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tive. page 304, "On the 5th the Con
fcderate troops were formed to receive
the enemy" On the next page, refer
ring to the same date (May 50, he
states, I'm the evening a telegram from
Lieut.-Gen. Polk informed me that he
had been ordered to join the Army Of
Tennessee with all his infantry also,
"At daybreak on the 7th the Federal
army moved forward; in the
afternoon the Federal army placed it.
self in the front Of the Confederate
line, it's right a little south of Mill
Creek Gap, and its left near the Cleve-
land road.''
Gen. Wigfall furnishes the following
information obtained from the War
Office:
1t was not till the 4th Of May that
Gen. Polk was ordered to move with
Loring's Division and other available
force at your command to Rome, Ca,
and thence unite with Gen. Johnston
On the same page he states that on the
9Th Of May the following dispatch was
sent to Gen. Cooper. at Richmond, by
Gen. Polk from Demopolis, Ala, My
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dier-Generalship in the Regular Army.
1853.
The only disappointment was among
the Tennesseeans Of the 1st and I'd
Tenn, who had made their way under
the greatest dangers and difficulties to
enlist in the Union army. They now
pected advance into East Tennessee
would be made which would rescue
their country from it's thraldom to the
Southern Confederacy, and relieve their
families from the prosecutions Of the
heartless agents Of Jeff Davis Instead,
Gen. Buell., feeling himself free from
pressure from that quarter, ordered
Thomas to draw back near the main
line of operations against Nashville and
Chattanooga. The Tennesseeans were
so bitterly disappointed that the feeling
rose almost to mutiny.
Other Events In Eastern Kentucky.
There were other successes in eastern
Kentucky, which helped greatly to
hearten up the Union people, though
they were only of a magnitude that
later on In the war would have been
deemed scarcely more than guerrilla
fighting. When Gen. Thomas relieved
Gen. Nelson Of command at Camp Dick
Robinson, the latter went to Maysville,
on the Ohio River, to organize the Ken
such troops as might be sent him, to
oppose some demonstrations strongly
threatening an invasion OF the eastern
part Of the State from Virginia by the
way Of Pound Gap.
When Buckner, Morgan and Breck-
inridge. with most of the Kentuckians
who Joined the Confederate army, went
to Camp Boone, two other prominent
Kentuckfans chose to go to Virginia
These were Humphrey Marshall and
John s. Williams. Both men were Of
high standing and wide influence, par
ticularly Humphrey Marshall
There was n stronger survival of
feudalism I'm the South than people can
realize In this day. In the feudal state
OF society leading families are Of ex-
treme importance. This was the case
In Kentucky. and the State was for
decades controlled by such great fami-
lies as the Breckinridges, Crittendens
and Marshalls. The men Of these fami-
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Killed, his forces driven from the field.
pursued to the camD which they had
strongly intrenched, and had fed from
1t, leaving behind artillery, horses,
stores and their badly wounded. More
than that, the mOantaineers in the
country between Mill Springs and
Knoxville had brought in, one after
another, well-conf1rmed stories OF the
panic and decentralization of the rebel
troops, as they fled over the 100 miles
CT mountains to a pls ce of refuge. This
decentralization much exceeded. that of
the Union troops at Eull Run, and COM
pensated, in measure, for that disas-
ter. The reports OF the Confederate
commanders show that these rumors
were not exaggerated. Col Preston
Johnston. in his life of his father, Gen
Albert Sidney Johnston, speaking of
Crittendens retreat gays: During his
retreat his army became much demor-
allied, and two regiments, whose homes
were In that neigh5orhood, almost en-
tirely abandoned their arms and went
every man TO his OWN house. The null
titude deserted, and the tide Of fugi-
tives filled the country with dismay."
Gen. Thomas in his official report
says: Their command was completely
demoralized, and retl eated with great
haste and in all directions making their
capture in any num5cr quite doubtful
III pursued. There Is no doubt but that
the moral effect produced by their COM
plete dispersion VIII have a more de-
eided effect in re. establishing Union
sentiment than though they had been
captured
Gen. George b. Crittenden, for
whose military ability there had been
entertained the highest hopes. was COM
Tletely discrcdited by his defeat. Many
of his men, including number of
higher officers, mads no hesitation in
charging him wit; treason to the
Southern Confederaey, and in openly
stating that he hal lcen in communi-
cation with the Federal Generals and
Rad led his army irto trap. He was
put under arrest, and thenceforward
disappeared from the annals of the
war.
Gen. Thomas hal Gen. Zollicoffer's
body emballned and sent back to Leb-
anon, from whence q was forwarded
by Gen.. Buell. through the lines under
a flag of truce to Nashville, where II
was buried with military konors. His
death had a very depressing effect on
the Tennesseeans. al he was their most
popular leader in secession.
'One matter Of great encouragement
ia the Unionists vas derived from a
study Of the battlefield. The fight had
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IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.

IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.
Mil Springs-New Actors Appear Upon
the Sccne-Humphrey Marshall, "Cerro
GOrdO" Williams, James A. Garfield
and Don Carlos Buell-The Big Sandy
River Campaign-Buell Organizes the
Army.
The Effect of the Victory.
Seldom have our National skies re-
celved such an instantaneous brighten
Ing as came with the little victory at
Mill Springs. Since the disasters at
Bull Run, the sickering slaughter of
Bulls Bluff, the death of Gen. Lyon
and the retreat of his army at Wilson's
Creek there had been a persistent pail
over the people. 1t required all their
courage and fortitude TO rise above this
and see hope In the future. Gen.
Grants battle at Belmont had added
To the depression, because of the fruit
lessness of the success. and the retreat
OF the army. Many good, true men in
high places seriously doubted whether
we had the soldiers, and, above all, the
commanding officers to meet the Seces-
sion forces. There WIS strengthening
OF the talk of how the Southern people
had been brought M to the use of
arms from the first, while those Of the
North, carefully cultivating the arts of
peace, were at serious disadvantage
in the clash of arms. There was more
than half belief that jefferson Davis,
with his knowledge of the personnel of
the officers of the Army. had winnowed
cut all the really ca. able men, leaving
Cs merely seconds" Upon this state
OF mind the victory of Mill Springs
came like burst of cheering sunlight
out of the darkest shadows.
Gen. Thomas was at that time en-
tirely unknown outside Army circles.
He had not resorted TO the newspaper
advertising so literally INDUCED In by
many other officers. On the other hand,
Z0llicoffer had been 1t the front of the
stage for months. the Southern press
was constantly lauding him as mill
fary genius. and his sudacity made him
the focus Of the fears Of the Union
loving people. To the East Tennessee
ans he had been a dcspot, cruel and
merciless, of whom they spoke as the
'he Devil OF Secession" His advance
into Kentucky had been in demon
strative way. as IL it were only a ques-
ton of time when he would overrun
the whole State and scatter the Union
forces before him. Ills forces were so
greatly exaggerated that few believed
that he had less than 10000 men under
him, and the timid I-nionists Of Ken
tucky felt that they had sufficient basis
for fear that he would overwhelm the
much smaller forces under Gen.
Thomas.
All Changed I'm q Single Day.
Now all was changed in a single day.
Cured in The open. with the Union
troops standing out in the plowed fields.
exchanging bullets at short range with
the enemy.
The victory had been startling in its
completeness. ZofiIcoTer had been
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and especially upon the line of the
railroad. 1t was reported to me that
field artillery had little or no effect
upon this impromptu fortifcation, and
that when the men charged up to it
they could not find an entrance; there
fore 1t could not be taken without much
loss Of time and considerable cost. Maj.
Kinloch Falconer was severely wound
ed while experimenting with this little
fortress, which occasioned the army to
march several miles around 1t. At a
later hour, however, after the order to
move forward had been issued, this
blockhouse was surrendered to de-
tachment Of our troops. 1t is not often
the case that all the troops to be
brought into action are assembled be-
great battle Is imminent. On the con-
trary, when two armies are approach
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ried out in the campaign from Dalton
to Atlanta He came to the position
of all others most favorable, If our
commander could have been induced
| to hold his ground, viz, in front of
Rocky-faced Ridge.
Gen. Polk was not far distant from
Dalton, when it is considered that 5000
Of his troops were at Resaca on the
9Th and 11Eh, and that he in person
was in Dalton on the 18th. Gen. John
ston could we'll have awaited the ar
rival of the whole of this army, since
it required SO small a force to hold
Mill Creek and Snake Creek Caps as
previously stated, and practically dem
onstrated by Gen. Sherman's use of
them. after these mountain defiles fell
into his possession.
Strength OF Mill Creek Gap.
When en- route to Tennessee, during
the campaign in the Fall of 1864, the
Confederate army, after having cap
tured the troops stationed at Dalton,
attempted to march through Mill
Creek Gap; it was prevented from so
doing by a squad of men posted within
little fort, covered with railroad iron,
and which had been constructed of
logs of large size, around which was
thrown up an embankment of earth to
protect the troops against field artil-
lery; portfolios had been cut so as to
allow the men to fire in all directions
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he had been twice elected to Congress
as q Whig, had served in the Mexican
War as Colonel of the 1st Ky. Cav,
winning much reputation at Buena Wis
ia. and upon the dissolution of the
Whig Party had been elected twice to
Congress again as a National Amer
ican." He should have been a Union
man, but the virus of slavery drove him
to Secession, where he was welcomed
as great addition TO the States
Rights" ranks. He expected to occupy
high place in the new Nation which
Jefferson Davis was creating, and 1t
was believed that Davis, though a Dem
ocrat, had a high opinion Of his ability.
Like many other men who were promi-
nent at that period of the war, he
seemed to think that the struggle would
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''at and near Dalton" on the 9Th OF
May, 1864. I claim, however, that I
have, by figures and official data, DEM
onstrated to any unbiased mind that
they were available and within the
easy direction of the former. In
the 18th Of May as upon the 9Th, the
date mentioned in my official report,
since our army was still at Dalton on
the 18th, when nearly one-half Of
Polks Corps had already Joined John,
stons left at Resaca on the 9Th and
11th of May. Therefore the trivial
point raised by these two gentlemen is
Of little or no consequence.
Before I relate the embarrassing cir
cumstances under which / assumed
command Of the Army of Tennessee,
shall state certain facts connected
with my transfer from the Virginia
to the Western Army early in Feb
ruary, 1854, and reply to statements
Of Gen. Johnston, in reference to op-
erations near Resaca, Cassville, and
New Hope Church.
JEFF Davis Plans n Campaign to the Ohio
The War Department had been anX-
ious that an offensive campaign into
Tennessee and Kentucky be initiated
in the early Spring of 1864, and made
a proposition to Gen. Johnston to re-
inforce him with Polk's troops, then in
Mississippi, and Longstreet'S Corps, in
East Tennessee. Johnston. at the ap-
pointed time, was expected to move
forward and form a junction with
these troops. The President and Gen.
Bragg and also Gen. Lee, were desir-
Gus that the offensive be assumed, and
an attempt be made to drive the Fed
erals to the Ohio River, before large
army could be concentrated to move
against US. The following extract from
a letter of Gen. Bragg to Gen. john
ston, dated March Il, 1864, will show
the number Of men proffered the lat-
ter. If he would carry out the expressed
wish of the authorities at Richmond:
'It is needless, General, for me to
impress upon you the great impor-
tance, not to say necessity, Of reclaim.
ing the provision country OF Tennessee
and Kentucky; and from my knowi-
edge Of the country and people. be-
lieve that other great advantages may
accrue. especially in obtaining men to
fill your ranks.
1.-THE following forces, 1t Is believed.
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troops are concentrating and moving
as directed"
It will be seen that on the 4th Of
May Polk's army had been ordered to
join the Army of Tennessee; was con-
centrating and moving forward rapidly
by rail from Demopolis on the 9Th.
having but a short distance to march; !;
and that Gen. Sherman did not take
up his position in front Of Rocky-faced
Ridge until the afternoon OF the 7th
OF May.
Between the two armies arose, /
might say, a high wall OF stone, as the
name Rocky-faced Ridge indicates.
the strongest to be desired; It was nec-
essary to hold but two gaps In the
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retreated In much confusion, and was
followed up until it was found that he
had retreated through Pound Gap, and
was lost in the maze Of the Virginia
Mountains.
Nelson's loss was six killed and "a
wounded, and he found on the field 80
Confederates either killed or badly
wounded. Buell. then ordered Nelson
to retire and join him at Louisville.
Garheid's Big Sandy Campaign.
AS soon as Gen. Nelson drew off his
troops and in obedience to Gen. Buelps
orders started for Louisville, the Con-
fcderates resumed their aggressive
movement into the Big Sandy region
in the eastern part of the State. JEFF
ferson Davis felt that this was very
necessary In order to secure recruits
among the poor mountain whites and
to cover the important lead and salt
mines Of the region, particularly those
on the Virginia side of the Cumberland
Mountains around Abingdon, Wythe-
Vile and Saltville.
Humphrey Marshall was ordered
thither with additional troops to aid
Col. "Cerro Gordo" Williams and his
regiment He found Col. Williams in
command Of the 5th Ky, the famous
"Ragamuffin Regiment" composed al
most exclusively Of the rude. illiterate
"sang-diggers'' and "hemlock- peelers'
oc the lowest stratum Of the inhabit-
ants. In the Kentucky, Tennessee and
West Virginia mountains caste distinc-
tions were quite rigid. The lowest
stratum were Of men who lived in
miserable cabins in the toughest part
OF the country, did not follow any reg
ular industry, but cut hoop-poles dug
ginseng and peeled hemlock bark at
such times as they were in need Of
money. These rude, ignorant men were
the natural prey OF the Secession ora
tors and were readily brought into
camp by appeals to their prejudices
against the negroes and the North.
The next grade OF people held them
selves much above this Gloss. Thsse
were thrifty. industrious farmers. who
lived in the fruitful valleys and coyes
cultivated their ferns regularly, upade
their own clothing and raised abund.
ance OF live stock. These two classes
Of society were usually divided by re.
ligious lines. the Sang diggers," wher
they had any religion at ali, which was
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GEN. DON CARLOS BUELL..


be won mostly by eloquence, and his
speeches and writings were voluminous
and Of that perfervid character in
which the Southern orators delighted at
the beginning of the war. He was a
man of immense size, and George d.
Prentiss, the witty editor Of the Louis
Vile Journal, used to say that before
Humphrey Marshall could get into Ken
lucky by Pound Gap it would have to
be Widened. He was made a Brigadier-
General In the Confederate army, took
up his headquarters at Abingdon, Va,
and began organizing for his advance
into the State.
Col. John s. Williams, who delighted
III the soubriquet of "Cerro Gordo Will
liams," acquired on account of some
connection with the battle at that p1acE
during the Mexican War, which con-
nection he did not in the least mini
mfZe. was a man of some education, a
lawyer and a farmer. He was a sue
cessful money-maker, and an original
Secessionist. During the Mexican War
ne had commanded company of Ken
lucky volunteers attached to the 9Th
L. S., and toward the end OF the war
returned to the field as Colonel OF the
4th KY. He set up the standard of re-
bellion at Prestonburg, on the Big
Sandy River: the boundary between
Kentucky and West Virginia, and soon
gathered around him some 1000 men,
mostly recruited from the poor whites
OF the mountain regions, who were gen.
orally Secessionists, while the more
thrifty class were Union men,. 1t was
his intention to advance through Nc
Cormick's Gap to cooperate with Zol-
licoffer.
The Fight at Ivy Mountain.
The presence Of Williams with such
a force was distinctly irksome to Gen.
Nelson, who in October started from
Maysville to Olympia Springs and Nc
Cormick's Gap with such troops as he
had and could gather up on the way.
These We're the I'd Ohio, Col. L. A.
Harris; 21st Ohio, Col j. S. Norton, 33d
Ohio, Col. ]. s. Sill; seth Ohio, Col. T..
p. Fyffe; two partially organized Ken
lucky regiments under Coils. Marshall
and Metcalfe, Konkle's Ohio Battery,
and small detachment of Kentucky
cavalry. Outlying parties Of Confeder-
ates were met on the march and driven
back with small loss, and finally Will
liams was found in ambush in a strong
position on Ivy Mountain. Nelson at
tackled with promptness and energy,
and after a fight Of an hour Williams
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lies were all politicians. soldiers and
lawyers. with tradition, inherited from
England, that 1t was part OF a gentle
mans business in life TO help govern
the country and fight It's battles. The
Marshalls were all eminent as orators
and lawyers, and had been prominent
in those wars in which they had had
an opportunity to engage. The name
of Tom Marshall as an orator extend
ed beyond the State, and was really
National. Humphrey Marshall was re,
garded as not so brilliant as his BROTH
er, but more able and reliable, He
had graduated from West Point with
honor. served a while in the Regular
Army, and then forsook a military
career for the family one Of law and
politics. Besides holding other offices.
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BY Lieut.. ..Geu. ]. B. HOOD, c. S. A.
States Armies.

mountains. Mill Creek and Snake
Creek. The approach Of the Federal
army down the railroad from Chatta-
nooga, in lieu of down the road from
Cleveland. rendered the position the
more secure, inasmuch as Gen. John
ston would not have had stone wall
between him and his adversary, had
Gen. Sherman advanced by the latter
route, where the country is open to-
ward Cleveland. I have always thought
Gen. Sherman did not wish to accept a
pitched battle, or he would have moved
upon Dalton from that direction. His
advance by the Chattanooga road, and,
subsequently, in front of Rocky Face
convinces me that his intention was to
initiate the policy of wasting our
strength which he so effectually car
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teen in the open corn fields, without
any attempt on either side to seek shell
ter, ard the dispelity in the number
killed on the two sides indicated that
the boast of-the SOut1erners as to their
great superiority in the use OF the rifle
was baseless. There had been only 80
to 122 dead Confederates, whose bodies
were found upon the field, and $40
severely wounded found in the hospi-
tails at Camp Beech Grove.
President lincoln fastened to issue
cOngratula:Ory order to the troops,
but Gen. Thomas di not get his Briga-
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VII.

THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN.
Joe Il. Johnston Given $1,000 Men and
Urged to Strike for the Ohio-Wasted
OppOrtunities-Those Four Guns Mt
Resaca-Johnston's Losses OF Men and
Muskets.
Having established the strength OF
the army to have been over 10000 ef-
fectives after Gen. Polk's Corps joined
it only remains to be shown that these
The Campaign Opens.
Gen. Johnston asserts in his Narra-
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