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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Cumberland Gap. (search)
, commanded by Brigadier-Generals Samuel P. Carter and James G. Spears, Colonel John F. De Courcy, 16th Ohio regiment, and Coays after our occupation of Cumberland Gap, June 18th, General Spears, without authority, sent out in the night, captured an of clearing the blockades was thoroughly done. But while Spears was thus engaged Kirby Smith advanced with a large force oo enable me to send couriers at full speed with orders for Spears to fall back toward Barboursville, until his scouts shouldon in a few words, asked for the opinions of the members. Spears, Carter, and Baird (De Courcy being absent) gave it as theling the dash of Stevenson's cavalry on the wagon train of Spears. I fully expected to be met by the enemy in force at Prhad greatly damaged and in parts destroyed. De Courcy and Spears marched by the former, while Baird and Carter, with the wa, Col. James P. T. Carter. Twenty-fifth Brigade, Brig.-Gen. James G. Spears: 3d Tenn., Col. Leonidas C. Houk; 4th Tenn., Col
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces at Stone's River, Tenn. (search)
O. Loomis: A, Ky. (3d Brigade), Capt. David C. Stone; A, 1st Mich. (2d Brigade), Lieut. George W. Van Pelt; H, 5th U. S. (4th Brigade), Lieut. Francis L. Guenther. Artillery loss embraced in brigades to which attached. Cavalry: 2d Ky. (6 co's), Maj. Thomas P. Nicholas. Loss: w, 3. Second (late eighth) division, Brig.-Gen. James S. Negley. First (late Twenty-fifth) Brigade, The 14th Mich., 85th Ill., and two sections 10th Wis. Battery temporarily attached Jan. 2d and 3d. Brig.-Gen. James G. Spears: 1st Tenn., Col. Robert K. Byrd; 2d Tenn., Lieut.-Col. James M. Melton; 6th Tenn., Col. Joseph A. Cooper. Brigade loss: k, 5; w, 28 = 33. Second (late Twenty-ninth) Brigade, Col. Timothy R. Stanley: 19th Ill., Col. Joseph R. Scott (w), Lieut.-Col. Alexander W. Raffen; 11th Mich., Col. William L. Stoughton; 18th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Josiah Given; 69th Ohio, Col. William B. Cassilly (w), Maj. Eli J. Hickcox, Capt. David Putman, Capt. Joseph H. Brigham, Lieut.-Col. George F. Elliott. B
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The battle of Stone's River. (search)
rmed his division and recrossed the river and joined in the pursuit. The artillery ceased firing, and the Union line with loud cheers dashed forward, firing volley after volley upon the fugitives, who rallied behind Robertson's battery and Anderson's brigade in the narrow skirt of timber from which they had emerged to the assault. The Union line advanced and took possession of the ground from which Beatty had been driven an hour before, and both armies bivouacked upon the battlefield. General Spears, with a brigade guarding a much-needed supply train, came up and took position on the right, relieving Rousseau on the following morning. General Bragg had been promptly notified by General Joseph Wheeler of the arrival of this reinforcement to his antagonist, and says in his report: Advance of Colonel M. B. Walker's Union Brigade, at Stone's River, on the evening of January 2, 1863. from a Lithograph. Walker's position is in the cedars near the right of Rousseau's line (see ma
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. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott), March 28-June 18, 1862.-Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) campaign. (search)
io, of operations June 8-16. No. 5.-Brig. Gen. James G. Spears, U. S. Army, commanding Twenty-fifthtion from my real plan, I established Brigadier-General Spears, with three regiments of his command, troops. On the 9th instant I directed General Spears to clear the blockade from the Big Creek G Gap on the following day with the brigades of Spears, Baird, and De Courcy, but I no longer felt atGap, by way of Big Creek Gap, and directed General Spears to await his arrival and then march up theeem. I had not the opportunity to consult General Spears, who was at the foot of Pine Mountain whenursue. Hence I was anxious for the arrival of Spears and Carter, the head of whose columns were soo to approach from the direction of Fincastle. Spears marched without wagons and without tents, and Immediately upon the arrival of Carter and Spears I wished to advance upon the enemy, understoodd the country should be, grateful to Brigadier-Generals Spears, Baird, and Carter and to Colonel De[5 more...]
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 9: roster of general officers both Union and Confederate (search)
ginally Major of the 1st regiment of light artillery. William Hays, brevetted for gallantry on the field. Tennessee Samuel P. Carter, originally Colonel 2d regiment. James A. Cooper, originally Colonel of the 6th regiment. James G. Spears, brevetted Brigadier-General in 1862. Robert Johnson, originally Colonel of the 1st Cavalry. William B. Campbell, commissioned in 1862; resigned in 1863. Brigadier-generals, U. S. Army (full rank) Hammond, W. A., April 25, 1862. ly 21, 1865. Shields, James, Aug. 19, 1861. Sill, Joshua W., July 16, 1862. Slough, John B., Aug. 25, 1862. Smith, G. A., Sept. 19, 1862. Smith, Morgan L., July 16, 1862. Smith, T. C. H., Nov. 29, 1862. Smith, Wm. S., April 15, 1862. Spears, James G., Mar. 5, 1862. Spinola, F. B., June 8, 1865. Sprague, John W., July 21, 1864. Sprague, Wm., May 17, 1861. Starkweather, J. C., July 17, 1863. Stevenson, T. G., Mar. 14, 1863. Stokes, James H., July 20, 1865. Stolbrand, C. J., Feb. 18,