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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)
ress south of that line. Though this was the, most promising of the numerous plans for a compromise, the resolutions failed for want of agreement.-editors. Muldraugh's Hill. Rousseau, with twelve hundred men, followed in a few hours. The whole force was under Brigadier-General W. T. Sherman, who had shortly before, at Andersonediately. General Sherman's army was rather a motley crew. The Home Guards did not wear regulation uniforms, and Rousseau's men were not well equipped. Muldraugh's Hill had been occupied for six weeks or more during the summer by a regiment of the State Guard, and the people in the vicinity were generally in sympathy with tIndiana (Colonel B. F. Scribner) arrived, and soon after four other regiments. Sherman moved forward to Elizabethtown, not finding any available position at Muldraugh's Hill. A few days afterward, having on October 8th Camp Dick Robinson — the farm-house. From a photograph taken in 1887. succeeded Anderson, who had been relie
December 28. The trestle-work at Muldraugh's Hill, Ky., guarded by the Seventy-first Indiana regiment, was captured, after a fight of ten hours, by a superior force of rebels, under John II. Morgan, and destroyed.--New Madrid, Mo.. was evacuated by the National forces, after destroying the barracks and magazine.--Louisville Journal. A skirmish occurred to-day in the vicinity of Suffolk, Va., between a reconnoitring force of Union troops, under the command of Acting Brigadier-General Gibbs, and a force of rebel cavalry, in which the latter were routed and driven for six or eight miles. The Nationals captured a number of horses and fire-arms, the latter of which the rebels threw away in their flight.--Baltimore American. Van Buren, Ark., was entered and captured by a force of Union troops, under the command of General J. G. Blunt, together with the rebel garrison, a large amount of ammunition, four steamboats laden with army supplies, and a ferry-boat.--(Doc. 90.)
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 3: military operations in Missouri and Kentucky. (search)
property of the people of the Commonwealth. He called upon the citizens to arm in their might and drive the invader from their soil. The leader of the hostile force, he said, who now approaches, is, I regret to say, a Kentuckian, making war on Kentucky and Kentuckians. He called them to rally around the flag our fathers loved, and bade them trust in God and do their duty. and where he remained for several months. At the same time, Sherman established a camp and general rendezous on Muldraugh's Hill, not far from Elizabethtown, and there laid the foundation of that notable organization afterward known as the Army of the Cumberland. On account of Anderson's feeble health, General Sherman was placed in chief command of the Department of the Cumberland (which included the States of Kentucky and Tennessee) early in October, when, with a forecast not then appreciated, he declared that an army of two hundred thousand men would be necessary to expel the Confederates from Kentucky and Tenn
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 8: from the battle of Bull Run to Paducah--Kentucky and Missouri. 1861-1862. (search)
stroyed, would take months to replace, and General Anderson thought it well worth the effort to save them. Also, on Muldraugh's Hill beyond, was a strong position, which had in former years been used as the site for the State Camp of instruction, anered me to go over, and with them, and such Home Guards as we could collect, make the effort to secure possession of Muldraugh's Hill before Buckner could reach it. I took Captain Prime with me, and crossed over to Rousseau's camp. The long-roll wasregiments of volunteers that had come to him. Before the bridge was done we advanced the whole camp to the summit of Muldraugh's Hill, just back of Elizabethtown. There I learned definitely that General Buckner had not crossed Green River at all, thand geography he must have been familiar. As fast as fresh troops reached Louisville, they were sent out to me at Muldraugh's Hill, where I was endeavoring to put them into shape for service, and by the 1st of October I had the equivalent of a div
rassing it to the point of desperation. Wheeler operated on Sherman's flank later in the Carolinas, but the power of the Confederate cavalry was on the wane, and the end was soon to come. One of the blockhouses on the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad in 1864 brought up, and after the raiders fired a number of shells and solid shot, which knocked great holes in the houses, the garrison surrendered. On the 28th, the two great trestles on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad at Muldraugh's Hill were destroyed. They were each from sixty to seventy-five feet high, and nine hundred feet long, constructed entirely of wood. They were guarded by two strong stockade forts, garrisoned by an Indiana regiment of infantry. Both strongholds were assailed at the same time, the artillery doing effective work, and in less than two hours, the two garrisons of seven hundred men were prisoners. They were armed with new Enfield rifles, one of the most effective weapons of that day. After
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 2: (search)
about a week before he was in turn relieved by General Buell. Muldraugh's Hill is about forty miles south of Louisville, on the railroad to s after his troops were established there: headquarters Muldraugh's Hill, September 27, 1861. Captain Oliver D. Green, Adjutant-Genera along the road at all the bridges, secure the road and occupy Muldraugh's Hill. * * * * This is not an isolated hill, but a range separati any moment to have these wagons seized. The reason I came to Muldraugh's Hill was for effect. Had it fallen into the hands of our enemy thears how the cause would have been lost if the enemy had gained Muldraugh's Hill. The second one shows how the conduct of the Union troops afting the Hill, was about to ruin our cause. headquarters Muldraugh's Hill, September 29, 1861. General Robert Anderson, Louisville, Ky.'s at Greenburg. Of course, the chief design of our occupying Muldraugh's Hill was to afford an opportunity for the people to organize and ar
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Kentucky, 1862 (search)
kILLINOIS--91st Infantry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry. Union loss, 23 wounded. Dec. 26: Skirmish, Powell CountyKENTUCKY--14th Cavalry (Detachment), capture of guerillas. Dec. 27: Skirmish, ElizabethtownILLINOIS--91st Infantry. Dec. 28: Skirmish, Muldraugh's HillILLINOIS--78th Infantry. INDIANA--6th Cavalry; 71st Infantry. Union loss, 400 killed, wounded and missing. Dec. 29: Skirmish, Hamilton's FordKENTUCKY--12th Cavalry. Dec. 29: Action, Johnson's Ferry or Hamilton's Ford, Rolling ForkOHIO--Batt Dec. 29: Action, Johnson's Ferry or Hamilton's Ford, Rolling ForkOHIO--Battery "C" 1st Light Arty. Dec. 29: Skirmish, BostonINDIANA--10th and 74th Infantry. KENTUCKY--12th Cavalry; 4th and 13th Infantry. OHIO--Battery "C" 1st Light Arty.; 14th Infy. Dec. 30: Skirmish, New HavenILLINOIS--78th Infantry (Co. "H"). Dec. 30: Skirmish, Rolling ForkINDIANA--10th Infantry. Dec. 30: Affair, SpringfieldKENTUCKY--6th and 9th Cavalry (Detachments). Dec. 31: Action, Muldraugh's Hill near New Market 
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Illinois Volunteers. (search)
mberland, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to August, 1864. Service. Duty at Muldraugh's Hill, Ky., till November 30, 1861. At Elizabethtown, Ky., till December 22, and at Beacon Creek, Ky., till February 10, 1862. Advance on Bowling Green, Ky., February 10-15. Occupation of Bowling Green February 15-23. Advance on Nashvillvision, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865. Service. Moved to Shephardstown, Ky., October 5, 1862, and guard Louisville & Nashville R. R. from Elizabethtown to New Haven, with Headquarters at New Haven, till January 30, 1863. Action at Muldraugh's Hill December 28, 1862 (Cos. B and C, captured by Morgan). New Haven December 30 (Co. H ). Moved to Nashville, Tenn., January 30-February 7, 1863. Repulse of Forest's attack on Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 3. Moved to Franklin, Te
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Indiana Volunteers. (search)
Total 294. 8th Indiana Regiment Cavalry Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., as 39th Regiment Infantry, August 29, 1861. Ordered to Kentucky and duty at Muldraugh's Hill, Camp Nevin, Nolin Creek and Green River till February, 1862. Attached to Wood's Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, Army of the Ohio, October-November, 3 by disease. 3 years. Regiment organized at Madison, Ind., and mustered in September 20, 1861. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., September 20. Duty at Muldraugh's Hill till October 14. Moved to Nolin River, Ky. Duty at Bacon Creek and Green River till February, 1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, McCook's Command, at No Regiment mostly captured, paroled and sent to Indianapolis, Ind. Reorganizing at Indianapolis till December, 1862. Ordered to Kentucky. Action at Muldraugh's Hill, Ky., December 27, 1862. Regiment again captured. Paroled and sent to Indianapolis, and on duty there till August 26, 1863. Designation of Regiment chang
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Kentucky Volunteers. (search)
disease. Total 344. 2nd Kentucky Regiment Cavalry Organized at Camp Joe Holt and Muldraugh's Hill, Ky., September 9, 1861, to February 13, 1862. Attached to Rousseau's Brigade, McCook's Co Parker's Mills on Elk Fork December 28. Affair Springfield December 30 (Detachment). Muldraugh's Hill near New Market December 31. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., January 30, thence to Franklinrmy Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to November, 1865. Service. Moved to Muldraugh's Hill, Ky., September 17, 1861. At Camp Muldraugh's Hill and Nolin till February, 1862. Advan Unattached, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, to September, 1864. Service. Moved to Muldraugh's Hill, Ky., September 17, 1861, and duty there till October 14. Duty at Bacon Creek and Green Riisted men by disease. Total 302. 6th Kentucky Regiment Infantry. Organized at Sigel, Muldraugh's Hill and Shepherdsville, Ky., September 9 to December 24, 1861. Attached to Rousseau's 1st Br