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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 93 1 Browse Search
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Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 56 2 Browse Search
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A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 19 1 Browse Search
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James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 2: (search)
east Tennessee, under date of January 18, 1862, advised Gen. A. S. Johnston from his camp at Beech Grove, Ky., on the north side of the Cumberland river, that he was threatened by a superior force of the enemy in front, and finding it impossible to cross the river, I will have to make the fight on the ground I now occupy. He had under his command 4,000 effective men in two brigades: The First, commanded by Brig.-Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer, was composed of the Fifteenth Mississippi, Lieut.-Col. E. C. Walthall; Nineteenth Tennessee, Col. D. H. Cummings; Twentieth Tennessee, Col. Joel A. Battle; Twenty-fifth Tennessee, Col. S. S. Stanton; Rutledge's battery of four guns, Capt. A. M. Rutledge, and two companies of cavalry commanded by Captains Saunders and Bledsoe. The Second brigade, commanded by Brig.-Gen. William H. Carroll, was composed of the Seventeenth Tennessee, Lieutenant-Colonel Miller; Twenty-eighth Tennessee, Col. John P. Murray; Twenty-ninth Tennessee, Col. Samuel Powell; two
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 8: (search)
November and some hours after the capture of Walthall's pickets by Hooker's corps. Why General WalGeneral Walthall was not sustained is yet unexplained, says General Bragg in his official report; the commanderttanooga creek. Holtzclaw's brigade relieved Walthall, the enemy retiring before his advance; the de forces were concentrated on the ridge. General Walthall reports that at 11 o'clock p. m., under othe enemy's artillery and sharpshooters. General Walthall, in his report of the battle, says: My po. General Cheatham considered this action of Walthall's one of the most brilliant of the war, and h left and overwhelmed him. In this combat General Walthall and Maj. John Ingram, of General Cheatham8 wounded. Moore's brigade was on the left of Walthall and the right of Jackson's two brigades, whereral commanding the army seemed to appreciate Walthall's splendid performance. In his official repo The heavy firing heard by General Hardee was Walthall's resistance to the advance of the enemy. [1 more...]
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 9: (search)
ile beyond, where he encountered temporary breastworks, from which he was repulsed with heavy loss. Clayton advanced ten minutes later and was driven back; then Walthall's division of Stewart's corps, under instructions from General Lee, assaulted the position from which Brown and Clayton had just been driven. General WalthallGeneral Walthall reported that Brigadier-General Quarles (with his brigade of Tennesseeans) made a bold and bloody assault, but his command was checked by the strong force in his front and the unopposed troops which lapped his left and poured into it a damaging flank fire. If, said General Walthall, it had been possible for the daring of officerGeneral Walthall, it had been possible for the daring of officers and the desperate fighting of the men to have overcome such odds in numbers and strength of position as we encountered all along my whole line, the enemy would have been beaten, but double the force could not have accomplished what my division was ordered to undertake. Among the killed of Quarles' brigade was Col. John R. Wh
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 10: (search)
dangerously wounded and captured. His division general, Walthall, said of him: Brigadier-General Quarles was severely wouner which the enemy pressed forward and gained the rear of Walthall and Loring. Walthall, after a gallant resistance, retireWalthall, after a gallant resistance, retired his line, when the entire corps formed between the Granny White and Franklin turnpikes, night closing the conflict. TheHood's retreat, therefore it was decided to detach Major-General Walthall with instructions to organize a rear guard 3,000 strong, and report to Major-General Forrest. Walthall selected the brigades of Reynolds, Ector and Quarles, of his own divissplendid command, led with consummate skill and courage. Walthall was the youngest division general in the army of Tennesseout murmur, and were ever ready to meet the enemy. General Walthall said of his command, For several days the ground was nd artillery of Forrest participated with the infantry of Walthall. The danger was a common one, and the two arms of the se
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
e campaign of Hood into Tennessee, this brigade was detached from the army at Nashville and sent to co-operate with Bate and Forrest in a movement against Murfreesboro. On the retreat of the army, Palmer's brigade formed part of the force under Walthall and Forrest which brought up the rear, and did its duty so bravely as to win the applause of even the enemy. During the North Carolina campaign of 1865, all the decimated infantry regiments of Tennessee then serving under Johnston were consolid long continued conflict from Dalton to Atlanta this brigade exhibited a steady bearing. At Pickett's mill, General Cleburne expressed to General Quarles and his brigade his thanks for timely assistance rendered. At the battle of Franklin, General Walthall reported: Brigadier-General Quarles was severely wounded at the head of his brigade, within a short distance of the enemy's inner line, and all of his staff officers with him on the field were killed; and so heavy were the losses in his comm