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Tullahoma (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
ther two ready to follow at once. I designated the Second, then commanded by Brigadier-General Giles A. Smith, and the Fourth, commanded by Brigadier-General Corse.—Page 346, Vol. I. Before considering General Sherman's story further, a statement of General Rosecrans' operations, which is sustained by the record, may properly be considered: General Rosecrans, with his magnificent army, had, by his brilliant strategy, driven Bragg without serious battle out of Murfreesboro, out of Tullahoma, out of Wartrace, and finally across the Tennessee, here a deep and wide river, where he took post in the fortified city of Chattanooga. The ojective point of Rosecrans' next campaign was the latter city. Two plans were open to him. He could cross the river above, in the face of Bragg's army, and assault the place. Had he done this, and at the cost of never so bloody a battle wrested that stronghold from Bragg, the whole nation would have applauded, and the movement been so plain that
Edgefield (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
drove him into Chattanooga. The whole country seemed paralyzed by this unhappy event; and the authorities in Washington were thoroughly stampeded. From the East the Eleventh Corps (Slocum) and the Twelfth Corps (Howard) were sent by rail to Nashville, and forward under command of General Hooker. Orders were also sent to General Grant by Halleck to send what reenforcements he could spare immediately toward Chattanooga. Bragg had completely driven Rosecrans' army into Chattanooga. The la like Sherman or McPherson should be selected. H. W. Halleck, Major-General. On the 29th of September Hooker reported the head of his column passing from Cincinnati to Louisville, and on the 2d of October he telegraphed Mr. Stanton from Nashville: The last of the infantry of the Eleventh Corps reached their destination yesterday. The Twelfth are now passing through this city. Washington, September 30, 1863. Major-General Hurlbut, Memphis. * * * * All available forces must be
Chattanooga (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
Rosecrans and Thomas, then operating about Chattanooga under its new title, the Army of the Cumber seemingly to surround and capture Bragg in Chattanooga; but the latter, reenforced from Virginia, General Rosecrans' movements which secured Chattanooga resembled in many of their main features thy has driven General Rosecrans back to near Chattanooga, Bragg may throw a force off into East Tennall the assistance you can give him to hold Chattanooga. September 22d.—Yours of yesterday is reyou that it is not necessary to join him at Chattanooga, but only to move down to such a position tbe no more than temporarily lost so long as Chattanooga is firmly held. A. Lincoln. It woulptember 19, 1863. Major-General Rosecrans, Chattanooga. * * * On the 15th Hurlbut says he is motember 11, 1863. Major-Generai Rosecrans, Chattanooga. After holding the mountain passes in thport is pertinent: headquarters near Chattanooga, October, 1863. Our train reached Cato[68 more...]
Citico Creek (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
join in the attack from the mouth of Chickamauga, and a decisive battle will be fought U. S. Grant, Major-General. General Grant in his formal report of the battle of Chattanooga, has this to say upon the point under consideration: Thomas having done on the 23d, with his troops in Chattanooga, what was intended for the 24th, bettered and strengthened his advanced positions during the day, and pushed the Eleventh Corps forward along the south bank of the Tennessee River, across Citico Creek, one brigade of which, with Howard in person, reached Sherman just as he had completed the crossing of the river. General Sherman must have thought all this rather lively work for troops that could not be induced to leave their trenches till they had been persuaded by the inspiring spectacle of his men making a breakfast of the enemy. The next day (24th) looker, acting under the orders of General Thomas, attacked and carried Lookout; Sherman attacked, but failed to carry the point
Stevenson (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
ctober 5th, proceeded to Cairo, and thence to Louisville to receive orders, where he was directed to take command at Chattanooga, relieving Rosecrans by Thomas. He started at once for the front, and shortly after his arrival, ordered Sherman to drop every thing on the railroad, and come on with dispatch. He thus reported his action to Halleck: Chattanooga, October 26, 2 P. M. Major-General Halleck. General-in-chief: I have sent orders to General Sherman to move east toward Stevenson, leaving every thing unguarded, except by way of the Army of the Cumberland east of Bear Creek. The possibility of the enemy breaking through our lines east of this, and the present inability to follow him from here if he should, is the cause of this order. Sherman's forces are the only troops I could throw in to head such a move. U. S. Grant, Major-General. From these most urgent dispatches it is evident that a prompt movement of Sherman's relieving column, as well as the repair
New Bern (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
give him all the aid in your power. September 9th, Major-General Burnside, Knoxville. General Rosecrans is on the Chickamauga River, twenty miles south of Chattanooga. He is expecting a battle, and wants you to sustain his left. Every possible effort must be made to assist him. September 19th.—General Meade is very confident that another part of Ewell's corps has gone to East Tennessee. The forces said to be collecting at Jonesboro are probably those that were at Wytheville, Newbern, etc., under Sam. Jones and Jackson. September 20th.—General Rosecrans had a severe battle yesterday, and expects another to-day. It is of vital importance that you move to his left flank. September 21st.—General Rosecrans telegraphed, at 9 o'clock this morning, that, if your troops do not join him immediately, they will be obliged to move down the north side of the Tennesse River. As the enemy has driven General Rosecrans back to near Chattanooga, Bragg may throw a force off into E<
Keith (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
that point on the 15th it was resolved to march back toward Chattanooga and attack Rosecrans wherever found. A part of Longstreet's Virginia troops under Hood arrived at Dalton on the 18th, and participated in the first day's fight at Chickamauga, but Longstreet himself, with the rest of his command, did not arrive till midnight after the first day's battle. A brief extract from his official report is pertinent: headquarters near Chattanooga, October, 1863. Our train reached Catoosa platform, near Ringgold. about two o'clock in the afternoon of the 19th of September. As soon as our horses came up, about four o'clock, I started with Colonel Sorrel and Colonel Manning of my staff to find the headquarters of the Commanding General. We missed our way and did not report until near eleven o'clock at night. * * * * As soon as the day of the 20th had dawned, I rode to the front to find my troops. The line was arranged from right to left as follows: Stewart's, Johnson's, Hi
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 6
eft Lee's army on Monday last, but did not pass through Richmond. It is therefore most probable that he passed through Lynchburg taking the road to Abingdon. The following telegrams were sent by Mr. Lincoln to General Burnside: Washington, D. C., September 21st., 2 A. M. To General Burnside, Knoxville: Go to Rosecrans with your full force without a moment's delay. A. Lincoln. September 21st.—If you are to do any good to Rosecrans, it will not do to waste time with Jonescommand, and believed Rosecrans, and from that time forward General Sherman used almost superhuman efforts to reach Chattanooga. The dispatches which set forth this most unfortunate delay are as follows: headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. C., September 13, 1863. Major-General Grant or Vicksburg. Major-General Sherman, It is quite possible that Bragg and Johnston will move through Northern Alabama to the Tennessee River to turn General Rosecrans' right and cut off his commun
Orchard Knob (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
er to his own troops, is shown by a paragraph from the report of General Baird who commanded his left division: I had just completed the establishment of my line, and was upon the left of it, when a staff officer from Major-General Thomas brought me verbal orders to move forward to the edge of the open ground which bordered the toot of Mission Ridge, within striking distance of the rebel rifle pits at its base, so as to be ready at a signal, which would be the firing of six guns from Orchard Knob, to dash forward and take those pits. He added this was preparatory to a general assault on the mountain; that it was doubtless designed by the Major-General commanding that I should take part in this movement; so that I would be following his wishes were I to push on to the summit. General Rosecrans was so confident of success that he somewhat scattered his command, say the Memoirs. There was another thing of which General Rosecrans was confident, and which a just or accurate writ
Shiloh, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
Chapter 6: Chattanooga and Chickamauga injustice to Rosecrans, Thomas, and the Army of the Cumberland. In a previous chapter it has been seen how coldly, unjustly, and almost contemptuously General Sherman's book treats of Buell and his army at Shiloh—a general and an army that, beyond all room for question, brought salvation to Grant's forces, to which sore disaster had come through a disgraceful surprise, for which Sherman was in person largely responsible. Following him in his book through his excuses for bloody failure at Chickasaw Bayou, his protest against Grant's plan for capturing Vicksburg from the rear, and his assertion that it might have been taken six months earlier by another route, we find him again misrepresenting and sneering at the Army of the Ohio, under its successive commanders, Rosecrans and Thomas, then operating about Chattanooga under its new title, the Army of the Cumberland. With the records of the war at his control, and at his very el
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