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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Cleburne and his division at Missionary ridge and Ringgold gap. (search)
to obviate evil effects. Thus twice in one day Cleburne assumed what might have been a grave responsibility. Putting the command in motion at 3 A. M. on the 27th Cleburne marched through the town of Ringgold to take position in the gap of Taylor's Ridge, in conformity with an order direct from General Bragg. A staff officer was dispatched to him for more specific instructions. He was found at Catoosa Station. General Bragg's instructions were: Tell General Cleburne to hold his position at secured, the salvation of which depends upon him. Such was the brief but comprehensive order, in pursuance of which Cleburne, with 4,157 effectives, was to confront a flushed and victorious enemy and do battle for the safety of the army. Taylor's Ridge rises abruptly about a mile east of the town of Ringgold, and is divided by a gap of just sufficient width for the passage of the railroad, a county road, and a large branch of Chickamagua creek. This creek, in its windings, was bridged at t