississippians who manned them. Gen
Florence, Ala. (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
neral Hood, and if carried out without modification, would have compelled General Sherman to return to middle Tennessee to protect and repair his lines of communication before he could have collected enough supplies to march his army from Atlanta to the seacoast. But instead of crossing the Tennessee river at Guntersville, as General Hood had intended when at Gadsden [where General Beauregard had an interview with him], he changed his course while on the march and repaired to Tuscumbia and Florence, where three precious weeks were spent, enabling Sherman to repair the road to Chattanooga and collect his supplies for the march to the sea, at the same time affording time to General Thomas, who had been sent to Tennessee, for the concentration of an army at Nashville strong enough to crush Hood even if he had avoided Franklin. Marching through the beautiful valley of the Tennessee over which Sherman had carried his army to reinforce Grant at Chattanooga, our army was appalled at its d
Chester, S. C. (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
xcept the West Tennesseeans on furlough, arrived at Augusta, Ga., on the 9th of February, and halted to meet a threatened advance of the enemy at that place. On the 14th, orders were received to move to Columbia, S. C., and after a march of forty miles in two days the command was halted at Newberry. On the 21st, a march of twenty-one miles was made to the Ennoree river, where orders were received from General Beauregard to return to Newberry. In a day or two the command was ordered to Chester, S. C., and halted there for several days. After another detention at Charlotte, N. C., and another provoking delay at Salisbury, occasioned by a change of gauge of the railroad tracks and the want of cars, orders were received to unite with General Johnston. At noon of the 21st the troops joined him and went into position on the field of Bentonville. Lieut.-Gen. A. P. Stewart commanded the troops of the army of Tennessee, numbering 8,731 effective men, and General Johnston treated Stewart
Cuba (Cuba) (search for this): chapter 10
, Part 2, page 621), giving such instructions as fall within my province as commander of the division, General Sherman advised him to march on Columbus, Miss., Tuscaloosa and Selma, destroying farms, gathering horses, mules (wagons to be burned), and doing all possible damage, burning Selma and Montgomery, Ala., and all iron foundries, mills and factories, and adds: I would like to have Forrest hunted down and killed, but doubt if we can do that yet. If the Spanish Captain-General Weyler, of Cuba, had issued and published this letter of instructions to a subordinate officer, the press, the pulpit, the halls of Congress of the United States would have rung with fierce denunciation of the savage spirit of its author, and public opinion would outlaw his memory. The remnant of the army of Tennessee retired from Corinth to Tupelo, Miss., on the 23d of January, 1865. General Hood was relieved and Lieut.-Gen. Richard Taylor assigned to command. After a few days of needed rest and prepa
Columbus (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
have been killed or wounded; in prisoners you have lost about 200. This summary of his operations doubtless stimulated General Sherman to advise the assassination of Forrest and to commit other atrocities. An order, or letter of instructions, dated Savannah, Ga., January 21, 1865, addressed to Gen. George H. Thomas (see Vol. XLV, War Records, Part 2, page 621), giving such instructions as fall within my province as commander of the division, General Sherman advised him to march on Columbus, Miss., Tuscaloosa and Selma, destroying farms, gathering horses, mules (wagons to be burned), and doing all possible damage, burning Selma and Montgomery, Ala., and all iron foundries, mills and factories, and adds: I would like to have Forrest hunted down and killed, but doubt if we can do that yet. If the Spanish Captain-General Weyler, of Cuba, had issued and published this letter of instructions to a subordinate officer, the press, the pulpit, the halls of Congress of the United States w
Centre (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
evacuated, the army of Northern Virginia under General Lee had surrendered, and on the 17th Johnston's army was confronted by overwhelming numbers. The troops were excited and full of suspense, but never more alert or obedient to orders. On the 19th it was known that a truce had been agreed upon by the commanding generals of the two armies, and terms of peace negotiated. The authorities at Washington refused to ratify the terms of settlement. On the 26th the army marched 10 miles on the Center and Thomasville road, and on the following day it was officially announced that terms had been agreed upon by which the troops under General Johnston would be surrendered. This announcement brought sorrow, but no surprise. The humblest man in the ranks felt that it was inevitable. There had existed a bare hope that the union of the armies of Lee and Johnston might be productive of good for the country, but this was dispelled by the surrender of Lee. Tennesseeans accepted the situation i
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