The National Military Park, Chickamauga--Chattanooga: An Historical Guide ...R. Clarke Company, 1895 - 307 pages |
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... losses , and the duration of the fighting for the various por- tions of each 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 ...
... losses , and the duration of the fighting for the various por- tions of each 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 ...
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... Loss in the battle , all but 34 of which was in Steedman's two brigades , during the afternoon of September 20th : Killed , 215 ; wounded , 976 ; missing , 631 ; total , 1,822 . Strength of Steedman's two brigades in action , 3,913 ...
... Loss in the battle , all but 34 of which was in Steedman's two brigades , during the afternoon of September 20th : Killed , 215 ; wounded , 976 ; missing , 631 ; total , 1,822 . Strength of Steedman's two brigades in action , 3,913 ...
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... loss . Thereafter , there was little fighting on this front until late in the afternoon . Meantime part of Berry's and all of Willich's Brigades assisted in repel- ling the persistent attacks on Baird's left . At 4 P. M. , Willich's ...
... loss . Thereafter , there was little fighting on this front until late in the afternoon . Meantime part of Berry's and all of Willich's Brigades assisted in repel- ling the persistent attacks on Baird's left . At 4 P. M. , Willich's ...
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... loss of 105 men , and the bridge was dismantled . Walker's four brigades then moved down the river , and crossed at Byram's ( Lambert's ) Ford at dark . Wilder's Brigade , being threatened in the rear by Hood's column ad- vancing from ...
... loss of 105 men , and the bridge was dismantled . Walker's four brigades then moved down the river , and crossed at Byram's ( Lambert's ) Ford at dark . Wilder's Brigade , being threatened in the rear by Hood's column ad- vancing from ...
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... loss to the Union army of only 570 killed and wounded , ended July 4 , 1863. The or- der of that day , halting the army , contained directions to immediately prepare for a forward campaign . The most vigorous efforts to that end ...
... loss to the Union army of only 570 killed and wounded , ended July 4 , 1863. The or- der of that day , halting the army , contained directions to immediately prepare for a forward campaign . The most vigorous efforts to that end ...
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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.