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Posted on 9/30/13 at 4:43 am to BadLeroyDawg
Posted on 9/30/13 at 4:43 am to BadLeroyDawg
Wednesday, 30 September 1863
The Battle of Chickamauga was long over, nine days in fact, and the Confederates had won by forcing back the Federal army into a full blown retreat to points north. Major General William Starke Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland was driven in disorder and confusion from the field into the sheltering streets of nearby Chattanooga. They were still there, though, and the conquering hero General Braxton Bragg was still sitting outside of town. His accomplishment of today was to detach most of his cavalry, under General Joseph Wheeler, and send it on an expedition to cut the Federal communications lines. Bragg had no idea that two Corps of the Union Army of the Potomac were only two days away. He knew they were coming, but not how fast.
The USS Rosalie, Acting Master Peter F. Coffin, seized the British schooner Director attempting to run the blockade at Sanibel River, Florida, with a full cargo of salt and rum.
Colonel Rowett, with the Seventh Illinois and Seventh Kansas Regiments of cavalry, had a fight with a small band of partisan guerrillas under Newsome, at Swallow's Bluff, on the Tennessee River. Colonel Rowett came upon the Rebels while they were crossing the river. About one hundred had already crossed with their horses and baggage, leaving a major and twenty men on this side. The Southerners were partly sheltered by the bluff, and defended by their comrades on the other side, who were in supporting distance, but the Unionists surrounded and captured the twenty plus group with the loss of one killed and two wounded.
The bombardment of Forts Sumter, Johnson, and Simpkins, in Charleston harbor, was continued all day, Forts Moultrie and Simpkins alone replying.
Leonidas Polk, a Lieutenant General in the Confederate service, being relieved from his command “...in consequence of an unfortunate disagreement between himself and the Commander-in-Chief of the Rebel department of the Mississippi...” issued his farewell order.
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The Battle of Chickamauga was long over, nine days in fact, and the Confederates had won by forcing back the Federal army into a full blown retreat to points north. Major General William Starke Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland was driven in disorder and confusion from the field into the sheltering streets of nearby Chattanooga. They were still there, though, and the conquering hero General Braxton Bragg was still sitting outside of town. His accomplishment of today was to detach most of his cavalry, under General Joseph Wheeler, and send it on an expedition to cut the Federal communications lines. Bragg had no idea that two Corps of the Union Army of the Potomac were only two days away. He knew they were coming, but not how fast.
The USS Rosalie, Acting Master Peter F. Coffin, seized the British schooner Director attempting to run the blockade at Sanibel River, Florida, with a full cargo of salt and rum.
Colonel Rowett, with the Seventh Illinois and Seventh Kansas Regiments of cavalry, had a fight with a small band of partisan guerrillas under Newsome, at Swallow's Bluff, on the Tennessee River. Colonel Rowett came upon the Rebels while they were crossing the river. About one hundred had already crossed with their horses and baggage, leaving a major and twenty men on this side. The Southerners were partly sheltered by the bluff, and defended by their comrades on the other side, who were in supporting distance, but the Unionists surrounded and captured the twenty plus group with the loss of one killed and two wounded.
The bombardment of Forts Sumter, Johnson, and Simpkins, in Charleston harbor, was continued all day, Forts Moultrie and Simpkins alone replying.
Leonidas Polk, a Lieutenant General in the Confederate service, being relieved from his command “...in consequence of an unfortunate disagreement between himself and the Commander-in-Chief of the Rebel department of the Mississippi...” issued his farewell order.
Chat
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Posted on 10/1/13 at 4:15 am to BadLeroyDawg
Thursday, 1 October 1863
General William Rosecrans sat in Chattanooga, his Army of the Cumberland still intact but unable to move without running into General Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee. Although immobile, they had been reasonably well fed and supplied throughout their ordeal. This situation took a turn for the worse today as the Confederate cavalry of Major General Joseph Wheeler, an Augusta, Georgia native, was wreaking havoc in the Union rear. Communications lines, both telegraphic and messenger, were disrupted by cutting or capture. Worse, every supply train sent out was now going to feed the Southerners instead of the Federals as they fell into Wheeler’s hands and were diverted.
Wheeler then conducted a massive raid through central Tennessee. On 3 October, Wheeler's Cavalry would destroy at least 500 (Union estimate) of Rosecrans' supply wagons. Some calculated the number destroyed to be as high as 1800, leaving a smoking corridor of destruction. Later, Wheeler encamped near Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and at nearby Courtland met and courted his future wife, the recently widowed, Mrs. Daniella Jones Sherrod, the daughter of Colonel Richard Jones.
Late this afternoon, the 11th Corps of the Army of the Potomac, along with parts of the 12th Corps, had already passed through Nashville, traveling by train to relieve Rosecrans.
The U.S. Navy Long Island project develops a one-man submarine.
The rebel General Wheeler, with a large body of mounted men, crossed the Tennessee River at Washington, at a point thirteen miles above Chattanooga, and passed down the Sequatchie Valley. He captured fifty wagons belonging to one of General Rosecrans's trains, at the foot of the mountain, near Anderson's Cross-Roads, burning a number of them, and killing burning a number of them, and killing about three hundred horses and mules. The train was laden with ammunition, clothing, and rations. Forty wagons carrying medical and sanitary stores, and about fifty sutlers' teams were also lost.
The loyal men and women of DeKalb County, Illinois, and adjoining counties, met in mass meeting at DeKalb, to renew to each other their solemn pledges to stand by the Government in the vigorous prosecution of the war, “...till this accursed rebellion and its cause shall be buried in one common grave.”
Chat
General William Rosecrans sat in Chattanooga, his Army of the Cumberland still intact but unable to move without running into General Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee. Although immobile, they had been reasonably well fed and supplied throughout their ordeal. This situation took a turn for the worse today as the Confederate cavalry of Major General Joseph Wheeler, an Augusta, Georgia native, was wreaking havoc in the Union rear. Communications lines, both telegraphic and messenger, were disrupted by cutting or capture. Worse, every supply train sent out was now going to feed the Southerners instead of the Federals as they fell into Wheeler’s hands and were diverted.
Wheeler then conducted a massive raid through central Tennessee. On 3 October, Wheeler's Cavalry would destroy at least 500 (Union estimate) of Rosecrans' supply wagons. Some calculated the number destroyed to be as high as 1800, leaving a smoking corridor of destruction. Later, Wheeler encamped near Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and at nearby Courtland met and courted his future wife, the recently widowed, Mrs. Daniella Jones Sherrod, the daughter of Colonel Richard Jones.
Late this afternoon, the 11th Corps of the Army of the Potomac, along with parts of the 12th Corps, had already passed through Nashville, traveling by train to relieve Rosecrans.
The U.S. Navy Long Island project develops a one-man submarine.
The rebel General Wheeler, with a large body of mounted men, crossed the Tennessee River at Washington, at a point thirteen miles above Chattanooga, and passed down the Sequatchie Valley. He captured fifty wagons belonging to one of General Rosecrans's trains, at the foot of the mountain, near Anderson's Cross-Roads, burning a number of them, and killing burning a number of them, and killing about three hundred horses and mules. The train was laden with ammunition, clothing, and rations. Forty wagons carrying medical and sanitary stores, and about fifty sutlers' teams were also lost.
The loyal men and women of DeKalb County, Illinois, and adjoining counties, met in mass meeting at DeKalb, to renew to each other their solemn pledges to stand by the Government in the vigorous prosecution of the war, “...till this accursed rebellion and its cause shall be buried in one common grave.”
Chat
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