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William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 24 4 Browse Search
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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 16 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 15 1 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 14 0 Browse Search
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders. 14 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 13 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 12 0 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 9.65 (search)
General Cheatham at Spring Hill. Reprinted from the Southern bivouac for April, 1885. dated November 30th, 1881. by B. F. Cheatham, Major-General, C. S. A. ock P. i., when I arrived at Rutherford's Creek, two and one-half miles from Spring Hill. At this point General Hood gave me verbal orders as follows: That I should get Cleburne across the creek and send him forward toward Spring Hill, with instructions to communicate with General Forrest, who was near the village, ascertain fr, I rode forward, and at a point on the road about one and a half miles from Spring Hill I saw the left of Cleburne's command just disappearing over a hill to the leing Hill nor the turnpike could be seen. Instead of advancing directly upon Spring Hill his forward movement was a little south of west and almost parallel with thetil he had reached the farm of N. F. Cheairs, one and a half miles south of Spring Hill. After Brown had reached the position indicated to him and had formed a l
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Repelling Hood's invasion of Tennessee. (search)
k the Union cavalry on roads leading toward Spring Hill and Franklin. At 1 o'clock on the morning h two divisions, Wagner's and Kimball's, to Spring Hill, taking the trains and all the reserve artinley, with the other division, pushed on to Spring Hill. Just before noon, as the head of his coluy across the pike, either south or north of Spring Hill, would have effectually prevented Schofieldhad remained at Duck River all day, reached Spring Hill about 7 P. M., with Ruger's division and Whision, and soon after Schofield returned to Spring Hill with the welcome news that the way was opend directed me to have them. pushed down to Spring Hill by daylight to-morrow. This was Tuesday. w. Just before midnight Cox started from Spring Hill for Franklin, and was ordered to pick up Ru was near daybreak when the last wagon left Spring Hill. Kimball's division followed Wood's, and ahich had so valiantly stood their ground at Spring Hill and covered the rear since, were halted on [1 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The Union cavalry in the Hood campaign. (search)
aution, by either of these roads, or still move slowly by the dirt road, from Huey's Mills to Spring Hill. By 7 P. M. the entire cavalry, after much skirmishing and rapid marching, was concentrated y of Hood's army, were crossing at Huey's Mills, and would probably move at early dawn toward Spring Hill. Accordingly, at 1 A. M. of that night, I sent a dispatch by courier to General Schofield informing him of these facts, and suggesting that he should reach Spring Hill, only twelve miles away, with the infantry of his army, by 10 A. M., because Hood's advance-guard would probably get there h, but fortunately he was met by the gallant and capable Stanley already in position covering Spring Hill and held at bay till Schofield, under cover of darkness, was enabled to rescue his imperiled e Croxton and Johnson endeavored to reach around it and strike the retreating Confederates at Spring Hill. The densely wooded hills, the muddy roads, the plowed fields, rendered almost impassable by
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 4: campaign of the Army of the Cumberland from Murfreesboro'to Chattanooga. (search)
arton and W. Martin. his infantry extending from Shelbyville to Wartrace, his cavalry on his right stretched out to McMinnville, and on his left to Columbia and Spring Hill, on the railway between Nashville and Decatur. General Polk's corps was at Shelbyville. Hardee's Headquarters were at Wartrace, and his troops were holding Hoom tho Second Michigan, Ninth Pennsylvania, and Fourth Kentucky, under Colonel Jordan. A battery of six guns composed the artillery. He was directed to move on Spring Hill, twelve miles south of Franklin. He had marched but a little way when he fell in with a party of Confederates, with whom he skirmished. They were repulsed, ad most of the captured men. By this means Van Dorn extricated himself from his perilous position, and, abandoning his attempt to capture Franklin, he retired to Spring Hill, with a loss of about three hundred men in killed, wounded, and prisoners The Union loss was about thirty-seven killed, wounded, and missing. Van Dorn's eart
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 15: Sherman's March to the sea.--Thomas's campaign in Middle Tennessee.--events in East Tennessee. (search)
hofield's flanks, that the latter withdrew Nov. 27-28. to the north side of the stream, and sent his trains toward Nashville. Then, informed that Hood had crossed the river six miles above Columbia, he ordered Stanley to follow his trains to Spring Hill. The command was promptly executed just in time to save them from Forrest's cavalry, hovering near, and which Stanley drove off just as they were about to pounce upon the wagons and their guard. Stanley was speedily attacked by a very strong late in the afternoon, he heard of Stanley's peril, he took Ruger's division, and hastened to his support, leaving orders for the remainder of his force to follow. He encountered some detachments of cavalry on the way, and when he arrived at Spring Hill, he found the main body of the Confederates bivouacked within half a mile of the road over which his army must pass. He left them undisturbed. His troops passed by at midnight, and pushed on northward, closely pursued, and sometimes severely
en's movement on, 3.359. Sovereignty assumed by the Confederacy, 1.264. Spanish Fort, capture of, 3.510. Spottsylvania Court-House, battle of, 3.306-3.309; works at abandoned by Lee and Grant, 3.325; visit of the author to the battle-field of, 3.311. Springfield, Mo., retreat of Sigel to, 2.44; approach of Lyon and the Confederates to, 2.45; retreat of the National army from, 2.84; abandonment of by Gen. Price, 2.183; defense of by Gen. E. B. Brown against Marmaduke, 3.212. Spring Hill, capture of a redoubt on, by colored troops under Gen. Paine, 3.358. Stanley, Gen., at the battle of Franklin, 3.421. Stanton, Edwin M., succeeds Cameron as Secretary of War, 2.324; removal of by Johnson, 3.618, 619. Star of the West, sent for the relief of Fort Sumter, 1.153; over Charleston bar, 1.155; fired upon and compelled to return, 1.156; language of the Charleston Mercury in relation to, 1.158; correspondence between Gov. Pickens and Major Anderson in relation to, 1.159;
Inspector General, told me, in the succeeding Spring, that the valor and discipline of our troops at Franklin, won the highest admiration in the Federal Army. The valor displayed at Franklin, and which deservedly won the admiration of the Federals, was caused by the handling of the troops in a directly opposite manner to that of General Johnston, together with the advance movement previously inaugurated, and the mortification experienced after the unfortunate failure the day before at Spring Hill. Inasmuch as General Johnston never inaugurated a forward movement, nor sought out the enemy, but invariably retreated in their front, he is not able to comprehend the origin of the gallantry so conspicuous on that field. He, therefore, errs as egregiously in the supposition that his continued retreat from Dalton to Atlanta and incessant entrenching gave rise to the courage displayed, at Franklin, as in his endeavor to find a parallel to his campaign in that of Lee against Grant, from t
ce the main body of the Confederate Army at Spring Hill, twelve miles directly in the enemy's rear,f the advance brigade, and lead the Army to Spring Hill. Colonel Prestman and his assistants lainew no large force of the enemy could be at Spring Hill, as couriers reported Schofield's main bodybable that Cheatham had taken possession of Spring Hill without encountering material opposition, od place his Corps across the pike, north of Spring Hill. By this hour, however, twilight was upoe no other United States troops in or about Spring Hill on that day but one or two hundred cavalrymand none of these troops began to arrive at Spring Hill until after 9 p. m. I arrived in Spring Hilhe divisions, one after another, arrived at Spring Hill — the foremost of the three at 11 p. m. Thefelt we had lost a brilliant opportunity at Spring Hill to deal the enemy a crushing blow, and thatass them at Rocky-faced Ridge, as he did at Spring Hill. Lieutenant General Lee performed his du[11 more...]
y before he crossed the Big Harpeth, eighteen miles from Spring Hill. Lieutenant General Lee had crossed Duck river after datance of thirty miles. The head of his column arrived at Spring Hill at 9 a. m. on the 30th, and, after a short rest, followessert that had Lieutenant General Lee been in advance at Spring Hill the previous afternoon, Schofield's Army never would havtricken down by the enemy whom, a few hours previous, at Spring Hill, we had held within the palm of our hands. The attack we of the 20th. He knew also in what manner my orders at Spring Hill had been totally disregarded. After our last brief inteed success on two occasions around Atlanta as well as at Spring Hill. He therefore made a sudden and firm resolution to suppeen said he stated, upon the morning after the affair of Spring Hill, that he would never again allow one of my orders for baproved disastrous by reason of the unfortunate affair at Spring Hill, the short duration of daylight at Franklin, and, finall
n, and began to retreat on the pike towards Spring Hill. The cavalry became engaged near that placcontact with the enemy about two miles from Spring Hill, through which place the Columbia and Frankn. I learned from dispatches captured at Spring Hill from Thomas to Schofield, that the latter wwhile the enemy was moving from Franklin to Spring Hill. On the 17th we continued the retreat towards Columbia, camping for the night at Spring Hill. During this day's march the enemy's cavalry prnstead of at this time. From Palmetto to Spring Hill the campaign was all that I could have desihe advance of Clayton's Division arrived at Spring Hill about 9 a. m., when it was discovered that o cut off that portion of the enemy between Spring Hill and Columbia. The cavalry engaged the enemy near Spring Hill about midday, but their trains were so strongly guarded that they were unable tour miles from Franklin, in the direction of Spring Hill, but as soon as our forces commenced deploy[5 more...]
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