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England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 8.89
burg, the heart of the Confederacy, could have been saved. The drums that beat for the advance into Pennsylvania seemed to many of us to be beating th e funeral march of the dead Confederacy. Our thirty days of mourning were over before the defeat of Lee and Pemberton. Duty, however, was to be done faithfully and unflinchingly to the last. The calmness of our Confederate President may not have been the calmness of despair, but it may have risen from the belief, then very prevalent, that England and France would recognize the Confederacy at its last extremity, when the Northern and Southern belligerents were both exhausted. Should the North triumph, France could not hope to retain her hold upon Mexico. Besides, the English aristocracy, as is well known, were in full sympathy with the South.--D. H. H. The condition of our railroads even in 1863 was wretched, so bad that my staff and myself concluded to leave our horses in Virginia and resupply ourselves in Atlanta. On the 19t
Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.89
e in charge of the defenses of Richmond and Petersburg and the Department of North Carolina, I received an unexpected order to go West. I was seated in a yard of a house in the suburbs of Richmond (the house belonging to Mr. Poe, a relative of the poet), when President Davis, dressed in a plain suit of gray and attended by a small escort in brilliant uniform, galloped up and said: Rosecrans is about to advance upon Bragg; I have found it necessary to detail Hardee to defend Mississippi and Alabama. His corps is without a commander. I wish you to command it. I cannot do that, I replied, as General Stewart ranks me. I can cure that, answered Mr. Davis, by making you a lieutenant-general. Your papers will be ready to-morrow. When can you start? In twenty-four hours, was the reply. Mr. Davis gave his views on the subject, some directions in regard to matters at Chattanooga, and then left in seemingly good spirits. His cheerfulness was a mystery to me. Within a fortnight the Pe
Chattanooga (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.89
ard the crossings of the Tennessee north of Chattanooga. A regiment was placed at Sivley's Ford,rans depended for his supplies ran south of Chattanooga, and had he crossed the river above the towerton's Ferry, some thirty-five miles below Chattanooga, the movement having begun on the 29th. Thnter gap. Notwithstanding the occupation of Chattanooga, Rosecrans did not attempt to concentrate hCreek). On the 9th Wood's division occupied Chattanooga, and Palmer and Van Cleve marched to Rossvinary Ridge through which runs the road from Chattanooga to Lafayette and Rome, Ga. General Rosecran and Gordon's, so as to protect the road to Chattanooga. McCook's corps reached its position at da crotchet to the rear. The line across the Chattanooga road toward Missionary Ridge was completed ade as great an impression by moving on the Chattanooga road as Breckinridge had done, but his stroer met with but little opposition until the Chattanooga road was passed, when their right was unabl[28 more...]
Alpine, Ga. (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.89
Gap, forty-six miles south of Chattanooga, and to occupy Alpine, east of the mountains. Thomas was ordered to cross the mose at hand. On the 10th McCook's three divisions were at Alpine. Crittenden's corps by September 4th was across the Tenneaylor told me that McCook had encamped the night before at Alpine, twenty miles from Lafayette, toward which his march was directed. Our cavalry pickets had been driven in on the Alpine road the afternoon before, and had been replaced by infantry. report by Lieutenant Baylor, a brisk fire opened upon the Alpine road, two miles from Lafayette. I said to my staff, as wemarching to five thousand men. We learned, on reaching the Alpine road, that General Daniel Adams's skirmishers had been attp of Lookout Mountain, and remained all day of the 13th at Alpine. His cavalry had taken some prisoners from General Adams,lker, and myself, together, and told us that McCook was at Alpine, Crittenden at Lee and Gordon's Mills, and Thomas in McLem
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.89
ng-space was allowed him; the panic among his troops subsided, and Chattanooga — the objective point of the campaign — was held. There was no more splendid fighting in ‘61, when the flower of the Southern youth was in the field, than was displayed in those bloody days of September, ‘63. But it seems to me that the élan of the Southern soldier was never seen after Chickamauga — that brilliant dash which had distinguished him was gone forever. He was too intelligent not to know that the cutting in two of Georgia meant death to all his hopes. He knew that Longstreet's absence was imperiling Lee's safety, and that what had to be done must be done quickly. The delay in striking was exasperating to him; the failure to strike after the success was crushing to all his longings for an independent South. He fought stoutly to the last, but, after Chickamauga, with the sullenness of despair and without the enthusiasm of hope. That barren victory sealed the fate of the Southern C
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.89
of subsequent events thrown upon the careers of these three great soldiers has not changed my estimate of them; but I acquiesce in the verdict which has given greater renown to some of their comrades. It was my lot to form a more intimate acquaintance with the three illustrious officers who I foresaw would play an important part in the War. I fought against McClellan from Yorktown to Sharpsburg (Antietam), I encountered Rosecrans at Chickamauga, and I surrendered to Sherman at Greensboro‘, N. C.--each of the three commanding an army.--D. H. H. by Daniel H. Hill, Lieutenant-General, C. S. A. Confederate line of battle in the Chickamauga woods.On the 13th of July, 1863, while in charge of the defenses of Richmond and Petersburg and the Department of North Carolina, I received an unexpected order to go West. I was seated in a yard of a house in the suburbs of Richmond (the house belonging to Mr. Poe, a relative of the poet), when President Davis, dressed in a plain suit of gray a
Malvern Hill (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.89
should be in the center of his marching columns, that he may be able to give prompt and efficient aid to whichever wing may be threatened. But whenever a great battle is to be fought, the commander must be on the field to see that his orders are executed and to take advantage of the ever-changing phases of the conflict. Jackson leading a cavalry fight by night near Front Royal in the pursuit of Banks, Jackson at the head of the column following McClellan in the retreat from Richmond to Malvern Hill, presents a contrast to Bragg sending, from a distance of ten miles, four consecutive orders for an attack at daylight, which he was never to witness. Surely in the annals of warfare there is no parallel to the coolness and nonchalance with which General Crittenden marched and counter-marched for a week with a delightful unconsciousness that he was in the presence of a force of superior strength. On the 11th we find him with two divisions (Van Cleve's and Palmer's) at Ringgold, twenty
Bridgeport, Ala. (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.89
one inquired of the foot cavalry as they were making the usual stealthy march to the enemy's rear. We don't know, but old Jack does, was the laughing answer. This trust was the fruit of past victories, and it led to other and greater achievements. I was assigned to Hardee's old corps, consisting of Cleburne's and Stewart's divisions, and made my headquarters at Tyner's Station, a few miles east of Chattanooga on the Knoxville railroad. The Federals soon made their appearance at Bridgeport, Alabama, and I made arrangements to guard the crossings of the Tennessee north of Chattanooga. A regiment was placed at Sivley's Ford, another at Blythe's Ferry, farther north, and S. A. M. Wood's brigade was quartered at Harrison, in supporting distance of either point. The railroad upon which Rosecrans depended for his supplies ran south of Chattanooga, and had he crossed the river above the town he would have been separated many miles from his base and his depot. But he probably conte
Missionary Ridge, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.89
with Baird's supporting, reached Johnson's Crook, and on the 10th crossed Missionary Ridge into McLemore's Cove. On the 11th Negley and Baird retired to Stevens's Gs with his whole corps on the 13th and morning of the 14th, moving back to Missionary Ridge during the 14th all his divisions except Wood's, which remained all that dd remained there until the battle of the 20th. Rossville is at the gap in Missionary Ridge through which runs the road from Chattanooga to Lafayette and Rome, Ga. Ge and Rossville roads — the first on the west and the second on the east of Missionary Ridge. He thus divined the plan of his enemy twelve hours before Bragg's order aking a crotchet to the rear. The line across the Chattanooga road toward Missionary Ridge was completed by Sheridan's and Davis's divisions of McCook's corps: Wood' a rebel column marching upon him. He chose a strong position on a spur of Missionary Ridge, running east and west, placed upon it Brannan's division with portions of
Shell Mound (Indiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.89
he front to see that his orders were carried out, or were modified to suit the ever-shifting scenes of battle.--D. H. H. The failure to attack Negley's division in the cove on September 10th Thomas's corps, after crossing at Bridgeport, Shell Mound, and Caperton's Ferry, arrived, September 4th, near Trenton, in Will's Valley (east of Sand Mountain). On the 6th Negley's division, with Baird's supporting, reached Johnson's Crook, and on the 10th crossed Missionary Ridge into McLemore's Cov over Sand Mountain and seized Winston's Gap, while Sheridan's division, moving via Trenton, was close at hand. On the 10th McCook's three divisions were at Alpine. Crittenden's corps by September 4th was across the Tennessee (at Bridgeport, Shell Mound, and Battle Creek). On the 9th Wood's division occupied Chattanooga, and Palmer and Van Cleve marched to Rossville. On the 10th Crittenden, leaving Wagner's brigade to occupy Chattanooga, pursued the enemy toward Dalton and Ringgold. Wood re
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