Browsing named entities in General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox. You can also browse the collection for Chattanooga (Tennessee, United States) or search for Chattanooga (Tennessee, United States) in all documents.

Your search returned 53 results in 6 document sections:

General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 30: Longstreet moves to Georgia. (search)
idan through Virginia and East Tennessee to Chattanooga was open and in good working order. Genera Cincinnati via Louisville and Nashville to Chattanooga. On that road General Rosecrans was marchiw nearer the army under General Bragg about Chattanooga, leaving nothing of his command in East Tenna, but only a single track from Augusta to Chattanooga. The gauges of the roads were not uniformarmy had been manoeuvred and flanked out of Chattanooga, Buckner's out of East Tennessee, and both left so as to come in between the enemy and Chattanooga. The work had been so persistent and assidtart, between the enemy and his new base at Chattanooga. No chief of artillery for the command one of its brigades had been left to occupy Chattanooga. Wilder's mounted infantry, on the right o Union army was to hold open its routes for Chattanooga by the Rossville and Dry Valley roads. As bn was to push in between the Union army and Chattanooga, recover his lost ground, and cut the enemy[3 more...]
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 31: battle of Chickamauga. (search)
le he found the road between the enemy's left and Chattanooga open, which gave him opportunity to interpose or was suspended. The other brigades crossed the Chattanooga road, changed front, and bore down against the en advance, passing beyond the enemy's left to the Chattanooga road, and wheel to the left against his left rear the battle on the morrow. The direct road to Chattanooga was practically closed. McFarland Gap, the only swept forward, and the right sprang to the broad Chattanooga highway. Like magic the Union army had melted a after four o'clock, saying that he was riding to Chattanooga to view the position there; that lie, General Thotion at Rossville, and send the other men back to Chattanooga to be reorganized. This was a suggestion more thaction, and the conditions referring to duties at Chattanooga, carried inferential discretion. That General Thuggested the advance of Liddell's division to the Chattanooga road to try to check it. The withdrawal of Reynol
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 32: failure to follow success. (search)
that there were some defensive works about Chattanooga to cover the enemy in that position. I that we cross the Tennessee River north of Chattanooga and march against the line of the enemy's re line of march to follow the enemy towards Chattanooga. When asked if he had abandoned the couis army was marching through the streets of Chattanooga with bands of music and salutations of the hat it would be more comfortable to rest at Chattanooga, reinforce, repair damages, and come to meee of six miles along the southeast front of Chattanooga, from the base of Lookout Mountain on his l the army pulled away from the lines around Chattanooga and put to active work in the field, and cais supply train, put us between his army at Chattanooga and the reinforcements moving to join him, he 19th he made a survey of the river below Chattanooga. On the same day General Rosecrans was supoon-boats and two flatboats in the river at Chattanooga, the former to take twenty-five men each, t[2 more...]
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 33: the East Tennessee campaign. (search)
that had joined the Union army, another strong column was marching from Memphis under General Sherman, and must reach Chattanooga in fifteen or twenty days. But on second thoughts it occurred to me that it might, after all, be in keeping with his preport proved true. After a little reflection it seemed feasible that by withdrawing his army from its lines about Chattanooga to strong concentration behind the Chickamauga River, and recalling his detachment in East Tennessee (the latter to giration sending a strong force for swift march against General Burnside.-strong enough to crush him,--and returning to Chattanooga before the army under General Sherman could reach there (or, if he thought better, let the detachment strike into Kenthe roads and streams between Loudon and Knoxville. We were again disappointed at Sweetwater. We were started from Chattanooga on short rations, but comforted by the assurance that produce was abundant at that point, and so it proved to be; but
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 34: Besieging Knoxville. (search)
General Bragg to say that the enemy had moved out and attacked his troops at Chattanooga. Later in the day he announced the enemy still in front of him, but not eng W. E. Jones, of that command, reported with his cavalry. The brigades from Chattanooga under General B. R. Johnson were at hand, but not yet up. The artillery and ed the enemy, or may have been driven back. If the enemy has been beaten at Chattanooga, do we not gain by delay at this point? If we have been defeated at ChattanChattanooga, do we not risk our entire force by an assault here? If we have been defeated at Chattanooga, our communications must be made with Virginia. We cannot combineChattanooga, our communications must be made with Virginia. We cannot combine again with General Bragg, even if we should be successful in our assault on Knoxville. If we should be defeated or unsuccessful here, and at the same time General ason,--viz., to prevent General Bragg from reinforcing us, and the attack at Chattanooga favors the first proposition. Rebellion Record, vol. XXXI. part i. p. 491.
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 36: strategic importance of the field. (search)
ir the railroad and bridges between Knoxville and Chattanooga. General Thomas was willing to respond to the call be better). I can partly relieve the vacuum at Chattanooga by troops from Logan's command. It will not be nck, General-in-Chief: I expect to get off from Chattanooga by Monday next a force to drive Longstreet out of as to the condition of affairs with the enemy at Chattanooga. In answer he said,--Our scouts report that troops have been sent from Chattanooga to Loudon. They could not learn the number. On the 17th I asked the Richthat eight trains loaded with troops went up from Chattanooga on the night of the 17th. A telegram came on theston that the enemy was still drawing forces from Chattanooga, but no authority came from Richmond authorizing g the railroad and bridges between that point and Chattanooga. It was thought that the army at Chattanooga couChattanooga could not afford sufficient detachments to drive me from that work without exposing that position to danger from G