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Lousville in the Civil War, 1861-1865 the Weeklies lousville in the civil war, 1861-1865 1865 map titled Louisville and Its Defenses (not in Harper’s) Compiled by kraig mcnutt [email protected] The center for the study of the American civil war Louisville in the Civil War, 1861-1865 | A Visual History Page 1 lousville in the civil war, 1861-1865 The weeklies March 16, 1861. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper RAISING THE STARS AND STRIPES OVER THE COURT HOUSE, LOUISIVILLE, KY., ON WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, FEB. 22, 1861, BY COL. J.H. HARNEY AND GEORGE D. PRENTICE, ESQ. Tags: Louisville | Courthouse Louisville in the Civil War, 1861-1865 | A Visual History Page 2 October 12, 1861 Har - per’s weekly Camp of general rosseau’s brigade, near muldraugh’s hill, Kentucky, (sketch) Tags: Gen Lovell H. Rousseau | Muldraugh’s Hill | Elizabethtown, KY | L&N Railroad THE WAR IN KENTUCKY. WE publish herewith, from a sketch by Mr. H. Mosler, a view of CAMP ROSSEAU, NEAR MULDRAUGH'S HILL, Kentucky. This is a camp of Union troops, situated 31 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky, and 7 miles from Muldraugh's Hill, on the railroad to Nashville, Tennessee. Troops from Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky are rapidly congregating here, and there is a strong prospect of an early brush. Louisville in the Civil War, 1861-1865 | A Visual History Page 3 Kentucky encyclopedia, p. 660 Louisville in the Civil War, 1861-1865 | A Visual History Page 4 October 19, 1861 - Harper’s weekly William H. Hovey ARRIVAL OF THE FORTY-NINTH OHIO REGIMENT AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.—DRAWN BY HENRY MOSLER.—[SEE PAGE 671.] Tags: 49th Ohio Infantry | Col William H. Hovey | Louisville THE WAR IN KENTUCKY. WE continue our series of illustrations of the war in Kentucky with a picture of the ARRIVAL OF THE FORTY-NINTH OHIO AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, on page 668 ; and another of GENERAL SHERMAN'S HEAD-QUARTERS at Lebanon Junction, on the railroad south of Louisville, on page 667: both from sketches by our correspondent, Mr. Henry Mosier. A correspondent of the Tribune thus writes of the camp: The States of Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois have sent many regiments and parts of regiments to the United States encampment south of this city, on the railroad. I have not been able to preserve Louisville in the Civil War, 1861-1865 | A Visual History Page 5 any regular estimate of the number, having been absent part of the time. But I can scarcely be far wrong in saying that there are 12,000 to 15,000 men under command of General Sherman, including Home Guards. The force may exceed my estimate. The reception of the Forty-Ninth Ohio at Louisville is thus described in the Louisville Journal: A detachment of Ohio troops, under the command of Colonel Gibson, passed through the city this morning on their way to the seat of war on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. They paraded our streets, and their appearance was warmly greeted by the Union men and women of Louisville. They paid their compliments to General Anderson at the Louisville Hotel, who appeared on the balcony, and, in a few feeling and eloquent remarks, thanked them for the compliment and welcomed them to Kentucky. He told them that they had come at a time when Kentucky needed their services, and that every true Kentuckian would properly and truly appreciate their motives in coming among us. The response of Colonel Gibson was most touching. He alluded to the gallant manner in which Kentucky had come to the rescue of the frontiers of Ohio in former days, and said that Ohio designs now to show that she had not forgotten those services, but was here with her blood to protect the constitutional rights of her neighbors. Both General Anderson and Colonel Gibson were warmly applauded at the conclusion of every sentence. The detachment took up the line of march for the Nashville depot, from which point they embarked for General Sherman’s head-quarters. OUR MAP OF KENTUCKY THE southwestern portion of Kentucky and the western portion of Tennessee (of which we publish a Map on page 662) are mountainous; the middle regions are an elevated table-land, through which the rivers run in deep channels, with high precipitous banks. In Kentucky this table-land breaks abruptly at the head-waters of the Salt River and its tributary forks, which drain the plain westward. To the Ohio River. The rise from this plain to the central table-land is about 200 feet, where the Louisville and Nashville Railroad ascends Muldraugh Hill. At this point is a railroad tunnel 1200 feet in length. The railroad bridge over Rolling Fork was burned by the rebels. The Union forces, however, gained possession of the summit, and now hold this strong natural position, which is the key to the fertile and wealthy region of Northern Kentucky. The Union and Rebel camps are designated on the Map. Louisville in the Civil War, 1861-1865 | A Visual History Page 6 Tags: 49th Map | Kentucky Louisville in the Civil War, 1861-1865 | A Visual History Page 7 LEBANON JUNCTION, 29 MILES FROM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ON THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD, PRESENT HEAD-QUARTERS OF GENERAL SHERMAN'S BRIGADE OF UNION TROOPS.—SKETCHED BY HENRY MOSLER.— [SEE PAGE 671.] Tags: Lebanon Junction, KY | L&N Railroad | Gen William T. Sherman Louisville in the Civil War, 1861-1865 | A Visual History Page 8 November 1861 - William T. Sherman, commander of the military district of Kentucky, June 4, 1864 Harper’s Weekly On Aug. 3, 1861 he was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers, to date from May 17, and on Oct. 7 relieved Maj.-Gen. Anderson in command of the Department of Kentucky. On Nov. 12, however, he was in turn relieved by Gen. D. C. Buell, his estimate of the number of troops required in his department, "sixty thousand men to drive the enemy out of Kentucky and 200,000 to finish the war in this section," being considered so wildly extravagant as to give rise to doubts of his sanity. It was, however, justified by later events. During the remainder of the winter he was in command of the camp of instruction at Benton barracks, near St. Louis, and when Grant moved upon Donelson, was stationed at Paducah, where he rendered effective service in forwarding supplies and reinforcements. – The Union Army Vol 8. Tags: Gen William T. Sherman | Kentucky Louisville in the Civil War, 1861-1865 | A Visual History Page 9 January 11, 1862 - Harper’s weekly LANDING OF OHIO TROOPS AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.—[SKETCHED BY MR. H. MOSLER.] Tags: Louisville | Wharf | Ohio Union Troops THE WAR IN KENTUCKY. WE devote this and the following page to illustrations of the War in Kentucky. We reproduce above a sketch by Mr. Henry Mosler, representing the ARRIVAL OF TROOPS AT LOUISVILLE. Mr. Mosler writes that regiments past counting are arriving at Louisville, and moving on no one knows where. The picture below, also from a sketch by Mr. Mosier, represents GENERAL BUELL’S BODY- GUARD. Mr. M. writes that these are the finest body of men he has ever seen, being in truth and in fact the flower of the Pennsylvania troops. They are all from five feet ten inches to six feet in height, and were picked one man from each county of Pennsylvania. The large picture on the following page represents the recent BRILLIANT SKIRMISH between a part of Colonel Willick’s Thirty-second Indiana Regiment and several rebel regiments—among others the Texan Rangers, under Colonel Terry. The official report from General Buell to the head-quarters at Washington, sent by telegraph, gives but few particulars of the brilliant Louisville in the Civil War, 1861-1865 | A Visual History Page 10 resistance made by four companies of the Thirty-second Indiana Volunteers against a vastly superior rebel force under Colonel Terry. The rebel force consisted of one regiment of Texan Rangers, two regiments of infantry, and one battery of six guns ; and that of the Unionists of but four companies, who occupied a point in front of the railroad bridge across Green River, a short distance south of Mumfordsville. The attack was made by the rebels at about two o’clock in the afternoon of the 17th December ; and after a brief struggle, during which they lost Colonel Terry, of the Rangers—he, with thirty-three others, being killed, and about fifty others wounded—they ingloriously retreated. The Union loss was one lieutenant and eight enlisted men killed, and ten wounded. GENERAL BUELL’S BODY-GUARD.—[DRAWN BY MR. H. MOSLER.] Tags: Louisville | General Don Carlos Buell | Munfordville Louisville in the Civil War, 1861-1865 | A Visual History Page 11 Harper's Weekly, April 12, 1862 GENERAL BUELL. WE publish on page 225 a portrait of General D. C. BUELL, who has been created a Major- General of Volunteers for his brilliant campaign in Kentucky and Tennessee. General Buell is a native of Ohio, in which State he was born about the year 1818. He graduated at the Military Academy at West Point in 1837, and served as Second Lieutenant in the Third Infantry. He obtained the rank of First Lieutenant in June, 1846, and accompanied his regiment to Mexico. In September of the same year he was breveted Captain for gallant and meritorious conduct at Monterey. He accompanied General Scott's army, and again distinguished himself at Cerro Gordo, Contreras, and Churubusco; was severely wounded at the latter fight, and breveted Major for gallantry there. On his return home he was appointed Assistant Adjutant-General, and served in that capacity in various parts of the country.
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