The National Military Park, Chickamauga--Chattanooga: An Historical Guide ...R. Clarke Company, 1895 - 307 pages |
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An Historical Guide ... Henry Van Boynton. : ; : } THE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK CHICKAMAUGA - CHATTANOOGA . 5-610 AN.
An Historical Guide ... Henry Van Boynton. : ; : } THE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK CHICKAMAUGA - CHATTANOOGA . 5-610 AN.
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... Chickamauga campaign . The battle of Chickamauga was one of the best illustrations of the pluck , endurance , and prowess of the American sol- dier which the war afforded . Measured by the percentages of losses , and the duration of the ...
... Chickamauga campaign . The battle of Chickamauga was one of the best illustrations of the pluck , endurance , and prowess of the American sol- dier which the war afforded . Measured by the percentages of losses , and the duration of the ...
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... greatly facilitated this branch of the work . The author will regard it as a spe- cial favor if those who discover errors in this volume will notify him . : ! . CONTENTS . GUIDE TO THE CHICKAMAUGA FIELD ... VISITING CHICKAMAUGA PREFACE . V.
... greatly facilitated this branch of the work . The author will regard it as a spe- cial favor if those who discover errors in this volume will notify him . : ! . CONTENTS . GUIDE TO THE CHICKAMAUGA FIELD ... VISITING CHICKAMAUGA PREFACE . V.
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advance Alabama Alexander's Bridge army Artillery assault attack Baird's Division Battery battle of Chickamauga Bragg Bragg's Headquarters Brannan's Breckinridge's Brig.-Gen Brigade Brock Field Brotherton's Brown's Ferry Bushrod Johnson's Capt Cavalry Chattanooga Cheatham's Division Chickamauga column command Confederate Crawfish Springs Creek crest crossing Cumberland Derveer's Dyer Field east engaged Fayette Road fighting flank forces Forrest's front Georgia Gordon Granger Gordon's Mill Hindman's Hood's Hooker's House Illinois Indiana infantry James Jay's Mill John Johnson's Division Kelly Field Kelly's Kentucky Lee and Gordon's Lieut Lieut.-Col Longstreet's Lookout Mountain Maj.-Gen McDonald's McFarland's Gap miles Missionary Ridge Mississippi moved night November o'clock Orchard Knob Park position reached rear Reed's Bridge regiments Reynolds river Roger Q Rosecrans Rossville Rossville Gap Second Brigade September 20th Sherman's Smith Snodgrass Hill South Carolina Tennessee Third Brigade Thomas troops Tunnel Hill Union army Union line Viniard's Walker's Wauhatchie Widow Glenn's William Wood's woods
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Page 234 - You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the sea.
Page 266 - War, or shall willfully remove or destroy any breast-works, earth-works, walls, or other defenses or shelter, on any part thereof, constructed by the armies formerly engaged in the battles on the lands or approaches to the park, any person so offending and found guilty thereof, before any justice of the peace of the county in which the offense may be committed...
Page 109 - However, the general plan, you understand, is for Sherman, with the force brought with him, strengthened by a division from your command, to effect a crossing of...
Page 293 - Nearly half our army consisted of reinforcements just before the battle, without a wagon or an artillery horse, and nearly, if not quite, a third of the artillery horses on the field had been lost. The railroad bridges, too, had been destroyed to a point south of Ringgold, and on all the road from Cleveland to Knoxville. To these insurmountable difficulties were added the entire absence of means to cross the river, except by fording at a few precarious points...
Page 25 - Mill. 2. Walker, crossing at Alexander's Bridge, will unite in this move, and push vigorously on the enemy's flank and rear in the same direction. 3. Buckner...
Page 111 - ... right and centre, and a movable column of one division in readiness to move wherever ordered. This division should show itself as threateningly as possible on the most practicable line for making an attack up the valley. Your effort...
Page 263 - ... trees or underbrush under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, and that they will assist in caring for and protecting all tablets, monuments, or such other artificial works as may from time to time be erected by proper authority. SEC.
Page 293 - The suggestion of a movement by our right, immediately after the battle, to the north of the Tennessee, and thence upon Nashville, requires notice only because it will find a place on the files of the department. Such a movement was utterly impossible for want of transportation. Nearly half our army consisted of reinforcements just before the battle, without a wagon or an artillery horse, and nearly, if not quite, a third of the artillery horses on the field had been lost. The railroad...
Page 262 - An act to authorize the condemnation of land for sites of public buildings, and for other purposes...
Page 147 - ... Col. Henry Jordan. 2d Kentucky, Col. Thomas P" Nicholas. 4th Michigan, Maj. Horace Gray. 1st Ohio. Maj. Thomas J. Patten. 3d Ohio, Lieut. Col. Charles B. Seidel. 4th Ohio (battalion), Maj. George W. Dobb. 10th Ohio, Col. Charles C. Smith.