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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Reminiscences of Hood Tennessee campaign. (search)
Reminiscences of Hood's Tennessee campaign. By Captain W. O. Dodd.
[The following is also one of the valuable series of papers read before the Louisville Branch of the Southern Historical Society:]
It is my purpose to give only personal observation and experience of the important movement of the Western armies in the fall and winter of 1864.
The advance of General Hood on Nashville was the last important movement in the West during the war.
In the summer of 1864 General Sherman, with a large and victorious army, occupied Atlanta, the very centre of the Confederacy.
General Johnston had been removed, causing much dissatisfaction both in military and civil life, and General Hood placed in command, whose patriotism and courage were recognized by all, but whose ability to command the entire army was much questioned.
It had been demonstrated that Gen. Hood must either be reinforced or retreat before the advancing columns of Sherman.
Reinforcements could not be supplied, a
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The lost opportunity at Spring Hill , Tenn. --General Cheatham General Hood (search)
The lost opportunity at Spring Hill, Tenn.--General Cheatham's reply to General Hood.
[Some time ago Captain W. O. Dodd, President Louisville Southern Historical Society, notified us that General Cheatham was preparing a paper on the failure at Spring Hill, and requested us not to publish his paper until General Cheatham's could accompany it. Accordingly we have the pleasure of following Captain Dodd's by this paper, which was read before the Louisville Society on December 1st.]
In pursuance of orders from Army Headquarters, my command crossed Duck river on the morning of the 29th of November, 1864, the division of Major-General Cleburne in adv