Cope, Alexis. The Fifteenth Ohio Volunteers and its Campaigns. War of 1861-5. Columbus, Oh.: Published by the Author, 1916.

Chapter 1. The Fifteenth Ohio in the Three Months Service 7 South Carolina Secedes Arms Sent South Other States Secede Confederacy Organized Fort Sumter Lincoln s Call for Troops Ohio s Response Fifteenth Ohio Organized.

Chapter 2. Reorganization for Three Years Service 19 Bull Run Disaster 1,000,000 Volunteers Ohio s Response Regiment Reorganized Kentucky’s Neutrality Confederates Advance Advance Into Kentucky.

Chapter 3. Camp Nevin and Six Months of Inaction 38 Camp Nevin Organization of Troops Department Commanders Changed Buell in Command Movement to Green River Rowlett s Station Capture of Fort Henry.

Chapter 4. Halleck-Buell Captures Henry and Donelson 58 Western Armies Reorganize Buell s Plans Relief of East Buell’s Attitude Grant’s Movements Surrender of Donelson Buell s Advance.

Chapter 5 Occupation of Bowling Green and Nashville 78 Advance on Bowling Green and Nashville Nelson Enters Nashville Smith at Nashville Grant’s Temporary Suspension Halleck and Buell Disagree Halleck in Command.

Chapter 6. The Shiloh Campaign First Day of Battle 95 Expedition Against Railroad Pittsburgh Landing Grant Restored to Command Enemy Advances from Corinth -Union Troops Begin Battle Regiment Arrives at Savannah.

Chapter 7. Second Day of the 120 Grant’s Position Arrival of Nelson s Division Regiment Embarks at Savannah Arrival at Pittsburgh Landing Movements During the Engagement.

Chapter 8. 136 Demoralization of Confederates Why Not Pursued Grant Under Cloud Pope’s Army Arrives Grant Retired Reorganization Movement on Corinth The Siege.

Chapter 9. Movement Against Chattanooga Its Delay and Failure.. ..156 Halleck Abandons Pursuit Mitchell s Campaign Enemy Evacuates Chattanooga Buell Ordered to Take Chattanooga Delays Enemy Reoccupies Place.

Chapter 10. Bragg s Invasion of Kentucky Retreat of Buell s Army. .175 Bragg Commands Confederates Threatens Halleck s Center Confederates Raid Buell’s Communications Expedition Against Tennessee and Kentucky Willich Brigade Commander.

Chapter 11. Retreat of Buell to Louisville Perryville Campaign.. ..196 March to Louisville Movements of Confederates Perryville Campaign and Battle Pursuit of Confederates Buell Relieved Rosecrans in Command.

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Chapter 12. March to Nashville Preparation for Murfreesboro 210 Ordered to Nashville Arrival Stone River.

Chapter 13. Campaign and Battle of Stone River 229 Incidents of Campaign Details of March to Battlefield The Battle.

Chapter 14. Long Period of Apparent Inactivity at Murfreesboro 260 Efforts to Move Rosecrans Against Enemy Rosecrans Generals Advise Against Movement Garfield Favors it and His Advice is Followed.

Chapter 15. Tullahoma Campaign March to the Tennessee 286 Liberty Gap March to Tullahoma Lost Opportunity March to the Tennessee.

Chapter 16. The Campaign and Battle of Chickamauga 302 Crossing the Tennessee Crittenden Occupies Chattanooga Rosecrans Pursuit of Flying Foe Hurried Concentration Chickamauga Losses.

Chapter 17. Siege of Chattanooga and Opening of the Tennessee 327 Rosecrans at Chattanooga Confederates Occupy Lookout Mountain and Hold Lower River and Railroad Rosecrans Relieved Thomas in Command Grant arrives at Chattanooga.

Chapter 18. Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge 354 Reinforcing Sherman s Arrival at Chattanooga Orchard Knob Lookout Mountain Sherman s Assault Missionary Ridge Stormed Battle.

Chapter 19. Relief of Knoxville Veteran Volunteers 391 Granger to Relief of Burnside Sherman in Command of Expedition Knoxville Relieved Fourth Corps in -Veteran Volunteers Furlough.

Chapter 20. The Campaign Rocky Face and Resaca 415 Preparations Grant Commander-in- Chief Sherman in Command of Armies in Southwest Regiment Assembles in Columbus After Furlough Opens.

Chapter 21. Atlanta Campaign Adairsville Pickett s Mill 441 Sherman Crosses the Oostensula Adairsville Cassville Sherman Crosses the Etowah River and Cuts Loose from Base Around Dallas Pickett s Mill.

Chapter 22. Atlanta Campaign Pickett s Mill to Bald Knob 475 Sherman Regains Railroad South of Allatoona Bald Knob.

Chapter 23. Atlanta Campaign From Bald Knob to Chattanooga.. ..502 Kenesaw Mountain Criticism of Sherman for Assault.

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Chapter 24. Atlanta Campaign From Chattahoochee to Atlanta 518 Sherman Crosses the Chattahoochee Enemy Retires to Atlanta Sherman Follows Hood in Command of Confederates McPherson Killed Union Army Around Atlanta.

Chapter 25. Atlanta Campaign Siege and Capture of Atlanta 528 Cavalry Fails to Destroy Railroad Cavalry to Cut Enemy s Communications Movement to Enemy s Left Jonesboro Atlanta Evacuated Lovejoy Station Army Rests in Atlanta.

Chapter 26. From Atlanta to Gaylesville, 560 Hood Recrosses Chattahoochee and Strikes Sherman’s Communications--Hurried March to Marietta and Kenesaw Corse’s Defense of Allatoona To Gaylesville, Ala.

Chapter 27. Hood s Invasion of Tennessee 580 Sherman Proposes March to the Sea Grant Consents if Thomas can Hold Line of the Tennessee Fourth Corps to Pulaski Hood Crosses the Tennessee.

Chapter 28. Hood s Invasion of Tennessee Pulaski Franklin 593 Hood Moves Toward Columbia Union Army Reaches Columbia First Hood Marches on Spring Hill Battle of Franklin Retreat to Nashville.

Chapter 29. Hood s Invasion of Tennessee 622 Enemy s Activity Alarms North Grant Orders Thomas to Attack Ice and Snow Cause Delay Logan Sent to Supersede Thomas Battle Begins.

Chapter 30. Hood s Invasion of Tennessee Pursuit of Hood 660 Pursuit of Confederates Pontoon Train on Wrong Road Hood Escapes.

Chapter 31. March to Huntsville A Month of Idleness 677 Wilson and Wood Urge Continued Activity Fourth Corps at Huntsville Thomas s Army Scattered Fourth Corps Sent . to Nashville by Mistake.

Chapter 32. Movement Up the Tennessee 693 Cavalry Raid Into Fourth Corps to Knoxville Thence to Greenville – Lee’s Surrender Lincoln s Assassination Move to Nashville.

Chapter 33. At Nashville Preparing for Texas Campaign 715 Willich in Command of Brigade Fourth Corps Ordered to Sheridan Instructions for Texas Campaign Embarkation for Texas.

Chapter 34. Conditions in Texas and Movement to New Orleans 733 French Invasion in Mexico Part of Rebellion Large Army for Texas Overtures of Confederates to Imperialist Government of Mexico Voyage to New Orleans.

Chapter 35 Texas Campaign From New Orleans to San Antonio... .754 Mouth of Mississippi Incidents of Voyage Landing Terrible Night March to Green Lake Mutinous Conduct of Some Troops March to San Antonio.

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Chapter 36. Texas Campaign Conditions Along Rio Grande 769 Cavalry March Across Texas Operations Along Rio Grande Activity of Confederate Generals Grant s Views on Mexican Situation Willich Leaves Brigade Muster Out.

Chapter 37. Journey from San Antonio Home 788 March to Indianola Embarks for New Orleans Arrival Embarks for Cairo Arrival To Columbus Arrival Final Discharge.

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