Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3.

[431] after his visit to the field with General Thomas, the writer went to and sketched several places of interest. Among these was Fort Negley,¹ and the spacious mansion of Mrs. Ackling, the Headquarters of General Wood,² from whose gallery the young wife of that gallant officer looked out and saw

Ruins on Montgomery Hill.

the dreadful storm of war in which her husband was conspicuous, when the attack was made upon Hood's salient on Montgomery Hill. It was just after sunset when that sketch was made. Then we rode to Montgomery Hill, passing up a lane among many evidences of the existence there of a once beautiful estate, then in utter ruin; and from the remains of Hood's strong intrenchments, north of the Montgomery mansion, the above sketch of its ruins was made, in the edge of the evening. They were partly inclosed in Hood's breastworks, and one of his redoubts, and presented a most melancholy picture of the ravages of war. The high grounds seen in the distance, toward the right of the sketch, are portions of the range of the Harpeth hills, to which Hood was driven when expelled from Montgomery Hill.

We spent a few days pleasantly and profitably in and around Nashville, the recipients of the kindest courtesies, and then went southward to visit Murfreesboroa, and the extended theater of conflict between there and Chattanooga and Atlanta, already mentioned in other pages of this work.