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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3, Chapter 28: (search)
ich secured our present position. This withdrawal, however, was to be temporary only, and with characteristic forethought, Grant continued: Open to the rear all enclosed works, so that when we want to retake them, they will not be directed against us. Tennessee, however, was the theatre where the interest of the war now culminated; the key-point, at this juncture, of the strategy which enveloped a continent. Nashville, the capital of the state, is situated on the south bank of the Cumberland river, thirty or forty miles from the Kentucky line, and midway between the eastern and western boundaries. It is connected with the North by a single railroad, starting from Louisville, on the Ohio, two hundred miles away. Along this road the principal reinforcements and supplies had passed for Sherman and Thomas since the beginning of April. Southward, two lines run from Nashville to the great railway which connects Chattanooga with the Mississippi—the Memphis and Charleston road. One o
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3, Chapter 29: (search)
and Commander Fitch assures me Hood can neither cross Cumberland river, nor blockade it. I therefore think it best to wait he city: the national fortifications extended from the Cumberland river on the right to the river again on the left, and all wards Harpeth shoals, and say rebels propose to cross Cumberland river there, soon as it can be forded and river is too low avenue of communication with Thomas was cut off. The Cumberland river was closed. Rosecrans, who had commanded in Missoubetween two and three thousand rebels had crossed the Cumberland river, and were supposed to be moving northward, towards Bo Nashville lies in one of the numerous bends of the Cumberland river, surrounded by steep and rugged hills, eminently suitashville, but all were controlled by the rebels. The Cumberland river was also closed above and below the town, and Thomas' to him, but he gave no order to Forrest to cross the Cumberland river, and he made no preparation himself for such a move.
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3, Index (search)
tanooga, II. 7; Grant's confidence in, III., 222; Logan to take command of, 249. Cumberland mountains, the, i., 42; loyalty of the inhabitants of, 426. Cumberland river danger of Forrest moving down, II., 233; closed by rebel batteries 239; closed above and below Nashville, 250. Curtis, General N. M., at Fort Fisher, firsal William III., in command of Nineteenth corps at Cedar creek, III., 93 . Ewell, General R. S., at battle of the Wilderness, II., 95; holds south bank of Cumberland river, III., 242; at fall of Richmond, 538; sets fire to Richmond, 538; withdraws his command, 540 , captured at battle of Sailor's creek, 577. Farragut, Admiraperations against, 235; first operations against, 307-322; second operations against 325-348. Fisher's Hill, battle of, III., 31-35. Fitch, Captain, at Cumberland river, III., 239. Five Forks, importance of, III., 457, 459; rebel activity at, 459, 467; battle of, 483-495. Floyd, Major-General , poltroonery of at Fort D