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Ringgold, battle of
When, on Nov. 25, 1863, the Confederates retreated from Missionary Ridge towards Ringgold they destroyed the bridges behind them.
Early the next morning, Sherman, Palmer, and Hooker were sent in pursuit.
Both Sherman and Palmer struck a rear-guard of the fugitives late on the same day, and the latter captured three guns from them.
At Greysville Sherman halted and sent Howard to destroy a large section of the railway which connected Dalton with Cleveland, and thus sevSherman and Palmer struck a rear-guard of the fugitives late on the same day, and the latter captured three guns from them.
At Greysville Sherman halted and sent Howard to destroy a large section of the railway which connected Dalton with Cleveland, and thus severed the communication between Bragg and Burnside.
Hooker, meanwhile, had pushed on to Ringgold, Osterhaus leading, Geary following, and Cruft in the rear, making numerous prisoners of stragglers.
At a deep gorge General Cleburne, covering Bragg's retreat, made a stand, with guns well posted.
Hooker's guns had not yet come up, and his impatient troops were permitted to attack the Confederates with small-arms only.
A severe struggle ensued, and in the afternoon, when some of Hooker's guns we
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sherman , Roger 1721 -1793 (search)
Sherman, Roger 1721-1793
Signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Newton, Mass., April 19, 1721; in early life was a shoemaker, and after the death of his father (1741) he supported his mother and several younger children by his industry, at the same time employing all his leisure time in acquiring knowledge, especially of mathematics.
In 1743 he joined an elder brother in keeping a small store in New Milford, Conn., and the next year was appointed county surveyor of lands.
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He was also chosen an assistant in 1766, and held the office nineteen years. In 1774 he was chosen a delegate to the first Continental Congress.
He continued in Congress until his death, at which time he was in the United States Senate. Judge Sherman was one of the committee appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence; served on the most important committees during the war; from 1784 until his death was mayor of New Haven; and was chiefly instrumental in securing the ratification o
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stanton , Edwin McMasters 1814 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steedman , James Barrett 1818 -1883 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steele , Frederick 1819 -1868 (search)
Steele, Frederick 1819-1868
Military officer; born in Delhi, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1819; graduated at West Point in 1843; served during the war against Mexico; and was major of infantry at the beginning of the Civil War, in service in Missouri.
He was made brigadier-general of volunteers for his good conduct at the battle of Wilson's
Frederick Steele. Creek, and major-general in November, 1862.
He commanded a division under Sherman, and took part in the battle of Chickasaw Bluff and the capture of Fort Hindman.
He commanded a division of Grant's army in the siege of Vicksburg, and afterwards commanded the Department of Arkansas to the end of the war. General Steele assisted in the capture of Mobile in April, 1865, he was then transferred to Texas.
In March, 1865, he was brevetted majorgeneral.
He died in San Mateo, Cal., Jan. 12, 1868.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stevens , Isaac Ingalls 1818 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stoneman , George 1822 -1894 (search)
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