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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The treatment of prisoners during the war between the States. (search)
until daylight. Guards have been posted inside of the pen, and everything indicates apprehension, on the part of the Yankees, and danger to the prisoners. General Schoepf visited the pen, accompanied by Captain Ahl, and other officers. They were evidently excited, and moved quickly from place to place. Some of the officers we he was near by when the shooting took place, and that he had ordered the sentinel to fire at the first man that stopped on the thoroughfare. I appealed to General Schoepf, to hear a statement of the case; and told him that I had always supposed him to be a humane officer, and disposed to do what was right. He was evidently emb V. Sergeants in charge will be held responsible for the due execution of these rules, and for the regular accounting for the number of their men. By command A. Schoepf, Brigadier-General. (Signed) George W. Ahl, Captain and A. A. A. G. We have received a paper from Mr. John A. Bateson, of Pioche, Nevada, one of the Fed
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., Chapter 26: battle of Fishing Creek. (search)
uld probably have met but slight resistance. Schoepf had three regiments, a battery, and some cavathe only loss sustained. In the mean time Schoepf, overawed and put upon his guard, retired thrs not included in this estimate. On the 18th Schoepf discovered, by a reconnaissance in force, that so as to cut him off from his bridge, while Schoepf attacked him in front. He adds: The resme up. To secure himself he communicated with Schoepf, and obtained from him a reinforcement of thrttalion, besides artillery. The remainder of Schoepf's force must have been near by, and in supporas inevitable, and would separate Thomas from Schoepf. It was afterward alleged that he was deceivcommunication with and supporting distance of Schoepf, and that to surprise or rout him there was a Fourteenth Ohio and Tenth Kentucky, with General Schoepf's whole brigade, joined. Approaching theve resisted the combined attack of Thomas and Schoepf. There was but one thing to be done, and tha[1 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Holding Kentucky for the Union. (search)
Thomas hurried forward several regiments under General Schoepf, who had reported to him shortly before. SchoeSchoepf arrived with the 33d Indiana, in time to help in giving Zollicoffer, who had attacked vigorously with two red with developing Garrard's force, and Thomas moved Schoepf with Carter's East Tennesseeans and several other rorder was revoked, but the revocation did not reach Schoepf until his troops had begun the movement. The East ation of the order Carter returned to London, while Schoepf took position soon after at Somerset. in Septemrossed the river, and after some picket-firing with Schoepf had intrenched himself on the north side. Generalting at the cross roads, Thomas communicated with Schoepf and ordered him to send across Fishing Creek to hisg an attack on Thomas before he could be reached by Schoepf or his regiments in the rear. There was little del advance for the assault ordered for daybreak. General Schoepf arrived about dark with the 17th, 31st, and 38t
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., chapter 12.46 (search)
e Cumberland, and make the defense of Nashville at Donelson. Buell was in his front with 90,000 men, and to save Nashville-Buell's objective point-he had to fall back upon it with part of his army. He kept for this purpose 14,000 men, including his sick,--only 8500 effectives in all,--to confront Buells 90,000 men, and concentrated at Fort Donelson 17,000 men under Floyd, Pillow, and Buckner, his three most experienced generals, to meet Grant, who had 28,000 troops, but was reported Colonel Schoepf's troops crossing Fishing Creek on the way to join General Thomas at Logan's Cross Roads, or Mill Springs. From a lithograph. as having only 12,000. he certainly reserved for himself the more difficult task, the place of greater hazard, leaving the chance of glory to others. The proposition that he should have left Nashville open to capture by Buell, and should have taken all his troops to Donelson, could not have been seriously considered by any General of even moderate military ca
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862., Part II: Correspondence, Orders, and Returns. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott), Confederate correspondence, Etc. (search)
nnessee. I am not writing, Mr. President, in a spirit of fault-finding; neither is my ardor dampened, nor will my exertions be slackened; but I think it due to myself and proper that these facts should be presented to you. The information here is that Cumberland Gap is threatened by five or six regiments and twelve pieces of artillery between Cumberland Ford and Barboursville. Two regiments are on the Cumberland River in Kentucky between Somerset and Burkesville. Generals Thomas and Schoepf with their commands have joined Buell. All the efforts of the enemy will, I think, be directed toward the Mississippi, and if any movement be made on East Tennessee, it will be from Nashville and the Cumberland River as a base, with a line of operations through Middle Tennessee, by Sparta to Kingston, or possibly Athens, Tenn. The barrenness of the country to the north and northwest and the difficulty of obtaining and transporting supplies will prevent operations from that direction. I wi