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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—Kentucky (search)
ssage of Duck River, and on the 16th he stationed his army between Dicksville There are two Dicksvilles—the one we speak of, which is situated on the road from Macksville to Harrodsburg, and another on the road from Harrodsburg to Bryantsville. and Danville, facing north-east across the roads from Macksville to Harrodsburg, and from Perryville to Danville. On the 11th, Sill reached Perryville, after encountering the rear of Kirby Smith near Lawrenceburg. Frankfort had been occupied by Dumont's Federal division. The whole of Northern Kentucky was freed from the domination of the Confederate army. It was massed in the triangle formed by Duck River and the Kentucky before their confluence, but it could not think of remaining there. The autumnal rains had set in the very day after the battle of Perryville; the reign of mud succeeded that of dust. To prevent the retreat from being turned into a disaster, there was not a moment to lose. The country in which the army found itself
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—Tennessee. (search)
d his operations by one of those fortunate bold strokes which he knew so well how to conceive, and always executed with so much audacity. The Federal division of Dumont, of Thomas' corps, was stationed at Gallatin and in the village of Castalian Springs, where it covered the right bank of the Cumberland. In order to accomplish his task most thoroughly, Dumont sent about two thousand men, under Colonel Moore, to occupy Hartsville, an important crossing of the Cumberland, of which the Confederates had already many times availed themselves in their incursions on the right bank of the river. The village of Hartsville is situated about two kilometres north oners. The wounded, who numbered about one hundred and fifty on each side, were left at Hartsville, and the Confederates retired so rapidly as to escape from General Dumont, who had hastened from Gallatin with some troops at the first news of the fight. The next day the two thousand prisoners arrived safe at Murfreesborough, whe
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), chapter 9 (search)
, Harker's brigade, Wagner's brigade. 2d Division, Palmer (4th). Craft's brigade, Hazen's brigade (19), Grose's brigade (10). 3d Division, Van Cleve. Fyffe's brigade, Gibson's brigade. Centre, Major-general Thomas. Division, Negley (8). Stanley's brigade, Miller's brigade (7). Division, Rousseau. Regular brigade, Shepherd; Beatty's brigade (17), Scribner's brigade (9). Division, Fry. Hoskiss' brigade, Boyle's brigade, Walker's brigade, Starkweather's brigade. Division, Dumont. Reynolds's brigade; brigade,....... Right wing, Major-general M. McCook. Division, Jefferson C. Davis. Post's brigade, Carlin's brigade, Woodruff's brigade (32). Division, Johnson. Willich's brigade, Kirk's brigade, Baldwin's brigade. Division, Sheridan. Sill's brigade, Roberts' brigade, Schaeffer's brigade. Cavalry Division, Stanley. Zahn's brigade, Kennet's brigade, Minty's brigade. Engineer brigade, Morton. Artillery, Colonel Barnett. Confederate army. Comm