After the rebels evacuated Chattanooga, Rosecrans wanted to strike during the rebel retreat:
Garfield to McCook: Move on Alpine and Summerville
http://bit.ly/OR_s1-vol30-pt3-pg488-Garfield-to-McCook_viaGoogle
Headquarters Dept. of the Cumberland,
Trenton, Ga., 9 Sept. 1863 - 9 a.m.
1) Rebels evacuated Chattanooga yesterday.
2) General Thomas to move on La Fayette.
3) You (McCook) will move on Alpine and Summerville,
" for the purpose of intercepting the enemy in his retreat; move on so as to strike him in flank, if possible. "
Volume 30, Pt. 3, page 488
http://bit.ly/OR_s1-vol30-pt3-pg488-Garfield-to-McCook_viaGoogle
Official Records, Series 1, Volume 30 (Ch. 42), Part 3 (Correspondence--Union), 488.
(Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890)
Title The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
The War of the Rebellion, United States. Record and Pension Office
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, United States. War Records Office
Compiled by Calvin Duvall Cowles
Contributors United States. War Records Office, United States. Record and Pension Office, United States. Congress. House
Publisher U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890
Original from the University of Virginia
Digitized Feb 1, 2008
Showing posts with label Alex M. McCook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alex M. McCook. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Link to Map showing A.M. McCook's Route from Lafayette to McLemore's Cove
Map of Alex M. McCook's Route from Lafayette, Georgia, to McLemore's Cove
The Battle of Chickamauga 19-20 Sept. 1863 (web page) has several maps, including this helpful map of McCook's route back up to McLemore's Cove. This cove is a hollow formed by two mountains, Lookout Mountain, and Pigeon Mountain, which juts out to the east of Lookout. After scouting down through Valley Head to Alpine, Alabama, McCook was to return to McLemore Cove. Instead of taking a short route, he took the long route back up in the same way he came.
http://www.aotc.net/Chickamauga.htm
Related topics in this blog: Lookout Mountain Crossing, Sand Mountain Crossing, and Winston's Gap.
The Battle of Chickamauga 19-20 Sept. 1863 (web page) has several maps, including this helpful map of McCook's route back up to McLemore's Cove. This cove is a hollow formed by two mountains, Lookout Mountain, and Pigeon Mountain, which juts out to the east of Lookout. After scouting down through Valley Head to Alpine, Alabama, McCook was to return to McLemore Cove. Instead of taking a short route, he took the long route back up in the same way he came.
http://www.aotc.net/Chickamauga.htm
Related topics in this blog: Lookout Mountain Crossing, Sand Mountain Crossing, and Winston's Gap.
Sunday, July 31, 2016
20th Corps (XX Corps), Alexander M. McCook, source (link)
20th Corps (McCook's)
The Civil War Archive, Union Corps Histories, "20th Corps (McCook's)."
[citing "Regimental Losses in the American Civil War (1861-1865)" - William Fox] [The Civil War Archive 1998-2000; page updated 04 Aug. 2001]
http://web.archive.org/web/20050318195432/
http://www.civilwararchive.com:80/CORPS/20thmcc.htm
Link to source: Alex M. McCook, XX Corp (Twentieth Corps), Union Army
Summary, Biography, History, Fact Check, Army Organization
The Civil War Archive, Union Corps Histories, "20th Corps (McCook's)."
[citing "Regimental Losses in the American Civil War (1861-1865)" - William Fox] [The Civil War Archive 1998-2000; page updated 04 Aug. 2001]
http://web.archive.org/web/20050318195432/
http://www.civilwararchive.com:80/CORPS/20thmcc.htm
Link to source: Alex M. McCook, XX Corp (Twentieth Corps), Union Army
Summary, Biography, History, Fact Check, Army Organization
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