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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.11 (search)
d into the new, delivered a stunning and bloody blow at Murfreesboro. Minor operations on this extended theatre had generaurs after Bragg had retreated. I was in the city of Murfreesboro, Tenn., myself, with a squad of cavalry the night after Bra was the principal actor. In front of Luverne, between Murfreesboro and Nashville, a part of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, whichd Gap to Knoxville, and at many points, until we got to Murfreesboro. There we located at Stewart's Creek, and there is notreds of times. When Rosecrans commenced his advance on Murfreesboro, as I now remember, it was six days we fought this armys rear practically until after Bragg had retreated from Murfreesboro; in fact, Bragg had retreated, leaving only Cleburne's atteries of artillery and a regiment of cavalry between Murfreesboro and the enemy, leaving Wheeler in the rear of Rosecrans. Leading back from Murfreesboro to the Tennessee river, and in the direction of Chattanooga, and Decatur, Ala., every po
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Joseph Wheeler. (search)
e a comparison with something with which we were familiar. In order to fully appreciate the magnitude of the great struggle, in which Pelham engaged, you must make some comparison between the civil war and others which were fought by the American people. The official reports give the following as the losses in killed and wounded of the Federal army in seven out of nearly a thousand severely contested struggles during the four years of war. Seven Days Fight,9,291 Antietam,11,426 Murfreesboro,8,778 Gettysburg,6,426 Chickamauga,10,906 Wilderness,14,494 Spotsylvania,9,987 None of these figures include the missing, many of whom were either killed or wounded, and, if included, would greatly add to the number. The battles of the Wilderness and of Spotsylvania might, with great propriety, be termed one continuous battle, and there is no better way to impress us with its magnitude than to observe that the losses in killed and wounded in that engagement exceeded the killed
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
7. Maury, Gen. D. H., 284. Maxwell, Ll.D. Wm., 258. Mebane, Cummings, 134 Mercer, John, 348. Milford Station, Battle of, 110; Importance of, 115 Miller, Polk, tradacteur, 262. Mine Run, Battle of, 25. Montgomery, Ala., Monument to Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Unveiled at, 181; its history, 230. Moore. J. B., 306. Moore, J. Scott, 323. Moore, Chaplain H. D., 16. Moore, Gen P. T., 242. Moore, Rev. W. A., 5. Morris, Gouverneur on the U. S. Constitution, 46. Murfreesboro, Battle of, 222. Muscoe, Capt., Salvator, 348 Navy, The Confederate, 215; Defence of, 216. New Hope Church, Battle of, 222. News Association of the U. S.; Beginning of the, 101. Nicholson, Capt.: Married, 16. North Carolina; Gallantry of her Troops; her Dead, 133. Northwestern Territory-Influence of in forming the Union, 54. Norton, Maj., Geo. F., 111. Old Market Mission, Richmond, The, 260. O'Neal, Gen. E. A., 3. Otey, 33. Palmer, Rev. Dr. B. M., 284. Pa