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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red with developing Garrard's force, and Thomas moved Schoepf with Carter's East Tennesseeans and several other rorder was revoked, but the revocation did not reach Schoepf until his troops had begun the movement.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