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James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 1: (search)
th of May, 1861, the governor appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the general assembly, to be majorgenerals, Gideon J. Pillow and Samuel R. Anderson; brigadier-generals, Felix K. Zollicoffer, B. F. Cheatham, Robert C. Foster 3rd, John L. T. Sneed and William R. Caswell; adjutant-general, Daniel S. Donelson; inspector-general, William H. Carroll; surgeon-general, B. W. Avent; chief of artillery, John P. McCown; assistant adjutant-generals, W. C. Whitthorn, James D. Porter, Hiram S. Bradford and D. M. Key, with assistants for all departments; and on the 28th of June following he appointed Bushrod R. Johnson, colonel and chief of engineers, and made Moses H. Wright captain and chief of ordnance. For military and financial board, Neill S. Brown, James E. Bailey and William G. Harding were selected. V. K. Stevenson was made colonel and chief quartermaster, with a full complement of assistants. Maj. George W. Cunningham was placed in charge of the depot at Nashville for the
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 12: (search)
Thompson made it a grave disaster. Forrest took possession of the city of Paducah, and after holding it for nine hours, retired with prisoners, 400 horses and mules, and a large supply of quartermaster and commissary stores. Fort Pillow was invested April 11 and 12, 1864. It was garrisoned by about 550 troops, black and white, under the command of Major Booth of the Federal army. Major Booth fell early in the action by a shot from a sharpshooter, and the command was then assumed by Major Bradford, of the Thirteenth Tennessee (Federal) cavalry The investing force was composed of Bell's brigade of Buford's division, and McCulloch's brigade of Chalmers' division, both commanded by Brig.-Gen. James R. Chalmers. Under date of the 28th of June, General Forrest said in an address to his command, In the face of a murderous fire from two gunboats and six pieces of artillery on the fort, you stormed the works and either killed or captured the entire garrison. On the 12th of April, aft