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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—eastern Tennessee. (search)
hes to Shelbyville on the Nashville and Murfreesborough roads, at Eagleville, Rover, Unionville, and Middleton, while Forrest remains at Spring Hill, thus defending the extreme left in the direction of Columbia. In the rear of his Army Bragg has established at Tullahoma a vast camp with intrenchments which protect his depots and constitute the centre of his entire system of defence. Two macadamized roads traverse the plateau that covers the Confederate right: the McMinnville route via Readyville and Woodbury, and the Manchester route via Beech Grove. The Federal army cannot take the first without exposing Murfreesborough; the second offers special facilities for defence. Before reaching the village of Beech Grove it crosses a defile called Hoover's, or Hoover's Gap, nearly three miles in length; beyond this village the route winds in the gorge of Matt's Hollow, which is hardly wide enough for the passage of a vehicle, and after about two miles it reaches the plateau which overlo
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—the siege of Chattanooga. (search)
ision and accept the challenge to fight. His cavalry dismounts and retires, step by step, before the Federals, taking advantage of all obstacles to retard their progress. At last, night enables the cavalrymen to remount and rejoin their comrades. But Wheeler cannot attempt a coup-de-main against Murfreesborough before having rid himself of Crook, who presses him closely. He halts to post himself between Crook and the town, and thus oblige him to assume the offensive. Crook bivouacs at Readyville after the fight, and does not fall into this trap. Early in the morning on the 5th he gains on the right, by a cross-road, the Liberty and Murfreesborough road, and enters this last town without having met the enemy. A sentry on guard at the entrance announces to the garrison this unexpected aid. Thenceforth the place is secured from any attack, and Wheeler gives up the pursuit of his course any farther in the direction of Nashville. There is behind him an important section of the railw