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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore) 33 1 Browse Search
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 8 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: November 1, 1862., [Electronic resource] 7 1 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 2 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 2 0 Browse Search
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862., Part II: Correspondence, Orders, and Returns. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott) 2 0 Browse Search
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.) 1 1 Browse Search
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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 4: campaign of the Army of the Cumberland from Murfreesboro'to Chattanooga. (search)
ator, 142. We left General Rosecrans and the Army of the Cumberland at Murfreesboroa, after the Battle of Stone's River, at the beginning of 1863, where he established a fortified depot of supplies. General Bragg, his opponent, had taken a strong position north of the Duck River, Bragg's army was in three divisions, one of which was cavalry, under the command of General J. H. Wheeler. The First Corps was commanded by Lieutenant-General Leonidas Polk, with Generals B. F. Cheatham, J. M. Withers, and S. B. Buckner as division commanders; and the Second by Lieutenant-General W. J. Hardee, whose division commanders were Generals P. R. Cleburne and A. P. Stewart. The cavalry division commanders were Generals J. A. Wharton and W. Martin. his infantry extending from Shelbyville to Wartrace, his cavalry on his right stretched out to McMinnville, and on his left to Columbia and Spring Hill, on the railway between Nashville and Decatur. General Polk's corps was at Shelbyville. Hardee
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862., Part II: Correspondence, Orders, and Returns. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott), Confederate correspondence, Etc. (search)
st Division, and will be designated the First and Second Brigades of that division. Brigadier-General Clark is placed in command of the First Division. The First Brigade, Colonel Smith commanding, and the Second Brigade, Colonel Stephens commanding, will compose the Second Division. Brigadier-General Cheatham is placed in command of the Second Division. By command of Major-General Polk: R. N. Snowden, Assistant Adjutant-General. Jackson, Tenn., March 13, 1862. General Polk: General Withers will proceed with his command by water via Memphis to Bethel Station, on Mobile and Ohio Railroad; five days rations and 100 rounds of ammunition; will leave artillery force and support of four companies. G. T. Beauregard. Jackson, Tenn., March 13, 1862. General Polk: Send down troops as fast as possible-all of one brigade before any troops are sent of another brigade. Draw in infantry from Lexington by time last regiment moves from Humboldt. Keep informed as troops move. G. T.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 18 (search)
dily at my command forward. In a very short time the enemy's battery retreated, and also the infantry support. The fight did not last long. I found that the enemry had four pieces of artillery in the road. It was Connor's battery, Company A, Withers's light artillery, commanded by Captain J. Rutson, (who was wounded and is now a paroled prisoner.) This battery supported by the remnants of the Eighteenth Louisiana and the Crescent City regiments, numbering together about five hundred men. Then able to learn the numbers of the confederates, but know that there were portions of two regiments immediately engaged — the Crescent and the Eighteenth Louisiana. In point of numbers, the latter was much the stronger. They were supported by Withers's battery, which, I believe, had only three pieces in the fight — a howitzer for throwing shells, and two small rifled guns for solid shot. This little battery was well managed. There must have been some five or six hundred of them, besides th
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 29 (search)
rs, say 100 men each,1,200 23Batteries of artillery, say 80 men each,1,840 29Regiments of cavalry, and400,13,250 24Organizations of cavalry,70,    220  62,490 Their average loss, taken from the statistics of Clayburn, Breckinridge, and Withers's divisions, was about two thousand and eighty each; this, for six divisions of infantry, and one of cavalry, will amount to fourteen thousand five hundred and sixty men, or to ours nearly as one hundred and sixty-five to one hundred. Of fourIn the action of the thirty-first December, we were posted on the slope of an eminence facing and commanding the position held by the Rock City Guards and other regiments, composing one of the most efficient brigades of the rebel forces, under Gen. Withers. I am justly proud, sir, of my regiment. The brave and persistent men of my command promptly obeyed every order on the field of blood and deadly strife, and contributed largely to the glorious victory, which has driven the entire rebel force
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), Rebel reports and Narratives. (search)
in rear of the river. 2. Polk's corps will form left wing; Hardee's corps right wing. 3. Withers's division will form first line on Polk's corps; Cheatham's the second; Breckinridge's divisiony-firing and heavy skirmishing, with the exception of a dash late in the evening on the left of Withers's division, which was repulsed and severely punished, it was determined to assail him on Wednes hundred and seventy-three. Lieut.-Gen. L. Polk and W. J. Hardee, commanding corps, Major-Gens. J. M. Withers and P. R. Cleburn, commanding divisions, are specially commended to their government f forces at the close were disposed thus: the divisions of Gens. McCown and Cleburn on our left, Withers and Cheatham in the centre, and Breckinridge on the right. A notable instance of Yankee imput he was driven from point to point with most astonishing rapidity. Very soon McCown, Cleburn, Withers, and Cheatham were bearing down with an impetuosity and power utterly resistless. Battery afte
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 156 (search)
battle. As the brigades composing the division of Major-Gen. Withers had not been engaged in any heavy battle since Shilor-General Cheatham was posted in the rear of that of Major-Gen. Withers, as a supporting force. The division of Major-Genery Smith's army corps, was in prolongation of that of Major-Gen. Withers on the left, having that of Major-Gen. Cleburne, of ground on the east side of the river, in the line of Major-Gen. Withers on the right. The enemy moved forward, and our ouso intense that they too yielded and were driven. Major-Gen. Withers's left was opposed to the right of General Sheridan,f his position enabled him to offer a strong resistance to Withers, whose duty it was to move next. Col. Loomis, who commaAnderson. It was ordered by the division commander, Major-Gen. Withers--who was in the command of Major-Gen. Cheatham's twompanying map marked B B. To Major-Generals Cheatham and Withers, my division commanders, I am under obligations for their
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.), Organization of the Confederate States Forces stationed near Tupelo, Miss., June 30, 1862. (search)
Alabama and 32d Mississippi regiment, and 33d Mississippi regiment, and Baxter's Light battery. Fourth brigade Commander: Brigadier-General Marmaduke---3d Confederate and 25th Tennessee regiment, 29th Tennessee regiment, and 37th Tennessee regiment, and Sweet's Light battery. Fifth brigade Commander: Colonel Hawthorne---17th Tennessee regiment, 21st Tennessee regiment, and 23d Tennessee regiment and 33d Alabama regiment, and Austin's Light battery. Reserve corps---Brigadier-General J. M. Withers. First brigade Commander: Brigadier-General Gardner---19th Alabama regiment, 22d Alabama regiment, 25th Alabama regiment, 26th Alabama regiment, and 39th Alabama regiment, Sharpshooters and Robertson's Light battery. Second brigade Commander: Brigadier-General Chalmers---5th Mississippi regiment, 7th Mississippi regiment, 9th Mississippi regiment, 10th Mississippi regiment, and 29th Mississippi regiment, Blythe's Mississippi regiment and Ketchum's Light battery. T
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 4: (search)
1862, says: First Alabama leaves for Memphis this evening. Vol. Vii—（915) Ordered to Fort Pillow under command of General Withers. Memorandum of General Beauregard, March 3, 1862. Vol. Viii—（129) Colonel Steedman's First Alabama regiment rendt Florida, General Bragg, February 1, 1862. Vol. Vii—（915) Ordered to proceed to Fort Pillow under the command of General Withers. Memorandum of General Beauregard, at Jackson, Tenn., March 3, 1863 Vol. XI, Part 1—（267) E. J. Allen, U. S. A., Aggregate present, 836, December 2, 1861, district of Alabama, Gen. J. M. Withers commanding. (819) Army of Mobile, General Withers; department of Alabama and Florida, General Bragg; Mobile, February 1, 1862. （894) Bragg dispatches war department Crawford's regiment has consented to change tenure of service and is mustered in for 12 months. (819) Brigaded under General Withers, army of Mobile, department of Alabama and West Florida, February 1, 1862. Vol. Vii—（915) Memorand
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The laying of the corner-stone of the monument to President Jefferson Davis, (search)
, 353. Virginia Infantry, 7th, Roll of Company A, 361; roll of Company I, 115; 18th, record and roll of Company G, 37; 49th, roll of Company G, 171; 56th, roll and movements of Company I, 210; 61st, record and roster of Company I, Rebel Grays, 98, 104. Virginia Legislature, Federal permission for it to convene in 1865, 352. Walker, John C., 41. Wallace, General W. H. L., 131. Waller, Major, Thomas, 214. Walthall, General E. C., 67. Weeks, Ph. D., Stephen B., 1. Weitzel, General, Godfrey, at Richmond in 1865, 352. Wheeler, General, Joseph, Sketch of, 19. Whiting, General W. H. C.,A plea for, 274. Wilderness, Battle of, 89, 109; casualties in, 139. Williamsburg, Va., The wounded at, on May 6, 1862, 172. Williams, Adjutant R. L., 219. Wilson, Colonel Samuel M., 97. Winchester, Va., monument to the Confederate Dead in the Cemetery there, 242. Withers, General J. M., 68. Wyeth, Dr. John A., 93. Wright, T. R, B., 209. Zoah Church, Battle of, 101.
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), W (search)
h, II., 352; Twenty-eighth, camp at Little Rock, Ark., II., 343, 350; Thirty-sixth, losses, X., 152, 154; Thirty-seventh (Indian), VIII., 75; losses, X., 154; Thirty-ninth, III., 330; Fortieth, III., 330; Forty-first, III., 330; Forty-sixth (German), VIII., 75. Wise, G. M., VII., 319. Wise, H. A.: V., 64; X., 4, 321. Wise's Light Dragoons, VIII., 191. Wissahickon,, U. S. S.: VI., 42; Jack-tars on, VI., 42; pivot-gun of, VI., 43, 90. Wistar, I. J., X., 291. Withers, J. M.: I., 195, 205; X.,253, 256. Wives and Sweethearts, IX., 142 seq. Wofford, W. T., X., 127. Wolfe, J., I., 57. Wolfe Street General Hospital, Alexandria, Va. : VII., 235. Wolseley, Viscount I., 98; quoted, VIII., 134, 154, 159. Wolverine Brigade, VIII., 196. Women as spies Viii., 273, 287, 291. Women's Relief Societies: in Tenn., VII., 247; Relief Society of the Confederate States, Felicia Grundy Porter, President, VII., 247; Southern Hospi
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