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Confederate Military History: a library of Confederate States history, in twelve volumes, written by distinguished men of the South (Vol. 8)
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Confederate Military History: a library of Confederate States history, in twelve volumes, written by distinguished men of the South (Vol. 8)
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Evans, Clement Anselm (1833 - 1911), editor
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Confederate Military History
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Volume 8. Tennessee / by James D. Porter
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1899
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Confederate Publishing Company
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University of California Libraries
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1861 to 1865
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United States
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One of 12 volumes
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGE.
CHAPTER I. Formal Secession from the United States—Union with the Confederate States—Preparation for War—Organization of Troops—General Polk in Command—Occupation of Columbus—Battle of Belmont
3
CHAPTER II. Loss of the Line of the Cumberland—Battle of Fishing Creek—Death of General Zollicoffer—Fall of Fort Henry—Battle of Dover and Capitulation of Fort Donelson—New Madrid and Island No. 10—Evacuation of Nashville
15
CHAPTER III. The Battle of Shiloh—Organization of the Confederate Army—Assignment of Tennessee regiments—Their Prominence in the Army—Gallant Service in the Two Days' Battle—Tennessee Artillery—Lockridge Mill Fight
33
CHAPTER IV. Bragg and Kirby Smith in Kentucky—Victory at Richmond—The Battle of Perryville—Important Service of Tennesseeans—Fruits of the Campaign
45
CHAPTER V. The Battle of Murfreesboro—Tennessee Commands Engaged—Operations of the Cavalry—McCown Opens the Battle—Heroic Deeds of the Tennessee Brigades—Severe Losses—Cheatham and His Division
57
CHAPTER VI. Tennesseeans in Mississippi—At Chickasaw Bayou—Gregg's Brigade at Raymond—One Tennessee Brigade Combats an Army Corps—The Brigades of Reynolds and Vaughn at Vicksburg—The First Regiment Heavy Artillery—The State's Representation at Port Hudson, La
78
CHAPTER VII. Campaign in Middle Tennessee—Bragg Retires to Chattanooga—Battle of Chickamauga—Part of Tennesseeans in the Great Victory—Oppression of the People
90
CHAPTER VIII. The Fatal Pause on Missionary Ridge—Changes in Command—Cheatham's Division—The Fight at Lookout Mountain—Disaster on Missionary Ridge—Gallantry of Tennessee Commands—Battle at Ringgold—The Knoxville Campaign
113
CHAPTER IX. The Atlanta Campaign—Johnston takes Command—Reunion of Cheatham's Division—Tennesseeans at Resaca—New Hope Church—Dallas—Kenesaw Mountain—Losses of the Army—Battles about Atlanta—Jonesboro
125
CHAPTER X. The Campaign Against Sherman's Base—Allatoona and Dalton—Hood's Campaign in Tennessee—Spring Hill—Responsibility for the Lost Opportunity—The Battle of Franklin—Siege of Murfreesboro—Siege and Battle of Nashville—Retreat to Mississippi
143
CHAPTER XI. Tennesseeans in Virginia—Records of Archer's and Johnson's Brigades
179
CHAPTER XII. Tennessee Cavalry—West Tennessee Expedition—Streight's Raid—Forrest's New Command at Jackson—Battles of Okolona and Yazoo—West Tennessee Again—Fort Donelson, Fort Pillow and Other Battles—Forrest in North Alabama and Tennessee
217
CHAPTER XIII. Tennessee and the Navy
254
CHAPTER XIV. Tennessee and the Medical Department
265
CHAPTER XV. Tennessee and the Church. By Rev. M. B. DeWitt, Chaplain of the Eighth Tennessee
269
BIOGRAPHICAL 283
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
FACING PAGE.
ADAMS, JOHN 288
ANDERSON, SAMUEL R 288
ARMSTRONG, FRANK C 288
BATE, WILLIAM B 288
BELL, TYREE H 288
BROWN, JOHN CALVIN 288
CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER W 336
CARROLL, WILLIAM H 288
CARTER, JOHN C 336
CHATTANOOGA, MAP OF BATTLEFIELDS ABOUT. 121
CHEATHAM, BENJAMIN F 336
DAVIDSON, HENRV B 336
DIHRELL, GEORGE G 288
DONELSON, DANIEL S 336
FRANKLIN, MAP OF THE BATTLEFIELD 153
FRAZER, JOHN W 288
GORDON, GEORGE W 336
HATTON, ROBERT 336
HILL, BENJAMIN J 336
HUMES, W. Y. C 336
JACKSON, ALFRED E 288
JACKSON, WILLIAM H 336
JOHNSON, BUSHROD 304
MANEY, GEORGE 304
McCoMB, WILLIAM 304
McCowN, JOHN P 304
MURFREESBORO, PLAN OF BATTLE Between pages 64-5
NASHVILLE, MAP OF THE BATTLEFIELD 164
PALMER, JOSEPH B 328
PILLOW, GIDEON J 328
PORTER, JAMES D 1
QUARLES, WILLIAM A 304
RAINS, JAMES E 304
SHILOH, MAP OF THE BATTLEFIELD 41
SHILOH, MAP OF THE FIELD OF, NEAR PITTSBURG LANDING. 33
SMITH, PRESTON 328
SMITH, THOMAS B 304
STRAHL, OTHO F. 328
WALKER, L. M.. 328
WILGOX, CADMUS M. 328
WRIGHT, MARCUS J 328
ZOLLICOFFER, FELIX K 328
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGE.
CHAPTER I. Formal Secession from the United States—Union with the Confederate States—Preparation for War—Organization of Troops—General Polk in Command—Occupation of Columbus—Battle of Belmont
3
CHAPTER II. Loss of the Line of the Cumberland—Battle of Fishing Creek—Death of General Zollicoffer—Fall of Fort Henry—Battle of Dover and Capitulation of Fort Donelson—New Madrid and Island No. 10—Evacuation of Nashville
15
CHAPTER III. The Battle of Shiloh—Organization of the Confederate Army—Assignment of Tennessee regiments—Their Prominence in the Army—Gallant Service in the Two Days' Battle—Tennessee Artillery—Lockridge Mill Fight
33
CHAPTER IV. Bragg and Kirby Smith in Kentucky—Victory at Richmond—The Battle of Perryville—Important Service of Tennesseeans—Fruits of the Campaign
45
CHAPTER V. The Battle of Murfreesboro—Tennessee Commands Engaged—Operations of the Cavalry—McCown Opens the Battle—Heroic Deeds of the Tennessee Brigades—Severe Losses—Cheatham and His Division
57
CHAPTER VI. Tennesseeans in Mississippi—At Chickasaw Bayou—Gregg's Brigade at Raymond—One Tennessee Brigade Combats an Army Corps—The Brigades of Reynolds and Vaughn at Vicksburg—The First Regiment Heavy Artillery—The State's Representation at Port Hudson, La
78
CHAPTER VII. Campaign in Middle Tennessee—Bragg Retires to Chattanooga—Battle of Chickamauga—Part of Tennesseeans in the Great Victory—Oppression of the People
90
CHAPTER VIII. The Fatal Pause on Missionary Ridge—Changes in Command—Cheatham's Division—The Fight at Lookout Mountain—Disaster on Missionary Ridge—Gallantry of Tennessee Commands—Battle at Ringgold—The Knoxville Campaign
113
CHAPTER IX. The Atlanta Campaign—Johnston takes Command—Reunion of Cheatham's Division—Tennesseeans at Resaca—New Hope Church—Dallas—Kenesaw Mountain—Losses of the Army—Battles about Atlanta—Jonesboro
125
CHAPTER X. The Campaign Against Sherman's Base—Allatoona and Dalton—Hood's Campaign in Tennessee—Spring Hill—Responsibility for the Lost Opportunity—The Battle of Franklin—Siege of Murfreesboro—Siege and Battle of Nashville—Retreat to Mississippi
143
CHAPTER XI. Tennesseeans in Virginia—Records of Archer's and Johnson's Brigades
179
CHAPTER XII. Tennessee Cavalry—West Tennessee Expedition—Streight's Raid—Forrest's New Command at Jackson—Battles of Okolona and Yazoo—West Tennessee Again—Fort Donelson, Fort Pillow and Other Battles—Forrest in North Alabama and Tennessee
217
CHAPTER XIII. Tennessee and the Navy
254
CHAPTER XIV. Tennessee and the Medical Department
265
CHAPTER XV. Tennessee and the Church. By Rev. M. B. DeWitt, Chaplain of the Eighth Tennessee
269
BIOGRAPHICAL 283
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
FACING PAGE.
ADAMS, JOHN 288
ANDERSON, SAMUEL R 288
ARMSTRONG, FRANK C 288
BATE, WILLIAM B 288
BELL, TYREE H 288
BROWN, JOHN CALVIN 288
CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER W 336
CARROLL, WILLIAM H 288
CARTER, JOHN C 336
CHATTANOOGA, MAP OF BATTLEFIELDS ABOUT. 121
CHEATHAM, BENJAMIN F 336
DAVIDSON, HENRV B 336
DIHRELL, GEORGE G 288
DONELSON, DANIEL S 336
FRANKLIN, MAP OF THE BATTLEFIELD 153
FRAZER, JOHN W 288
GORDON, GEORGE W 336
HATTON, ROBERT 336
HILL, BENJAMIN J 336
HUMES, W. Y. C 336
JACKSON, ALFRED E 288
JACKSON, WILLIAM H 336
JOHNSON, BUSHROD 304
MANEY, GEORGE 304
McCoMB, WILLIAM 304
McCowN, JOHN P 304
MURFREESBORO, PLAN OF BATTLE Between pages 64-5
NASHVILLE, MAP OF THE BATTLEFIELD 164
PALMER, JOSEPH B 328
PILLOW, GIDEON J 328
PORTER, JAMES D 1
QUARLES, WILLIAM A 304
RAINS, JAMES E 304
SHILOH, MAP OF THE BATTLEFIELD 41
SHILOH, MAP OF THE FIELD OF, NEAR PITTSBURG LANDING. 33
SMITH, PRESTON 328
SMITH, THOMAS B 304
STRAHL, OTHO F. 328
WALKER, L. M.. 328
WILGOX, CADMUS M. 328
WRIGHT, MARCUS J 328
ZOLLICOFFER, FELIX K 328
