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 Lookout Mountain Crossing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lookout Mountain Crossing. 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
Rawlingsville (Obsolete Town), Fort Payne, Dekalb, Alabama (History), with References to Saltpeter
Saltpeter works in Rawlingsville, Alabama
According to these local-history sources, the salt works at Rawlingsville were destroyed September 5, 1863. I did find a reference to that in the summary of one volume of Official Records, but then, could not find in the reports where they actually destroyed the works on that date. They just mentioned being in Rawlingsville. In other reports in Official Records, I found references to the destruction of salt works in Rawlingsville on February 5, 1864, not September 1863.LINK TO MY BLOG POST WITH REFERENCES TO OFFICIAL RECORDS, DESTRUCTION OF SALT WORKS AT RAWLINGSVILLE, ALABAMA, FEB. 5, 1864
Local References for Destruction of Salt Works in Rawlingsville, Alabama, on September 5, 1863.
History of Dekalb County, Alabama, with Description of RawlingsvilleRawlingsville is now part of northeastern Fort Payne, Alabama. According to this site, on September 5, 1863, a Federal Cavalry detachment destroyed a saltpeter works at Rawlingsville.
http://www.discoverlookoutmountain.com/history-county-courthouses.shtml
Landmarks of Dekalb County, Alabama
Gives the date for the destruction of the saltpeter works at Rawlingsville as September 5, 1863.
http://www.landmarksdekalbal.org/history/DeKalbHistory.html
The web pages above have descriptions of Rawingsville (historic, obsolete place name in Dekalb County, Northern Alabama). The little Alabama town or community of Rawlingsville is no longer extant (or rather, cannot easily be located on modern maps). The town is mentioned in Civil War correspondence and memoirs, such as History of the First Tennessee Cavalry Vols, by W. R. Carter. The Union army destroyed a saltpeter works at Rawlingsville during the crossing of Sand Mountain and Lookout Mountain in September 1863. The sites include a history of Dekalb County, Alabama.
Towns, places, obsolete place names, non-extant places, locating old towns, Alabama towns, Chickamauga Campaign, Crossing Lookout Mountain, Crossing Sand Mountain, Salt, Saltpeter Works
Winston's Gap, Lookout Mountain Crossing, Campbell, McCook, etc. (Congressional Serial Set, search result)
War of the Rebellion ("Official Records")
Volume XXX (in four parts).
Part I (Part 1) Reports (Aug. 11-Sept. 22, 1863).
Chapter XXXII (Chapter 32):
Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, and North Georgia. August 11-October 19, 1863.
Page x: Contents of the Preceding Volumes. (This is a handy list w/volume number, chapter number, and description of each of about five preceding volumes; handy when you're trying to figure out where to find a report). The current volume "chapter" description is basically, "page 1-1031." To get a breakdown of it, I guess you'd look in the subsequent volume, i.e.--vol. 33 will have a breakdown of reports, by page number, that are found in volume 32. (In other words, they had to wait till each volume was printed to know what page a report fell on). The following is incomplete--just a couple of reports I've used myself...
Volume 30:
Page 3: Summary of the Principal Events.
This has a description of the subsections of the volume (but without page references), which include the Raid on the Mississippi Central Railroad, the Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Miss., and the Chickamauga Campaign, among other sections. My most recent research includes The Chickamauga Campaign, so many of my sources relate to it.
Reports I've cited:
Page 5: No. 1 Report of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, U. S. Army, with instructions to Col. Edwin F. Winslow.
Headquarters Fifteenth Army Corps,
Camp on Big Black, September 5, 1863.
Page 47: No. 3 Report of Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, U. S. Army, commanding the Army of the Cumberland.
[October --, 1863.]
(Page 54, still in Rosecrans's report, has the Winston's Gap segment).
Also found in:
Congressional Serial Set w/Multiple Reports by A.P. Campbell, E.M. McCook, and Others
The Chickamauga Campaign, Crossing Lookout Mountain, Winston's Gap, etc.
Via Google eBooks; shortened URL: http://bit.ly/OR_Winstons-Gap-search
This link is specifically a search for Winston's Gap, but the book can be searched for related events and subjects, such as Lookout Mountain, McCook, skirmish, etc.
War of the Rebellion ("Official Records")
Volume 30:Volume XXX (in four parts).
Part I (Part 1) Reports (Aug. 11-Sept. 22, 1863).
Chapter XXXII (Chapter 32):
Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, and North Georgia. August 11-October 19, 1863.
Page x: Contents of the Preceding Volumes. (This is a handy list w/volume number, chapter number, and description of each of about five preceding volumes; handy when you're trying to figure out where to find a report). The current volume "chapter" description is basically, "page 1-1031." To get a breakdown of it, I guess you'd look in the subsequent volume, i.e.--vol. 33 will have a breakdown of reports, by page number, that are found in volume 32. (In other words, they had to wait till each volume was printed to know what page a report fell on). The following is incomplete--just a couple of reports I've used myself...
Volume 30:
Page 3: Summary of the Principal Events.
This has a description of the subsections of the volume (but without page references), which include the Raid on the Mississippi Central Railroad, the Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Miss., and the Chickamauga Campaign, among other sections. My most recent research includes The Chickamauga Campaign, so many of my sources relate to it.
Reports I've cited:
Page 5: No. 1 Report of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, U. S. Army, with instructions to Col. Edwin F. Winslow.
Headquarters Fifteenth Army Corps,
Camp on Big Black, September 5, 1863.
Page 47: No. 3 Report of Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, U. S. Army, commanding the Army of the Cumberland.
[October --, 1863.]
(Page 54, still in Rosecrans's report, has the Winston's Gap segment).
Also found in:
Congressional Serial Set w/Multiple Reports by A.P. Campbell, E.M. McCook, and Others
The Chickamauga Campaign, Crossing Lookout Mountain, Winston's Gap, etc.
Via Google eBooks; shortened URL: http://bit.ly/OR_Winstons-Gap-search
This link is specifically a search for Winston's Gap, but the book can be searched for related events and subjects, such as Lookout Mountain, McCook, skirmish, etc.
General David S. Stanley ill, relieved from duty, 1863 (source and dates, with link)
General David S. Stanley becomes ill, is temporarily replaced by General Mitchell, Sept. 1863:
Published in The Dispatch, Civil War field notes 1863
During the crossing of Sand Mountain and Lookout Mountain, in September 1863, General David S. Stanley fell ill. On the 18th, he "went to the rear," leaving General Mitchell in (temporary) command (see source). He continued to be ailing for the next two months, and finally asked to be relieved from duty to recruit his health. This source (presented via Perseus Digital Library) is from an extract of Civil War field notes, as published in The Dispatch on September 16, 1863.
Short URL: http://bit.ly/18-Sep-1863-Gen-Stanley-is-ill
Citation:
"Headq'rs in the field, ten miles Northeast of Lafayette, Ga., Sept. 16, 1863," The Daily Dispatch, September 22, 1863 [extract of], Perseus Digital Library [ed. Gregory R. Crane, Department of the Classics, Tufts University; Perseus.tufts.edu]. [Citing: The Daily Dispatch: September 22, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. September 22, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm]. Accessed 2 Aug. 2016. http://bit.ly/18-Sep-1863-Gen-Stanley-is-ill (shortened).
General Stanley is relieved of command, replaced by (permanent replacement) Washington Lafayette Elliott, Nov. 1863:
On November, 16 1863, Stanley was relieved of command and replaced by Washington LaFayette Elliott (W.R. Carter, History of the First Tennessee Volunteers). Dennis W. Belcher, in The Cavalry of the Army of the Cumberland (Jefferson: McFarland, 2016) cites the date as November 12, 1863; see pg. 175. William Randolph Carter, author of History of the First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, states this fact and gives an exact date. Carter, of the First Tennessee Vols, was under Stanley's command and crossed Lookout Mountain with Stanley's Corps.
16 November 1863: General D. S. Stanley (Davis S. Stanley): "relieved from duty as chief of cavalry, Army of the Cumberland, and General W. L. Elliott placed in command."
Citation:
Carter, William Randolph, History of the First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry (The Overmountain Press, 1992 [reprint]), 108.
Short URL: http://bit.ly/Source_David-S-Stanley-relieved-of-duty-for-illness
Promotion of General Elliott, Correspondence of 10 May 1865
Quote from this source: "Brigadier-General Elliott was, October 3, 1863, ordered to duty in the Department of the Cumberland..." (Date given here is later than dates above and may refer to a different event; the date is before the date he relieved Stanley, and is when he was first transferred to the Dept. of the Cumberland, if the date is accurate--it is being mentioned two years later in this recommendation for promotion).
Citation: O.R., Ser. 1, vol. 49, Pt. 2, Ch. , 699 (G. Thomas to L. Thomas, 10 May 1865, Hdqrs. Dept. of the Cumberland)
https://books.google.com/books?id=Qat3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA699#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Related:
ROBERT B. MITCHELL ASKS TO BE RELIEVED OF COMMAND, OCT. 1863
About a month after Robert B. Mitchell takes (temporary) command of cavalry, he, too, asks to be relieved for reasons of health, citing the exacting conditions of the command itself.
http://musescivilwar.blogspot.com/2016/08/gen-robert-mitchell-chief-of-cavalry.html
Published in The Dispatch, Civil War field notes 1863
During the crossing of Sand Mountain and Lookout Mountain, in September 1863, General David S. Stanley fell ill. On the 18th, he "went to the rear," leaving General Mitchell in (temporary) command (see source). He continued to be ailing for the next two months, and finally asked to be relieved from duty to recruit his health. This source (presented via Perseus Digital Library) is from an extract of Civil War field notes, as published in The Dispatch on September 16, 1863.
Short URL: http://bit.ly/18-Sep-1863-Gen-Stanley-is-ill
Citation:
"Headq'rs in the field, ten miles Northeast of Lafayette, Ga., Sept. 16, 1863," The Daily Dispatch, September 22, 1863 [extract of], Perseus Digital Library [ed. Gregory R. Crane, Department of the Classics, Tufts University; Perseus.tufts.edu]. [Citing: The Daily Dispatch: September 22, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. September 22, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm]. Accessed 2 Aug. 2016. http://bit.ly/18-Sep-1863-Gen-Stanley-is-ill (shortened).
General Stanley is relieved of command, replaced by (permanent replacement) Washington Lafayette Elliott, Nov. 1863:
On November, 16 1863, Stanley was relieved of command and replaced by Washington LaFayette Elliott (W.R. Carter, History of the First Tennessee Volunteers). Dennis W. Belcher, in The Cavalry of the Army of the Cumberland (Jefferson: McFarland, 2016) cites the date as November 12, 1863; see pg. 175. William Randolph Carter, author of History of the First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, states this fact and gives an exact date. Carter, of the First Tennessee Vols, was under Stanley's command and crossed Lookout Mountain with Stanley's Corps.
16 November 1863: General D. S. Stanley (Davis S. Stanley): "relieved from duty as chief of cavalry, Army of the Cumberland, and General W. L. Elliott placed in command."
Citation:
Carter, William Randolph, History of the First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry (The Overmountain Press, 1992 [reprint]), 108.
Short URL: http://bit.ly/Source_David-S-Stanley-relieved-of-duty-for-illness
In an 1883 letter from General D.S. Stanley to Marshall P. Thatcher, author of A Hundred Battles in the West: St. Louis to Atlanta, 1861-1865, the general identifies his illness as acute dysentery, contracted ten days before the Battle of Chickamauga. That would make the date of the beginning of his illness about September 9th or 10th. The battles happened on the 19th and 20th. He recuperated at Stevenson, Alabama. (Thatcher, p.249, letter from D.S. Stanley).
https://archive.org/stream/ahundredbattles00thatrich#page/248/mode/2up
https://archive.org/stream/ahundredbattles00thatrich#page/248/mode/2up
Promotion of General Elliott, Correspondence of 10 May 1865
Quote from this source: "Brigadier-General Elliott was, October 3, 1863, ordered to duty in the Department of the Cumberland..." (Date given here is later than dates above and may refer to a different event; the date is before the date he relieved Stanley, and is when he was first transferred to the Dept. of the Cumberland, if the date is accurate--it is being mentioned two years later in this recommendation for promotion).
Citation: O.R., Ser. 1, vol. 49, Pt. 2, Ch. , 699 (G. Thomas to L. Thomas, 10 May 1865, Hdqrs. Dept. of the Cumberland)
https://books.google.com/books?id=Qat3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA699#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Related:
ROBERT B. MITCHELL ASKS TO BE RELIEVED OF COMMAND, OCT. 1863
About a month after Robert B. Mitchell takes (temporary) command of cavalry, he, too, asks to be relieved for reasons of health, citing the exacting conditions of the command itself.
http://musescivilwar.blogspot.com/2016/08/gen-robert-mitchell-chief-of-cavalry.html
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