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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Report of Colonel D. T. Chandler , (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The treatment of prisoners during the war between the States . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Editorial paragraphs. (search)
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), The Exchange of prisoners. (search)
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), Confederate negro enlistments. (search)
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), How Jefferson Davis was overtaken. (search)
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A., Chapter 50 : operations in 1865 . (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, The battle of Franklin -the battle of Nashville (search)
The battle of Franklin-the battle of Nashville
As we have seen, Hood succeeded in crossing the Tennessee River between Muscle Shoals and the lower shoals at the end of October, 1864.
Thomas sent Schofield with the 4th and 23d corps, together with three brigades of Wilson's cavalry to Pulaski to watch him. On the 17th of November Hood started and moved in such a manner as to avoid Schofield, thereby turning his position.
Hood had with him three infantry corps, commanded respectively by Stephen D. Lee, [Alexander P.] Stewart and [B. Franklin] Cheatham.
These, with his cavalry, numbered about forty-five thousand men. Schofield had, of all arms, about thirty thousand.
Thomas's orders were, therefore, for Schofield to watch the movements of the enemy, but not to fight a battle if he could avoid it; but to fall back in case of an advance on Nashville, and to fight the enemy, as he fell back, so as to retard the enemy's movements until he could be reinforced by Thomas himself.
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J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, chapter 44 (search)
Xliii.
October, 1864
Attempt to retake Fort Harrison.
a false alarm.
dispatches from Gen. Lee.
impressments.
Gen. Butler's generosity.
matters in and about the city.
Beverly Tucker's contract with a New York firm for supplies.
October 1
Raining and cold.
Horrible for the troops in the trenches!
The battle, yesterday (on this side of the river), was an attempt of Gen. Lee to retake Fort Harrison, near Chaffin's Bluff, which failed, after two essays.
Gen. Lee deemed its recapture important, and exposed himself very much in the assault: so much so as to cause a thrill of alarm throughout the field.
But it all would not do; the enterprise of the enemy had in a few hours rendered the place almost impregnable.
Judge Lyons, who came in to-day (from a visit to the field), estimates our killed and wounded at from 700 to 1000.
But we have better news from other quarters.
Generals Hampton and Heath attacked the enemy on the south side of the river, yesterday,
Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, Lviii. (search)
Lviii.
Sojourner truth, the slave preacher whom Mrs. Stowe has described as embodying all the elements of an African prophetess or sibyl, when over eighty years old, left her home, at Battlecreek, Michigan, with the unalterable purpose of seeing the Emancipator of her race before her death.
Provided for throughout her journey, she reached Washington the last of October, 1864, and subsequently, at her dictation, the following account of her interview with Mr. Lincoln was written out by a friend:--
It was about eight o'clock, A. M., when I called on the President.
Upon entering his reception-room we found about a dozen persons in waiting, among them two colored women.
I had quite a pleasant time waiting until he was disengaged, and enjoyed his conversation with others; he showed as much kindness and consideration to the colored persons as to the whites,--if there was any difference, more.
One case was that of a colored woman, who was sick and likely to be turned out of he