page_title: XX Corps (Union Army)
section_title: Command history
hierarchical_section_title: XX Corps (Union Army) / McCook's Corps / Command history
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: civilwarthroughc00elso (find matches) Title: The Civil War through the camera&#160;: hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history Year: 1912 (1910s) Authors: Elson, Henry William, 1857- Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896 Civil War Semi-centennial Society Patriot Pub. Co., Springfield, Mass Subjects: Publisher: Springfield, Mass.&#160;: Patriot Pub. Co. Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Collection Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ' Text Appearing After Image: BEFORE CHICKAMAUGA—IX THE RUSH OF EVENTS Rarely does the camera afford such a perfectly contemporaneous record of the march of events so momentous.This photograph shows the hotel at Stevenson, Alabama, during the Union advance that ended in Chicka-mauga. Sentinels are parading the street in front of the hotel, several horses are tied to the hotel posts, andthe officers evidently have gone into the hotel headquarters. General Alexander McDowell McCook, com-manding the old Twentieth Army Corps, took possession of the hotel as temporary headquarters on themovement of the Army of the Cumberland from Tullahoma. On August 29, 1863, between Stevenson andCapertons Ferry, on the Tennessee River, McCook gathered his boats and pontoons, hidden under the densefoliage of overhanging trees, and when ready for his crossing suddenly launched them into and across theriver. Thence the troops marched over Sand Mountain and at length into Lookout Valley. During themovements the army was in extreme peri Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Two corps of the Union Army were called XX Corps during the American Civil War. Though both served in the Union Army of the Cumberland, they were distinct units and should be recognized as such.
context_section_description: Alexander M. McCook, January 9, 1863 – October 9, 1863
caption: General McCook's headquarters at Stevenson, Alabama
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