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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The army of the Cumberland at Chattanooga. (search)
tream of troops continued. Early in the morning of the 25th General Grant and General Thomas established their headquarters on Orchard Knob, a point from which the best view of the movements of the whole army could be had. At sunrise General Sherman commenced his attack, but after repeated assaults and severe fighting, it appearing to be impossible for General Sherman to take the enemy's works, operations ceased early in the afternoon. Meanwhile Hooker was detained three hours at Chattanooga Creek, while a bridge that the The charge up Missionary Ridge by Baird's, Wood's, Sheridan's, and Johnson's divisions. From the rough sketch for one section of the Cyclorama of the battle of Missionary Ridge. retreating enemy had burned was being rebuilt. As soon as he had taken Rossville, he moved against the south end of Missionary Ridge. The ridge was quickly carried, and, sweeping north-ward, Hooker soon came upon Stewart's division, posted on the summit, and behind the earth-work
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 5: the Chattanooga campaign.--movements of Sherman's and Burnside's forces. (search)
cclivities of Lookout Mountain and across the narrow Chattanooga Valley, near the mouth of Chattanooga Creek, and so along the crests of the Missionaries' Ridge to the tunnel of the Knoxville and Chamountain, his right resting on the palisades at the summit, and his left near the mouth of Chattanooga Creek, completely commanding, by an enfilading fire, the line of the Confederate defenses, stretrs for the ground to be disputed until he could withdraw all the troops of his left across Chattanooga Creek to the Missionaries' Ridge. That movement was accomplished during the night, and on Wedne the afternoon, in consequence of the destruction, by the Confederates; of the bridge over Chattanooga Creek, where the road that wound down from Summertown, on Lookout Mountain, crossed it. As soder Thomas to advance on the Confederate center. He was ignorant of Hooker's detention at Chattanooga Creek, and expected to hear from him by noon. No tidings came, but when, between one and two o'
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., Xviii. The Chattanooga campaign.—Middle and East Tennessee. (search)
ngth, along tile western and northern declivities of the difficult steeps known as Lookout mountain and Mission ridge, and across the valley at tile mouth of Chattanooga creek, here very narrow, and so enfiladed by heavy batteries along its mountain sides as to be impregnable to direct assault. Grant was eager to attack, so as to to render farther movement perilous, if not impossible; when Hooker's line was established along the east brink of the precipice, its left near the mouth of Chattanooga creek; where, by 4 P. M., it was so fortified, by whatever means were at hand, that lie sent word to Grant that his position was impregnable. At 5 1/4, Brig.-Ged that we had lost all the advantages of the position. Orders were immediately given for the ground to be disputed until we could withdraw our forces across Chattanooga creek, and the movement was commenced. This having been successfully accomplished, our whole forces were concentrated on the ridge, and extended to the right to m
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 16 (search)
arried his first line of rifle-pits between Chattanooga and Citico Creeks. We captured nine commishe Fourteenth corps was ordered to cross Chattanooga Creek and form a junction with him. This was eined four hours building a bridge across Chattanooga Creek. From Rossville he ascended Missionary d in the construction of the bridge near Chattanooga Creek detained him to a later hour than was ex foot of the mountain, near the mouth of Chattanooga Creek. His right, being still strongly resistmarched for Rossville. On arriving at Chattanooga Creek, it was discovered that the enemy had den two pontoon-bridges were thrown across Chattanooga Creek, to connect the centre and right of Gened the Eighth Wisconsin from the banks of Chattanooga Creek, played upon the rebels with such good erhaus and part of Ewing suddenly crossed Chattanooga Creek, and advancing in line of battle, carrie descended early in the morning, crossed Chattanooga Creek, and joined Johnson's division upon the [3 more...]
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 152 (search)
orders. The Eighty-fourth and Seventy-fifth Illinois had already been gallantly pressed forward four or five hundred yards in advance of the crest, and beyond and to the left of the White House, and sufficiently far to uncover the mouth of Chattanooga Creek and allow troops to pass from the city to our rear. My other regiments were in the line rather above and to the right of the White House, but fully covering the plateau of ground on which it is situated. There were two regiments of the d about ten o'clock A. M., toward Rossville, situated at the base of Missionary Ridge, five miles distant from Chattanooga, at which place the La Fayette road passes through a gorge in the ridge. Having to rebuild the destroyed bridge over Chattanooga Creek, it was after two o'clock P. M. before our advance, General Osterhaus's division, reached the rebel lines strongly posted in the gorge. The attack was soon made, however, and the advance division forced the passage, routed the enemy and mo
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 64 (search)
eorgia Central Railroad, where I destroyed about three miles of track and encamped for the night. November 27.--Marched to Davisboro, Station No. 22, crossed Williamson Swamp Creek. November 28.--Destroyed three miles of railroad track and marched to Spiers Station. November 29.--Destroyed four miles of railroad track of Georgia Central, two saw-mills and lumber-yards, and the timber for four (4) large bridges ready for use; one of the bridges was marked Strawberry Plains, one Chattanooga Creek, the other two names have escaped my memory. This timber has been gotten out and made ready for use, even to having the pegs to unite it, turned, and was intended, as I afterward learned from a citizen, for future operations of the enemy in East-Tennessee. I should estimate the number of feet in this pile of timber to be one million five hundred thousand. November 30.--Crossed the Ogeechee, and encamped three miles south-cast of Louisville. December 1.--Crossed Jones's Mill Cre
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 2: Two Years of Grim War. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), part 3.12, The battles at Chattanooga: on Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridgee (search)
ga Valley, and was to operate against the Confederate left and rear, in the expectation that Bragg would further weaken his line by massing at those points. But Hooker's Army had been delayed several hours by repairs to the bridge crossing Chattanooga Creek. Although Sherman had failed in his attempt to turn the Confederate right he had forced Bragg to draw heavily upon his center for reenforcements. Grant, satisfied that Hooker was not far off, ordered the signal-six guns fired in rapid suclle Grant and his staff rode out over the frozen and difficult road to inspect the line of communication from Cumberland Gap that it was necessary to abandon or improve. Preparing for permanent occupation: military railroad bridge over Chattanooga creek, December, 1863 Bragg was now definitely driven from Tennessee, and his beaten Army lay in winter quarters at Dalton, Georgia, holding the railroad to Atlanta. Longstreet had failed at Knoxville, and after a winter of hardship in the un
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 9: Poetry and Eloquence. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 7: the lighter side (search)
in October, 1863, is related by General Horace Porter in his entertaining and valuable reminiscences, Campaigning with Grant: As soon as communication had been opened with our base of supplies, General Grant manifested an eagerness to acquaint himself minutely with the position of the enemy, with a view to taking the offensive. One morning he started toward our right, with several staff officers, to make a personal examination of that portion of the line. When he came in sight of Chattanooga Creek, which separated our pickets from those of the enemy, he directed those who had accompanied him to halt and remain out of sight while he advanced alone, which he supposed he could do without attracting much attention. The pickets were within hailing distance of one another on opposite banks of the creek. They had established a temporary truce on their own responsibility, and the men of each army were allowed to get water from the same stream without being fired upon by those on the o
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Operations about Lookout mountain. (search)
ons of the troops of my command, west of Chattanooga creek, on the 24th of November, 1863. On that portion of the line which lay west of Chattanooga creek, to the Chattanooga road, at the base ofthe extreme right, and the force west of Chattanooga creek thereby diminished more than one-third. to assume command of the troops west of Chattanooga creek. To fill, as far as possible, the vacanadquarters, to be on the eastern side of Chattanooga creek, some distance beyond the extreme right but two brigades to hold the lines from Chattanooga creek to the Chattanooga road at the base of tommand from the mountain to this side of Chattanooga creek, destroying the bridges behind. Fight ton. Brown was directed at once to cross Chattanooga creek (about 11 o'clock P. M.), Cumming at 1 oend all the troops that had been west of Chattanooga creek to the extreme right. This order was imithdrawn in order to the eastern side of Chattanooga creek. Report of General E. C. WalthallATL
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Lookout mountain — report of General John K. Jackson. (search)
headquarters were located on the west side of Chattanooga creek at a point advised by General Walker, and my beatham's division, should defend the line from Chattanooga creek to the foot of the mountain, and permitted us cising — extending over all the troops west of Chattanooga creek — was under the general supervision of Lieuten right of the army to a point a little east of Chattanooga creek. This was about the 14th of November. Abounce to the Perception Rocks, near the mouth of Chattanooga creek. The engineers were put to work under some online from the base of Lookout mountain east to Chattanooga creek and all the troops not at the points above namon was placed in command of the forces west of Chattanooga creek-Lieutenant-General Hardee having been removed who were in the plain below, to retire beyond Chattanooga creek and look for orders from corps headquarters, awith these orders, the troops retired south of Chattanooga creek, and the bridge was destroyed. On the 20th
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