The National Military Park, Chickamauga--Chattanooga: An Historical Guide ...R. Clarke Company, 1895 - 307 pages |
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... army , it was the deadliest battle of modern times . Its strategy will always be notable in the history of wars . So far as the occupation of the field is concerned it was a Confederate victory . Considering the objects of the cam ...
... army , it was the deadliest battle of modern times . Its strategy will always be notable in the history of wars . So far as the occupation of the field is concerned it was a Confederate victory . Considering the objects of the cam ...
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... Army of the Cumberland in its entirety , four divisions from the Army of the Tennessee under Gen. Sher- man , and four from the Army of the Potomac under Gen. Hooker . On the Confederate side Gen. Bragg was re - enforced by Gen ...
... Army of the Cumberland in its entirety , four divisions from the Army of the Tennessee under Gen. Sher- man , and four from the Army of the Potomac under Gen. Hooker . On the Confederate side Gen. Bragg was re - enforced by Gen ...
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... Army of the Cumberland . Phelps ' Brigade as- saulted through the ravine to the left , where the ground is still more precipitous , and Turchin's Brigade along the open slope to the right . The Crest Road of the Park is seen at the ...
... Army of the Cumberland . Phelps ' Brigade as- saulted through the ravine to the left , where the ground is still more precipitous , and Turchin's Brigade along the open slope to the right . The Crest Road of the Park is seen at the ...
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... Army of the Cumberland and Gen. Sherman's Army of the Tennessee . Nearly all these Approaches , as well as the roads within the Park , have been rebuilt by the government in the most solid manner . The Crest Road and the La Fayette , or ...
... Army of the Cumberland and Gen. Sherman's Army of the Tennessee . Nearly all these Approaches , as well as the roads within the Park , have been rebuilt by the government in the most solid manner . The Crest Road and the La Fayette , or ...
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... army first formed for battle , one is near Jay's saw - mill , where the battle actually began , and the third is on Snodgrass Hill . All the towers are in sight of each other , and they thus serve to in- dicate the relative positions of ...
... army first formed for battle , one is near Jay's saw - mill , where the battle actually began , and the third is on Snodgrass Hill . All the towers are in sight of each other , and they thus serve to in- dicate the relative positions of ...
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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.