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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Morgan's cavalry during the Bragg invasion. (search)
ss than 61,000 men. On October 1st Buell moved out of Louisville with 58,000 effective men, of whom 22,000 were raw troops. Under the impression that Buell was about to throw his entire army upon Smith at Frankfort, Bragg, on the 2d, ordered Polk to march with the Army of the Mississippi from Bardstown via Bloomfield toward Frankfort in order that he might strike the enemy in rear, while Kirby Smith should assail him in front. Until the 7th he remained apparently under the impression thaton the evening of the 7th, Gilbert, in command of Buell's center, came in contact with Hardee near Perryville, and compelled him to prepare for action. Hardee called for reinforcements, and Cheatham's division was sent him, while the remainder of Polk's corps continued its march toward Versailles with the view of joining the forces under General Smith. It thus happened that General Bragg, completely misled by the mere demonstration upon Frankfort, kept more than two-thirds of the entire forc
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces at Perryville, Ky., October 8th, 1862. (search)
d not reach the field of action until the conflict was practically ended, and only parts of Wagner's and Hazen's brigades of his corps became slightly engaged. The Confederate forces. General Braxton Bragg. army of the Mississippi: Maj.-Gen. Leonidas Polk. Right wing, Maj.-Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham. Cheatham's division, Brig.-Gen. Daniel S. Donelson. First Brigade, Col. John H. Savage: 8th Tenn., Col. W. L. Moore; 15th Tenn., Col. R., C. Tyler; 16th Tenn., Lieut.-Col. D. M. Donnell; 38, 510; wounded, 2635; missing, 251 = 3396. General Bragg reports ( Official Records, Vol. XVI., Pt. I., p. 1092) that our forces . . . consisted of three divisions of infantry (about 14,500) and two small brigades of cavalry (about 1500). General Polk reports (p. 1110): The whole of our force, including all arms, did not exceed 15,000. In March, 1888, General Buell wrote to the editors: This probably did not include the cavalry. It is scarcely credible that the three divisions of in
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., East Tennessee and the campaign of Perryville. (search)
k upon Louisville. That project was postponed after my arrival; but Polk, Bragg having gone to Frankfort and Lexington, was ordered to occupyssed, and opposing a sharp opposition at Bardstown and Shelbyville. Polk withdrew his army from Bardstown on the night of the 3d, going throues at Frankfort on the 4th, under the supervision of General Bragg. Polk, on his part, was pressed so closely that Hardee, who was bringing uof my attack, and that my right and rear would thereby be exposed to Polk at Bardstown, Bragg ordered Polk on the 2d to attack in that manner,Polk on the 2d to attack in that manner, while Smith should attack my left, and that view of my design was persisted in; so that only one of the two divisions which were being presseand Sill was ordered to follow him. Under a stubborn resistance from Polk, during the 7th, the center corps halted in the evening about three d which the enemy were formed for the assault. It turned out that Polk with three divisions, with cavalry on both flanks, had determined to
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 7.83 (search)
Kentuckians. About that time also the corps of Polk and Hardee were ordered to unite. Buell was noGeneral Bragg. On the 17th of September Generals Polk and Hardee were called to a council at Mund the morning of the battle. Having placed General Polk in command of the troops, Bragg had gone toavery from their desperate foes. About dark, Polk, convinced that some Confederate troops were fi they were driving. General Smith's army and Polk's and Hardee's corps followed the trains. The banon Pike and its left on the Nashville road. Polk's corps, composed of Withers's and Cheatham's d the attack with desperation. At this juncture Polk advanced with Withers's and Cheatham's divisionfurther usefulness. On the 4th of February General Polk went so far indeed as to write direct to Prwed me an order from General Bragg to place General Polk under arrest. Knowing what feeling againsthat the urgent exactions of discipline made General Polk's arrest absolutely requisite. The arrest [4 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces at Stone's River, Tenn. (search)
campaign): killed, 1730; wounded, 7802; captured or missing, 3717 = 13,249. Effective force December 31st, 1862, 43,400. (See Official Records, Vol. XX., Pt. I., p. 201.) The Confederate army. Army of Tennessee.--General Braxton Bragg. Polk's Corps, Lieut.-Gen. Leonidas Polk. First division, Maj.-Gen. B. F. Cheatham. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Daniel S. Donelson: 8th Tenn., Col. W. L. Moore (k), Lieut.-Col. J. H. Anderson; 16th Tenn., Col. John H. Savage; 38th Tenn., Col. John C. Lieut.-Gen. Leonidas Polk. First division, Maj.-Gen. B. F. Cheatham. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Daniel S. Donelson: 8th Tenn., Col. W. L. Moore (k), Lieut.-Col. J. H. Anderson; 16th Tenn., Col. John H. Savage; 38th Tenn., Col. John C. Carter; 51st Tenn., Col. John Chester; 84th Tenn., Col. S. S. Stanton; Tenn. Battery, Capt. W. W. Carnes. Brigade loss: k, 108; w, 575; m, 17 = 700. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Alexander P. Stewart: 4th and 5th Tenn., Col. Oscar F. Strahl; 19th Tenn., Col. Francis M. Walker; 24th Tenn., Col. H. L. W. Bratton (m w), Maj. S. E. Shannon; 31st and 33d Tenn., Col. E. E. Tansil; Miss. Battery, Capt. T. J. Stanford. Brigade loss: k, 63; w, 334; m, 2 = 399. Third Brigade, Brig.-Gen. George Maney: 1st
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 8.89 (search)
iled by Edward Ruger under the direction of Colonel W. E. Merrill, chief engineer Department of the Cumberland, and the maps of Captain Walter J. Morris of General Leonidas Polk's staff.--editors. Had this order been issued on any of the four preceding days, it would have found Rosecrans wholly unprepared for it, with but a sihborhood of Lee and Gordon's. On the night of the 18th Bragg's troops were substantially as follows: Hill's corps on the extreme left, with center at Glass's Mill; Polk's at Lee and Gordon's; Buckner's at Byram's Ford; Hood's at Tedford's Ford. Hood's division, about 5000, was the only part of Longstreet's corps in the action of the 19th.--D. H. H. During the night Cheatham's division of Polk's corps was detached, moved down the Chickamauga, and crossed at Hunt's Ford about 7 A. M. on the 19th. On that morning the Federal line of battle ran, in the main, parallel to the Chattanooga road from Lee and Gordon's to beyond Kelly's farm, and consisted of the
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The Confederate army. (search)
The Confederate army. Army of Tennessee--General Braxton Bragg. right wing, Lieut.-Gen. Leonidas Polk. Cheatham's division [Polk's Corps], Maj.-Gen. B. F. Cheatham. Escort: G, 2d Ga. Cav., Capt. T. M. Merritt. Jackson's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. John K. Jackson: 1st Ga. (Confed.) and 2d Ga. Battalion, Maj. J. C. Gordon; 5th Ga., Col. C. P. Daniel; 2d Ga. Battalion Sharp-shooters, Maj. R. H. Whiteley; 5th Miss., Lieut.-Col. W. L. Sykes (k), Maj. J. B. Herring; 8th Miss., Col. J. C. WilkSamuel Adams; 45th Ala., Col. E. B. Breedlove; 18th Ala. Battalion, Maj. J. H. Gibson (k), Col. Samuel Adams; 32d and 45th Miss., Col. M. P. Lowrey; Sharp-shooters, Maj. A. T. Hawkins (k), Capt. Daniel Coleman. Brigade loss: k, 96; w, 680 == 776. Polk's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Lucius E. Polk: 1st Ark., Col. J. W. Colquitt; 3d and 5th Confederate, Col. J. A. Smith; 2d Tenn., Col. W. B. Robertson; 35th Tenn., Col. B. J. Hill; 48th Tenn., Col. G. H. Nixon. Brigade loss: k, 58; w, 541; m, 6 == 605. De
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 9.97 (search)
ands. The probabilities are that our loss in killed was the heavier, as we were the attacking party. The enemy reported his loss in killed at 361; but as he reported his missing at 4146, while we held over 6000 of them as prisoners, and there must have been hundreds, if not thousands, w:ho deserted, but little reliance can be placed in this report. There was certainly great dissatisfaction with Bragg, General Bragg was succeeded by General Hardee December 2d, 1863, and the latter by General Polk December 23d. General Johnston assumed command December 27th. On February 24th, 1864, General Bragg, under the direction of the President, was charged with the conduct of military operations in the armies of the Confederacy. In November, 1864, he was placed in command of the Department of North Carolina. In February, 1865, he came under General J. E. Johnston's command again, and so remained till the surrender. General Bragg died Sept. 27th, 1876.--editors. on the part of the soldiers,
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces in the Atlanta campaign. May 3d-September 8th, 1864. (search)
in the reports of this time speaks of his having 600 men.) artillery, Lieut.-Col. Felix H. Robertson, Maj. James Hamilton: Ark. Battery, Lieut. J. P. Bryant, Lieut. J. W. Callaway; Ga. Battery (Ferrell's, one section), Lieut. W. B. S. Davis; Tenn. Battery, Capt. B. F. White, Lieut. A. Pue, Capt. B. F. White; Tenn. Battery, Lieut. D. B. Ramsey; Tenn. Battery, Capt. A. L. Huggins. Engineer troops, Lieut.-Col. S. W. Presstman. Polk's (or Stewart's) Corps, Army of Mississippi, Lieut.-Gen. Leonidas Polk, Maj.-Gen. W. W. Loring, Lieut.-Gen. A. P. Stewart, Maj.-Gen. B. F. Cheatham, Lieut.-Gen. A. P. Stewart. Escort: Orleans Light Horse, Capt. L. Greenleaf. Loring's division, Maj.-Gen. W. W. Loring, Brig.-Gen. W. S. Featherston, Maj.-Gen. W. W. Loring. Escort: B, 7th Tenn. Cav., Capt. J. P. Russell. Featherston's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. W. S. Featherston, Col. Robert Lowry, Brig.-Gen. W. S. Featherston: 1st Miss., Maj. M. S. Alcorn; 3d Miss., Col. T. A. Melton, Lieut.-Col. S.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The struggle for Atlanta. (search)
92. At Resaca, a few days later, after the corps of Polk had joined him, it numbered 71,235. See the artic a letter that night sent to Sherman: They [probably Polk's men] displayed considerable force and opened on us line, something like ours at Gettysburg. He rested Polk's corps on the Oostenaula River; placed Hardee's nexrested his right upon the Oostenaula River, opposite Polk. Thomas, with the corps of Palmer and Hooker, came he evening of the 14th a vigorous effort was made by Polk to regain this outpost, but he was repulsed with losrenchments on Pine Top. It was at this time that General Polk was killed. McPherson, by overlapping Hood, skihe infantry in Mississippi was ordered to Johnston. Polk, with Loring's division, reached Resaca May 11th. June 14th, Polk having been killed, Loring succeeded temporarily to the command of the corps.--editors. left, tavored to carry out the plan. A. P. Stewart now had Polk's corps, and Cheatham took Hood's. Hardee on the rig
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