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John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter X (search)
, conveying the information that Smith had not arrived, and saying nothing about any other reinforcements, but expressing the wish that the Duck River position be held until Smith arrived; and another despatch designating Franklin, behind the Harpeth River, as the place to which I would have to retire if it became necessary to fall back from Duck River. I then decided to hold on to the crossing of Duck River until the night of the 29th, thus gaining twenty-four hours more for Thomas to concentne to the river on the right. Fortunately the natural position was such that Kimball's division of the Fourth Corps was sufficient, leaving both Wood's and Wagner's in reserve. I then gave my undivided attention to the means of crossing the Harpeth River. Two days before I had telegraphed to General Thomas suggesting that he have a pontoon bridge laid at Franklin, to which he replied: You can send some of the pontoons you used at Columbia to Franklin to lay a bridge there. War Records,
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XI (search)
ng back the enemy, should it prove true that he has crossed the river, you will necessarily have to make preparation to take up a new position at Franklin, behind Harpeth, [while] immediately, if it become necessary to fall back. (Signed) Geo. H. Thomas, Major-General, Commanding. The records of the Department of the Cumberla thus learned, a short time after eight o'clock on the morning of the 29th, that A. J. Smith had not yet arrived at Nashville, and that the position behind the Harpeth River at Franklin was that to which I must retire when compelled to fall back. (Another despatch from Thomas, dated November 28, 10 A. M., appears in the records,ter of that situation had been due largely to Thomas's action in leaving me without the expected reinforcements, and in not providing the means of crossing the Harpeth River. The following seems to show that General Thomas did not even then see the importance of prompt concentration of all his available force in front of the ene
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XII (search)
ent quartermaster he was. I had only a short time before voluntarily sent General Grant 5000 men, and I inferred that there was some connection between the incidents. The immense change in the whole military situation which was produced in a few minutes at Franklin (for the contest there was in fact decided in that time, by the recovery of the breach in the line), and that by a battle which had not been contemplated by either General Thomas or myself (that is, on the south side of the Harpeth River, with that stream in the rear of the army), nor yet by General Hood until he saw the apparent opportunity to destroy his adversary; and the fact that that dangerous situation had been produced and the battle rendered necessary by slight accidents or mistakes which might easily have been foreseen or avoided, cannot, it seems to me, but produce in every thoughtful mind some reflection upon the influence exercised by what is called accident or chance in war. The fortune of war was, upon th
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
rnpike, Tenn., military movements on, 264 Harney, Brig.-Gen. William S., commanding Department of the West, 32, 33; attitude at the outbreak of the war, 33; character and services, 33; S.'s relations with, 33; relieved from duty, 33, 35 Harpeth River, the, military movements on, 171, 175-177, 181, 184-186, 218, 219, 221-224, 228, 233, 244, 248-250, 264, 282; Thomas advises S. to retreat behind the, 212; Thomas asked to bridge the, 219; crossed by S., 221-224; lack of bridge over, 221, 22 for, 543; relieved from controversies in Missouri, 543; promotions for service, 543 For details of the battles of Franklin and Nashville, and the antecedent movements, stands, and engagements see Brentwood; Columbia; Duck River; Franklin; Harpeth River; Nashville; Pulaski; Spring Hill, and the names of the various generals engaged therein, as Cox; Hood; Smith, A. J. ; Stanley; Thomas, etc. Correspondence with: Bates, E., Sept. 29, 1863, 93: Bigelow, John, Feb. 25, 1866, 392: Blair, F. P