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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Cavalry operations in the West under Rosecrans and Sherman. (search)
he Confederate cavalry. On the 7th of December, 1862, John H. Morgan attacked the Federals at Hartsville, Tennessee, and ca road leading to Murfreesboro‘. A little later in December Morgan moved into Kentucky and destroyed bridges on the Louisvill made a celebrated raid at this time. On the 27th of June Morgan crossed the Cumberland River at Burksville, Kentucky, withnts, and saved the bridge over Green River at that point. Morgan crossed below the bridge and passed through Lebanon and Ba his men. The pursuit began at Burksville immediately upon Morgan's passage of Cumberland River. The night of the passage f Virginia with a large mounted force, and at the same time Morgan came into Kentucky through Pound Gap. This was Morgan's lMorgan's last raid. He was attacked at Cynthiana, Mount Sterling, and Augusta, Kentucky, by the Federal cavalry under Colonel John Maok personal charge. [See p. 466.] The fame of Forrest, Morgan, and Wheeler was accented by the widespread heralding of a
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., John Morgan in 1864. (search)
y at Columbus. On the night of November 27th, Morgan and Captains J. C. Bennett, L. D. Hockersmith,on afterward they fell in with a detachment of Morgan's men that had not taken part in the Ohio raidk, but was not strong enough to cope with him. Morgan hastened the four hundred dismounted men of his lines. My force will be about 2000 men. Morgan accordingly entered Kentucky with Giltner's brigade, the mounted men of the old Morgan division, and 800 dismounted men from the various cavalry coperty, and provide for mounting the foot-men, Morgan promptly moved upon Lexington with the greaterThe Federal movement from Kentucky was made as Morgan had anticipated. Burbridge, with the Fifth Diad proceeded some distance east of Louisa when Morgan passed through Pound Gap. The respective coluo hundred. On the same morning, the 10th, General Morgan captured Lexington, and found in the Goverynthiana by Burbridge at the head of 5200 men. Morgan's effective strength was now reduced, by losse[14 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Operations in east Tennessee and south-west Virginia. (search)
he advancing Federals on the 9th of May at Cloyd's Mountain, and Jenkins was mortally wounded and his force defeated. General Crook destroyed the depot at Dublin and the large bridge over New River. On the 10th of May a large cavalry Brigadier-General Jacob Ammen, U. S. V. From a photograph. General Ammen commanded the District of east Tennessee, April 10, 1864, to January 14, 1865. force, under General Averell, made an advance on Wytheville, but was met at Crockett's Cove by General John H. Morgan and defeated, leaving forty dead on the field. In June, 1864, Colonel E. F. Clay, of the 1st Kentucky Mounted Rifles, in command of a small brigade of Confederate cavalry, was sent into Kentucky Map of operations against the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, Lynchburg, Va., to Knoxville, Tenn. from the Department of South-western Virginia to secure forage and cover other military movements. Colonel Clay first advanced upon Paintsville, with a view of capturing some four hundre