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- A “Bird of Evil Omen”
- Rosecrans Was Determined to Hold Chattanooga
- James A. Longstreet’s Bold Plan
- Protected by The Mountains?
- Many of The Draught Animals Died on The Treacherous Trip
- “Fighting Joe” Wheeler
- Wheeler Spent The Day Weeding Out Soldiers Deemed Unfit For Duty
- The Struggle Included Gun Fire, Swordplay, and Hand-To-Hand Combat
- The Rebels Secured 587 Men, 250 Horses, and Much Needed Stores
- A Debatable Success?
Of the two preliminary statements, those of Rosecrans and Dana, concerning the fight of September 19-20 outside Chattanooga, Tenn., the latter was given more attention and credibility. Charles A. Dana, a former managing editor for Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune, had found favor with the secretary of war, Edwin M. Stanton, early in the national c...
True to form, the 46-year-old North Carolina native and West Point graduate did not exploit the situation created by his victory by rushing the disorganized and dispirited Union defenders out of their fortified camp while they were isolated from any friendly aid. Instead, Bragg spent the week of September 23-29 throwing Confederate pickets around t...
Longstreet’s plan was that the army cross to the north bank of the Tennessee River above the Union-held city and cut Rosecrans’ communications and supply lines leading back to Nashville. Being thus isolated from reinforcements and provisions, Longstreet reasoned the enemy would have to abandon Chattanooga or starve in place. The South Carolinian, r...
By the third year of the war, Chattanooga’s residents, then about 5,000, thought their isolated mountain location would shield them from the ravages of the coming conflict. On the contrary, the town’s position on the Tennessee River and the rail lines radiating from it made the place the “Gateway to the South.” Occupation by the Union would sever t...
The Union lifeline started at Nashville, ran down the tracks of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad to Stevenson, Ala., and ended its rail trip at Bridgeport. From there all material was convoyed in wagons northeast up the Sequatchie Valley to the town of Jasper, and then on mountain trails (referred to by many who used them as little more than “p...
Having a fair idea of the serious straits his opponents were in, and determined to make the situation worse, Bragg issued orders to his cavalry commander, Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, on September 27 to “cross the Tennessee River and press the enemy, intercept and break-up all his lines of communication and retreat.” In short, Wheeler was to eliminate...
September 30 saw the juncture of Wheeler’s and Forrest’s commands at Cottonport. Wheeler quickly realized that Forrest had not been exaggerating about the state of his men. As he later reported, “The three brigades from General Forrest were mere skeletons, scarcely averaging 500 effective men each. They were badly armed, and had but a small supply ...
Before them the Confederates beheld an enormous number of white canvas-topped Union wagons stretching for miles along the rutted rocky path that passed for a road. Fanned out along both flanks of the wagon train was a protective screen of cavalry and infantry. Wheeler immediately formed his troopers for battle and sent them forward at the charge. C...
After traveling most of the 3rd, the next day, October 4, Wharton’s men prepared to capture the Federal supply depot at McMinnville as they awaited Wheeler’s appearance. By noon, after a Confederate demand for the town’s capitulation, the garrison commander, Major Michael L. Patterson, surrendered. As a result, the Rebels bagged 587 men, 250 horses...
Was Wheeler’s Sequatchie Valley Raid a success? On the one hand the feat netted the Confederates over 2,000 prisoners, nearly 1,000 enemy wagons, and hundreds of mules destroyed, as well as millions of dollars of enemy property captured or burned. Nine days after the conclusion of the expedition, and partly due to it and his inability to prevent th...
Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler (September 10, 1836 – January 25, 1906) was a military commander and politician of the Confederate States of America.
Jan 12, 2024 · Key facts about General Joseph Wheeler, a prominent Confederate cavalry commander during the American Civil War, who also represented Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms, and led U.S. forces during the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American Insurrection.
- Harry Searles
When war broke out between the United States and Spain in 1898, President William McKinley, in a move to help heal the wounds of the Civil War and reunite North and South, appointed a number of former Confederate officers to command volunteer units. One of these former rebels was Joseph Wheeler, popularly known as “Fighting Joe.”
A cold rain was falling as Confederate Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler led his brigade of horse soldiers north from the Confederate position at Stones River at midnight on December 29, 1862.
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Jun 12, 2006 · Joseph Wheeler first gained the notice of his superiors as a Confederate lieutenant colonel at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862. After fighting all day, he led his men, who were out of ammunition, in a bayonet attack against Union artillerymen defending Pittsburg Landing.
