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John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana 110 12 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 93 3 Browse Search
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders. 84 10 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 76 4 Browse Search
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A. 73 5 Browse Search
Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson 60 0 Browse Search
Historic leaves, volume 1, April, 1902 - January, 1903 53 1 Browse Search
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War 46 0 Browse Search
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 44 10 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. 42 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: October 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Wanted--1,000 negroes. (search)
e. Our guns did not reply. Before closing this communication allow me to correct a mistake into which the Federal seem to have fallen in regard to the battle of Chickamauga. Longstreet's command was not posted on our right either on Saturday or Sunday, as they appear to believe, but on the left, where they were driven back with great slaughter on Sunday, and their entire line eventually forced to retire. On Saturday the enemy attempted to turn our right flank, at the suggestion of Gen. Thomas, but was fooled by the stubborn resistance of Walker, Forrest, Cheatham, and Cleburne; whilst Stewart and Bood, of Longstreet's command, fought on the left, as they did on the succeeding day. On Sunday Rosecrans, the idea of turning our right having been abandoned, seemed to act under the belief that we were attempting to turn his left, opposed to our right, and he massed such a force on that part of his lines as to enable him to maintain his position against repeated assaults. In this,
The Daily Dispatch: October 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], A Yankee view of the battle of Chickamauga. (search)
New old Rosecrans's plan was to send Crittenden's corps down to attack Chattanooga in front, (that is, from the north side of the Tennessee river.) while he, with Thomas and McCook, should cross Lookout Mountain, and come in the rear of the town, cutting off Bragg from all reenforcements, and making him either come out on the openevacuation of the town, and commenced making a big show of falling back on Rome or Atlanta. Rosecrans was completely fooled by this movement, and rushed with General Thomas's corps into Chattanooga (where he spent a couple of precious days in counting his heads, and saying his pater nesters with a Catholic Archbishop.) while he sston. That wily Rebel no sooner discovered the movement of McCook than he set about to "gobble" him, and threw a large portion of his forces, under Polk, between Thomas and McCook, thus forcing him to retreat. Then occurred one of the most terrific stampedes on record. Our brigade was with McCook, and brought up the rear, so I