xt7fxp6txr6d https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7fxp6txr6d/data/mets.xml Fitch, John 1863 books b92e4705f5418632009 English J. B. Lippincott & Co. : Philadelphia, Pa. Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. United States. Army of the Cumberland --History Stones River, Battle of, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1862-1863 United States --History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Regimental histories United States --History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Campaigns Annals of the Army of the Cumberland: comprising biographies, descriptions of departments, accounts of expeditions, skirmishes, and battles; also its police record of spies, smugglers and prominent rebel emissaries. Together with anecdotes, incidents, poetry, reminiscences, etc. and official reports of the battle of Stone River. By an officier. Illustrated with steel portraits, wood engravings, and maps. text Annals of the Army of the Cumberland: comprising biographies, descriptions of departments, accounts of expeditions, skirmishes, and battles; also its police record of spies, smugglers and prominent rebel emissaries. Together with anecdotes, incidents, poetry, reminiscences, etc. and official reports of the battle of Stone River. By an officier. Illustrated with steel portraits, wood engravings, and maps. 1863 2009 true xt7fxp6txr6d section xt7fxp6txr6d
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ANNALS
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND
comprising
BIOGRAPHIES, DESCRIPTIONS OF DEPARTMENTS, ACCOUNTS OF EXPEDITIONS, SKIRMISHES, AND BATTLES;
POLICE RECORD
SPIES, SMUGGLERS, ^Xp.PIWMIXEXT REBEL EMISSARIES.
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OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE BATTLE OF STONE RIVER.
BY AN OFFICER.
ILLUSTRATED WITH STEEL PORTRAITS, WOOD ENGRAVINGS, AND MAPS.
PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO. 1863.
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PREFACE.
To the soldiers of the Army of the Cumberland, and to their friends at home, the author presents this volume of portraits, sketches, and incidents, a work undertaken at the solicitation of many friends, with the view of affording pleasure to our soldiers and imparting information to the people, and, if it may be, to secure a fund for the erection of a monument to overlook the battle-field of Stone River, Tennessee, where rest, " unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown," hundreds of American citizens.
This work is not intended as a history of the Rebellion, in a general sense, nor even as a detailed account of events occurring in the history of the Army of the Cumberland. It is simply a collection of sketches and portraits of many of its representative men, and a narration of many interesting events which have transpired within its lines. The more important of its military operations are given up to the time of going Cto press. The various departments are sufficiently described to illustrate their practical operation, at every fireside; and in the grouping together ifof incident and anecdote, and of spy and smuggling events, the author has aimed to give life and zest to the volume. The work is issued almost regardless of cost, and is intended as a souvenir that shall remain when |this army shall have been disbanded and these stirring times and scenes Jhave passed away, one which, it is hoped, the soldiers of the Cumberland will prize as their booh, to be preserved by succeeding generations as a household treasure, its pages to be scanned by the descendant, while "glorying in the deeds of a patriot sire during the dark days of the Great Rebellion.
The author has endeavored to bo modest and impartial in his meed of \ praise, a most difficult task, where so much can be truly, said of so many. ''The thousands of noble men in the Army of the Cumberland, who have left homo, friends, fortunes, and high position, to brave the perils of camp and battle-field, all merit mention in such a work. Especially was it
desirable that many particularly daring deeds of our officers and privates
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s'rould find record within'these pages; but the original limit of the work has already been greatly exceeded, and prudence restrains from a further si dvance.
Although intended as a picture of our army, it is far from being complete. We have used but a small portion of attainable matter and portraits; and many of our best and most notable generals as Crittenden, Reynolds, Wood, Granger, Mitchell, Morgan, Turchin, and other high officers we are unable to properly present in this volume. Ample material is left for a second volume of the "Annals," should its publication prove desirable.
To many friends in the army the author is indebted for assistance in collecting material, and with them any credit arising from the work is duly shared. The composition of such a volume amid the incidents and excitement of the camp will, we trust, constitute some apology for literary deficiencies. All responsibility respecting misstatement of fact in military movements, or of dulness or exaggeration in estimating individual character, rests with the author. Brief outlines were furnished, in some instances: for the rest, we have garnered here and there, with these pages as the result.
This volume is published under peculiar circumstances; and, in behalf of the officers of our army, whom it represents, the author tenders acknowledgment for its successful presentation to the public, as a work of art, to Messrs. Illman Brothers, the contracting engravers, for the surprisingly faithful likenesses of the portraits, to Messrs. L. Joiinson & Co., and to their admirable proof-reader and critic, for elegance of typography and correctness of diction, to our publishers, Messrs. j. B. Lippincott & Co., for their encouragement, enterprise, and generous expenditure of capital, and to all connected with the work, for despatch, it being issued within a period of ninety days from the commencement.
Should the work prove sufficiently successful, the monumental idea will be carried out, and a shaft will be erected upon the battle-field, similar in design to that upon our title-page, not of a boastful and vainglorious character, but simply to proclaim the story of the conflict and to transmit to posterity the moral of civil war.
Tullaiioma, Tens., August 10, 1863.
CONTENTS.
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Major-general William S. Eosecrans......................................................
Officers of Staff.............................................................................. W
Major-General George H. Thomas.......................................................... 56
Officers of Staff.............................................................................. "6
Major-General A. McD. McCook.............................................................. Is
Major-General L. H. Eotjsseau................................................................ ?9
Officers of Staff.............................................................................. 8
Major-General J. S. Negley.................................................................... 91
Officers of Staff.............................................................................. hi
Major-General Jons McA. Palmer........................................................... H9
f Officers of Staff.............................................................................. 134
Kajor-General P. H. Sheridan................................................................. 14
Officers of Staff.............................................................................. 1*6
Brigadier-General E. W. Johnson............................................................ I52
Officers of Staff.............................................................................. 15*
Brigadier-General Jefferson c. Datis..................................................... 158
Officers of Staff.............................................................................. If
Brigadier-General H. P. Van Cleve........................................................ 174
Officers of Staff.............................................................................. 1*5
Brigadier-General J. St. Clair Morton (Pioneer Brigade)........................... ISO
Officers of Staff.............................................................................. 184
Colonel William P. Innes (1st Michigan Engineers).................................... 192
Officers of Staff.............................................................................. 196
Major-General D. S. Stanley (Chief of Cavalry)........................................ 199
^Colonel E. H. G. Minty........................................................................... 205
Colonel Eli Long..................................................................................... 210
Colonel William B. Stokes....................................................................... 213
Captain Elmer Otis................................................................. ................ 215
Brioadier-General W. B. Hazen................................................-............. 219
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Brigadier-General W. P. Carlin............................................................... 225
Colonel H. C. Heo.................................................................................... 229
Colonel J. T. Wilder................................................................................ 233
Colonel W. l. Stouohtox......................................................................... 238
Colonel J. W. Burke................................................................................. 239
Brigadier-General J. W. Sill (deceased).................................................... 243
Colonel J. P. Gareschk (deceased)............................................................ 246
Colonel G. W. Roberts (deceased).............................................................. 250
Colonel Leander Stem (deceased).............................................................. 252
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General Rosecrans's Head-Quarters....................................................... 257
Quartermaster's Department................................................................... 265
Commissary Department........................................................................... 274
provost-marsnal general's department.................................................. 282
Medical Department................................................................................ 289
Artillery Department............................. ............................................... 293
Signal Corps and Telegraph Department.................................................. 303
Army Mail............................................................................................... 309
Army Directory...................................................................................... 318
Army Chaplains....................................................................................... 320
Head-Quarters Chaplain......................................................................... 325
United States Sanitary Commission............................. ............................. 331
Army Police Department, and its CniEF.................................................... 34G
(ftxpttttttms, iatttes, and >lurmtst s
Of the Army of the Cumberland............................................................... 359
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Of Spies, Smugglers, and Rebel Emissaries............................................... 453
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Anecdotes, Incidents, Poetry, etc............................................................. 615
Official Report of Generals Rosecrans and Bragg, of the Battle of Stone River................................................................................................... 653
ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Major-General Rosecrans.............................................................Frontispiece
Monumental Design............................................................................Vignette
General Rosecrans's Officers of Staff................................................... 40
Mvjor-General Thomas and Staff........................................................... 56
Major-general A. McD. McCook.............................................................. 73
Major-general Rousseau and Staff....................... ................................ 79
Major-General Negley and Staff.......................................................... 91
Major-General Palmer and Staff.................................... ..................... 119
Major-General Sheridan and Staff........................................................ 140
Brigadier-General Johnson and Staff.................................................... 152
Brigadier-General Davis and Staff....................................................... 158
Brigadier-General Van Cleve and Staff................................................ 174
Brigadier-General Morton and Staff..................................................... ISO
Colonel Innes and Staff......................................................................... 192
Major-General Stanley, Colonels Minty, Long, Stokes, and Captain Otis. 199 Brigadier-Generals Hazen and Carlin, and Colonels Wilder, Heg, Stough-
I ton, and Burke..................................................................................... 219
Colonel William Truesdail, Chief of Army Police.................................... 346
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Field Hospital at Murfreesborough........................................................ 2S9
Army Mail Escaping Guerrillas............................................................... 309
High Mass upon the Battle-Field............................................................ 325
Kidnapping Negroes near Nashville........................................................ 510
Strange Descent of Rebel Cavalry Boots................................................ 567
Guerrillas Burning Steamers on the Cumberland..................................... 615
Gathering Contrabands wniLE at Church.................................................. 619
Impressment of Vehicles, etc., at Nashville............................................. 632
Destruction of Railroad-Train by Bushwhackers..................................... 643
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Map of Stone River Battle-Fields........................................................... 381
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JAN. 1, 1803.
written for the "annals, by an officer.
The day has sped. The night-winds wildly moan Their wintry chorus o'er the prairie West;
Weird, wandering shadows, lengthening, floating on To angels' realms, find refuge in their breast.
Hark to the sound! the engine's rushing blast
Thrills through the hamlet as it rattles past.
An aged father totters to the door.
" Great battle fought!" He trembles at the cry; The dim-eyed mother breathes a broken prayer
For souls now hushed in death and victory. Resounds the shout, "The battle surely won !" . Ah! where their boy who to the war has gone ?
The prattler, standing by his mother's knee, Lists to the shout, and eager clasps her hand:
"Oh, tell me, mamma, where in Tennessee Is papa now, and where his patriot band ?"
He hears the sob; he startles at the tear,
And quivering lips which faintly murmur, " Where ?';
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And as the maiden dreams the battle o'er, Dark spectral visions hover round her pillow ;
She sees a soldier gasping on the shore, Reeking and pale, beneath the bending willow.
Ah! is't a dream of that cold, dying lover
Upon the margin of the dusky river ?
Sleep sweetly, brother, husband, son, and sire, Where violet-blooms bedeck thy heather bed !
There let us raise the monumental spire To mark the tomb of brave unnumbered dead.
Rear high the shaft above the sweeping river,
Of martyrdom, and love, a sign forever!
MURFRBESBOROUau, TENNESSEE, June 4,1863.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
Pitjor-icncrat WiiWkm g. f ommna mul tuff.
"William Stark Boseckans was born in Kingston, Delaware county, Ohio, on the 6th of September, 1819. His mother, the aughter of Stephen and Mary Hopkins, of Wyoming, Luzerne ounty, Pennsylvania, and his father, the eldest son of Daniel secrans and a Miss Crandell, were married in Luzerne county, ennsylvajnia,! '$x^ W lftOS .eniigilatbd 'to Ohio. The lineal ancestors of tho'fam'ily', about whom much discussion and inquiry have ariieaflf laiji, (U'i^hial^y fcabrje fj-^m-Brandenburg, whence they removed to 'Anis't'erdani, and subsequently, about the year 1660, emigrated tij ;^vbj'tii ,'P'i.vC'i;', hi what was then the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, and now the State of New York. His name is a peculiar one, and has been variously written and pronounced. The correct spelling, however, as given above, is the same now as it has always been, and the proper, though not the popular, pronunciation is " Bosakrontz."* The father of the subject of this sketch was a prosperous business man, a farmer, and also engaged in mercantile pursuits. In the War of 1812 lie served as adjutant to a light-horse company under General Harrison, thus practically exhibiting that self-sacrificing patriotism which was through life one of his most marked characteristics. His intelligence, energy, and determination gave him a wide influence among his neighbors and friends. Though
The derivation is from "Rose," a rose, and "Kranz," a wreath, making the signification " a wreath of roses," a beautiful idea imparted to nomenclature by a race noted for their appreciation of the poetical and musical.
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quiet and unassuming, it was the general opinion that he was possessed of an iron will and a hot temper. His honesty was proverbial, and in those days of early pioneer life he was the arbiter of many disputes and controversies, which were referred to " Captain Bosecrans" with the confident assurance that his decision would be just and impartial. Thus as a friend and adviser of the surrounding people, who often came to him with their trials and difficulties and vexations, he lived as a patriarch in the land, honored and respected by all.
Although his parents were in comfortable circumstances, his father being owner of a store, a farm, and a mimber of town lots and houses, young William was early taught habits of industry, attending school in winter and working in the garden and upon the farm in summer. At thirteen he had become quite a man upon the farm, and at fourtetfn.was se,nt,,to, the .store of one David Messenger, seven miles';lrom life"ho.l>'ie,'io'.Gio^e. uo.tlve business, which he did successful^.. , At. times he,a.