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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, First meeting with Secretary Stanton-General Rosecrans-Commanding military division of Mississippi-Andrew Johnson's Address-arrival at Chattanooga (search)
issippi-Andrew Johnson's Address-arrival at Chattanooga The reply (to my telegram of October 16,ved a dispatch from Mr. C. A. Dana, then in Chattanooga, informing him that unless prevented Rosecr the latter's troops where they were or lay Chattanooga open to capture. General Halleck strongly the Tennessee River, and through and beyond Chattanooga. If he had stopped and intrenched, and mader at Chickamauga, some miles south-east of Chattanooga, before the main battle was brought on. Thepossession of Missionary Ridge, overlooking Chattanooga. He also occupied Lookout Mountain, west oh south and north of the Tennessee, between Chattanooga and Bridgeport. The distance between these he described very clearly the situation at Chattanooga, and made some excellent suggestions as to r way by Jasper and over Waldron's Ridge to Chattanooga. There had been much rain, and the roads wer on. The next day [October 23] we reached Chattanooga a little before dark. I went directly to G[5 more...]
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Assuming the command at Chattanooga-opening a line of supplies-battle of Wauhatchie-on the picket line (search)
I suppose, they looked upon the garrison of Chattanooga as prisoners of war, feeding or starving th. It would have been folly to send them to Chattanooga to help eat up the few rations left there. On the 24th of October, after my return to Chattanooga, the following details were made: General Hed to act under General Smith directly from Chattanooga. Eighteen hundred of them, under General [ over the Tennessee River — a flying one at Chattanooga and the new one at Brown's Ferry — with thence on the north side to the river opposite Chattanooga. There were several steamers at Bridgeport clothing and provisions. On the way to Chattanooga I had telegraphed back to Nashville for a gcondition. In five days from my arrival in Chattanooga the way was open to Bridgeport and, with thd, insured the enemy's speedy evacuation of Chattanooga for want of food and forage. Possessed of thin a mile or such a matter of the town of Chattanooga, then bears off westerly, then northwesterl[4 more...]<
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Condition of the Army-rebuilding the Railroad- General Burnside's situation-orders for battle-plans for the attack-hooker's position- Sherman's movements (search)
nd, on account of our helpless condition at Chattanooga, caused me much uneasiness. Dispatches werg the enemy from Missionary Ridge and about Chattanooga. On the 4th of November Longstreet leftke it more difficult for him to get back to Chattanooga when the battle should begin. Longstreerepared in advance of Sherman's arrival, Chattanooga, November 18, 1863 Major-General W. T. Sherr thereabouts. U. S. Grant, Maj.-General Chattanooga, November 18, 1863 Major-General Geo. H. Thomas, Chattanooga: All preparations should be made for attacking the enemy's position on Missiohe north side, and to go into camp opposite Chattanooga; with the remainder of the command, Hooker Tennessee at Brown's Ferry and move east of Chattanooga to a point opposite the north end of Missioy was absolutely essential to us so long as Chattanooga was besieged. It was the key to our line ft Bridgeport the night of the 14th, reached Chattanooga the evening of the 15th, made the above-des[6 more...]
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Preparations for battle-thomas Carries the first line of the enemy-sherman Carries Missionary Ridge--battle of Lookout Mountain--General Hooker's fight (search)
s there may still be some non-combatants in Chattanooga, I deem it proper to notify you that prudenptured, and his troops there be returned to Chattanooga. During the night of the 21st the rest ified was one to the east of the town, named Fort Wood. It owed its importance chiefly to the factwhere most of the strength of the enemy was. Fort Wood had in it twenty-two pieces of artillery, moan and T. J. Wood commanding, to the foot of Fort Wood, and formed them into line as if going on pdvance was given by a booming of cannon from Fort Wood and other points on the line. The rebel picartillery, kept up from Missionary Ridge and Fort Wood until night closed in, this ended the fightiese operations were going on to the east of Chattanooga, Hooker was engaged on the west. He had thoad, zigzagging up it, connects the town of Chattanooga with the summit. Early on the morning oshed, and a brigade of troops was sent from Chattanooga to reinforce him. These troops had to cross
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Battle of Chattanooga-a gallant charge-complete Rout of the enemy-pursuit of the Confederates--General Bragg--remarks on Chattanooga (search)
the enemy-pursuit of the Confederates--General Bragg--remarks on Chattanooga At twelve o'clock at night, when all was quiet, I began to giying out my orders of the 18th for the battle and of the 24th Chattanooga, November 24, 1863 Major-General Geo. H. Thomas, Chattanooga: Chattanooga: General Sherman carried Missionary Ridge as far as the tunnel with only slight skirmishing. His right now rests at the tunnel and on top os was directed to have the little steamer that had been built at Chattanooga loaded to its capacity with rations and ammunition. Granger's cs came from so that the end was accomplished. The victory at Chattanooga was won against great odds, considering the advantage the enemy isited Bragg on Missionary Ridge a short time before my reaching Chattanooga. It was reported and believed that he had come out to reconcile the order was so changed as that Hooker was directed to come to Chattanooga by the north bank of the Tennessee River. The waters in the riv
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, The relief of Knoxville-headquarters moved to Nashville-visiting Knoxville-cipher dispatches --Withholding orders (search)
ge, and about twenty miles south-east from Chattanooga. I arrived just as the artillery that Hooknoxville was of no earthly use to him while Chattanooga was in our hands. If he should capture Chao far, however, that it could not return to Chattanooga in time to be of service there. It is possctory for us to have got our army away from Chattanooga safely. It was a manifold greater victory tion to get away if they could. Then, too, Chattanooga, following in the same half year with Gettyding that your lodgment at Knoxville and at Chattanooga is now secure, I wish to tender you, and ale him a vote of thanks for the victories at Chattanooga, and voted him a gold medal for Vicksburg and Chattanooga. All such things are now in the possession of the government at Washington. so I se much as I had found it on my first trip to Chattanooga over Waldron's Ridge. The road had been cuft their camps north of the Tennessee, near Chattanooga, with two days rations in their haversacks,[16 more...]
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Operations in Mississippi-Longstreet in east Tennessee-commissioned Lieutenant-General-Commanding the armies of the United States-first interview with President Lincoln (search)
to communicate regularly with all parts of my division and with Washington, just as though I had remained at Nashville. When I obtained this leave I was at Chattanooga, having gone there again to make preparations to have the troops of Thomas in the southern part of Tennessee co-operate with Sherman's movement in Mississippi. neral J. E. Johnston was defending Atlanta and the interior of Georgia with an army, the largest part of which was stationed at Dalton, about 38 miles south of Chattanooga. Dalton is at the junction of the railroad from Cleveland with the one from Chattanooga to Atlanta. There could have been no difference of opinion as to thChattanooga to Atlanta. There could have been no difference of opinion as to the first duty of the armies of the military division of the Mississippi. Johnston's army was the first objective, and that important railroad centre, Atlanta, the second. At the time I wrote General Halleck giving my views of the approaching campaign, and at the time I met General Sherman, it was expected that General Banks would
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, The military situation-plans for the campaign-sheridan assigned to command of the cavalry-flank movements-forrest at Fort Pillow-General Banks's expedition-colonel Mosby-an incident of the Wilderness campaign (search)
ssippi we held substantially all north of the Memphis and Charleston Railroads as far east as Chattanooga, thence along the line of the Tennessee and Holston rivers, taking in nearly all of the State the territory west of the Alleghenies and north of Natchez, with a large movable force about Chattanooga. His command was subdivided into four departments, but the commanders all reported to Shermaunder General Joseph E. Johnston, was at Dalton, Georgia, opposed to Sherman who was still at Chattanooga. Beside these main armies the Confederates had to guard the Shenandoah Valley, a great storeordingly I arranged for a simultaneous movement all along the line. Sherman was to move from Chattanooga, Johnston's army and Atlanta being his objective points. [Private and Confidential.] Headq point, and the heart of Georgia his ultimate aim. If successful he will secure the line from Chattanooga to Mobile with the aid of Banks. Sigel cannot spare troops from his army to reinforce eit
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Sherman's campaign in Georgia-siege of Atlanta --death of General McPherson-attempt to capture Andersonville-capture of Atlanta (search)
ost worth holding; Thomas, with over sixty thousand men of the Army of the Cumberland, was at Chattanooga; and Schofield, with about fourteen thousand men, was at Knoxville. With these three armies,that of getting, before the time arrived for starting, an accumulation of supplies forward to Chattanooga sufficiently large to warrant a movement. He found, when he got to that place, that the trais I have said already, Johnston was at Dalton, which was nearly one-fourth of the way between Chattanooga and Atlanta. The country is mountainous all the way to Atlanta, abounding in mountain streame or Decatur, and move him south from there so as to have him come into the road running from Chattanooga to Atlanta a good distance to the rear of the point Johnston was occupying; but when that was that the part of the plan above indicated had to be changed. He was therefore brought up to Chattanooga and moved from there on a road to the right of Thomas — the two coming together about Dalton.
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, The campaign in Georgia-Sherman's March to the sea-war anecdotes-the March on Savannah- investment of Savannah-capture of Savannah (search)
his rear. He had provided against this by sending a division to Chattanooga and a division to Rome, Georgia, which was in the rear of Hood, rant, Lieutenant-General On the 29th Sherman sent Thomas back to Chattanooga, and afterwards to Nashville, with another division (Morgan's) od Atlanta. He proposed, therefore, to destroy the roads back to Chattanooga, when all ready to move, and leave the latter place garrisoned. loose from his base, giving up Atlanta and the railroad back to Chattanooga. To strengthen Thomas he sent Stanley (4th corps) back, and alsmas, without any of these additions spoken of, had a garrison at Chattanooga — which had been strengthened by one division-and garrisons at Bndoned, and so have all the roads except the main one leading to Chattanooga. Part of this falling back was undoubtedly necessary, and all osequently he recommended the destruction of the railroad back to Chattanooga, and that he should be authorized then to move, as he did, from
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