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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.33 (search)
there when the rebellion ends, to be ready to pitch into the French in Mexico; and from this letter we see, althoa his wind and luck were gone, his zeal for war was still consuming him. Gen. Geo. Crook met with better fortune at Lewisburg, when on the 23d day of May, 1862, he partially defeated the Confederate General Heth, but that country became too hot for him, and he, too, retreated towards the Ohio River, and finally wound up his West Virginia campaign the winter of 1864-5 at Cumberland City, Maryland, by accepting unconditionally and jointly with General Benjamin Franklin Kelly an invitation on the part of Jessie McNeil to accompany him to Richmond, Virginia. What Confederate soldier is now living who was permitted to see the sight of two major-generals of the Federal army dressed out in full uniform, covered with medals of honor, mounted on two old poor, lanky Confederate mules, each caparisoned with a blind-bridle and the little duck-tailed Confederate saddle, coming into
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—the first winter. (search)
his available forces at Fort Donelson. General Pillow, the same who as division commander in Mexico had caused so much trouble to General Scott, had joined with his division on the 9th of February the garrison of Fort Henry, which had taken refuge in Fort Donelson since the rout of the 5th. Buckner with his division from Bowling Green had arrived on the 11th. He was followed on the 12th and the 13th by General Floyd, at the head of a strong brigade of Virginians from Russellville and Cumberland City, whither those troops had retired and reorganized after their defeat in West Virginia a few months previously. The Confederates did wrong to reward the criminal services Mr. Floyd had rendered them whilst Secretary of War in Washington by entrusting him with important military commands; they paid dear for this error. Floyd took command of the little army, numbering from fifteen to sixteen thousand men, whose mission was to keep Grant in check. After having determined to place it at s
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the war in the South-West. (search)
er not be protected by some of Porter's ironclads, and they had erected around Shreveport fortifications which it would have been difficult to reduce without attempting a regular siege by the fleet and the army at the same time. A light expedition would therefore run great risks of failing before .Shreveport, the only military post whose destruction it was worth while to undertake. On the other hand, it would be necessary to proceed methodically, as had been done in the case of the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Mississippi. If that of the Arkansas had been so easily wrested by Steele from the Confederates, the reason was that the upper part had been for a long time threatened by Blunt, and that the latter thus outflanked Holmes' defences at Little Rock. The same was not the case in regard to Red River. The Confederates on this river were flanked by Texas, and this offered them both a means of retreat and a base of operations. It would therefore be expedient to occupy successively t
The Daily Dispatch: February 11, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 14 (search)
shielding them from the severity of the unpropitions weather. Gen. Tilghman. The Herald publishes biographical sketches of all the Union officers engaged in the Fort Henry affair. It also gives the following history of Gen. Tilghman: This rebel officer, now a prisoner of war in our hands, was in command of the rebel defences of the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, on the line of Forts Donaldson and Henry, with his headquarters at Fort Donaldson, near Dover, on the Cumberland, in Stewart county, and near the dividing line between Kentucky and Tennessee. General Tilghman is a native of Maryland, a graduate of the Military Academy at West Point, and was a member of the graduating class of 1836, which included also Joseph R. Anderson and Christopher Q. Tompkins, of Virginia; Montgomery C. Meigs, of Georgia; Peter V. Hagner, of the District of Columbia, O'Brien, of Pennsylvania; Allen, of Ohio, and others, all prominent in the existing war. Four of the same class have b
The Daily Dispatch: February 14, 1862., [Electronic resource], Address from a South Carolina (?) lady at Albany in Denunciation of the South. (search)
The fight at Fort Donelson commenced.the Federal force 12,000 strong. Nashville, Feb. 12. --P. M.--A dispatch received from Cumberland City, this evening, states that one Federal gunboat appeared in sight of Fort Donelson this morning, and about ten o'clock opened fire on the fort, but without injury to the fort. The fort returned the fire and the gunboat retired.--The Federals have landed in force, and a battle with light artillery commenced this evening. It is reported that the Federals have a force of ten or twelve thousand. When the steamer which conveyed the news to Cumberland city left Fort Donelson, the battle was raging, but no particulars were known. [second Dispatch.] Nashville, Feb. 13. --A dispatch was received here to-night, dated at Fort Donelson to-day, at half-past 11 o'clock A. M. It states that the firing of artillery commenced this morning before sunrise, and had continued unceasingly up to that time. A number of pieces are rapidly fir
The Daily Dispatch: March 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], Official report of Brig.-Gen. Floyd of the battle of Fort Donelson (search)
n the meantime, hopeful that satisfactory explanation may be made, I have directed, upon the exhibition of the case as presented by the two senior Generals, that they should be relieved from command, to await further orders whenever a reliable judgment can be rendered on the merits of the case. Jefferson Davis. [copy]Camp near Murfreesboro, February 27, 1862. General A S Johnson Sir: Your order of the 12th of this month, transmitted to me by telegraph from Bowling Green to Cumberland City, reached me the same evening. It directed me to repair at once with what force I could command, to the support of the garrison at Fort Donelson. I immediately prepared for my departure, and effected it in time to reach Fort Donelson the next morning, 18th, before daylight. Measures had been already taken by Brig.-General Pillow, then in command, to render our resistance to the attack of the enemy as effective as possible. He had, with activity and industry, pushed forward the defens
The Daily Dispatch: may 29, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
ed subsided and the previous dullness has returned. Views of the English press.[from the London morning post, Government Organ] There is but little to chronicle, according to the mail just arrived, of the movements of the American armies. The Federal troops continue to advance wherever no opposition is offered, or when it is so alight a nature as scarcely deserves the name. Except for the sake of gaining time the resistance hitherto shown by the Southern Confederacy on the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Mississippi rivers, was, strategically speaking, a mistake. With no gunboats at his command, the South never could have hoped to cope successfully with the North under conditions which admitted of the naval resources of the latter being made available. Fort Donelson fell after a brief struggle. Island No.10 was also captured, though after a more gallant resistance, and according to the last intelligence, Fort Pulaski had also fallen into the Federal hands. It is a principle
The Daily Dispatch: February 19, 1864., [Electronic resource], The Navy Department. (search)
ress raised to Investigate the administration of the Navy Department submitted a report before the adjournment of Congress. In their report the committee state that they have inquired into everything relating to the materials and the operations of the Navy of the Confederate States; the means and resources for building a navy; the efforts to purchase or build vessels and to obtain ordnance stores; the naval defences of the Mississippi river, and especially of New Orleans, of the Cumberland, Tennessee, and James rivers, and of the city of Norfolk. At the commencement of the war but seven steam war vessels had been built in the States now forming the Confederacy since the war of 1812, and the engines of only two of these had been contracted for in these States. All the labor or materials requisite to complete and equip a war vessel could not be commanded at any one point of the Confederacy. In Justification of the Secretary of the Navy, the committee state that he has in
The Daily Dispatch: December 16, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Milroy's attack on the rebels, Buford's division of cavalry attacked Murfreesboro' and entered the town, shelling it fiercely and destroying many houses. General Roussean, with one regiment of infantry and artillery, drove them out of the town. Four Thousand Confederates Cross the Cumberland river into Kentucky. A telegram from Cairo, dated the 10th instant, says: On the 9th instant, the rebels, under General Lyon, captured the Government transport Thomas E. Tutt, at Cumberland City, on the Cumberland river, twenty miles above Fort Donelson. The Tutt was used for crossing the river. The rebels are on the march into Kentucky. Their force is estimated at four thousand men. The Tutt was loaded with Government forage, and was burned to the water's edge after the rebels had crossed the river. Another telegram says: When last heard from he was moving towards Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and threatening that place. If he attacks that point, the garrison, being
The Daily Dispatch: December 19, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ent servant, J. G. Foster, Major-General Commanding. From Nashville — no General fighting yet. There is not much news from Nashville. Skirmishing was still going on on the 12th. The Confederates are reported to have fallen back from their outer line; but, the next day, re- occupied it. A telegram to the Louisville Journal says: General Bates's division is within two miles of Murfreesboro'. Nothing has been heard from the rebel brigade that crossed yesterday at Cumberland City. A dispatch, received from Rousseau, says Murfreesboro' is all right, and he expressed confidence to hold the place against any force the enemy has at his command. The Democrat says: We are informed that General Lyon's rebel forces burned the depot and several sheds at Hadensville, on the Memphis Branch railroad, yesterday. A lot of bacon, stored in the depot, and a large lot of tobacco, under sheds awaiting shipment to this city, was destroyed. The rebels are conscrip
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