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William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 8: from the battle of Bull Run to Paducah--Kentucky and Missouri. 1861-1862. (search)
e began to fortify, and thence dispatched General Buckner with a division forward toward Louisvillen thirty miles out, had been burned, and that Buckner's force, en route for Louisville, had been de of instruction, and we all supposed that General Buckner, who was familiar with the ground, was aiville. All the troops we had to counteract Buckner were Rousseau's Legion, and a few Home Guards secure possession of Muldraugh's Hill before Buckner could reach it. I took Captain Prime with me,h we found had been burnt; whether to prevent Buckner coming into Louisville, or us from going out,ged and implored till I dare not say more. Buckner still is beyond Green River. He sent a detac General A. S. Johnston, supported by Hardee, Buckner, and others, was variously estimated at from rded the water-front, he assaulted; whereupon Buckner surrendered the garrison of twelve thousand m next day brought us news of the surrender of Buckner, and probably at no time during the war did w[7 more...]
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, chapter 15 (search)
in the field. In regard to the relative strength of the opposing armies, it is believed that General Rosecrans when he first moved against Bragg had double, if not treble, his force. General Burnside, also, had more than double the force of Buckner; and, even when Bragg and Buckner united, Rosecrans's army was very greatly superior in number. Even the eighteen thousand men sent from Virginia, under Longstreet, would not have given the enemy the superiority. It is now ascertained that theBuckner united, Rosecrans's army was very greatly superior in number. Even the eighteen thousand men sent from Virginia, under Longstreet, would not have given the enemy the superiority. It is now ascertained that the greater part of the prisoners parolled by you at Vicksburg, and General Banks at Port Hudson, were illegally and improperly declared exchanged, and forced into the ranks to swell the rebel numbers at Chickamauga. This outrageous act, in violation of the laws of war, of the cartel entered into by the rebel authorities, and of all sense of honor, gives us a useful lesson in regard to the character of the enemy with whom we are contending. He neither regards the rules of civilized warfare, nor