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Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States. 112 2 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 86 4 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 81 3 Browse Search
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 35 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 33 3 Browse Search
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 27 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 17 1 Browse Search
Col. J. Stoddard Johnston, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 9.1, Kentucky (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 16 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 16 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 31, 1861., [Electronic resource] 15 1 Browse Search
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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 16: (search)
the enemy Marshall and Garfield Fishing Creek Crittenden's report Fort Henry; its surrender Fort Donelsoed that great injustice has been done to General George B. Crittenden, who commanded on that occasion. In Janaged it, I have nothing further to say. General Crittenden's gallantry had been too often and too conspiZollicoffer, fell—whence confusion resulted. General Crittenden had been but a few days with the troops, a diruction could have been finished, so as to enable Crittenden to save his artillery and equipments, it would haer will not fail to remark the evidence which General Crittenden's report affords of the fallacy of representihs the casualties in our force. That night General Crittenden crossed his troops over the river, with the enant of his army toward Nashville. Both by General Crittenden and those who have criticised him for making l with him, let praise, not censure, be given; to Crittenden, let tardy justice render the meed due a gallant
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 17: (search)
man was lost. Colonel R. W. Woolley, in New Orleans Picayune, March, 1863. At the same time Crittenden's command was brought back within ten miles of Nashville, and thence to Murfreesboro. Scarchave been saved except for the heavy and general rains. By the junction of the command of General Crittenden and the fugitives from Donelson, who were reorganized, the force of General Johnston was ement was spreading, and I ordered the command to Murfreesboro, where I managed, by assembling Crittenden's division and the fugitives from Donelson, to collect an army able to offer battle. The weatnant-Colonel Patton commanding) is moving by cars to-day (March 20th), and Statham's brigade (Crittenden's division). The brigade will halt at Iuka, the regiment at Burnsville; Cleburne's brigade, Hardee's division, except the regiment, at Burnsville; and Carroll's brigade, Crittenden's division, and Helm's cavalry, at Tuscumbia; Bowen's brigade at Courtland; Breckinridge's brigade here; the regi
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 19: (search)
hich Grant had on the west bank of the Tennessee River, not more than five thousand were in ranks and available on the battlefield at nightfall on the 6th, exclusive of Lew Wallace's division, say eight thousand five hundred men that only came up during the night. The rest were either killed, wounded, captured, or scattered in inextricable and hopeless confusion for miles along the banks of the river. In addition to the arrival of Wallace's division, the entire divisions of Nelson and Crittenden got across the river during the night, and by daylight that of McCook began to arrive; all but the first named belonged to Buell's army. The work of reorganization of fragments of Grant's force also occupied the night. In the morning the arrival of reenforcements to the enemy continued. On the morning of the 7th the enemy advanced about six o'clock, and opened a heavy fire of musketry and artillery, such as gave assurance that the reenforcements had arrived, to anticipate which the ba
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 40: (search)
l Longstreet. These corps consisted respectively as follows: Polk's right wing, of Breckinridge's, Cleburne's, Cheatham's, and Walker's divisions, and Forrest's cavalry—aggregate, 22,471; Longstreet's left wing, of Preston's, Hindman's, Johnson's (Hood's), Law's, Kershaw's, Stewart's divisions, and Wheeler's cavalry—aggregate, 24,850; grand aggregate of both wings, 47,321. The forces under Rosecrans, as has been subsequently learned, consisted of McCook's corps, 14,345; Thomas's, 24,072; Crittenden's, 13,975; Granger's, about 5,000; cavalry, 7,000: whole number, 64,392. On the night of the 19th General Bragg gave his instructions orally to the general officers whom he had summoned to his campfire, as to the position of the different commands; the order of battle was that the attack should commence on the right at daybreak, and be taken up successively to the left. From a. combination of mishaps it resulted that the attack was not commenced until nine or ten o'clock in the day, and,
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
n. Halleck's advance, 58-59. Battle, 328-29. Corypheus (ship), 197. Cotton, measures taken by U. S. Congress to confiscate, 289-93. Couch, General, 309. Courtney, General, 93. Cox, General, 270, 539. Crater, Battle of the, 546. Crittenden, Gen. George B., 17-19, 30, 31, 35, 37, 57, 361. Account of battle of Fishing Creek, 16-17. Crook, General, 444, 447, 449, 450, 451, 453. Cross Keys, Battle of, 93-94. Crump, Colonel, 131. Cullen, Dr., 77. Cumberland (frigate), 164, 1ning of tobacco in Richmond, 565-66. F Farragut, Commodore, 173, 180, 187, 333. Action concerning New Orleans, 194-95. Farrand, Commodore, 85, 591. Featherston, General, 131. Ferguson, General, 332. Fishing Creek, Battle of, 17-19. Crittenden's account, 16-17. Fitch, General G. N., 499, 500. Fitzgerald, David, 200. Patrick, 200. Five Forks, Battle of 556. Fizer, Colonel, 296. Flanders, Messrs, 407. Benjamin F., 248, 639. Flemming, James, 200. Flood, John, 201. Florid