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Stevenson (Alabama, United States) (search for this): part 3.12, chapter 3.14
hotograph was taken from the hill to the north, where Hooker directed his troops in their battle above the clouds on the morning of November 24, 1863. Up this mountain-side Hooker's men fought their way to Pulpit Rock, a height of 2,400 feet. Grant's plan was for nothing more than a demonstration by Hooker to drive the Confederates back from reinforcing their right, where Sherman was to do the heavy work. Hooker's divisions had never before fought together, but with fine ardor they drove Stevenson's six brigades up this slope, and, fighting in the mist, swept them from their entrenchments on the mountain-top. Thus victory first came at the farther end of the line. After Chattanooga> the Confederate lines . . . could not be rebuilt. The material for reconstructing them was exhausted. The blue-crested flood which had broken these lines was not disappearing. The fountains which supplied it were exhaustless. It was still coming with an ever increasing current, swelling
Lookout Mountain, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): part 3.12, chapter 3.14
The battles at Chattanooga: on Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridgee On Lookout Mounta left flank rested on the northern end of Lookout Mountain and the line extended a distance of twelvUnion right in Lookout Valley, threatened Lookout Mountain. The plan of battle was for Sherman to ethe day, had begun his operations against Lookout Mountain. Standing like a lone sentinel above theut Mountain. General Hooker and Staff at Lookout Mountain. Hooker's forces of about 9,700 men had the victory: General Hooker and Staff at Lookout Mountain. Hooker's Camp at the base of Lookout MLookout Mountain strife or its progress, and when from these evidences our true condition was revealed to treeted the rising sun of November 25th on Lookout Mountain, amid the wild and prolonged cheers of fiield above the clouds entrenchments on Lookout Mountain. Up such rugged heights as these, heavil the battle Pulpit Rock, the summit of Lookout Mountain. Before dawn of November 25th, Hooker, a[8 more...]
Lookout Valley (Wisconsin, United States) (search for this): part 3.12, chapter 3.14
t the same time communication effected with Hooker. a direct line was not only secured to Bridgeport, but Hooker advanced with a portion of his troops into Lookout Valley and after a short but decisive skirmish drove the Confederates across Lookout Creek, leaving his forces in possession of the hills he had gained. The route wan that occupied by the Confederates. Sherman was in command of the left wing, while Thomas held the center, and fighting Joe Hooker, with the Union right in Lookout Valley, threatened Lookout Mountain. The plan of battle was for Sherman to engage the Confederate right and sever communications between Bragg and Longstreet; Hookeover rocks and precipices into Chattanooga Valley. such was the battle in the clouds, a wonderful spectacle denied the remainder of Hooker's troops holding Lookout Valley. That General says, from the moment we had rounded the peak of the Mountain it was only from the roar of battle and the occasional glimpses our comrades in t
Clinch River (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): part 3.12, chapter 3.14
looked further into the future. An expedition against Mobile was seriously considered, and from Nashville, to which place Grant had returned, the telegraph wires were kept busy. Every effort was made to strengthen the Federal positions and prepare for the important movements that were to follow. Early in January, 1864, the Commander-in-chief, with his staff, returned to Chattanooga, and, boarding one the little River steamers, proceeded up the Tennessee as far as its junction with the Clinch River, up to which point the tedious repairs of the railroad from Knoxville to Chattanooga had progressed. From Knoxville Grant and his staff rode out over the frozen and difficult road to inspect the line of communication from Cumberland Gap that it was necessary to abandon or improve. Preparing for permanent occupation: military railroad bridge over Chattanooga creek, December, 1863 Bragg was now definitely driven from Tennessee, and his beaten Army lay in winter quarters at Dalton,
Cumberland Gap (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): part 3.12, chapter 3.14
s and prepare for the important movements that were to follow. Early in January, 1864, the Commander-in-chief, with his staff, returned to Chattanooga, and, boarding one the little River steamers, proceeded up the Tennessee as far as its junction with the Clinch River, up to which point the tedious repairs of the railroad from Knoxville to Chattanooga had progressed. From Knoxville Grant and his staff rode out over the frozen and difficult road to inspect the line of communication from Cumberland Gap that it was necessary to abandon or improve. Preparing for permanent occupation: military railroad bridge over Chattanooga creek, December, 1863 Bragg was now definitely driven from Tennessee, and his beaten Army lay in winter quarters at Dalton, Georgia, holding the railroad to Atlanta. Longstreet had failed at Knoxville, and after a winter of hardship in the unfriendly mountain regions was to make his way back to Lee for the final struggle. This bridge was the last link in th
Muscle Shoals (Alabama, United States) (search for this): part 3.12, chapter 3.14
tening to the aid of Thomas' Army; Hooker was already on the ground; Sherman was advancing rapidly from Memphis, and he arrived in Opening the cracker line the U. S. S. Chattanooga was the first steamboat built by the Federals on the upper Tennessee River. Had the gunboats on the Ohio been able to come up the Tennessee River nearly three hundred miles, to the assistance of Rosecrans, Bragg could never have bottled him up in Chattanooga. But between Florence and Decatur, Alabama, Muscle Shoals lay in the stream, making the River impassable. While Bragg's pickets invested the railroad and River, supplies could not be brought up from Bridgeport; and besides, with the exception of one small steamboat (the Dunbar), the Federals had no boats on the River. General W. F. Smith, chief Engineer of the Army of the Cumberland, had established a saw-mill with an old engine at Bridgeport for the purpose of getting out lumber from logs rafted down the River, with which to construct pontoon
Whiteside, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): part 3.12, chapter 3.14
be properly guarded. Even the crude bridges shown in the picture must be commanded by protecting blockhouses or the Army might be without food for days. communication completed Railroad Bridge Across the Ravine of Running Water at Whiteside, Tennessee. In this picture stands one of the most notable of the almost incredible achievements of army engineers in the Civil War. Between Whiteside and Wauhatchie the railroad on its way in Chattanooga curves southward almost along the boundary of Alabama, and the destroyed bridge at Whiteside had to be replaced before trains could be run into Chattanooga, which was to be held as a Federal military post and base for future operations in Georgia. Here, fourteen miles from Chattanooga, the engineers built this four-tier trestle-bridge, 780 feet long and 116 feet high in the center, completing the work in a remarkably short time toward the close of 1863. Plans for Sherman's Atlanta campaign were already formulating and it was necessary
Missionary Ridge, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): part 3.12, chapter 3.14
al force in the West. Strongly posted on Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain and in Chattanooga Vs triune disaster [Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Missionary Ridge] was especially depressing to the people twelve miles across Chattanooga Valley to Missionary Ridge. This position was further strengthened ptly seized and occupied the north end of Missionary Ridge. The Confederates, late in the afternoony to Wauhatchie, crossed the creek Missionary Ridge. at Missionary Ridge (seen in the distanat was ordered as a demonstration against Missionary Ridge. Up and over it they drove the Confederass Chattanooga Valley to the north end of Missionary Ridge the Union forces maintained an unbroken ffifty pieces of artillery on the crest of Missionary Ridge opened a terrific fire upon them. But thas they passed through. at the foot of Missionary Ridge Thomas' army had reached its goal. Its oonfederates as they swept up the slope at Missionary Ridge to win the brilliant victory of November [8 more...]
Mobile, Ala. (Alabama, United States) (search for this): part 3.12, chapter 3.14
drove off Longstreet. When this was done the River steamers plying between Knoxville and Chattanooga were kept busy and the former became a secondary base. Preparations for the Spring campaign were now set afoot. There were two objectives in Grant's mind. General Joseph E. Johnston had succeeded Bragg in command of the Confederate forces, and to vanquish his army and obtain possession of Atlanta were the important things. But Grant looked further into the future. An expedition against Mobile was seriously considered, and from Nashville, to which place Grant had returned, the telegraph wires were kept busy. Every effort was made to strengthen the Federal positions and prepare for the important movements that were to follow. Early in January, 1864, the Commander-in-chief, with his staff, returned to Chattanooga, and, boarding one the little River steamers, proceeded up the Tennessee as far as its junction with the Clinch River, up to which point the tedious repairs of the railro
Chattanooga (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): part 3.12, chapter 3.14
oops from Johnston, had settled down before Chattanooga to starve out, in turn, what was then the mort, Ala. Everything had to be brought into Chattanooga by wagon-trains over a roundabout route of erate cavalry, crossing the Tennessee above Chattanooga, fell upon the trains entangled in the mud as launched successfully and christened the Chattanooga. on the 29th she made her trial trip. Thatthe starving Army. The next day the little Chattanooga, with steam up, was ready to start from Bribridge at Brown's Ferry, recrossed it above Chattanooga, and was assigned a position to the left ofere, waiting to get through the Suck, below Chattanooga, are some of the light-draft River steamershe connection by rail between Nashville and Chattanooga, and the Federal engineers at once set abougg September 7, 1863, when he withdrew from Chattanooga, outflanked by Rosecrans. Grant had saved the Army of the Cumberland and Chattanooga, and Sherman had pressed forward to the relief of Burnsi[26 more...]
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