Named Entity Results, J. S. Negley

d of the service. As for such brigadiers as Negley, Jefferson C. Davis, Johnson, Palmer, Hascal, en driven back till he was nearly in our rear; Negley had given way, and Rousseau's reserve, sent tor the night. At daylight, on the order of General Negley, I took position on the right of General P a change of front to the left was made by General Negley's division. The enemy had remained quiet to the right bank of the river, by order of Gen. Negley, and re-formed them, supplied them with ammelligence of the disaster to the right. While Negley's division was engaged, the reserve of the cenhave occupied the centre of the original line (Negley's, Sheridan's, and Rousseau's) would probably ged front to the rear, and his left, adjoining Negley, was forced into an angle, which gave the eneme against fearful odds. When the right broke, Negley had pushed in clean ahead of the left of the r sounded with the joyful acclaim. Officers of Negley's division galloped swiftly across the field, [43 more...]

Doc. 28.-report of General Negley. Report of General Negley. headquarters United States forces, camp Nashville, Tenn., November 5, 1862. sir: This morning at two o'clock Forrest's rebel cavalry, numbering about three thousand, with artillery, made an attack on our picket-line on the south, between the Franklin and Lebanon pikes. The picket-line on the Murfreesboro road gradually withdrew, with the purpose of bringing the enemy under the guns of Fort Negley, two of which were openeGeneral Negley. headquarters United States forces, camp Nashville, Tenn., November 5, 1862. sir: This morning at two o'clock Forrest's rebel cavalry, numbering about three thousand, with artillery, made an attack on our picket-line on the south, between the Franklin and Lebanon pikes. The picket-line on the Murfreesboro road gradually withdrew, with the purpose of bringing the enemy under the guns of Fort Negley, two of which were opened upon the enemy, and speedily drove him beyond the range. Almost simultaneously with the attack on the south, John Morgan's forces, twenty-five hundred strong, with a piece of artillery, made a dash on Col. Smith's command on the north side of the river, with the evident intention of destroying the railroad and pontoon-bridges. After a sharp contest, in which several companies of Illinois troops behaved with great gallantry, Morgan was repulsed, leaving a stand of regimental colors in our h