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General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 2 (search)
e. Colonel Hunton with his regiment, and Colonel (Governor) Smith with his battalion, both detached from Cocke's brigade, were sent to Bee's support. Many of the broken troops, individual stragglers as well as fragments of companies, were reorganized and led back into the fight with the help of my own staff and a part of General Beauregard's. The largest of these bodies, about equal to four companies, and so organized, having no field-officer with it, was placed under the command of Colonel F. J. Thomas, chief ordnance-officer, who fell while gallantly leading it against the enemy. These troops were all sent to the right to strengthen and encourage the regiments that had been weakened in the previous contest. Cocke's brigade was held in rear of the right of our line, to observe a strong body of Federal troops, on the north side of Bull Run, in a position from which it could have struck Bee in flank in a few minutes. After these additions to the forces engaged, we had nine re
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 7 (search)
iles west of Tuscumbia, impeding the march of Sherman's corps toward Decatur, encountering Osterhaus's division, which was the leading one. General Sherman's headquarters were at Iuka. Brigadier-General Chalmers was immediately directed to do his utmost to interrupt the communication of those troops with Memphis, by breaking the railroad in their rear, and otherwise. In a telegram received on the 26th, General Bragg wrote: Rosecrans is relieved, and his department merged in Grant's. Thomas commands the army. Grant is here, or soon to be, and this is to be the theatre of future operations. Major-General Lee, with his twenty-five hundred cavalry, continued to oppose the march of Sherman's troops very effectively for the space of ten days. The contest was terminated at the end of that time, by a change of plan by the Federal commander, who, falling back, crossed the Tennessee below the Muscle Shoals and then resumed his course toward Chattanooga on the north side of the river
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 9 (search)
erated its strength; for, on the 14th, General Grant, who, the day before, had instructed Major-General Thomas to move to Knoxville with all the troops that could be spared from Chattanooga, to coopermmediate front instead, to gain possession of Dalton, and as far south of that as possible. General Thomas's report of March 10, 1864. On the 22d, intelligence was received from Lieutenant-General Poy had retired during the night. In his report of these operations, dated March 10, 1864, General Thomas wrote: Being convinced that the rebel army at Dalton largely outnumbered the strength of therdered, it certainly was not a success, complete or partial. And as to any relation between General Thomas's operations near Mill-Creek Gap, and General Sherman's against Meridian, the latter was abaremost of which had reached the Tombigbee, were recalled by the President on the 23d, before General Thomas's designs had been discovered. It is incredible that the skirmishing about Mill-Creek Gap o
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 10 (search)
t probable that the enemy's forces will increase during the spring? Or will they diminish in May and June by expiration of terms of service? It seems to me that our policy depends on the answers to these questions. If that to the first is affirmative, we should act promptly. If that to the second is so, we should not, but on the contrary put off action, if possible, until the discharge of many of his soldiers, if any considerable number is to be discharged. P. S.-Should Sherman join Thomas, this army would require reinforcement to enable it to hold its ground. Our army that takes the offensive should be our strongest in relation to its enemy. On the 18th Colonel Sale, General Bragg's military secretary, brought me the following letter from that officer, dated the 12th: General: In previous communications it has been intimated to you that the President desired a forward movement by the forces under your command; and it was suggested that such preparations as are pract