Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-15
CAPTURE OF CUMBERLAND GAP.

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g HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE 0HIo,}
In CAMP, HUNTSVILLE, ALA, July ii, '60.5 4
General Orders No. 29.l yiT 'H'ill nnnl
The General commanding the Army of
the Ohio, takes pleasure In announcing the
success of an arduous and hazardous cam
paign by the Seventh Division, Bftgadier
General G. w. Morgan commanding, by
which the enemy's fortified position at
Cumberland Gap was turned and his forces
to retreat as our troops advanced
to attack. Oyer f"'1 "''t "h iI !. 700
The General thanks Brigadier General
Morgan and the troops of the Seventh Di-
vision for the ability displayed in the ope-
rations against this important stronghold,
and for the energy, fortitude and cheerful
ness which they exhibited in their struggle
with difficulties of the most formidable
magnitude for an army. at'aI 42'
BY command of Major General Buel.
.hi''1 JAMES b. Fry
Colonel and Chief of Staff.
HEADQUARTERS 7TH DIV, ARMY OF THE
OHIO, CUMBERLAND GAP June'S, 1929
Hon. Ed,yin N. Stanton, Secretary Of Var: .'I, pa
Citizens from Lee county, Virginia, and
East Tennessee continue to come in to take
the oath of allegiance. have adopted a
,concillatory policy, and it has inspired con-
fidence among the people generally. y dsfi
This morning DR.. Ewing, of Virginia,
son of Joshua Ewing, came in and gave his
United States. =, His father DR.. Joshua Ew-
ing, and Robert NJ. Bales are members of
the Rebel Legislature. They desire to
come in and take the oath of allegiance i'll
will grant them protection. i am disposed
to do so, and am by nature unfit for a policy
- ~ Sc
- iaSgm GEo. W. MORGAN, Brig. Gen. 4
ENERGETIC WAR CONSISTENT wfTH A POLICY
OF CoNC1LIATIoN. ''' +' '!h'
..r,r CUMBERLAND GAP, June %, 1862,
To Hoa.E, N, Stanton, Secretary Of War :,r'p
might as well be without eyes as with
out cavalry. The enemy is said to have
taken a strong position in the Olinch Noun
tains, in the direction of Morristown, but
not upon the route would advance upon
were 1 authorized to go forward;y but this
place would be threatened by the eneny's
position, were i itO,pursue anotherroute.- ~
One strong brigade with afield battery and
| sin heavy guns with five hundred cavalry
to act as scouts and foragers should be left
here, and Ishould be strengthened by two
DTi&ducS VI DdotCI vi tti
lery and two regiments of cavalry.oiWith
such aforce can sweep East Tennessee of
every, rebel soldier. My effective force is
now about seven Thousand five hundred
stpong-Amen of fall'armsl1T The people flock
in and implore projections yidgHoro
| G4tdW ~ GEO! w. MORGAN, Bright Gen.nf
Secretary Stanton replied tor Gen. Nor!
gan not to advance without orders; that the
Department had not then, troops, to send
him, and for him to hold and strengthen
his I5bsition1 10 SuiAR"qt III ,s2dN3NNiA eNA
coNGRATuLAToRY ORDER ON REACHING THE
| -ll1ol iii6lI' OHIO RIVER I9l nhi9 a.ii :.
l'ni, ii,i1 a., HEADo ouARTERs U. S. FoRcEsl :. s.
/ GREEN UPsBuRG, October 3, 1862. 5a, m
General Orders No. 109.l lni yiao Jon ,9gb J
/ COMRADES AT midnight on the 18th of
September, with the army eofs Stephenson
| three miles in your rear, with Bragg. on
your left, Marshall on your right flank and
Kirby Sinithpin your 'front.' you marched
| from Cumberland Gap, mid the roar Of ex-
ploding mines and magazines and lighted
lbythe confiagration of the store-houses of
the Commissary and Quartermaster. Since