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of the Army of the Cumberland under Gen- eral William S. Rosecrans. Porter received permanent promotion to captain on March 3, 1 ...
ment in detail, providing rare but impor- tant information on his role. For his actions at Chickamauga on September 20, 1863, co ...
on the war. He noted that under Lincoln and Grant politicization of the army was at last being subordinated to the war effort. H ...
that despite severe losses and several weeks of constant fighting, the men liked and trusted Grant in a way they had not McClell ...
crater in the Confederate works. But Union misfortune continued. Union troops were slow to hit the breach. When they arrived, th ...
copious notes (many verbatim) of conver- sations between Lee and Grant. The proceedings were brief and busi- nesslike, but cordi ...
direction, passing them a second time. Before their train reached Baltimore, someone tried to enter the car in which Porter and ...
W HENCONFEDERATEMAJ. GEN. Nathan Bedford Forrest and his 3,000 battle-hardened troopers rode back into their homeland of West Te ...
Pillow INCIDENT By Roy Morris Jr. Q-Spr16 Fort Pillow *SILO_Layout 1 1/14/16 3:04 PM Page 69 ...
village in northwestern Tennessee, earlier in the raid. There, Colonel William L. Duckworth, posing as Forrest, had bluffed garr ...
Promising to attend to the Federals at Fort Pillow “in a day or two,” Forrest ordered Brig. Gen. James Chalmers to bring up the ...
Booth to keep a sharp eye out for Forrest and his men, who were reportedly already moving into the area. Booth was either extrem ...
Regiment moved into place in a deep ravine below Coal Creek. The creek, swollen by heavy rains and backwater from the river, was ...
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, L.F. Booth, commanding U.S. forces, Fort Pillow.” To a worried physician trapped insid ...
water’s edge. Here was assembled one wild promiscuous mass rendered senseless and uncontrollable by the three causes—fright, dru ...
noted in his diary after the battle, “The wildest confusion prevailed among those who had run down the bluff. Many of them had t ...
rapher Wyeth observed somewhat mildly. “It was not a matter of great surprise that opportunity was taken to exact private reveng ...
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A rguably the most celebrated cam- paign feat of arms of the Ameri- can Civil War is that of Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah ...
thought he might literally be insane. Cer- tainly he was odd, and extremely secretive about his plans. But he could understand l ...
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