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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 465 3 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 382 0 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 375 5 Browse Search
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General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War 283 1 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 267 1 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. 253 1 Browse Search
John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies 250 0 Browse Search
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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 7: (search)
and 45 wounded before it moved from its position. Johnson pushed his command forward with orders to attack whenever opportunity permitted. Robertson's brigade of Hood's division advanced on the right of the Fiftieth, and the enemy was driven back with loss. About this time General Gregg ventured out too far in front of his bres. Johnson advanced his whole line, Gregg's brigade under the gallant Col. Cyrus A. Sugg, Fiftieth, in rear, supported by Brig.-Gen. E. M. Law, then commanding Hood's division, in a third line. The scene now presented, said General Johnson, was unspeakably grand— the rush of our heavy columns sweeping out from the shadow of uts of our men; the dust, the smoke; the noise of arms of whistling balls and grapeshot and bursting shells, made a battle scene of unsurpassed grandeur. Here General Hood gave his final order, Go ahead and keep ahead of everything. The order was obeyed. Gregg's brigade, under Sugg, captured nine pieces of artillery. Four 3-in
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 9: (search)
at Richmond that he had been relieved and that Hood, now a full general, had been placed in commanGeneral Johnston turned the command over to General Hood on the afternoon of the following day. Lieuector Foard, was 3,384, more than half of it in Hood's corps; between the passage of the Etowah and total, 9,450. From the 18th of July, when General Hood assumed command, to the 1st of September, 1nd was in the act of crossing it; whereupon General Hood decided to attack the enemy while attemptine enemy reached the vicinity of Jonesboro. General Hood was deluded into the belief that the movemes were ordered to Jonesboro, Hardee in command, Hood remaining at Atlanta. Cleburne, in command of ne had encountered the enemy on his march. General Hood's order was to attack the enemy and drive hnsive. At night Lee's corps was ordered by General Hood to return, his dispatch stating that the enl Turner was twice wounded and disabled. General Hood telegraphed General Bragg on September 5th [8 more...]
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 10: (search)
etired from the front of Lovejoy's Station, General Hood's conception of the campaign was embodied iing the Tennessee river at Guntersville, as General Hood had intended when at Gadsden [where Generalen, faithful slaves, were reduced to want. General Hood published an order to the troops directing sight; informing them at the same time that General Hood had just told me that Stewart's column was t. I was never more astonished than when General Hood informed me that he had concluded to postpoHarris of Tennessee, then acting as aide to General Hood, is a valuable contribution to the history oused by a private soldier, who reported to General Hood that on reaching the camp near Spring Hill irection. Upon the receipt of this report, General Hood directed Major Mason to order General Cheat I asked if he had communicated the fact to General Hood. He answered that he had not. I replied Thklin) and with Brown's left. The policy of General Hood's decision was not discussed, and I cannot [50 more...]
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter XI (search)
iring from Yorktown out of the peninsula. Having learned that the enemy had anchored off West Point and was landing troops, General Smith attacked on May 7th with Hood's and Hampton's brigades. Two attempts were made to flank the Confederates, but the appearance of Gen. S. R. Anderson with the Tennessee brigade (said the divisio said: I take occasion to make my acknowledgments to Brigadier-General Anderson of Tennessee, who, arriving on the field at a critical moment to the support of General Hood, and placing two of his regiments in the fire of the enemy, courteously waived the command, although senior to us all. Soon after this affair General Anders of the Seventh, Maj. John K. Howard was made lieutenant-colonel, and Capt. John A. Fite was made major. At 12:30 o'clock on the morning of May 31st, Whiting's, Hood's and Pettigrew's brigades were placed near the fork of the Nine-mile and New Bridge roads, Hatton's and Hampton's in reserve near Mrs. Christian's farm. Between
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 12: (search)
the light of the fire at Johnsonville. In a campaign of two weeks the forces of Forrest had captured and destroyed 4 gunboats, 14 transports, 20 barges, 26 pieces of artillery, and millions of dollars worth of property, with 150 prisoners captured. Captain Howland (Federal) reported that one million dollars would cover the loss of property at Johnsonville. On the 10th, Forrest's cavalry reached Corinth, Miss., and under orders the commanding general put himself in communication with General Hood, who was preparing to enter upon his disastrous campaign to Franklin and Nashville. On the 27th of January, 1865, Gen. Richard Taylor, commanding department, assigned General Forrest to the command of the district of Mississippi and Louisiana. On the 13th of the following month Brig.-Gen. W. H. Jackson was assigned to the command of all of the Tennesseeans in the district. Bell's and Rucker's brigades, the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Nixon's and Carter's regiments, and the Twelfth Confed
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
ound the Gate City. After the fall of Atlanta, when Hood set out from Palmetto for his march into north Georg(part of the time in command of Jackson's division), Hood's north Georgia campaign, the advance into Tennesseetle of Atlanta. In the ill-fated campaign under General Hood, which brought General Bate and his men back to August, 1864, he was commissioned major-general. In Hood's gallant but disastrous effort to retrieve the wanin captured five cannon and five stand of colors. In Hood's final campaign he led his corps into the thickest ury's brigade. During the Tennessee campaign of General Hood, Colonel Hill commanded a cavalry force and co-ory than that of the army of Tennessee in 1864. When Hood marched into Tennessee, Wheeler's splendid cavalry cong the most trusted of the soldiers of Johnston and Hood. Throughout the war there was no more faithful soldForty-fifth Tennessee regiments. In the campaign of Hood into Tennessee, this brigade was detached from the a