Report on the Battle of Murfreesboro', TennU.S. Government Printing Office, 1863 - Stones River, Battle of, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1862-1863 - 577 pages |
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Report on the Battle of Murfreesboro', Tenn;, 1863 (Classic Reprint) W. S. Rosecrans No preview available - 2016 |
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14th Army Corps 1st brigade 1st Ohio 3d brigade 3d Division 3d Kentucky 4th Michigan cavalry Acting Assistant Adjutant advance ammunition artillery attack battalion battery Captain casualties Charles command Commissioned officers company F Corporal John David December December 31 enemy enemy's engaged enlisted fall back fire flank foot force forward front gallantly geant George W guns hand HEADQUARTERS honor horses Illinois volunteers Indiana volunteers Jacob January Joseph Kentucky left arm left leg left thigh left wing Lieutenant Colonel line of battle Major miles missing morning moved Nashville Negley Negley's night Nolensville o'clock p. m. officers ordered pany pickets pike prisoners Privates George Privates Henry Privates James Privates John Privates William rear rebel respectfully retired right arm right leg right wing Robert Samuel Second Lieutenant severely shell shot shoulder side skirmishers slight slightly Smith Stone river Tennessee thigh took position Total troops William H woods
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Page 9 - We lost in killed : Officers, 92; enlisted men, 1,441; total, 1,533. We lost in wounded : Officers, 384 ; enlisted men, 6,861 ; total, 7,245. Total killed and wounded, 8,778; being 20.03 per cent, of the entire force in action.
Page 319 - ... beginning to rise, and the rain continuing to fall, it was feared we might be separated from the rest of the army, and all recrossed the river, except Palmer's two brigades, which remained, and did not come back until it was ascertained the next day, Sunday, that the enemy had evacuated Hurfreesboro'.
Page 422 - SIR: I have the honor of submitting to you the following report of work done in the botanical department of the State Museum for the year 1904.
Page 8 - ... upon the enemy. The line, however, advanced steadily to within one hundred yards of the front of Van Cleve's division, when a short and fierce contest ensued. Van Cleve's division gave way and retired in considerable confusion across the river, followed closely by the enemy.
Page 432 - At about 4 pm the enemy again advanced upon my front in two lines.' The battle had hushed, and the dreadful splendor of this advance can only be conceived, as all description must fall vastly short. His right was even with my left, and his left was lost in the distance.
Page 532 - GENERAL : I have the honor to submit, for the information of the General commanding the Department, the following report of the operations which resulted in the capture of this place.
Page 4 - Murfreesboro', distant about eleven miles. Rousseau was to remain at Stewart's Creek until his train came up, and prepare himself to follow. McCook reached Wilkinson's Cross-roads by evening, with an advance brigade at Overall's Creek, saving and holding the bridge, meeting with but little resistance. Crittenden's corps advanced. Palmer leading, on the Murfreesboro...
Page 7 - Stokrs's battery. Starkweather's and Walker's brigades arriving near the close of the evening, the former bivouacked in close column, in reserve, in rear of McCook's left, and the latter was posted on the left of Sheridan, near the Murfreesboro' pike, and next morning relieved Van Cleve, who returned to his position in the left wing.
Page 11 - I refer to the accompanying lists of special mentions and recommendations for promotion, wherein are named some of the many noble men who have distinguished themselves and done honor to their country and the starry symbol of its unity. But those named...
Page 7 - ... of our right, and the superior masses which were in consequence brought to bear upon the narrow front of Sheridan's and Negley's divisions, and a part of Palmer's, coupled with the scarcity of ammunition, caused by the circuitous road which the train had taken, and the inconvenience of getting it from a remote distance through the cedars.