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Thomas C. DeLeon, Four years in Rebel capitals: an inside view of life in the southern confederacy, from birth to death., Chapter 16: the Spawn of lethargy. (search)
, and early in August had been followed by General John B. Floyd--the ex-U. S. Secretary of War. These two commanders unfortunately disagreed as to means and conduct of the campaign; and General R. E. Lee was sent to take general command on this-his first theater of active service. His management of the campaign was much criticised in many quarters; and the public verdict seemed to be that, though he had an army of twenty thousand men, tolerably equipped and familiar with the country, Rosecrans out-maneuvered him and accomplished his object in amusing so considerable a Confederate force. Certain it is that, after fronting Lee at Big Sewell for ten or twelve days, he suddenly withdrew in the night, without giving the former even a chance for a fight. The dissatisfaction was universal and outspoken; nor was it relieved by the several brilliant episodes of Gauley and Cotton Hill, that General Floyd managed to throw into his dark surroundings. It is hard to tell how much fou
Thomas C. DeLeon, Four years in Rebel capitals: an inside view of life in the southern confederacy, from birth to death., Chapter 25: the war in the West. (search)
into an advance. The Federals now held West and Middle Tennessee, and they only needed control of East Tennessee to have a solid base of operations against Northern Georgia. Once firmly established there, they could either force their way across the state and connect with their Atlantic seaboard fleets; or could cut the sole and long line of railroad winding through the Confederate territory; thus crippling the whole body by tapping its main vital artery, and causing death by depletion. Rosecrans, with an army of between forty and fifty thousand men, was lying in Nashville, watching and waiting the moment for his telling blow. This was the posture on Christmas, 1862. Three days after the enemy struck-heavily and unexpectedly. The first intimation General Bragg had of the movement was cavalry skirmishes with his advance. These continued daily, increasing in frequency and severity until the 30th of December, when the contending armies were near enough for General Polk to hav
Thomas C. DeLeon, Four years in Rebel capitals: an inside view of life in the southern confederacy, from birth to death., Chapter 34: the beginning of the end. (search)
power. Meantime General Bragg, at Tullahoma, faced by Rosecrans and flanked by Burnside's Army of the Cumberland, was forced to fall back to Chattanooga. Rosecrans pressed him hard, with the intent of carrying out that pet scheme of the North, fssential here to recount the details of these movements. Rosecrans had a heavy and compact force; ours was weak and scattere this day. General Bragg's friends declare that he forced Rosecrans to the position; his enemies, that Rosecrans first out-geRosecrans first out-generaled him and then laid himself open to destruction, while Bragg took no advantage of the situation. However this may b the state and the Georgia frontier, the failure to press Rosecrans at the moment left him free communication with his rear a at the North declared that loss of command should reward Rosecrans for loss of the battle; and, in mid-October, he was superarmy, after the howl that went up on his failure to press Rosecrans. On his return, the President appeared satisfied and hop
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A., Chapter 27: on the Rapidan. (search)
eeded to strengthen our position by rifle pits and epaulments for artillery, and continued in position until the 8th of October, there being occasional reconnaissances to the right and left by the enemy's cavalry, and demonstrations with his infantry by manceuvring in our view, his camps being distinctly visible to us from a signal station on Clark's Mountain, at the base of which, on the north, the Rapidan runs. Meade had now sent off two of his corps, the 11th and 12th, to reinforce Rosecrans at Chattanooga, Longstreet having reinforced Bragg with two of his divisions; and General Lee determined to move around Meade's right and attack him, this movement commencing on the night of the 8th. One of Rodes' brigades, and Fitz. Lee's brigade of cavalry, were left to hold the line of the river on the right of Rapidan Station until the enemy had disappeared from the front, and my pickets having been relieved, my division was concentrated that night in rear of my position, for the purpo
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A., Index. (search)
03, 343 Rockbridge County, 328, 340, 366, 369, 381, 462 Rock Creek, 267, 268, 270, 271, 380 Rock-fish Gap, 369, 371-72, 382, 434-35, 462-63 Rockingham County, 366 Rockville, 389, 394, 417 Rodes, General R. E., 51, 52, 54, 57, 60-65, 192-195, 212-217, 236- 240, 251, 254-55, 263-64, 266- 276, 281, 284, 302-307, 316-322, 344-48, 351, 360-63, 372, 377, 383-87, 390, 392, 394, 396, 398- 399, 402, 408, 410-13, 419-23, 427, 429 Rogers, Captain J. G., 81 Rohrersville, 385 Romney, 240, 244, 247, 249 Rosecrans, General (U. S.A.), 303, 476 Ross Pole, 477 Rosser, General T. L., 334-339, 435- 436, 438, 441, 443, 446, 447, 450- 462, 466 Round Hill, 440 Round Top Mountain, 272 Rude's Hill, 432, 454 Salem, 114, 327-29, 331, 377, 379, 382, 393 Salem Church, 218, 233 Santa Anna, 471 Savage Station, 77, 87 Savannah, 190 Scales, General, 355 School House Hill, 136, 137 Scott, Captain, John, 4, 6 Scott, Colonel, 93, 180 Scott, General, 1, 38, 39, 42 Secret Service Co
Lt.-Colonel Arthur J. Fremantle, Three Months in the Southern States, May, 1863. (search)
tall, cadaverous backwoodsman, who had lost his health in the war. He spoke of the Federal General Rosecrans with great respect, and he passed the following high encomium upon the Northwestern troops, under Rosecrans' command- They're reglar great big h-ll snorters, the same breed as ourselves. They don't want no running after,--they don't. They ain't no Dutch cavalry-- German dragoons, man, apparently not much over forty, and had been turned out of the North three days before. Rosecrans had wished to hand him over to Bragg by flag of truce; but as the latter declined to receive hat a boil on his hand would prevent him from accompanying me to the outposts. He told me that Rosecrans' position extended about forty miles, Murfreesborough (twenty-five miles distant） being his heand after carrying off over 6,000 prisoners, much cannon, and other trophies. He allowed that Rosecrans had displayed much firmness, and was the only man in the Yankee army who was not badly beaten.
Lt.-Colonel Arthur J. Fremantle, Three Months in the Southern States, June, 1863. (search)
ays more. Four of Polk's brigades with artillery move to the front to-morrow, and General Hardee is also to push forward from Wartrace. The object of this movement is to ascertain the enemy's strength at Murfreesborough, as rumor asserts that Rosecrans is strengthening Grant in Mississippi, which General Bragg is not disposed to allow with impunity. The weather is now almost chilly. 3d June, 1863 (Wednesday). Bishop Elliott left for Savannah at 6 A. M., in a downpour of rain, which conn the Virginian army, and to have been opposed to the best troops and best generals of the North. The Southerners generally appear to estimate highest the northwestern Federal troops, which com pose in a great degree the armies of Grant and Rosecrans; they come from the States of Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, &c. The Irish Federals are also respected for their fighting qualities; whilst the genuine Yankees and Germans (Dutch) are not much esteemed. I have been agreeably disappointed in the clim
Lt.-Colonel Arthur J. Fremantle, Three Months in the Southern States, Postscript. (search)
the upper classes, and were not likely to be led blindly by the absurd nonsense of the sensation press at New York, yet their ignorance of the state of the case in the South was very great. The recent successes had given them the impression that the last card of the South was played. Charleston was about to fall; Mobile, Savannah, and Wilmington would quickly follow; Lee's army they thought, was a disheartened, disorganized mob; Bragg's army in a still worse condition, fleeing before Rosecrans, who would carry every thing before him. They felt confident that the fall of the Mississippian fortresses would prevent communication from one bank to the other, and that the great river would soon be open to peaceful commerce. All these illusions have since been dispelled, but they probably still cling to the idea of the great exhaustion of the Southern personnel. But this difficulty of recruiting the Southern armies is not so great as is generally supposed. As I have already s
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Advance of Van Dorn and Price-Price enters Iuka --battle of Iuka (search)
his force constituted my left wing, of which Rosecrans was in command. General [E. O. C.] Ord comm triumphant. Up to the 11th of September Rosecrans still had troops on the railroad east of Cornear 8,000 men, General Ord in command. General Rosecrans commanded the district of Corinth with ad reach Corinth or go to his relief. General Rosecrans had previously had his headquarters at I and attack Price from the north-west, while Rosecrans was to move eastward from his position southo hold his position until the next morning. Rosecrans was to be up by the morning of the 19th on tn assault. I immediately sent Ord a copy of Rosecrans' dispatch and ordered him to be in readinessBurnsville and the position then occupied by Rosecrans and the country was impassable for a man on rom the south-west must be up by that time. Rosecrans, however had put no troops upon the Fulton rattle of Iuka-but I had so high an opinion of General Rosecrans that I found no fault at the time. [5 more...]
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Van Dorn's movements-battle of Corinth-command of the Department of the Tennessee (search)
neral McPherson, who was at Jackson, to join Rosecrans at Corinth with reinforcements picked up alodashing attack, hoping, no doubt, to capture Rosecrans before his reinforcements could come up. In were built after Halleck's departure enabled Rosecrans to hold his position until the troops of botthe rebel flank and got in to the support of Rosecrans just after the repulse. His approach, as wewn to the enemy and had a moral effect. General Rosecrans, however, failed to follow up the victore possibly been. Even when he did start, if Rosecrans had followed the route taken by the enemy, hplish anything by pursuit as past and, after Rosecrans reached Jonesboro, I ordered him to return. nquired why not pursue? Upon this I ordered Rosecrans back. Had he gone much farther he would hav and 232 missing. The enemy lost many more. Rosecrans reported 1,423 dead and 2,225 prisoners. We ma and Texas. The same day [October 24] General Rosecrans was relieved from duty with my command, [2 more...]
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