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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—the siege of Chattanooga. (search)
the fight, promptly falls back, notwithstanding the superiority of his forces. For the blow is struck, the wagon-train is destroyed, and subsistence for several days is captured from Rosecrans. It is necessary to hasten elsewhere and join Wharton's troops. In the morning of the 3d the two Southern columns meet in front of McMinnville. A few hours later, Wheeler, at the head of Wharton's column, gallops into that town, whose garrison allows itself to be surprised, as the garrison at Holly Springs was surprised by Van Dorn in the preceding year. No one is found at his post; nearly six hundred men in uniform fall for a few hours into the hands of the Confederates, who systematically destroy the depots of subsistence, ammunition, and equipments, all the rolling stock belonging to the railroad, the railway-station, and the neighboring bridges. Martin remained behind at Thompson's Cove to keep back the Federals. For Crook has rapidly followed up Wharton's tracks by Pikeville, throu
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the Third winter. (search)
n the garrison of this post, Grierson does not wish to risk a battle in the night. Before daybreak Forrest escapes from him in the direction of Mount Pleasant, where he finds his wagons on the morning of the 28th. Hatch, who has been close on his heels, catches up with him near Hudsonville, but, not daring to attack him with one brigade, waits for Mizner; but when both together resumed the chase they could not gain on the enemy. At last they came to a halt, on the 1st of January, near Holly Springs. The two commands, then turning round, proceeded by short marches, the Federals toward Wolf River, and the Confederates toward the Tallahatchie, on the other side of which Forrest, henceforth at the head of a complete division, took up a position with the rest of General Lee's cavalry. At the eastern extremity of Tennessee the year closes also with a cavalry fight. Bragg's army includes not less than fourteen thousand men, formed in four divisions. Two of them, under Martin, have f
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)
ped, and bringing with them numerous recruits. The moment had come again to take the field, for the arrival of the first division of his corps in West Tennessee enabled Forrest to operate against the enemy with all his forces. Chalmers, who commanded it, had well employed his time since his chief had left him on the line of the Tallahatchie. On the 23d of March the latter had sent him from Jackson orders to advance in his turn. McCulloch's brigade was to halt at Waterford, south of Holly Springs, and to occupy the country situated south of the Charleston Railroad, while Neely should penetrate into Tennessee and establish himself at Brownsville. They could thus observe the movements of the Memphis garrison. Hurlbut, who had about four thousand infantry in this town, with good reason did not wish to rush them at the heels of Forrest, but as soon as he knew that the latter had passed the frontier of Tennessee, on returning in haste from Cairo, where he happened to be by chance, h