The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03

making the stream impassabie. He knew that Mcclellan had two div1s- ions of his army. some sb.ooo men: the river. In striking distance of him. He ordered a prompt attack on these divisions the next morning. This was was Successful. About dusk of the evening of the battle General Johnston sat his horse on the front line. nak- eombat con st dawn the next day, June i. He was struck In the upper leff arm by a bullet, and almost instantly q fragment of shot striking the left shoulder. unhorsed him. As he lay on the ground the president rode up, ex- pressed deep regret and awaited on the . spot while the wounded officer was removed.
 Later General Gustavus " Smith. mand, and under him the battle or June was conducted General Lee was immediately called tp the com manentiy. mans fl 'ns p a H Hi Hiil.s division did the fighting on May 81s and there 1t was brigade of Alabamlans go covered themselves with glory,
 Late in November General Johnston found his wound recovered sufficient ly to allow him to take the field. He reported to the war office for duty. The secretary. then tseneral Randolph. chattanooga. make his headquarters there. and command all the territory between the Savannah river and the Mississippi This irsass.ndro included bTsggs Tsng l and Pemberton's, then In Mississippi. :. | There were ether smaller bodies or | troops one at Knoxville under Kirby 1 Smith. and another at Mobile, under Dabney Maury among them. John | ston remarked to Secretary Randolph along the line of his fayorite policy, i0WesnA't invasion of the @ North. He now pre- | posed that Holmes. with his 10000 Idle | troops in Aakansas. he brought over l to Mississippi. unite there with Penn | Mississippi then all join Bragg at | Murfreesboro. drive Rosecrans accss | the Ohio and with the 100000 Confed- l crates flushed with success, fix the war on Northern soil as long as the l government at Washington desired to keep up the conflict. General Ran doiph took down his order .n,,.s.s book to to Holmes to do the very thing. cross ell his troops to Pemberton. In mo. ment the secretary laid before General peremptorilv commanding that the l order to Holmes be revoked.
 | General Johnston took up his head quarters at Chattanooga and was soon followed by the President The ton was in danger General Grant | had collected enormous stores at Hol- ly Springs and was preparing to oc- cupy all Mississippi. Bragg must re- that the way to get Grant put of Mis- sissippi was to re-enforce Bragg, not deplete him Bring Pemberton and l Beauregard at Charleston, and other available troops to Murfreesboroh drive Rosecrans out of Nashville, across the Ohio. and follow him there. Grant would not remain in Mississippi.
 The President in person ordered Ma Ia hfa 0oO men at once to Pepberton from Bragg. He then set out for Mississippi himself requesting General Johnston at VicEsburg. finding Pemberton with some 25. men in alarm. About this time General Van Dorn got in between lars of stores at Holly Springs, and burned the whole. Grant did not be- lieve he could collect rations for his army from the country, with Van Dorn upon his Hanks. so having lost hls stores for the campaign. he turned his : face back to Memphis and Pemberton rested in quiet
 Rosecrans at Nashville. twenty mile from Bragg, at Murfreesboro, hear' through country people, fer cash on re ceipt. all that was important for him z know of the Confederate army, on hi later commanded by General shelley Q Stevenson's, would move ~''' of Chat tanooga on Christmas day, on the rail day. December 2s. 1885, Rosecran moved out of Nashville with some 65. 900 men to strike Bragv on Stones rlv CT. seventeen miles distant The enc my advanced on three bikes converginl at Murfreesboro
 General Wheeler, with 1000 cavalry met Rosecrans's columns on each pike by turns, and he so attacked them oi flank and rear. burning their trains an' capturing their foraGers that he Rep them at a slow pace. kosecrans oiI not succeed in getting. into positisn il