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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 186 (search)
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183.-General Rosecrans's order
headquarters Department of the Cumberland, Chattanooga, Oct. 2, 1863.
Orders No. 3:
army of the Cumberland: You have made a grand and successful campaign; you have driven the rebels from Middle Tennessee.
You crossed a great mountain range, placed yourselves on the banks of a broad river, crossed it in the face of a powerful opposing army, and crossed two other great mountain ranges at the only practicable passes, some forty miles between extremes.
You concentrated in the face of superior numbers; fought the combined armies of Bragg, which you drove from Shelbyville to Tullahoma, of Johnston's army from Mississippi, and the tried veterans of Longstreet's corps, and for two days held them at bay, giving them blow for blow, with heavy interest.
When the day closed, you held the field, from which you withdrew in the face of overpowering numbers, to occupy the point for which you set out — Chattanooga.
You have accomplished the great wo
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Memorandum for Major-General S. D. Lee
Memorandum for Major-General S. D. Lee.
Pontotoc, October 2, 1863.
Collect about twenty-five hundred of the best troops of Chalmers's, Ferguson's, and Ross's brigades, with Owens's battery, for the expedition into Middle Tennessee, for which, at Oxford on the 29th ult., you were desired to prepare, to break the railroad in rear of Rosecrans's army.
It is important to move as soon as possible-and by the route least likely to meet the enemy — to the points on the railroad where most injury can be done with the least exposure of our troops.
The bridges over the branches of Duck River and of the Elk are suggested.
As the fords of the Tennessee are in and above the Muscle Shoals, it would be well to move toward Tuscumbia first, and, in crossing the river and moving forward, to ascertain as many routes as possible by which to return.
Fayetteville would be a point in the route to the part of the railroad between Elk and Duck Rivers.
General Bragg is informed of your
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 41 (search)
Wheeler, Joseph 1836-
Military officer; born in Augusta, Ga., Sept. 10, 1836; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1859; was assigned to the cavalry and served till 1861, when he resigned to enter the Confederate army, in which he became major-general and senior commander of cavalry.
During the Civil War he was conspicuous as a raider.
On Oct. 2, 1863, when Bragg's chief of cavalry, he crossed the Tennessee River at Bridgeport with about 4,000 mounted men, pushed up the Sequatchie Valley, and burned a National supply-train of nearly 1,000 wagons on its way to Chattanooga.
Just as he had finished his destructive work, Col. E. M. McCook attacked him. The battle continued until night, when Wheeler, discomfited, moved off in the darkness and attacked another supply-train at McMinnville.
This was captured and destroyed, and 600 men were made prisoners.
Then, after the mischief was done, he was attacked (Oct. 4) by Gen. George Crook, with 2,000 cavalry.
There was a
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Arkansas, 1863 (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Missouri, 1863 (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Tennessee, 1863 (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Name Index of Commands, James C. Beecher
James C. Beecher
Col. 1st N. C. Colored InfantryDec. 14, 1863, to Jan. 15, 1864. 3d Brigade or African Brigade, Foster's 1st Brigade, U. S. Forces North end of Folly Island., Department of the South
Col. 1st N. C. Colored InfantryJan. 15, 1864, to Feb. 25, 1864. 3d Brigade, Vodges' Division, Department of the South
Col. 1st N. C. Colored InfantryOct. 2, 1863, to Nov. 6, 1863. 3d Brigade or African Brigade, Foster's 1st Brigade, U. S. Forces North end of Folly Island., Department of the Sout
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Name Index of Commands, E. A. Wild
E. A. Wild
Brigadier GeneralApr. 20, 1864, to June 19, 1864. 1st Brigade, Hincks' division U. S. Colored Troops, District of Virginia., Eighteenth Army Corps, Department of Virginia and North Carolina
Brigadier GeneralAug. 16, 1863, to Oct. 2, 1863. 3d Brigade or African Brigade, Foster's 1st Brigade, U. S. Forces North end of Folly Island., Department of the South
Brigadier GeneralDec. 30, 1864, to Dec. 31, 1864. 3d Division, Twenty-Fifth Army Corps, Army of the James
Brigadier GeneralDec. 31, 1864, to March 27, 1865. 1st Division, Twenty-Fifth Army Corps, Army of the James
Brigadier GeneralJan. 8, 1864, to Apr. 28, 1864. U. S. Forces Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., District of Virginia., Eighteenth Army Corps, Department of Virginia and North Carolina
Brigadier GeneralJune 19, 1864, to June 23, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3d Division, Eighteenth Army Corps, Army of the James
Brigadier GeneralMarch 28, 1865, to Apr. 18, 1865. 2d Brigade, 1st Division, Twenty-Fifth Army Corps, Army
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Tennessee Volunteers . (search)