Chapter 27:
- General Joseph E. Johnston's prophecy of the fate of Tennessee. -- character and extraordinary foresight of this commander. -- how Tennessee was sacrificed to the attempted defence of Vicksburg. -- Bragg's army flanked at Hoover's Gap. -- it commences a retreat to Chattanooga. -- expedition of John Morgan. -- how it affected the Western campaign and embarrassed Burnside. -- Morgan's circuit through Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. -- what he accomplished. -- his anxiety for retreat. -- cut off on the Ohio River. -- terrible scenes in the attempt to swim the River. -- capture of Morgan and the bulk of his command. -- cruel and infamous treatment of the distinguished captive and his officers. -- surrender of Cumberland Gap. -- President Davis' commentary on this event. -- recoil of serious charges upon the Richmond administration. -- Burnside's invasion of East Tennessee. -- Gen. Frazier in command at Cumberland Gap. -- his correspondence with Gen. Buckner. -- the defences of the Gap imperfect. -- insufficiency of the garrison. -- why Gen. Frazier surrendered it. -- two lines of operations now opened against Chattanooga. -- the battle of Chickamauga. -- Topography of the country around Chattanooga. -- movements of Rosecrans.--e threatens a flank movement towards Rome. -- the Confederates evacuate Chattanooga. -- Bragg's new line from Lee's and Gordon's Mills to Lafayette. -- Longstreet's corps on the way from Virginia to reinforce him. -- Rosecrans pursues the Confederates, and exposes himself in detail. -- the lost opportunity in McLenore's Cove. -- lines of Rosecrans' advance. -- Bragg resolves to advance and attack him. -- arrival of Longstreet with five brigades. -- the enemy anticipates a flank movement by Bragg. -- a severe encounter. -- Cleburne's gallant charge. -- the Confederate plan of battle for the next day. -- Gen. Polk to open the action. -- a strange delay. -- a singular breakfast scene. -- Gen. Bragg furious. -- the Confederate right wing beaten back. -- critical condition of the field. -- Longstreet's attack. -- he saves the day. -- the enemy utterly routed. -- Chickamauga a brilliant but unproductive victory
There was no Confederate commander so remarkable for long foresight and for the most exact fulfilment of prophetic words as Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. He was more profound than Lee; his mind could range over larger fields; at all times of the war his cool, sedate judgments were so in opposition to the intoxicated senses of the Confederate people, that he was
