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Battles About Chattanooga, Tenn., November 23-25, 1863 Chickainaiiga and Chattanooga National Military Park Commission. BATTLES ABOUT CHATTANOOGA, TENN., November 23-25, 1803. ORCHARD KNOB, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, MISSIONARY RIDGE. ORGANIZATION OF THE NION FORCES (COMMANDED BY MAJ. GEN. U. S. GRANT) AND OF THE CONFEDERATE FORCES (COMMANDED BY GENERAL BRAXTON BRAGG). Compiled by H. V. BOYNTON, Assistant In Historical Work. Kostw from Official llecords, War ot' tlie KeUeiliou, WASHINGTON^: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1893. ^.sCIiickaiiiaiiga and Cliattaiioop National Military Park Coiiiiiiission. BATTLES ABOUT CHATTANOOGA, TENN., November 23-li5, 18G;3. ORCHARD KNOB, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, MISSIONARY RIDGE. ORGANIZATION OF THE UNION FORCES (COMMANDED BY MAJ. GEN. U. S. GRANT) AND OF THE CONFEDERATE FORCES (COMMANDED BY GENERAL BRAXTON BRAGG). Compiled by H. V. BOTNTON, Assistant in Historical Work. Koster from Official Kecords, "VVar of the Kebellion, WASHINGTOT^: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1893. / ^ -.'ORGAMZATION OF THE FORCES U^^DER COMMAND OF MAJ. GEN. ULYSSES ^' S. GRANT, U. S. ARMY. ENGAGED IN THE BATTLES ABOUT CHATTANOOGA, NOVEMBER 23-25, im. General Grant was aRsi,j:;iie(l to the IMilitary Division of tlie Missis- sippi, comprising- tlie I)e[)art!nents of Ohio, the Cuinberhiud, and the Tennessee, October 10, ISG.'i. He arrived at Cliattanooga on the 2.3d. General Rosecrans had been sncceeded in the command of the Army of the Cnmberland on the 19th by General Thomas. The advance of the Eleventh and Twelfth Oorps from the Army of the Potomac reached Bridgeport September 30. The advance of General Sherman's column of fonr divisions of the Army of the Tennessee reached Lookout Val- ley November 18. General Grant h;id under his command for the battle of Chattanooga the Army of the Cumberland, General George H. Thomas; the Eleventii and Twelfth Corps, General Joseph Hooker, and four divisions of the Army of the Tennessee, General W. T. Sherman. General Hooker's command was assigned to the Army of the Cumber- land. ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas. GENERAL HEADQUARTERS. 1st Ohio'Sliarpsbooters, Capt. Gershom M. Barber. 10th Ohio Infantry, Lieut. Col. William M. Ward. The A-rmy of the Cumberland reached Chattanooga from Eossville during the night of September 21, 18G3, and the early morning of the 22d, and immediately began to intrench its position around the town. Early in October the army was reorganized by the consolidation of the Twentieth and Twenty- first Corps into the Fourth. General Gordon Granger was assigned to the command of theFourth, and GeneralJoliniM. Palmer to the command of tlie Fourteenth. The Eleventh (Howard) and Twelfth (Slocum) Corps, under General Joseph Hooker, were assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. General W. S. Rosecrans was relieved from command October 19th, and (rcneral Thomas succeeded him. The artillery reserve consisted of two divisions, commanded by General John M. Brannan. Two brigades of engineer troops were commanded by General W. F. Smith, Chief Engineer. Only one brigade of cavalry (eight regiments), under command of Col Eli Long, was retained with the army. The post of Chattanooga Avas commanded by Col. John G. Parkharst. General Joseph J. lleynolds was made chief of staff. 3 FOURTH ABMT CORPS. Maj. Gen. GORDON Granger. This corps was organized at Chattanooga, after the battle of Chicka- niaiiga, by consolidating the Twentieth and Twenty first Corps and iuhliiig a portion of tlie Keserve (^orps. It was composed of the divis- ions of Criift (First), Sheridan (Sec<nid), and Wood (Third). In the battle Crnft's division was with Hooker in the storming of Lookout on the 24th of November and in carrying the S(mth end of Missionary Eidge on the 2.~>th. Wood's and Slieriibiii's divisions carried Orchard Knob and Indian Hill on the altcrnoon of the 2.'3<1, and reversed and held the enemy's works on tliat line nntil the alternoon of the 25th, when these divisions, with Sheridan oa the right, formed the center of the line for tln^ storming of .Missionary Kidge, Sheridan in this assault having Johnson's division of the Fourteenth Corps on his right and Wood having Baird's division of the Fourteenth C(nps on his left. In the battle Sheridan's and W(iod*s divisions of the Fourth Corps, supported by the Eleventh Corps on the left and Baird's division of the Fourteenth Corps in reserve on the right, carried Orchard Knob and Iiulian Hill to the south of it, constituting the enemy's central line throngh the ])lain, in the afternoon of November 23. November 24 Hooker's forces in Lookout Valley, consisting of (ieary's division of the Twelfth Corps, Crntt's of the 'Fourth, and Osterhaus' of the Fif- teenth, carried Lookout .Mountain. On the 2ath these forces advanced to liossville (lap and carried the south end of Missionary Ridge in the afternoon of that day. At 3.15 ]>. m. of the 25tli .b)hnson's, Sheridan's Wood's, and ISaird's divisions, formed from right to left in the order named, starting from the central line captured on the 2od, assaulted and carried first the enemy's ritie-pits at the base of the llidge, and innnediately thereafter the central line of ^Missionary Eidge for a dis- tance of three miles. Tlie whole movement occupied a little over an hour, and the captures were 40 guns and about 2,000 prisoners. FIRST DIVISION (FOURTH CORPS).* Brig. Gen. Chaklks Ckuft. ESCORT. 92d Illinois, Comi>auy E, Caiit. Mathew Van lUiskirk. Second liriijade. Third Urit/ade. Brig. Gen. Walter C. WnriAKER. Col. WlM,I.\M GuoSK. 96th Illinois: 59tli Illinois, Maj. Clayton Jlale. Col. Tlionias E. ('Iiain]ii()n. T.^th Illinois, C(d. .lohii E. I'.enuett. Maj. (icoijio Hicks. sail Illinois. Col. Louis H. Waters. ?>k)\\\ Indiana. Col Htiiianl F. Mullen. !'th Indi.'iiia. Col. Isaac C. B. Sniiian. 8tli Kentucky, Col. Sidney M. IJarnes. :i(lth Indiana, Maj. (iilbert Truster. 4()th Ohio, Col. .lacoli E. Tavlor. 24th Ohio, Capt. George M. Bacon. 51st Ohio, Lieut. Col. Charles H. Wood. 99th Ohio, Lieut. Col. John E. Cummins. 'The Fir.st Brigade and Battery M, Hli IT. S. Artillery. Col. D. A. Enyart. coni- inan<lin,<,s at Bridgt'iMUt. Ala. ; the One hundre<l an<l liltcenth Illinois and Kiglity- fourth Indiana, of the Second i'.rigadc and I'iftii Indiana Battery, at .Shellniound, Tenn.. and the riiirlieth Iii<liaii:i and Seveut v-seventli Pennsvlvania, of the Third Brigade, and Battery H, Fourth V. S. Artillery, at Whitesidcs^ Teun. :: 6 The Second and Tliird Riigadcs of tliis division reported to General Hooker, iu Lookout Vallcyi Iroin Shellmomid aii<l Wliitesidcs, respect- ively, in tlie afternoon of Noveiiibei- !33. At daylii^lit of the L'-ttli, Wliitaker's brigade was sent to General Geary, at \Vauliatcliie, crossed Lookout Creek nuder liis coiuuiand, and took part witU Geary's line in the successful assault on the mountain. Grose's brigade was sent at first to the bridges, near the moutli of Lookout Creek, and later four regiments of the brigade crossed half a mile further up the creek and joined (ieary's left. The remaining two regiments fought along the tuiiii>ike, crossing the i)oint of the mountain. At daylight of the 25th a detachment of the Eighth Kentucky, of Whitaker's brigade, climbed the palisades to the highest i)oint of the mountain and unfurled their Hag" at sunrise from the i)oint. On the 2r)th, the division moved with (Jeneral Hooker's command to Rossville, carried the south end of Missionary Kidge, and continued to press northward along the crest, with Osterhaus' division on the right, east of the TJidge, and Geary's on the left, west of the Ridge, until the position was abandoned by the enemy. SECOND DIVISION (FOURTH CORPS). Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan. First Brigade. Third Brigade. Col. Francis T. Sherman. Col. Charles G. Harker. 3Gtli Illinois: 22d Illinois, Lieut. Col. Francis Swan- Col. Silas Miller.* wick. Tjient. Col. Porter C. Olson. 27th Illinois, Col. Jonathan R. Miles. 44tli Illinois, Col. \Vallace W. Barrett 42d Illinois: 73cl Illinois, tkil. James F. .Jaqueas. Col. Nathan H.Walworth.* 74tli Illinois, Col. Jason M.arsh. ('ai>t. Edgar D. Swain. 88tli Illinois, Lient. Col. George W. 51st Illinois: Chandler. Mnj. Chiuies W. Davis. 22d Indiana, Col. Michael Gooding. Capt. Albert M. Tilton. 2d Missouri 79th Illinois, Col. Allen Buckner. Col. Bernard Laiboldt.* 3d Kentucky, Col. Henry C. Dunlap. Lieut. Col. Arnold 15eck. 64tli Ohio, Col. Alexander Mcllvain. 15th Missouri: 65th Ohio, Lieut.Col. William A. Bullitt. Col. .Joseph Conrad. 125th Ohio: Cajjt. Samuel Kexinger. Col. Emerson Opdycke.* 24th Wisconsin, M.nj. Carl von Banm- Capt. Edward P. Bates. bach. Stcond Brigade. Artillery. Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner. Capt. Warren P. Edgarton. 100th Illinois, Maj. Charles M.Hannnond. 1st Illinois Light, Battery M, Capt. 15th Indiana George W. Spencer. Cx)l. Gustavus A. Wood.* 10th Indiana Battery, Capt. William A. Maj. Frank White. Naylor. Capt. Benjamin F. Hegler. 1st Missouri laglit, Battery G, Lieut. 40th Indiana, Lieut. Col. Elias ^eff. Gustavus Schueler. 51st Indiana, ^ Lieut. Col. John M. Com- 1st Ohio Liglit, Battery I,t Capt. Hu- paret. bert Dilger. 57th Indiana, Lieut. Col. Geoigo W.Len- 4th United States, Battery G,t Lieut. nard. Christoper F. Merkle. 58th Indiana, Lieut. Col. Josiiph Moore. 5tli United States, Battery H,| Capt. 26th Ohio, Lieut. Col. William 11. Yonng. Francis L. Guenthcr. 97th Ohio, Lieut. Col. Milton Barnes. * Temporarily in command of a demi-brigade. 1 Between Nashville and Chattanooga en route to join brigade. t Temporarily attached. : 6 For sometime before the battle this division ocriipied the fortifications of Clinttanoojin from Fort Nejiley to a point near Fort Wood.
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