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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 6: (search)
utenant-General Hardee the left; Breckinridge, Withers and Cheatham made the right, and McCown and Cleburne, with Wharton's cavalry, the left. Rosecrans stood before Bragg with three army corps, commanded by Major-Generals McCook, Thomas and Crittenden, all west of the river. Crittenden faced Breckinridge with three divisions; Thomas, with five divisions, faced Withers and Cheatham; McCook, with three divisions, faced Cleburne and McCown. Wharton, with his splendid brigade of cavalry, stoodCrittenden faced Breckinridge with three divisions; Thomas, with five divisions, faced Withers and Cheatham; McCook, with three divisions, faced Cleburne and McCown. Wharton, with his splendid brigade of cavalry, stood forward of Hardee's left, ready to make his brilliant attack on Rosecrans' right and rear. The signal for battle was given, and at 7 o'clock on the morning of December 31st, Hardee ordered Wharton with his troopers to find the rear of McCook's right flank and fall upon his supports, and directed his infantry and artillery forward. McCown, supported by Cleburne, advanced and engaged in severe battle, taking the enemy by surprise and forcing him back toward the Wilkinson pike. Bragg's plan w
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 16: (search)
d moved his army across the mountains to the Tennessee. Crittenden's corps threatened Chattanooga through the gaps in Walderagg, having left Chattanooga on the 8th, Rosecrans sent Crittenden's corps to occupy that place and move on the railroad aseft at Rome and supporting the cavalry in that quarter. Crittenden's corps at Ringgold and vicinity was at General Bragg's his report) to effect the concentration of the army. Crittenden marched across Bragg's right, passed the Chickamauga andve. Pigeon mountain range covered McCook and Thomas; but Crittenden's march was open to attack. His corps should have been General Bragg clearly saw this and endeavored to strike Crittenden at the proper moment, giving explicit orders to that eff, 3 brigades, 3 batteries. Twenty-first corps, Major-General Crittenden commanding: Wood's division, 3 brigades, 3 batterhe Federal right, in rout; but Palmer's division sent by Crittenden to reinforce Thomas, met and drove Walker back. Meanwhi
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
6, to Miss Eugenia Hance, who died May 27, 1867. On November 10, 1870, he was married to Miss Cecelia R. Ballew. He has four children living. Colonel Stephen Stanley Crittenden Colonel Stephen Stanley Crittenden, of Greenville, a prominent Confederate veteran who has held the rank of brigadier-general and of major-generaColonel Stephen Stanley Crittenden, of Greenville, a prominent Confederate veteran who has held the rank of brigadier-general and of major-general commanding the South Carolina division, U. C. V., was born at Greenville, February 22, 1829, the son of Dr. John Crittenden, a native of Connecticut, and his wife, Sarah Stanley, a descendant of a prominent North Carolina family. He was educated at Greenville and at Elizabeth City, N. J., and then engaged in agriculture. In 18 During the last year of the war the Hampton legion served as mounted infantry. He was a brave soldier and a good officer, and is now lieutenantcom-mander of Crittenden camp, U. C. V., of Piedmont. He was married, July 27, 1865, to Miss M. Sue Blakely, of Laurens county, and they have one son, W. P. Nesbitt, a merchant, farmer