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Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States., Chapter 25: the fall campaign. (search)
nal Government. minor operations. the cavalry. Morgan and Duke. fight at Woodsonville. N. B. Forrest. Texas Rangers. fight at Sacramento. letters to the Secreindicated, and for the special purpose of breaking up the railroad south of Woodsonville, General Hindman moved on that place, December 17th, with 1,100 infantry, 250 cavalry, and four pieces of artillery. Woodsonville is the railroad-station on the south bank of Green River, and was occupied by Willich's Thirty-second Indiana Rween Green River and Louisville, and have thrown forward a strong advance to Woodsonville, with which Terry's cavalry had a successful rencounter on the 17th instant,se the gallant leader of it. These forces, in heavy masses, are stationed at Woodsonville, Bacon Creek, Nolin, etc. There is also a corps of about 6,000 men at Columbcottsville to Glasgow. His scouts keep the country under observation toward Woodsonville and Columbia. Should the enemy move in force on this route, the bridge acro
Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States., Chapter 31: Pittsburg Landing. (search)
y when Buell was conveying to Halleck pretty accurate information of the numbers there. Grant felt safe at Shiloh, because he knew he was numerically stronger than his adversary. His numbers and his equipment were superior to those of his antagonist, and the discipline and morale of Map. his army ought to have been so. The only infantry of the Confederate army which had ever seen a combat were some of Polk's men, who were at Belmont; Hindman's brigade, which was in the skirmish at Woodsonville; and the fugitives of Mill Spring. In the Federal army were the soldiers who had fought at Belmont, Fort Henry, and Donelson- 30,000 of the last. There were many raw troops on both sides. Some of the Confederates received their arms for the first time that week. Unless these things were so, and unless Grant's army was, in whole or in part, an army of invasion, intended for the offensive, of course it was out of place on that south bank. But Sherman has distinctly asserted that it
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1862, December (search)
s under General Foster, and a strong body of rebel troops under the command of General Evans, resulting in a retreat of the rebels, and the capture and occupation of the town by the Unionists. In this affair a rebel battery of field-pieces and four hundred prisoners were taken.--(Doc. 73.) At Helena, Ark., a picket-guard, consisting of a Lieutenant and twenty-three men of the Sixth Missouri, were surrounded and made prisoners by a party of rebel guerrillas.--A skirmish took place at Woodsonville, Tenn., without any result.-This evening about eight o'clock, a body of rebel cavalry under Major White, made a raid into Poolesville, Md., and captured a party of the Scott Nine Hundred cavalry.--A wagontrain, laden with provisions and clothing for the troops at Ringgold Barracks, Texas, escorted by a small party of soldiers on the way from Fort Brown to the Barracks, was this day attacked by a party of Mexicans and captured. All the soldiers and teamsters, except one man who escaped, w
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 229. fight at Munfordsville, Ky. (search)
., our forces, under Brig.-Gen. Hindman, partially engaged a superior force of the enemy near Woodsonville. In the action we sustained a loss of four killed and nine wounded. The enemy was driven bacers was ordered forward from Cave City, near which they were encamped. They proceeded toward Woodsonville, and after they had passed the deep cut on this side of the dirt road bridge, they found a part of the enemy. It was in the out-skirts of Woodsonville. They had learned that the enemy had boasted that they intended cutting off Terry and his d — d Wildcats. This Col. Terry endeavored to defve City, December 19, 1861. sir: At eight o'clock A. M., on the 17th inst., I moved toward Woodsonville for the purpose of breaking up the railroad from the vicinity of that place southward. My foand one hundred infantry and four pieces of artillery. When within two and a half miles of Woodsonville, concealed from the enemy's view, I halted the column and ordered forward Col. Terry's Ranger
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 220 (search)
enegade Buckner. The following is a circumstantial account of the affair: The intrenchments within which our troops fought are situated about one mile from Woodsonville, opposite Munfordsville, on the south side of the river, and are built so as to protect the Green River railroad bridge. Immediately south of the works, and tCol. Willich and Terry, in December last. To the right and left of the intrenchments are extensive open fields of undulating surface, extending on the left to Woodsonville and the turnpike road, by which the rebel approach was made. The garrison of the intrenchments on the morning of the attack consisted of the brigade of Col.ght for some time was carried on chiefly by the infantry. The rebels moved their artillery and the greater part of the infantry to the left, and formed on the Woodsonville road, preparatory to making an assault on the left of the works. It was on this part of the works that the twenty-four-pounder, which had done such terrible e
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 96 (search)
, I again ordered the Twelfth Kentucky cavalry, Col. Shanks, to Cave City and beyond to Bear Wallow, with the first and second battalions; the third, under Major Stout, being ordered on the Greensburgh road to Burnt Bridge Ford, north of (Green River, and two companies each, Fourth and Fifth Indiana cavalry, Col. J. P. Gray, on the Burksville road, south of (Green River, with instructions to each to give battle, and if overpowered by largely superior forces, to skirmish the way back by to Woodsonville, sending couriers often to my headquarters. When near Green's Chapel, six miles from Munfordville, Col. Gray attacked the advance-guard of Morgan, and about the same time Col. Shanks attacked the rear-guard at Bear Wallow, twelve miles from this point. The advance-guard fell back on the main body, with a loss of nine killed, twenty-two wounded, and five prisoners; our loss being one killed, two prisoners, and several horses killed. The Twelfth Kentucky cavalry, in the rear, killed on
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Engagements of the Civil War with losses on both sides December, 1860-August, 1862 (search)
December 4, 1861: Anandale, Va. Union, 45th N. Y. Confed., Va. Cav. Losses: Union 1 killed, 14 missing. Confed. 3 killed, 2 missing. December 13, 1861: Camp Allegheny or Buffalo Mountain, W. Va. Union 9th and 13th Ind., 25th and 32d Ohio, 2d W. Va., Confed., 12th Ga., 25th, 31st and 52d Va., Lee's and Miller's Art. Losses: Union 20 killed, 107 wounded. Confed. 20 killed, 98 wounded. December 17, 1861: Rowlett's Station, also called Munfordsville or Woodsonville, Ky. Union, 32d Ind. Confed., Col. Terry's Texas Rangers. Losses: Union 10 killed, 22 wounded. Confed. 33 killed, 50 wounded. December 18, 1861: Milford, also called Shawnee Mound, or Blackwater, Mo. Union, 8th Ia., 7th Mo., First foothold on the Southern coast: Port Royal in November, 1861. Although the 12,600 troops under Brigadier-General Thomas W. Sherman took no part in the bombardment of the forts at Port Royal in November, 1861, their work was cut out f
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Kentucky, 1862 (search)
yKENTUCKY--2d Cavalry. Sept. 10: Skirmish, Fort Mitchell, CovingtonOHIO--104th Infantry. Sept. 10: Skirmish, Crab OrchardINDIANA--2d Cavalry. Sept. 10: Skirmish, Log Church(No Reports.) Sept. 11: Skirmish, Smith's(No Reports.) Sept. 12: Skirmish, Woodburn(No Reports.) Sept. 12: Skirmish, BrandenburgINDIANA--65th Infantry. Sept. 12: Occupation of GlasgowBy Confederate Forces. Sept. 14: Skirmish, HendersonINDIANA--65th Infantry. Sept. 14-17: Siege and surrender of Munfordsville and WoodsonvilleINDIANA--13th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 17th (Detachment), 50th (Co's "A," "B," "D," "F," "H"), 60th, 67th, 78th, 74th, 78th (Co. "K"), and 89th Infantry. KENTUCKY--28th (Co. "I"), 33d (Co's "C," "G"), and 34th (Co. "K") Infantry. OHIO--Batteries "A" and "D" 1st Light Arty. UNITED STATES--18th Infantry (Co. "H," 2d Battalion), Louisville Home Guard, Union loss, 15 killed, 57 wounded, 4,076 captured and missing. Total, 4,148. Sept. 16: Skirmish, Oakland Station(No Reports.) Sept. 17: Sk
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Indiana Volunteers. (search)
h Army Corps, to June, 1865. Service. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15, 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Lebanon and Woodsonville October 16-28, and duty there till December. Operations against Morgan, in Kentucky, December 22, 1862-January 2, 1863. March to Nashville, Tenn., thence and to Camp Nevin, Ky., and duty there till December 9. Picketing south side of Green River and protecting working parties. Action at Rowlett's Station, Woodsonville, December 17. Regiment specially complimented by General Buell for its gallantry. At Munfordsville, Ky., till February. 1862. Attached to Johnson's Briduty there till December. Pursuit of Morgan to the Cumberland River December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Duty at Elizabethtown, Ky., till March, and at Woodsonville till August. Pursuit of Morgan June 20-July 5. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. March over Cumberland Mountains to Knoxvill
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Kentucky Volunteers. (search)
12. Attack on Gallatin August 12 (Cos. A, B, D, E and F ). Guarding railroad and operating against guerrillas between Green River and the Cumberland River and Louisville & Nashville Railroad till December, 1862. Munfordsville and Woodsonville, Ky., September 14-17 (Co. I ). Garrison at Clarksville, Tenn., December, 1862, to August, 1863. Regiment mounted and engaged in scouting about Clarksville with many skirmishes. Ordered to Columbia August 25. Scouting and outpost du District of South Central Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to January, 1864. District of Southwest Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to April, 1864. Service. Companies C and G participated in the siege of Munfordsville, Ky., and Woodsonville, Ky., September 13-17, 1862, and captured. Regiment on duty at Munfordsville, Ky., and on line of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and Lebanon Branch Railroad till April, 1864. Consolidated with 26th Kentucky Infantry April 1, 1864. Re
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