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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 5: (search)
Federal commander, was relieved, and Maj.-Gen. W. S. Rosecrans assigned to the command of the army shville, and after months of preparation General Rosecrans began his advance on the 26th of Decembedy to receive the attack made by Rosecrans. Rosecrans' plan of movement was for Major-General McCor and Wharton. On the 26th, Wheeler engaged Rosecrans during the entire day, falling back only thr although they had not been repulsed. General Rosecrans reported that Breckinridge's attack was fallen back. At 3 o'clock p. m. of the 4th, Rosecrans advanced to the river and commenced a skirmigallantry and good soldierly conduct. General Rosecrans, commanding the Federal army at Murfreesttery wagons and 5 forges was admitted. General Rosecrans reported a reserve of 7,495 at Nashvilleurfreesboro, constituted the largest part of Rosecrans' captures. Nearly one-third of the army oth of January. At 4:30 of that morning, General Rosecrans telegraphed the secretary of war, God ha[6 more...]
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 7: (search)
nnesseeans in the great victory— oppression of the people. After a delay of six months, General Rosecrans placed his army in motion in June, 1863. His equipments and appointments were as thoroughh of September, and the army took position from Lee & Gordon's mills to Lafayette in Georgia. Rosecrans immediately occupied the town and pushed forward in pursuit of Bragg, assuming that he was in the second advance, dismounted, and moved up in line with the veterans of Ector and Wilson. Rosecrans concluded that his left, held by Thomas' corps, was the chief point of attack, and that Bragg s or upon the heights it had so gallantly won. On the morning of the 20th of September, General Rosecrans reported present for duty, 67,877 officers and men. In his revised statement of casualtiesary of war, said Andrew Johnson, military governor of the State, complains of the tardiness of Rosecrans, and these long months of precious time wasted. He has fallen under bad influence, and especi
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 8: (search)
Chapter 8: The fatal Pause on Missionary Ridge Changes in command Cheatham's division the fight at Lookout Mountain disaster on Missionary Ridge gallantry of Tennessee commands battle at Ringgold the Knoxville campaign. The army of Tennessee was halted on Missionary Ridge, and remained inactive for two months, until the 25th of November, when it was driven from its position and forced back to Dalton, Ga. On the 16th of October, General Rosecrans was superseded in the command of the army of the Cumberland by Maj.-Gen. George H. Thomas, and the military division of the Mississippi, consisting of the departments of the Cumberland, Ohio and Tennessee, was created, with Maj.-Gen. U. S. Grant in command. General Bragg preferred charges against Lieutenant-General Polk for disobedience of orders at Chickamauga, and on the 29th of September, by a special order, suspended him from command. President Davis, after an examination into the causes and circumstances, ign
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter XI (search)
at various points in West Virginia, in July, 1861, he was joined at Huntersville by Brig.-Gen. Daniel S. Donelson's Tennessee brigade, composed of the Eighth and Sixteenth regiments under Cols. Alfred Fulton and John H. Savage, and by Brig.-Gen. Samuel R. Anderson's Tennessee brigade, composed of the First, Col. George Maney; the Seventh, Col. Robert Hatton, and the Fourteenth, Col. W. A. Forbes. Early in August, Gen. R. E. Lee assumed command of the forces in West Virginia, and Brig.--Gen. W. S. Rosecrans became his opponent in command of the Federal forces. In preparing the well-laid scheme to destroy the Federal forces at Cheat Mountain pass, General Lee moved Donelson's and Anderson's brigades to the right and left of the Federal position by circuitous mountain paths, which enabled them to penetrate the rear of the enemy. General Lee said: With great effort the troops intended for the surprise had reached their destination, having traversed 20 miles of steep, rugged mountain p
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 12: (search)
were heroic words without meaning. Major De Moss, Tenth Tennessee, drove the enemy within his works, and Forrest's escort was in the act of charging when he raised a white flag and surrendered. Brig.-Gen. Robert B. Mitchell, reporting to General Rosecrans, said the affair was a very disgraceful one for the commanding officer of our forces, Lieutenant-Colonel Bloodgood, Twenty-second Wisconsin. With a position easily reached from his encampment he could have held the enemy at bay until the ad man, a prisoner of war, assassinated by an officer! Captain McIntyre, commanding the Fourth regulars, reported that he recrossed the river, bringing with me a captain, one second lieutenant and 34 prisoners. On the 8th of April, 1863, General Rosecrans notified Col. A. D. Streight, Fifty-first Indiana volunteers, that he had been assigned to the command of an independent provisional brigade, including his own and the Seventy-third Indiana, Eightieth Illinois, Third Ohio, and two companies
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 14: (search)
rritory, the medical department was so managed that hospitals could be removed, with their organizations preserved. An illustration is found in the Academy hospital at Chattanooga. Upon the evacuation of that place it was removed to Marietta, Ga., then to Atlanta, to Forsyth, to Auburn, Ala., to Corinth, Miss., and finally returned to Auburn. After the battle of Murfreesboro, Dr. Avent was left in charge of about 500 Confederates, too badly wounded for removal. He so impressed General Rosecrans that orders were given to honor any requisition made for supplies for his wounded. On his return to the South, at his own request, he was assigned to hospital duty. General Bragg was keenly alive to the importance of a complete hospital service, and gave the subject his personal attention. In a communication addressed to Dr. Stout under date of January, 1864, he said: The operations of the hospital department of our army of Tennessee, especially since systematized by you, I have a
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
edit, fighting the battle of Hoover's Gap on the 24th, driving the enemy back, and holding at bay the Federal advance. In this action he was in command of the Confederate forces, Stewart not arriving on the field until nightfall. According to Rosecrans' report, Bate delayed his army at this point thirty-six hours, preventing the Federals from getting possession of Bragg's communications and forcing him to disastrous battle. General Bate and his men took a prominent part in the fighting at Cht Tuscumbia and Florence, Ala., against Federal raiders. Colonel Dibrell's command was detached for this purpose, and on March 25th, near Florence, he defeated two Union gunboats and a body of raiders. During the summer campaign of 1863, when Rosecrans was trying to maneuver Bragg out of Tennessee, Forrest sent Dibrell to reinforce Wheeler. Near Sparta, Tenn., they had a fierce fight with the enemy, which, after varied fortune, was finally decided in favor of the Confederates, who chased the