Chapter III: The Occupation and Battles of Chattanooga (3)

Mississippi, troops from, 66, 70, 98;
troops in, 169, 231;
Union troops, 232.

Missouri, troops from, 25;
Wisconsin troops in, 30;
Union army, 233.

Mitchell, Gen. John G., at Chickamauga, 114;
Wauhatchie, 179;
commended, 148.

Mitchell, Gen. O. M., in Alabama, 28.

Mitchell, Gen. Robert B., cavalry officer, 18, 41, 42;
at Chickamauga, 83, 99, 112, 147, 153, 154;
Rossville, 124;
raiding, 160.

Mitchell, Capt. William S., killed, 129.

Moccasin Point, fortified, 173.

Moore, Gen. John C., at Lookout Mountain, 197, 199.

Morgan, Gen. James D., commands division, 19;
at Chickamauga, 83;
Chattanooga, 166, 167.

MOUNTAINS--
Cumberland, 7-9, 47-49, 52-55.
Horse, 40.
Horseshoe Ridge, 107, 111.
Lookout, 51-55, 60, 62, 76, 155, 156, 172, 173, 176, 204, 205, 211,
225;
crossed, 63, 64, 68;
Confederates on, 63, 126, 180-185, 187-189, 192-194;
described, 195, 196.
See also Battles: Lookout Mountain.
Missionary Ridge, 55, 56, 63, 81, 93, 109, 115, 126, 156, 182-186,
190, 209, 211, 230;
Confederates on, 188-191.
See also Battles: Missionary Ridge.
Pigeon, 55, 65, 69, 71.
Raccoon, 173.
Sand, 53-55, 59, 62.
Taylor’s Ridge, 217, 222.
Walden’s Ridge, 54, 55, 58, 156, 161, 173.

Mullis, ----, farm near Chickamauga, 123.

Murfreesboro (Tenn.), Union troops at, 1, 2, 4-8, 11, 14, 28-30, 39,
44, 232;
advance from, 46-48, 134;
railroad centre, 6, 52, 160.

Nashville (Tenn.), troops at, 20, 30-32, 231;
railroad terminus, 3, 6, 9, 160-163.

Nashville and Chattanooga railroad, 3, 9, 166.

Negley, Gen. James S., takes command, 17;
in Tullahoma campaign, 47;
Chickamauga, 60, 65, 66, 68;
at battle of Chickamauga, 78, 79, 82, 87, 93, 94, 100, 105, 107,
108, 113, 114, 140, 142, 148;
Rossville, 124;
report, 110.

New Madrid (Mo.), 31.

New York, 1st Infantry, 194.

Nickles, Lieut. Robert J., killed, 69.

North Carolina, invaded, 10.

Northwest Territory, troops from, 25.

Ohio, troops from, 14, 25;
1st Infantry, 194;
13th Infantry, 113;
15th Infantry, 42;
21st Infantry, 113;
73d Infantry, 179;
representative in Congress, 168.

Orchard Knob, captured, 190, 192, 194;
vantage point, 209, 211, 212;
battery on, 214.
See also Battles: Orchard Knob.

Oshkosh, troops from, 29.

Osterhaus, Gen. Peter J., crosses the Tennessee, 192, 193;
at Lookout Mountain, 194;
Missionary Ridge, 203, 216;
pursues enemy, 201.

Paducah (Ky.), 16.

“Paint Rock,” steamboat, 58.

Palmer, Gen. John M., commands division, 18, 58, 194;
in Tullahoma campaign, 41;
at Chickamauga, 78, 86, 91, 92, 96, 102, 104, 107, 111, 139-141,
145;
withdraws, 123;
commended, 148;
promoted, 168;
at Chattanooga, 165;
Missionary Ridge, 202;
pursues enemy, 222;
characterized, 21.

Patterson, Gen. Robert, 15.

Pegram, Gen. John, in Chickamauga campaign, 69.

Pelham (Tenn.), 57.

Pennsylvania, Confederates invade, 4;
troops from, 25;
77th Infantry, 42;
79th Infantry, 44, 127.

Perkins, Surgeon Jabez, at Chickamauga, 110.

Pettus, Gen. Edmund W., at Lookout Mountain, 199.

Phelps, Col. Edward H., at Missionary Ridge, 204.

Pikeville (Tenn.), 55.

Pinney, Capt. Oscar F., 31.

Pittsburg Landing, 226.

Poe, ----, house near Chickamauga, 81, 92.

Polk, Gen. Leonidas, commands corps, 33, 40, 68, 69;
at Chickamauga, 70, 72, 95, 97-100, 148;
advances, 126;
characterized, 35.

Pond Spring (Ga.), 78.

Pope, Gen. John, at Island Number Ten, 32.

Post, Col. Philip Sidney, in Tullahoma campaign, 43;
at Chickamauga, 133.

Prentiss, Gen. B. M., 227.

Preston, Gen. William, at Chickamauga, 96, 97, 112, 142.

Racine, troops from, 31, 231.

Raum, Col. Green B., at Missionary Ridge, 204.

_Rebellion Records_, cited, 42, 48, 49, 67, 75, 84, 85, 90, 101, 115,
117, 121, 123, 129, 144, 145, 148, 151, 180, 195, 215, 216, 232.

Reed’s Bridge, near Chickamauga, 69, 72, 73, 76, 82-85.

Rennie, Lieut. Robert, killed, 130.

Reynolds, Gen. Joseph J., commands division, 17, 44;
in Tullahoma campaign, 44;
Chickamauga campaign, 58, 66;
at battle of Chickamauga, 82, 86, 91-96, 103-107, 111, 139-141, 145;
withdraws, 122, 123;
made chief of staff, 166;
commended, 148.

Richardson, Lieut. James S., killed, 129.

Richmond (Va.), 4, 10, 49, 52, 67.

Ringgold (Ga.), 64, 69, 70, 74, 77, 114, 216, 217, 223;
road from, 124.

RIVERS--
Cumberland, 7, 15.
Duck, 7, 39, 40.
Elk, 7, 40, 47.
Hiawassie, 56, 59.
Little, 75.
Mississippi, 4, 31, 158, 232.
Ohio, 25.
Sequatchie, 54, 55.
Tennessee, 7-9, 52-54, 71, 126, 196;
described, 54;
valley of, 58;
bends, 172;
bridged, 163;
crossed, 19, 59-62, 157, 160, 176, 201;
Confederates command, 155, 156;
armies on, 169.

Robertson, Gen. Jerome B., at Chickamauga, 97.

Robinson, Col. Milton S., at Chickamauga, 123.

Roby, Capt. J. W., at Chickamauga, 130.

Roddey, Gen. Philip D., cavalry leader, 160.

Rogersville (Ala.), 160.

Rome (Ga.), 61, 64, 75, 115.

Rosecrans, Gen. William S., commands army, 1-3, 14, 16;
characterized, 12, 13;
plans, 11, 13, 40, 51, 57;
at Winchester, 52;
in Chickamauga campaign, 55, 58, 59, 62, 64, 67;
orders, 83, 103, 104, 106, 118, 152, 153, 172;
at battle of Chickamauga, 72-80, 88, 93, 99, 104, 109, 112, 120,
121, 131, 136, 144, 149, 154;
retreats to Chattanooga, 125;
defends Chattanooga, 157, 158, 160;
reinforced, 158, 159;
relieved, 164;
results, 232;
reports, 48, 84, 89, 144.

Rossville (Ga.), Union troops at, 19, 63, 76;
during battle of Chickamauga, 108, 109, 112, 114-116, 118;
withdrawal to, 119, 121, 123, 129, 132, 133, 136, 147, 151, 152,
155;
abandoned, 125;
advance from, 144;
in Chattanooga campaign, 201-206;
Hooker at, 221, 222.
See also Gaps: Rossville.

Rousseau, Gen. Lovell H., commands division, 17, 28, 44, 47, 190;
on furlough, 21;
rejoins army, 125;
at Chattanooga, 166;
Nashville, 167.

Rousseau Battery, 219.

Ruger, Gen. Thomas H., at Chattanooga, 168;
guarding railway, 177.

St. Louis, Wisconsin troops at, 31, 32, 231.

Salem (Tenn.), 41.

Scandinavians, as Wisconsin soldiers, 29.

Schurz, Gen. Carl, at Wauhatchie, 177, 178;
Missionary Ridge, 205, 212, 229.

Scribner, Gen. Benjamin F., commands brigade, 28;
at Chickamauga, 100, 129.

Searles, Lieut. Charles A., killed, 129.

Sequatchie Valley, described, 31;
troops in, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60;
raided, 156, 159.

Sheffield, Col. James L., at Chickamauga, 97.

Shelbyville (Tenn.), 40, 42;
captured, 44, 46.

Shellmound (Tenn.), 59, 177.

Shenandoah Valley, war in, 15.

Sheridan, Gen. Philip H., West Point graduate, 17;
commands division, 47, 56, 60;
at Chickamauga, 87, 93-96, 107-111, 115, 142, 145, 149, 151;
Chattanooga, 165, 167;
Orchard Knob, 190, 217;
Missionary Ridge, 204, 205, 208, 227;
commended, 170, 171;
characterized, 22.

Sherman, Col. Francis T., at Chattanooga, 165, 167;
Missionary Ridge, 204, 227.

Sherman, Gen. William T., reinforces Chattanooga, 159, 183-185, 187;
commands Western army, 169, 234;
at Chattanooga, 231;
Tunnel Hill, 206, 211, 213, 221;
Missionary Ridge, 186, 187, 192, 193, 201-205, 208, 212-214, 217,
222, 226, 229, 230;
March to the Sea, 5, 10;
commended, 171;
_Memoirs_, 207.

Sirwell, Col. William, at Chickamauga, 113.

Slocum, Gen. H. W., reinforces Rosecrans, 159.

Smith, Gen. A., at Missionary Ridge, 204.

Smith, Gen. James A., at Missionary Ridge, 205.

Smith, Gen. John E., at Missionary Ridge, 204, 213, 226.

Smith, Col. Orlando, at Wauhatchie, 179.

Smith, Gen. Preston, at Chickamauga, 89;
killed, 90.

Smith, Gen. W. F., chief engineer, 164, 169, 172, 174, 183, 184.

Snodgrass, ----, house near Chickamauga, 107, 112, 116.

Snodgrass Hill, battle at, 81, 120, 122, 151, 154.

South Carolina, invaded, 10.

Stanley, Gen. David S., commands cavalry, 18, 46;
of regular army, 23;
on furlough, 61;
at Chickamauga, 93, 100, 113.

Stanley, Col. Timothy R., at Chickamauga, 142.

Stanton, Edwin M., secretary of war, 171, 217.

Starkweather, Col. John C., brigade commander, 28, 69;
at Chickamauga, 101, 126-130;
at Chattanooga, 166, 204, 206, 225;
Stevenson, 167;
report, 128, 129.

Steedman, Gen. James B., commands division, 19;
at Chickamauga, 83, 114, 117, 120, 138, 142, 144;
commended, 148.

Steinwehr, Gen. Adolph von, at Wauhatchie, 188;
Missionary Ridge, 212.

Stevenson, Gen. Carter L., on Lookout Mountain, 192, 195, 197, 199;
at Missionary Ridge, 205, 206;
report, 198, 199.

Stevenson (Ala.), railroad junction, 28, 52, 53, 56, 59;
supplies at, 7, 161-163;
garrison, 57, 166;
road to, 156;
headquarters, 167.

Stewart, Gen. A. P., Confederate officer, 44;
at Chickamauga, 96, 97, 104, 105, 139, 141, 143;
Missionary Ridge, 205, 206, 214, 216, 217.

Stoughton, Gen. William L., at Missionary Ridge, 204.

Stovall, Gen. Marcellus A., at Chickamauga, 99, 100, 104.

Summerville (Ga.), 63, 75.

Sweet, Col. Benjamin J., 20;
wounded, 29.

Tennessee, actions in, 27;
in two districts, 167;
barrens of, 39-41;
railway in, 6;
forts, 16;
Union troops, 169, 231, 232;
troops from, 10, 25, 66.

Thedford’s Ford (Ga.), 70.

Thomas, Gen. George H., commands corps, 12, 63, 64;
in Tullahoma campaign, 43, 47;
at Chickamauga, 22, 72, 74, 75, 78, 79, 82-84, 88, 91-94, 103-117,
120, 121, 127;
denominated “Rock of Chickamauga”, 82;
protects his corps, 139;
withstands attacks, 144-146;
withdraws, 112, 118-126, 152, 153;
at Chattanooga, 155, 232;
commands army, 164, 168;
besieged, 171, 172;
plans for advance, 183, 184, 186, 187, 193, 218;
reconnoisance, 188, 189;
at Orchard Knob, 190, 191;
Missionary Ridge, 202-215, 220-222;
reports, 119-121, 123, 200, 216;
commended, 148, 149, 171;
characterized, 14, 15, 81.

Thompson, Lieut. Oliver, killed, 121.

Thruston, Gen. Gates P., at Chickamauga, 110, 122.

Thurman’s (Tenn.), 57.

Tracy City (Tenn.), 56.

Trenton (Ga.), troops at, 61, 176, 187.

Triune (Tenn.), 41.

Tullahoma (Tenn.), 1, 6;
advance toward, 14;
fighting near, 45, 47;
Bragg at, 52, 53, 98;
campaign for, 28, 30, 39-50, 134, 224.

Turchin, Gen. John B., commands cavalry, 18, 19;
at Chickamauga, 92, 93;
withdraws, 122, 123;
at Chattanooga, 166;
Brown’s Ferry, 175;
Missionary Ridge, 204;
commended, 148.

Valley Head (Ala.), 55, 61.

Van Cleve, Gen. Horatio P., commands division, 18, 60;
in Tullahoma campaign, 43;
at Chickamauga, 78, 86, 88, 93-95, 97, 104, 107-109, 113, 133, 140,
142.

Van Derveer, Col. Ferdinand, at Chickamauga, 93, 103, 106, 111, 114,
140;
Chattanooga, 166;
Missionary Ridge, 204;
commended, 148.

Van Horne, Thomas B., _Army of the Cumberland_, 110.

Vicksburg (Miss.), siege of, 231.

Viniard, ----, house near Chickamauga, 81.

Virginia, troops from, 54, 66, 70, 78.

Vittetoe, ----, house near Chickamauga, 81.

Von Baumbach, Maj. Carl, at Chickamauga, 132;
Missionary Ridge, 227-229.

Wagner, Gen. George D., in Chickamauga campaign, 58, 60-62;
at Chattanooga, 165;
Missionary Ridge, 204.

Walker, Gen. W. H. T., Confederate officer, 68, 69;
at Chickamauga, 77, 82, 85, 89, 96-98, 102, 110, 139, 141;
Lookout Mountain, 192;
Missionary Ridge, 205, 206.

Walthall, Gen. Edward C., at Chickamauga, 98;
Lookout Mountain, 197, 199.

WARS:
Mexican, 15, 17, 21, 34, 35;
Indian, 15.

Wartrace (Tenn.), 40, 42.

Washington (D. C.), orders from, 4, 67.

Wauhatchie (Tenn.), 61;
action at, 176-180.

West, Captain George M., killed, 130.

West, Col. Theodore S., commands regiment, 30;
at Chickamauga, 132.

West Point (N. Y.) Military Academy, graduates, 12, 15-17, 21-23, 35.

West Virginia, troops in, 8.

Wheeler, Gen. Joseph, cavalry commander, 33, 181;
at Chickamauga, 70, 79, 99;
raiding, 156, 159-161.

Whiteside (Tenn.), 177.

Whittaker, Gen. Walter C., at Chickamauga, 83, 114;
Chattanooga, 165;
Wauhatchie, 179;
Lookout Mountain, 186;
commended, 148.

Wilder, Gen. John T., brigade commander, 44;
in Tullahoma campaign, 43, 44;
Chickamauga campaign, 58, 60, 62, 64;
at battle of Chickamauga, 72, 77, 82, 97, 109, 111, 153;
at Chattanooga, 158.

Willard, Capt. J. P., aide to Thomas, 122.

Williams, Gen. Alpheus S., at Chattanooga, 168;
guarding railway, 177.

Willich, Gen. August, in Tullahoma campaign, 42, 43;
at Chickamauga, 93, 111, 118;
withdraws, 123;
at Chattanooga, 164, 165;
Orchard Knob, 190, 191;
Missionary Ridge, 204, 225, 226;
commended, 148.

Wilson, Col. Claudius C., at Chickamauga, 85.

Wilson, Gen. James H., cavalry raid, 170.

Winchester (Tenn.), 52, 53, 160.

Winkler, Maj. Frederick C., commands regiment, 177;
at Missionary Ridge, 229.

Wisconsin, troops from, 25;
in army of Cumberland, 27-33;
in Tullahoma campaign, 44, 50;
at Dug Gap, 69;
Chickamauga, 126-134;
reinforce Chattanooga, 177, 178;
at Missionary Ridge, 225-232;
1st Infantry, 27-29, 44, 69, 126-129, 167, 225;
2nd infantry, 227;
3rd Infantry, 168, 177;
10th Infantry, 27-29, 50, 69, 126, 129, 130, 167, 201, 225;
13th Infantry, 20;
15th Infantry, 27, 29, 59, 87, 126, 130, 131, 167, 191, 192, 225,
226;
18th Infantry, 226, 227;
21st Infantry, 20, 27, 29, 30, 44, 69, 126-129, 167, 225;
24th Infantry, 27, 30, 126, 131, 132, 167, 227-229;
26th Infantry, 168, 177, 178, 229;
1st Cavalry, 20, 27, 30, 50, 132, 133, 159;
1st Heavy Artillery, 168, 230;
3rd Battery, 20, 27, 31, 133, 168, 229;
5th Battery, 27, 31, 32, 133, 168, 230;
6th Battery, 230, 231;
8th Battery, 32, 33, 133, 134, 168, 229, 230;
10th Battery, 168, 229-231;
12th Battery, 230, 231.

Wolseley, Field-Marshal Sir G. J., Viscount, commends American
officer, 36.

Wood, Gen. S. A. M., at Chickamauga, 101.

Wood, Gen. Thomas J., of regular army, 23;
commands divisions, 18, 58;
at Chickamauga, 80, 87, 93-96, 104-107, 109, 111, 113, 116, 117,
131, 142, 145, 147, 152;
withdraws, 123;
at Chattanooga, 165, 168;
Orchard Knob, 190-192;
Missionary Ridge, 203-205, 225.

Woodbury (Tenn.), 41.

Woods, Gen. Charles R., at Lookout Mountain, 193;
relieved, 203.

Zollicoffer, Gen. Felix K., 15.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Nineteen miles southeast of Murfreesboro.

[2] Thirteen miles south of Murfreesboro, five west of Hoover’s Gap.

[3] Forty miles south of Murfreesboro.

[4] A small village, but a few miles southwest of Murfreesboro.

[5] A village eight miles east of Shelbyville, on the railroad.

[6] _Rebellion Records_, Serial No. 34, p. 483.

[7] _Rebellion Records_, Serial No. 34; p. 408.

[8] _Ibid._, p. 584.

[9] The above quotations are taken from some letters of W. S. Furay, a former war correspondent, published in the Cincinnati _Gazette_ of 1888.

[10] Sixteen miles southeast of Tullahoma, near Decherd.

[11] Thirteen miles southeast of Tullahoma on railway.

[12] Forty miles southeast of Murfreesboro and thirty-five miles northeast of Tullahoma.

[13] Lee and Gordon’s Mill is twelve miles south of Chattanooga, on the Chickamauga River, where the Lafayette and Chattanooga wagon road crosses that stream. Ringgold is fifteen miles southeast of Chattanooga, on the east of Chickamauga, and is a railway station.

[14] _Rebellion Records_, Serial No. 52, p. 530. In General Halleck’s report (_Id._, Serial No. 50, p. 34), he says, that the abandonment of Chattanooga without defense gave plausibility to these reports by spies and deserters, that Lee was being reinforced from Bragg.

[15] _Id._, Serial No. 51, p. 27.

[16] See Robert U. Johnson and C. C. Buel (eds.), _Battles and Leaders of the Civil War_ (N. Y., 1884-87), vol. 3.

[17] _Rebellion Records_, Serial No. 50, p. 54.

[18] Rosecrans’s report in _Rebellion Records_, Serial No. 50, p. 56.

[19] _Ibid._, p. 400.

[20] _Id._, Serial No. 51, p. 177.

[21] _Ibid._, p. 154.

[22] _Ibid._, p. 162.

[23] See General Thruston’s report in Thomas Budd Van Horne, _History of the Army of the Cumberland_ (Cincinnati, 1875), vol. i, p. 373; also General Negley’s statement, p. 376.

[24] _Rebellion Records_, Serial No. 51, p. 305.

[25] See _Battles and Leaders of the Civil War_, vol. 3.

[26] _Rebellion Records_, Serial No. 51, p. 289.

[27] _Id._, Serial No. 50, p. 253.

[28] _Ibid._, p. 254.

[29] _Rebellion Records_, Serial No. 50, p. 301.

[30] _Ibid._, p. 60.

[31] _Ibid._, p. 194.

[32] See _Battles and Leaders of the Civil War_, vol. 3, p. 662.

[33] _Rebellion Records_, Serial No. 51, p. 143.

[34] See General Longstreet’s report in _Ibid._, p. 287.

[35] _Rebellion Records_, Serial No. 51, p. 287.

[36] _Id._, Serial No. 55, p. 315.

[37] _Ibid._, p. 720.

[38] _Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, by himself_ (N. Y., 1875), vol. 1, p. 362.

[39] _Rebellion Records_, Serial No. 55, p. 34.

[40] _Ibid._, p. 96.

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