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January 16, 2023

Colonel Robert L. McCook’s Report on His Brigade at the Battle of Mill Springs, or Logan’s Crossroads

In November 1861, Confederate Brigadier General Felix Zollicoffer set up a fortified winter camp on the north side of the Cumberland River near the town of Mill Springs, Kentucky. Zollicoffer commanded two brigades, each...

War

December 10, 2022

The Assault of the 13th United States Colored Troops (USCT) at the Battle of Nashville December 1864

On December 15th, 1864, Major General George Thomas’ U.S. troops attacked General John Bell Hood’s Confederate lines south of Nashville, Tennessee. After a disastrous and costly battle at Franklin, Tennessee, Hood opted to continue...

War

November 7, 2019

General Montgomery Meigs Observes the Battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge

After Major General Ulysses S. Grant arrived in Chattanooga, Tennessee in late October 1863 and assumed command of the Union forces in that besieged city, he wasted no time in opening a new supply...

War

November 10, 2018

Lieutenant Colonel Porter Olson’s Report on the 36th Illinois Infantry at the Battle of Missionary Ridge

After his army was defeated at the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863, Major General William Rosecrans retreated to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Confederate General Braxton Bragg then laid siege to Chattanooga, occupying the high ground...

War

November 20, 2017

Brigadier General William Hazen and Major Joab Stafford’s Reports on the Battle of Missionary Ridge.

After capturing Lookout Mountain at Chattanooga, Tennessee, on November 24th, 1863, Major General Ulysses S. Grant prepared to drive General Braxton Bragg’s Confederates off the high ground of Missionary Ridge and secure Chattanooga for...

War

January 18, 2016

Colonel Mahlon D. Manson’s Report on The Battle of Mill Springs, or Logan’s Crossroads, January 1862

In the late fall of 1861, Confederate Brigadier General Felix Zollicoffer was given the task of guarding the Cumberland Gap, an important mountain pass located where Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky border each other. Zollicoffer...

War

December 16, 2015

Colonel Lucius Hubbard’s Report on His Brigade’s Attack on the Confederate Left at the Battle of Nashville

Despite suffering over 6000 casualties at the Battle of Franklin on November 30th, 1864, Confederate General John Bell Hood kept his army on the march to Nashville. Confederate forces reached the southern outskirts of...

Post War

May 16, 2015

After the Civil War: Post War Lives of Some Union Figures

In my last post, I took a look at the post war lives of some of the Confederate participants on the Civil War. Here’s a look at the post war lives of some of...

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Colonel Robert L. McCook’s Report on His Brigade at the Battle of Mill Springs, or Logan’s Crossroads

The Assault of the 13th United States Colored Troops (USCT) at the Battle of Nashville December 1864

General Montgomery Meigs Observes the Battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge

Lieutenant Colonel Porter Olson’s Report on the 36th Illinois Infantry at the Battle of Missionary Ridge

Brigadier General William Hazen and Major Joab Stafford’s Reports on the Battle of Missionary Ridge.

Colonel Mahlon D. Manson’s Report on The Battle of Mill Springs, or Logan’s Crossroads, January 1862

Colonel Lucius Hubbard’s Report on His Brigade’s Attack on the Confederate Left at the Battle of Nashville

After the Civil War: Post War Lives of Some Union Figures

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