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Cumberland River (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
ulties in supply Sherman's March from Memphis long lines of communication Sherman's magnanimity Grant hurries Sherman alarming situation of Burnside anxiety of government Grant's calmness Longstreet moves against Burnside Grant's counter-plan dispatches of Grant to Halleck and Burnside Thomas ordered to attack Bragg Thomas not Brady movement postponed till Sherman's arrival great anxiety about Burnside road from Nashville to Decatur opened supplies ordered to Burnside by Cumberland river difficulties of Sherman's route critical condition of Grant's armies extent of his operations Halleck still anxious about Burnside Grant impresses on Burnside necessity of holding out confidence of Burnside arrival of Sherman at Bridgeport reconnoissance by Grant, Sherman, and Thomas orders issued for battle of Chattanooga. The Cumberland mountains constitute the natural boundary between what are called the cotton states —the semi-tropical region of the American Union—and th
Florence, Ala. (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
7th, and instantly proceeded to obey. In compliance with Halleck's previous instructions, Blair had been advanced as far as Tuscumbia, on the south side of the Tennessee, repairing the railroad; but, dropping every thing, Sherman now reversed this column, and turned all his troops to Eastport, the only place where he could cross the Tennessee. The work of crossing was pushed with all the vigor possible, and on the 1st of November, Sherman, in person, passed to the head of the column, at Florence, leaving Blair to follow with the rear division. Grant now ordered Tuttle's division, of McPherson's corps, to be sent forward to report to Sherman. Delays were occasioned by the destruction of bridges across the Elk river, and long detours were made; for there was not time either to ferry, or to build new bridges; and, on the 5th, Grant again dispatched to Sherman: Leave Dodge's command (of Hurlbut's corps) at Athens, until further orders, and come with the remainder of your command to S
Ohio (United States) (search for this): chapter 12
ew commander. His military division reached from Natchez to Knoxville, more than a thousand miles, and included two hundred thousand soldiers. Burnside's army, numbering nearly twenty-five thousand men, was more than a hundred miles from any navigable river by which it could be supplied, and still further from a railroad. He needed rations and ammunition and clothing at once, and the problem of providing these was difficult. They were ordered from St. Louis, up the Mississippi and the Ohio rivers, to the mouth of the Cumberland, and thence, convoyed by gunboats five hundred miles, up the Cumberland to Big South fork; there Burnside was to meet them, and transport them, in wagons, a hundred miles further, to the front of operations in East Tennessee. This varied and complicated business was superintended directly by Grant. He first ordered the stores, on Burnside's demand; then wrote to Admiral Porter for the gunboat convoy; then instructed Burnside when and where to meet the su
Clinton (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
in the Tennessee valley, until we can make such moves, here, as will entirely free him from present dangers. I have asked him if he could hold the Knoxville and Clinton line for one week; if so, we can make moves here, that will save all danger in East Tennessee. Sherman is now at Bridgeport. He will commence moving to-morrow o the mean time, Hooker will attack Lookout, and carry it if possible. If Burnside can hold the line, etc. . . . . If Burnside can hold the line from Knoxville to Clinton, as I have asked him, for six days, I believe Bragg will be started back for south side of Oostanaula, and Longstreet cut off. On the 16th, Halleck telegraphedr in Elk river, driving him some thirty miles up that river, to cross. On the same day, he again telegraphed to Burnside: Can you hold the line from Knoxville to Clinton, for seven days? If so, I think the whole Tennessee valley can be secured from present danger. And again, at ten o'clock that night: It is of the most vital impo
Chattanooga Creek (United States) (search for this): chapter 12
oint of Lookout mountain, threw shells into Rosecrans's camp. He fortified himself upon the hills, and his outworks reached a mile from their base, where the pickets of the two armies were within hail of each other; both drawing water from Chattanooga creek. After the first few days, the roads on the north side of the Tennessee became so bad, by reason of the fall rains, that it was impossible for the supply-trains from Bridgeport to cross the mountains. The whole command was put on half raruns out immediately under Lookout mountain; and, at its narrowest part, about three miles below the mouth of Lookout creek, Brown's ferry is situated. Moccasin point was still in the hands of the national army, but the opposite bank, from Chattanooga creek to Kelly's ferry, was occupied by the rebels. A sharp range of hills, whose base is washed by the Tennessee, extends along the southern shore, below the mouth of Lookout river, and is broken at Brown's ferry by a narrow gorge, through whic
Raccoon Mountains (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
front looks down on Chattanooga, while on its western side lies a narrow valley, hardly two miles wide, the bed of Lookout river. Still west of this valley, Raccoon mountain rises, another lofty and wooded ridge, reaching far off into Alabama. The Nashville and Chattanooga railroad, by which all supplies were brought to the natishore, below the mouth of Lookout river, and is broken at Brown's ferry by a narrow gorge, through which a road runs to Kelly's ferry, on the western side of Raccoon mountain. The valley between this ridge and the Raccoon mountain is narrow, and a lodgment effected there would seriously interrupt the communications of the enemy uis line of march along the railroad, by way of Whitesides to Wauhatchie. The rebel pickets fell back as he advanced; and, marching along the western base of Raccoon mountain, he finally descended through a narrow gorge into Lookout valley, leaving troops to protect the passes along the route. As the column emerged into the valle
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
ter just where the three great states of Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama approach nearest to each other; the mnterior of the cotton region, from Mississippi, and Georgia, and Alabama, and South Carolina, centred at Atlantues of grain and beef, from the prolific regions of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. In a word, they became inteart of North Carolina, and the northern portions of Georgia and Alabama, were never false to the Union. They wast Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, northern Georgia and Alabama—results that I feel assured would Cumberland was absolutely thrust between Bragg and Georgia, and, unless intercepted, would have surrounded thee valley, and on the other by the mountains of northern Georgia and Alabama. In its front, but a hundred and nd Dalton are on the railroad between Tennessee and Georgia. As early as the 26th of October, three days aftdoor for grander opera. tions into the interior of Georgia. All this he was waiting and planning to do. He de
Danville (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
berland in steamers, the Louisville road must send at least forty car-loads of provisions daily, besides quartermaster's stores. There was a deficiency of steamers and of locomotives, and, accordingly, Grant said to Burnside: If you have any steamers, I think you had better protect the pilot and engine from sharp-shooters, by case-mating with oak plank, and send them down here; while, to McPherson, now in command at Vicksburg, he said: Send without delay, via the Tennessee river to Danville, Tennessee, all the locomotives at Vicksburg, with the exception of two, and all the cars, with the exception of ten. Let the locomotives and cars be the best you have. They are required for immediate use. To Anderson, the railroad superintendent: There are now six bridges at Louisville, belonging to government, ready made, that can be brought forward. I have ordered three locomotives and all the cars, but ten, from the southern road, Vicksburg; and again: Those ordered by Colonel Parsons, f
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
of the Tennessee. Then, the South must be connected with its brother North; and the line of travel stretched out from Mobile, and all the great railways from the interior of the cotton region, from Mississippi, and Georgia, and Alabama, and South Carolina, centred at Atlanta, and reached up along one line, through ridges and ranges, penetrating them by tunnels when Nature afforded no pathway, until, under the shadow of the Chattanooga mountain, the junction with the great eastern line was formle may be to the Louisville interests, it strikes me that its possession is of very secondary importance, in comparison with the immense results that would arise from the adherence to our cause of the masses in East Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, northern Georgia and Alabama—results that I feel assured would ere long follow from the movement alluded to. No positive movement, however, was made in this direction, until after the evacuation of Corinth, in May, 1862, when Halleck sent
Lookout River (Alaska, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
It is a rugged, narrow ridge, a hundred and fifty miles long, but not more than a mile or two across. Its northern and eastern front looks down on Chattanooga, while on its western side lies a narrow valley, hardly two miles wide, the bed of Lookout river. Still west of this valley, Raccoon mountain rises, another lofty and wooded ridge, reaching far off into Alabama. The Nashville and Chattanooga railroad, by which all supplies were brought to the national army, runs along the southern bankn the hands of the national army, but the opposite bank, from Chattanooga creek to Kelly's ferry, was occupied by the rebels. A sharp range of hills, whose base is washed by the Tennessee, extends along the southern shore, below the mouth of Lookout river, and is broken at Brown's ferry by a narrow gorge, through which a road runs to Kelly's ferry, on the western side of Raccoon mountain. The valley between this ridge and the Raccoon mountain is narrow, and a lodgment effected there would ser
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