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Tennessee River (United States) (search for this): chapter 2
aving repulsed Bragg beyond the banks of the Tennessee, he fears if he does not follow him up that not to show his strength on the banks of the Tennessee; on the right, Negley, and Baird after him, he pontons made fast on the left bank of the Tennessee, should come and seek him upon the opposite rapid flank movement, gained the edge of the Tennessee, and already crossed the river without accid1st and the 2d of September, the edge of the Tennessee; the trains and the artillery have gone towa defend as long as possible the banks of the Tennessee from Harrison to Chattanooga and to cover thgner, who was posted on the left bank of the Tennessee, and whose outposts were facing Chattanooga,ad and all the roads on the left bank of the Tennessee. Henceforth, the Federals not being able toes below Chattanooga on the left bank of the Tennessee, of which they overlook the tumultuous wateron down the river on the western bank of the Tennessee. He would thus have covered the left of the[8 more...]
Duck River (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
of June, Rosecrans and Bragg on the banks of Duck River. After six months of preparation a new campfirst, hemmed in at the commencement between Duck River and Caney Fork, extends north-west to the plRiver, Manchester and Shelbyville in that of Duck River, and McMinnville on the Caney Fork, are the ey is narrow and poor in resources. That of Duck River, on the contrary, offers all the means of su region. He posted it at some distance from Duck River. Being in a position where it can easily befor defence, because it could easily recross Duck River and fall back on Tullahoma while checking thill and bring his division by Columbia below Duck River. Polk sets out for Tullahoma, leaving at Shown on the south and reaches the bridge over Duck River, and thus cuts off retreat in that directionery. Meantime, Forrest, after having passed Duck River, was moving toward Guy's Gap. But all of a which enables him to regain the left bank of Duck River. The Federals were then masters of the wh
Chillicothe (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
nd seven miles and a half to the eastward of Pomeroy. On leaving Williamsburg on the 15th, in the morning, he moves in the direction of that ford. But his march becomes more and more difficult. The militia, having had time to organize, obstruct the roads and seize upon every occasion to fire some shots at the Confederate column, without, however, exposing themselves too much. If some of them are made prisoners, it is found expedient to release them. By means of a demonstration toward Chillicothe, Morgan succeeds in crossing, without resistance or firing a gun, near Piketon, the Scioto River, and arrives at last, on the morning of the 17th, at Jackson, after an almost uninterrupted march of forty-eight hours. His soldiers, worn out with fatigue, fall asleep in their saddles; the watches and ceaseless lookout for danger have exhausted the endurance of the most robust men; the jaded horses now step only with difficulty. However, they cannot halt: the decisive moment has arrived. T
West Virginia (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
s of the river, so as to cross it below Louisville, and then to go up on the right bank as far as the vicinity of the Pennsylvania State line, in order to join Lee in that commonwealth. In case a reverse should befall him, he would make for Western Virginia by crossing the Ohio near its confluence with the Great or the Little Kanawha, where it is ordinarily easily fordable and inaccessible by armed steamers. The attack upon the cities and their occupation would depend upon the political situatanks of the Watauga River. It had to be withdrawn without betraying the retrograde movement of the army, which it had masked until then: the betrayal of this movement would have called up before Knoxville all the Confederate troops in South-western Virginia. Burnside arrived on the 21st near Carter's Depot where he found the enemy strongly posted within works forming the head of the bridge on the left bank of the Watauga. He at the same time received from the President an order directing him
Kingston, Ga. (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
allotted to his troops. On the other hand, the retreat of the Army of the Cumberland rendered the occupation of East Tennessee much more important, for, as this army no longer menaced Dalton and Cleveland, it was only on the banks of the Holston River that the Federals could occupy the direct line, so useful to the Confederacy, from Lynchburg to Atlanta. It was therefore necessary that Burnside should remain in East Tennessee. Rosecrans was asking him to collect the bulk of his troops at Kingston on the south of Knoxville, so as to place his entire cavalry en échelon down the river on the western bank of the Tennessee. He would thus have covered the left of the Army of the Cumberland, while leaving sufficient garrisons at Knoxville and Cumberland Gap, the only points within his command which it was important to preserve. But the Government at Washington would not expose to incursions by the enemy the territory the liberation of which it had just celebrated, and Halleck ordered Bur
Demopolis (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
road and during a spell of oppressive heat. On the 8th the rearguard was leaving the works which had been so laboriously thrown up around Chattanooga: on the ensuing morning the whole corps was halting at Gordon's Mills on the banks of the West Chickamauga River. Walker's four brigades, separated into two small divisions under Liddell and Gist, and Breckinridge's troops, that had arrived a few days after them, had already effected a junction at La Fayette. Hardee, who had been called to Demopolis to take command of Pemberton's soldiers liberated on parole, had for his successor Lieutenant-general D. H. Hill, whom we have seen figuring first in Lee's army and subsequently in North Carolina. His corps had fallen back, on the 3d, from Tyner's Station to Ringgold, after having sent a brigade of infantry to the banks of the Tennessee in order to mask this movement. Bragg's movement must involve Buckner's and ensure the junction of the two corps. Buckner had been on the left bank of
Lynchburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
ossible in that part of the State. Burnside with his four divisions hardly found there the necessaries of life, and he had been obliged to reduce the rations allotted to his troops. On the other hand, the retreat of the Army of the Cumberland rendered the occupation of East Tennessee much more important, for, as this army no longer menaced Dalton and Cleveland, it was only on the banks of the Holston River that the Federals could occupy the direct line, so useful to the Confederacy, from Lynchburg to Atlanta. It was therefore necessary that Burnside should remain in East Tennessee. Rosecrans was asking him to collect the bulk of his troops at Kingston on the south of Knoxville, so as to place his entire cavalry en échelon down the river on the western bank of the Tennessee. He would thus have covered the left of the Army of the Cumberland, while leaving sufficient garrisons at Knoxville and Cumberland Gap, the only points within his command which it was important to preserve. Bu
Chitwood (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
ifferent routes which each was appointed to take. To the first column on the right, which had the longest way to go, was assigned the best and surest route: it was entrusted with the heaviest part of the train. Leaving Glasgow, it made, via Tompkinsville and Livingston, for the village of Jamestown, where it was merged, on the 28th of August, with the second column, which had come from Columbia via Creelsborough and Albany. The two others, much more numerous than the preceding, united at Chitwood's on the 26th, the one having started from Somerset under the orders of Hartsuff, and the other, under the immediate direction of Burnside, having followed, after leaving Crab Orchard, the route that was the most difficult and exposed to attacks from the enemy, that which passes by Mount Vernon, London, and Williamsburg. The infantry again set out, on the 29th, on two converging lines, and reached on the ensuing day the town of Montgomery. In the mean while, the left of the army was cove
Alleghany River (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
flows northward through Will's Valley from the borders of Georgia and Alabama. In this last State the dip is southward, and rills form the Big Will's Creek, which, coursing around the extremity of Lookout Mountain, empties at Gadsden into the Coosa River: we have already alluded to this district in reference to Streight's expedition. Between Lookout Mountain and the Blue Ridge on the east about thirty-one miles will cover the breadth of the great depression which, from the banks of the Susquehanna, separates this range from the Alleghany Mountains, properly speaking. Where Lookout Mountain lies the district is covered in part with small parallel spurs. The first on the west is Missionary Ridge, a succession of big knobs like shelves detached from the mountain. Gradually separating from the mountain and trending northward, this spur forms the small valley of Chattanooga Creek, which gives its name to the town situate near to its mouth. Pigeon Mountain, soldered as it were to the
Dunlap (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
he whole right bank of the Tennessee from Bridgeport to Whitesburg. Crittenden's camp, on the left of the army, extended from Hillsborough and Manchester up to McMinnville. He took up the line of march on the 16th in three columns: Wood, on the right, leaving Hillsborough and Pelham, made for Tracy City, whence he proceeded upward to the north as far as Purden, where he entered the Altamont and Anderson road; Palmer, who was at Manchester, reached at Irvine College, by a like movement, the Dunlap road; Van Cleve, who was posted at McMinnville, leaving a garrison of one brigade in that town, marched upon Pikeville with the two other brigades. The roads were narrow and difficult; however, Rosecrans' instructions were exactly followed, and on the 19th of August the Twenty-first corps was, every man of it, in the valley of the Sequatchie, of which it occupied the various passes. It was to remain in this position while strong reinforcements would push on, across Walden's Ridge, as far a
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