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Mills were found and appropriated, and grists were awaiting our coming. Engineers, millers and me- chanics were detailed from the ranks of the army, for . it was created from the industrial pursuits. A grand- er army of men was never marshaled upon the field . of battle than marched forth to the defense of this Union. They were invincible, and the cause for which they contended they knew was just.
War at times has been cruel and unrelenting, and would seem unwarranted amid its devastations and in- human slaughter of unprotected and helpless inno- cents, and unlimited appropriation of precious life and treasure; but in these throes great principles affecting man's destiny have been settled, and a new impetus has been given to the onward march and development of human civilization.
Not the smallest of the issues that crowned the war was the emancipation of four millions of slaves in these United States of America, giving a more forcible emphasis to the couplet, ours is, "The land of the free and home of brave." "The emancipation proclamation" by Abraham Lincoln, was one of the most grandly inspired productions issued in this coun-
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try of ours since the Declaration of American Inde- pendence by our patriotic fathers.
Human slavery stood up as a mighty Gibralter to obstruct the onward progress of American enterprise and civilization. So enormous had grown the evil of this institution that it was becoming intolerable, and the anti-slavery sentiment rapidly increased in strength and courage.
For thirty years the trouble had been brewing and the clouds gathering, and the storm rolled on; and our American Congress was the chief scene of the con- troversy. Pro-slavery men demanded protection and more territory, while the advocates of anti slavery principles yielded at times for the sake of peace; but by and by patience ceased to be a virtue; the question could not be settled by arguments in debate, or concil- iatory measures. We had reached the culmination; the lovers of freedom resolved thus far shalt thou go and no farther, "and let thy proud waves be stayed."
At the close of IS60, Fort Sumpter was still incom- plete, but few guns being mounted. A United States garrison, numbering 109 men, of whom only sixty-three were combatants, under Major Robert Anderson, occupied Fort Moultrie.
On the night of December 26th, Major Anderson, learning that the secessionists had made preparations to capture Fort Moultrie and seize the other fortifica- tions near Charleston, transferred his force to Fort Sumpter. Here he mounted fifty-two of his lighter guns. South Carolina assumed the air of Plenipoten-
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tiary, and demanded the surrender of all the forts in the State. This President Buchanan refused, and Fort Sumpter was virtually in a state of siege.
On April 11th, General Beauregard demanded the immediate surrender of the fort.
Major Anderson at once refused to comply, hoping reinforcements would reach him by the 15th, when Beauregard responded that he would open fire upon the almost helpless band at half-past four on the morn- ing of the 12th of April, which he did; causing se- rious damage, but no one hurt. However, provisions and ammunition being almost exhausted, the evacua- .tion of the fort was agreed upon on the afternoon of the 13th, and on the 14th Major Anderson marched out with flying colors. This was in fact the first real engagement of the war. But after many marches and battles, and months and years had passed, we look again, and on April 15th, 1865, just four years after the surrender, the Union flag, the same which had been lowered in 1861, was again formally raised over the dilapidated walls of Fort Sumpter.
How often were the hearts of the Union soldiers cheered, when news came from the distance of victory to our arms, and the music broke out along the line, when foot sore and weary from severe and long con- tinued marches, loss of sleep, and short rations, well nigh driving them into an indifference as to whether they survived or not.
Do you not remember the 4th of July, 1863, while marching along the banks of Elk river, perhaps about
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mid afternoon, the moving army was ordered to halt; many of us knew not why, but the suspense was soon relieved, as the orderlies swept by on their flying steeds announcing in their flight the victory at Vicks- burg, that Pemberton had surrendered to Grant, thus opening up the Mississippi river for navigation to the Union army. A more potent victory could hardly have attended our noble army in the southwest. It was the key that unlocked the Mississippi river, according to the words of General Pemberton him- self, who in reply to General Johnson, who advised the evacuation of Vicksburg, said: "I have decided to hold Vicksburg as long as possible, with the firm hope that the government may yet be able to assist me in keeping this obstruction to the enemy's free naviga- tion of the Mississippi river. I still conceive it to be the most important point in the Confederacy."
Yet, notwithstanding his cherished hopes, on the morning of that memorable 4th of July, he declared himself to be free and independent of Vicksburg, and he was quickly superseded by General Grant; and his army of 27,000 gray coats gave place to the Boys in Blue.
An incident or two recurs in which our own regi- ment was interested, in regard to General Willich, whom we all regarded as a brave and faithful soldier and commander. Like General Grant, his speeches . were not very numerous nor lengthy. Our regiment was encamped at Fort Wood, Chattanooga; prepara- tions were being made for the attack upon Mission
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Ridge, lying immediately in front of us. The brigade was ordered into line by regiments. The old General was urging the great necessity of courage, that the lines be well closed up, and that no man desert his post; and in his quaint German way, he said, "If any man runs, shoot him down; better one man die, than all go .. to the dogs."
Again, after the desperate fight at Mission Ridge, when we had gone on and on, scaled and taken the ridge, to the surprise and beyond the expectation of the commanding officers, (according to the congratu- latory letter of General T. J. Wood to the troops the following day), the boys were seated in groups review- ing the events of the day, and rejoicing over the vic- tory gained, surrounded both by the rebel and our own dead and dying. Willich passed along, visiting one group and then another in succession, and said, " Well, boys, cheer up, the war is almost over now; a little while and we'll all go home; then I'll come around and drink coffee with you and your vives."
Much of the important military history of the 68th is connected with the battles of Chicamauga, Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain. The former took place September 19th and 20th, 1863, which inducted us into Chattanooga by the skin of our teeth. The latter, November 23d, 24th and 25th, which raised the siege and opened our way to Knoxville and East Tennessee, and cleared our entire front on the south and east.
A grander and more imposing scene perhaps was never witnessed, than that seen upon the summit and
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slopes of Lookout from dusk until midnight, as Hook- er with his 10,000 stealthily pushed his way up the hights, over craggy cliffs. On, on, went the forlorn hope. The God of nature had provided a dense fog, which covered the sides of the mountain, concealing our movements from the enemy, and the Confederates were completely taken by surprise; and after the evening's entertainment and fireworks, they abandon- ed their position with a loss of 2,000 prisoners; while Hooker and his troops encamped for the night upon the upper part of the slope which he had won, and lay down to pleasant dreams. This was one of the most hazardous and yet successful strategic feats of the war.
We recall the days of Thermopyla with its narrow defile, and Leonidas with his chosen band of 300 Spar- tans, and a few hundred Thespians and Thebans. This small host fought till Leonidas and well nigh all his followers were killed, and none left to tell the story. But a different sequel attaches to the "battle above the clouds," for these, too, bravely fought, and stood their ground and triumphed gloriously, and lived to fight another day.
Sad duties and experiences to the soldier were not uncommon. Yet it was necessary to nerve himself for the most unpleasant task. The evening shades of November 25, 1863, terminated the battle of Mission Ridge. A comrade brave and true had fallen. The materials and conveniences for burial were not at hand, as we could wish, and as the noble dead deserved.
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To bury a comrade dear as we would a dumb brute seemed repulsive and horrible, but as there was no other choice, and necessity is the mother of invention, we gathered about our dead comrade who had fallen near the summit of the ridge and close on to the ene - my's fortifications, bore him away in the arms of his .. 'associates to the newly-made grave, wrapped in his own soldier's blanket, as a winding sheet; not even a . rude box could then be obtained, in which to place . the lifeless remains; so we lowered him into the grave with feelings of deep sorrow over the loss of so brave a soldier, and slowly covered the body out of sight. No display, nor military honors, muffled drum, re- versed arms and burial salute were afforded upon the occasion. We had no time for this.
"The soul of one had fled ; Tread lightly, comrades, ye have laid His dark locks on his brow, Like life, save deeper light and shades ;
We'll not disturb them now.
Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But left him-alone in his glory."
In a quarter-centennial address I should not dwell simply upon the events and experiences during the war; yet I confess to you, when I turned my mind to it, the entire three years service and many events of the war open out before me like a panorama. And out of the many things that could be told I hardly
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knew what to select, where to begin, and still more embarrassed where to end.
The passing from civil life to the military was a transition involving great importance, and weighed largely not only in deciding the destiny of a Nation, but in moulding the destiny of the individual as well.
Some seemed to regard the soldier's life as neces- sary demoralization, and hence an abandonment of all principles and course of conduct true and noble. Some dared even to predict for the citizen soldiery the life of wholesale murder and highway robbery, and that the disbandment of the army would be but the liberating of a band of unmerciful cut-throats, pirates and thieves, libertines and drunkards. A more unkind, shameful and unworthy prophecy was never conceived.
Never did any country under the shining sun in so short a time marshal an army to the defense of her flag, her borders and her firesides, composed of men so full of downright manhood, loyalty and devotion to a country, nor perhaps where so large a per cent. maintained their moral integrity. And when the time came for discharging the army and returning those who survived to their homes and peaceful pursuits, it was effected with as much ease as the dismissing of a public school. The soldier again became the citizen; the sword was beaten into a plow-share and the spear into the pruning-hook; the anvil and the plane, the counting-room and the various industrial pursuits now became their occupation.
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And many a noble brave, like a bird let loose after a long confinement, fairly flew to your retreat, where his mind had mostly been during the intervening months and years, and many a maiden's heart did bound with joy in posssesion of her soldier boy.
You are well aware that the three or four years service in the war occupied the best and most impor- tant period in the history of many of our countrymen.
Homes, families, business, preparations for life's work, pursuit of studies-all these could not well be forsaken, even temporarily. But what were all these without a country? Patrick Henry, in the closing sentence of that memorable speech, exclaimed "give me liberty, or give me death." Hence, at one general signal went forth the farmer, mechanic, merchant, lawyer, physician, student, artist, miner, poet, banker, philanthropist and christian, to offer their lives, if need be, to save their country, or
"To fight till the last armed foe expires, Fight for their altars and their fires, Fight for the green graves of their sires, God and their Native Land."
Hence the interruption in life's plans, and results could never be atoned for, and the majority perhaps physically are not to-day what they would have been, only for the exposure and extreme military service; and the $60,000,000 annually disbursed to our suffering heroes is worthily bestowed, and perhaps our govern- ment will not have done full justice to her brave
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defenders until the entire roll of Federal soldiers is embraced in the pension list.
But what hath been wrought in this quarter of a century? Every one of us is just twenty-five years older. Many of us have a wife; we hadn't then. An interesting family; we hadn't then. Some of you are " grandfathers; you weren't then. You eyes were bright, clear and strong. You could take deadly aim on a rebel 1,000 yards away: you are wearing spec- tacles now. Your faces and heads were covered then . with hair, raven black or blood red, but you are getting badly frosted now. So changed are we all that it is with difficulty we recognize each other. You are not fit for war now; your eyes are too dim. You could not bear a musket; your teeth are gone, and you couldn't bite a cartridge. The heads of some of you are too bare to endure the winters, such as that New Year's day of IS64, at Strawberry Plains.
A new generation has been born, grown up to manhood and cast a vote for President of these United States, since you and I were mustered into the mili- tary service of this country. A reconstruction of all the States in rebellion has been effected, and the stars and stripes is the national ensign over every foot of land in this broad domain. The West and South have opened their doors, and emigration has poured in by the multiplied thousands, homesteads have been en- tered, and claims laid and proven, and the resources of the far West are being developed by the persistent toil of ex-soldiers. Turn where you will, into every
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line of business, trade and profession, and you will find those who have a military record of which they are proud, and influential members of society.
An organization has sprung up, composed of hon- ored veterans, the Grand Army of the Republic, which is a potent factor in this country, and should open rebellion break out, would stand ready any morning at the sound of the bugle to wheel into line and quell the invader.
I appeal to you, are these men found to be the de- moralizing elements of society, let loose upon the country to poison and devour? Nay, verily; but rather the bones and sinew, the brains and heart, the warp and woof of this Republic.
As Bartholdi's statue representing the Goddess of Liberty stands proudly upon its pedestal in Bedloe's Island, guarding the entrance to New York harbor. exhibiting the extraordinary genius and enterprise of our age, and expressive of the international fraternity which now prevails, so stand the Union soldiers. Noble sentinels, harmless, yet true by their past hero- 'ism in war and devotion to law and order in peace, seem to reflect the sentiment-" Peace on earth, good will to men." Comrades, at our first quarter-centen- nial I greet you, but not all. Arrange yourselves as for an evening dress parade. Every man from colonel to private in his proper place. Now shall the roll be called. No, no: a scene would be presented too sad for contemplation. How many are missing! Only think, Colonel King has dropped out from the head of the
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column. Espy is missing. Wooden no longer min- isters to the sick, and the low but sincere prayers of Monfort are hushed in death. Wheeler, quick as a flash and brave enough for any danger, fills a soldier's grave. What of the other commissioned officers? Some are gone. Then follows a longer list of ser- geants and corporals, who are numbered with the dead; and last, but not least, the many in the ranks who bravely fought, evincing a courage and deter- mination equal to any in ancient warfare. Their bodies rest in different cemeteries North and South. Do we say of them they are dead? Are they not only sleeping? They speak to us to-day; they are too noble to die. They are ever remembered by what they have done. A soldier brave and true, who now himself has gone, conceived the thought of perpetuating the mem- ory of the Union soldiers by an annual decoration of their graves with choice and beautiful flowers, and now this day, of all the days in the year, in our Nation is the most interesting. We spend one day at least in every twelve months with our departed heroes. Thus are
"Covered the thousands who sleep far away- Sleep where their friends can not find them to-day ; They who in mountain and hillside and dell Rest where they wearied, and lie where they fell. Softly the grass blades creep round their repose. Sweetly above them the wild floweret blows ; Zephyrs of freedom fly gently o'er head, Whispering prayers for the patriot dead; So in our minds we'll name them once more, So in our hearts we'll cover them o'er.
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Roses and lilies and violets blue, Bloom in our hearts for the brave and true ; Think of those far-away heroes of ours, And cover them over with beautiful flowers.
When the long years have rolled slowly away, E'en to the dawn of earth's funeral day, When the archangel's trumpet and tread, Raise up the faces and forms of the dead, When the great world its last judgment awaits, When the blue sky shall swing open the gates, And our long columns march silently through, Past the Great Captain for final review, Then from the blood that has flowed for the right, Crowns shall spring upward, untarnished and bright ; Then the glad ears of each war-martyred son Proudly shall hear the good tidings, well done ; God will reward these dead heroes of ours, And cover them over with beautiful flowers."
Comrades, we soon again shall give the parting hand and enter upon another quarter-centennial. Some may reach that distant mile stone, and a few trembling and time-worn veterans may surround this old flag, to recount their victories and cheer each other onward; but to most perchance, when August 19, 1912, shall come, they will be silently sleeping the sleep of death; but let us not grow melancholy on this account. Ever remember life is real, life is earnest. Let us make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us foot- prints in the sands of time. Stand by the old flag of the Union. Never permit it to be trailed in the dust by the hand of vile traitors; ever be faithful to the highest principles of true manhood, which will add
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strength and perpetuity to our goverment, giving power at home and influence abroad, against commun- ism, anarchism, socialism and nihilism, which would seek to undermine and destroy good government. Thus may we be in all the future a beacon light to the nations of the world, the land of the free and home of the brave.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
The following was the organization of the Army of the Cumberland before the battle of Chicamauga, Georgia, September 19 and 20, 1863:
MAJ .- GEN. W. S. ROSECRANS, Commanding Army.
Headquarters Guards .- 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 10th Ohio In- fantry, 1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters.
TWENTIETH ARMY CORPS.
MAJ .- GEN. A. McD. McCook. FIRST DIVISION. BRIG .- GEN. JEFF. C. DAVIS.
First Brigade .- Col. P. S. Post, 22d Ind., 59th Ills., 74th Ills., 75th Ills. Second Brigade .- Gen. W. P. Carlin, 21st and 38th Ills., 15th Wisconsin, 101st Ohio. Third Brigade .- Col. H. C. Heg, 81st Ind., 25th and 35th Ills., Sth Kan. Artillery .- 5th Wis., 8th Wis., 2d Minn. Batteries.
SECOND DIVISION. BRIG. GEN. R. W. JOHNSON.
First Brigade .- Gen. Aug. Willich. 15th and 49th Ohio, 32d and 39th Ind., 15th Ohio, $9th Ills. Second Brigade .- Col. J. B. Dodge, 77th Penn., 29th and 30th Ind., 34th and 79th Is. Third Brigade .- Col. P. P. Baldwin, 6th Ind .. Ist and 93d Ohio and 5th Ky. Cavalry. Artil- lery .- Battery A, Ist Ohio, 20th Ohio, 5th Ind.
THIRD DIVISION. MAJ .- GEN. P. H. SHERIDAN.
First Brigade .- Gen. W. H. Lytle, 36th and sstb Ills., 24th Wis., 21st Mich. Second Brigade .- Col. B. Laiboldt, 2d and 15th Mo., With and 73d Ills. Third Brigade .- Col. L. P. Bradley, 22d, 27th, 42d and 51st INs. Artillery .- Battery 11. 2nd Ind .. G. Ist Mo., C, Ist Ils.
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· FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS.
MAJ .- GEN. GEORGE H. THOMAS.
Escort .- Co. L, Ist Ohio Cavalry. Provost Guard .- 9th Mich. Infantry.
FIRST DIVISION. BRIG .- GEN. A. BAIRD.
First Brigade .- Col. B. F. Scribner, 38th Ind., 2d, 33d and 94th Ohio, 10th Wisconsin. Second Brigade .- Gen. J. C. Starkweather, Ist and 21st Wis., 24th Ills., 79th Penn. Third Brigade .- Gen. J. H. King, 15th, 16th, 19th U. S. Infantry; 1st Battalions 18th, ditto, Ist and 2d. Artillery .- Ist Michigan, 4th Ind,, Battery H, 5th U. S. A.
SECOND DIVISION. MAJ .- GEN. J. S. NEGLEY.
First Brigade .- Gen. John Beatty, 42d and 88th Ind., 3d Ohio, 15th Ky., 104th Ills. Second Brigade. - Col. T. R. Stanley, 18th and 69th Ohio, 19th Ills., 11th Mich. Third Brigade .- Col. W. Sirwell, 78th Penn., 21st and 74th Ohio, 37th Ind. Artillery .- Batteries A and M, Ist Ohio, Bridge's Battery Ills. Light Art.
THIRD DIVISION. BRIG .- GEN. J. M. BRANNON.
First Brigade .- Col. John M. Connell, 17th, 31st and 38th Ohio, 82d Ind. Second Brigade .- Col. John P. Croxton, 4th and 10th Ky., 10th and 74th Ind., 14th Ohio. Third Brigade .- Col. F. Vanderveer, 9th and 35th Ohio, 2d Minn., 87th Ind. Artillery .- 4th Mich., Battery (, Ist Ohio, Battery I, 4th U. S. A.
FOURTH DIVISION. MAJ .- GEN. J. J. REYNOLDS.
First Brigade .- Col. J. T. Wilder, 17th and 72d Ind., 92d. 98th and 123d Ills. Second Brigade .- Col. Ed. A. King, 68th, 75th and 101st Ind., 80th Ills., 105th Ohio. Third Brigade .- Gen. J. B. Turchin, 11th, 36th. 89th and 92d Ills. Artillery,-18th, 19th and 21st Ind. Batteries.
TWENTY-FIRST ARMY CORPS.
MAJ .- GEN. T. L. CRITTENDEN.
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BRIG .- GEN. T. J. WOOD.
First Brigade .- Col. Geo. P. Buell, 26th Ohio, 58th Ohio, 18th Mich., 100th Ills. Second Brigade .- Gen. G. D. Wagner, 15th, 40th, 51st. 57th Ind., 197th Obio. Third Brigade .- Col. C. G. Harker. 3d Ky., 64th, 65th and 125th Ohio, Bd Ind. Artillery .- Sth and 10th Ind., and 6th Ohio Batteries.
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SECOND DIVISION. MAJ .- GEN. J. M. PALMER.
First Brigade .- Gen. Charles Craft, Ist and 2d Ky., 31st Ind., 90th Ohio. Second Brigade .- Gen. W. B. Hazen, 41st and 124th Ohio, 6th Ky., 9th Ind., 110th Ills. Third Brigade .- Col. W. Grose, 36th Ind., 6th and 24th Ohio, 23d Ky., 84th Ill. Artillery .- Battery B and 21st Ohio, and M and H 4th U. S. Art.
THIRD DIVISION. BRIG .- GEN. H. P. VAN CLEVE.
First Brigade .- Gen. S. Beatty, 9th. 17th Kentucky, 19th Ohio, 79th Ind. Second Brigade .- Col. Geo. F. Dick, 44th, 86th Ind. 13th, 59th Ohio. Third Brigade .- Col. S. M. Barnes, 51st, 99th Ohio, 35th Ind., 8th, 21st Ky. Artillery .- 26th Penn., 3d Wisconsin, 7th Ind.
RESERVE CORPS. MAJ .- GEN. GORDON GRANGER.
Escort .- Co. F, Ist Mo. Cavalry.
FIRST DIVISION. BRIG .- GEN. JAMES B. STEEDMAN.
First Brigade .- Gen. W. C. Whittaker, 40th Ohio, 84th Ind., 96th and 115th Ills. Second Brigade .- Col. J. G. Mitchell, 98th, 113th and 121st Ohio, 78th Ills. Third Brigade .- Col. John Coburn, 33d, 85th Ind., 22d Wis., 19th Mich. Artillery .- 9th and ISth Ohio, M Ist Ills.
SECOND DIVISION. BRIG .- GEN. J. D. MORGAN.
First Brigade .- Col. R. F. Smith, 10th, 16th, 60th Ills., 10th, 14th Mich. Second Brigade .- Col. Dan. M. McCook, 52d Ohio, 85th, 86th and 125th Ills. Third Brigade .- Col. (. C. Doolittle, 18th, 22d Mich., 106th, 108th Ohio. 10th Tenn. Artillery .- 10th Wis., E Ist Ohio, I 2d Ills.
THIRD DIVISION.
BRIG .- GEN. R. S. GRANGER.
First Brigade .- Col. S. D. Bruce, 83d Ills., 13th Wis., 71st, 102d Ohio, 28th Ky. Second Brigade .- Gen. T. D. Ward, 70th Ind., 79th Ohio, 102d, 105th, 129th Ills. Third Brigade .- Gen. J. G. Spears, 3d, 5th and 6th Tenn. Artillery .- H, 2d Ills., 5th Mich., Ist Teun.
CAVALRY. MAJ .- GEN. D. S. STANLEY, (Absent).
BRIG .- GEN. ROB'T. B. MITCHELL., (Commanding). FIRST DIVISION. COL. E. M. MCCOOK.
First Brigade .- Col. A. P. Campbell, Ist Tenn., 2d Mich., 9th Penn. Second Brigade .- Col. O. A. LaGrange, 2d, 4th Ind., 2d, 3d Teun., Ist Wis. Third Brigade .- Col. L. D. Watkins, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Ky., and Battery D. Ist Ohio.
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SECOND DIVISION. BRIG .- GEN. GEORGE CROOK.
First Brigade .- Col. R. H. G. Minty, 7th Penn .. 4th Mich .. 4th U. S., 3d Ind. (Battalion.) Second Brigade .- Col. Eli Long. Ist, 3d, 4th Ohio, 2d Ky. Third Brigade .- col. W. Lowe, 5th Iowa, 10th Ohio, 5th Tenn. Chicago Battery.
UNASSIGNED TROOPS.
Pioneer Brigade .- (Brig .- Gen. J. St. Clair Morton.) 3 Battalions .- Ist Mich. Engineers and Mechanics: 2d Ky. Battery with Engineers and Mechanics; Ist Ky. Battery at Murfreesboro, Tenn .; 12th and 20th Ind. Battery at Nashville, Tenn .; BBth Ind. Battery at Gallatin, Tenn .; Battery C, 2d Ills. at Fort Donelson. Tenn .; 4th Tenn. Cavalry at Nashville, Tenn .; Battalion 8th, Ky. Cavalry at Clarksville, Tenn .
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CONFEDERATE ARMY.
Organization of the Confederate army, Gen. Brax- ton Bragg, commanding, at the battle of Chicamauga, Georgia.
RIGHT WING. LIEUT .- GEN. LEONIDAS POLK. CHEATHAM'S DIVISION. MAJ. GEN. B. F. CHEATHAM.
Jackson's Brigade .- Brig.Gen. J. K. Jackson, Ist Confed. Battalion, 5th Ga., 2d Ga. Battalion, 5th Miss., 8th Miss., Scogin', (Ga.) Battery. Maney's Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. Geo. Maney, Ist Tenn., 27th Tenn., 4th Tenu., 6th Tenn , 9th Tenn., Maney's (Tenn.) Battery, Smith's (Miss.) Battery. Smith's Brigade .- Brig .Gen. Preston Smith, Col. A. J. Vaughn, 11th Tenn., 19th Tenn., 47th Tenn., Bth Tenn., 29th Tenn .. 154th Tenn., Scott's (Tenn.) Battery. Wright's Brigade .- Brig. Gen. M. J. Wright, 8th Tenn., 16th Tenn., 28th Tenn .. 38th fenn., 51st Tenn., 52d Tenn., Carnes' (Tenn.) Battery. Strahl's Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. O. F. Strahl, 4th Tenn., 5th Teun., 19th Tenn., 24th Tenn., 31st Tenn., 33d Stanford's ( Miss.) Battery.
HILL'S CORPS.
LIEUT .- GEN. D. H. HILL. CLEBURNE'S DIVISION. MAJ .- GEN. P. R. CLEBURNE.
Polk's Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. L. E. Polk, Ist Ark., 3d Confed., 5th Confed .. 24 Tenn., 35th Tenn .. 48th Tenn., Calvert's (Tenn.) Battery. Wood's Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. S. A. M. Wood, 16th Ala., 33d Ala., 45th Ala., 32d Miss., 15th Miss., Hankin's Battalion, Semple's (Ala.) Bat- tery. Deshler's Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. James Deshler, Col. R. Q. Mills, 19th Ark., 24th Ark. 6th Tex .. 10th Tex., 15th Tex., 17th Tex., 18th. 24th Tex., 25th Tex., Douglas' (Tex.) Battery.
BRECKINRIDGE'S DIVISION. MAJ .- GEN. JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE.
Helm's Brigate .- Brig .Gen. B. H. Helm, Col. J. H. Lewis, fist. Ala. 24 Kr., 4th Ky., 6th Ky, 9th Ky., Cobb's (Ky.) Battery. Adun's Briagde .- Brig - Gen. Dan't Adios, Col. R. L. Gibson. 321 Ala .. 18th La., 20th La., 16th La., 25th La .. 19th La .. Austin's (La.) Battalion. Slocombe's (Lat.) Battery. Storall's Brigade .- Brig. Gen. M. A. Stov- all, Ist. Fla., 3d Fla .. Ith Fla . 47th Ga., 60th N. Car., Mebane's (Tenn.) Battery.
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WALKER'S DIVISION. MAJ .- GEN. W. H. T. WALKER. BRIG. GEN. S. R. GIST.
Gist's Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. S. R. Gist, Col. P. H. Colquitt, 46th Ga., 8th Ga, Battalion, 16th S. Car., 24th S. Car., Ferguson's (S. Car.) Battery. Ector's Brigade .- Brig. Gen. M. D. Ector, Ala. Battalion, (Stone's), Miss. Battation, (Pound's), 9th Tex., 10th Tex. Cavalry, 14th Tex. Cavalry, 32d Tex. Cavalry, Battery. Wilson's Brigade .- Col. C. C. Wilson, 25th Ga., 29th Ga., 30th Ga., Ist Ga. Battalion, 4th La. Battalion, Battery.
LIDDELL'S DIVISION. BRIG .- GEN. S. J. R. LIDDELL.
Liddell's Brigade .- Col. D. C. Govan, 2d Ark., 15th Ark., 5th Ark., 13th Ark., 6th Ark., 7th Ark., 8th Ark., Ist La., Sweet's ( Miss.) Bat- talion. Walthall's Brigade .- Brig.Gen. E. C. Walthall, 24th Miss .. 27th Miss., 29th Miss., 30th Miss., 34th Miss., Fowler's (Ala.) Battery.
LEFT WING. LIEUT .- GEN. JAMES LONGSTREET. McLAW'S DIVISION. MAJ .- GEN. LAFAYETTE MCLAW. BRIG .- GEN. J. B. KERSHAW.
Kershaw's Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. J. B. Kershaw, 2d S. Car., 3d S. Car .. 7th S. Car., 8 h S. Car., 15th S. Car .. 3d S. Car. Battalion. Wof- ford's Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. W. T. Wofford, 16th Ga., 18th Ga. , 24th Ga., 3d Ga. Battalion, Cobb's (Ga.) Legion, Phillip's (Ga.) Legion. Hunphreys' Brigate. - Bris .- Gen B. 4. Humphreys, 18th Miss, 17th Miss., Isth Miss., 21st Miss. Bryan's Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. Goode Bryan, 10th Ga., 50th Ga., 5Ist Ga., 63d Ga.
HOOD'S DIVISION. MAJ .- GEN. J. B. HOOD. BRIG .- GEN. E. M. LAW.
Law's Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. E. M. Law. Col. Sheffield, 4th Ala., 15th Ala., 44th Ala., 47th Ala .. 48th Ata. Robertson's Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. J. B. Robertson, 3d Ark., 18th Tex., 4th Tex., 5th Tex. Anderson's Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. Geo T. Anderson, 7th Ga., 8th Ga., 9th Ga., 11th Ga., 59th GA. Benning's Brigade .- Brig. Gen. 11. L. Benning, 20 Ga., 15th Ga., 17th Ga., 20th Ga. Artillery .- Maj. Frank Huger, Fickling's ( Va.) Battery, Jordan's (Va.) Battery. Moody's (La.) Battery, Park- er's (Va.) Battery, Taylor's ( Va.) Battery, Woolfolk's ( Va.) Battery.
HINDMAN'S DIVISION. MAJ .- GEN. T. C. HINDMAN. BRIG .- GEN. PATTON ANDERSON.
Anderson's Brigade .- Brig.Gen. Patton Anderson, Col. J. H. Sharp, 7th Miss., 9th Miss .. 10th Miss , 41st. Miss., 44th Miss., 9th Miss. Battalion, Garrity's ( Ma.) Battery. Deas' Brigade .- Brig. Gen. Z. C. Dens, 19th Ala., 224 Ala., 25th Ala. 39th Alar, 50th Ala., 17th Ala. Battalion, Dent's (Aa.) Battery. Mangoult's Brigade. - Brig. Gen. A. M. Manigantt, Stth Ala., 28th Ala., 31th Ala., loth S. Car,, and 19th S. Car. consol., Water's ( Ala.) Battery.
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BUCKNER'S CORPS. MAJ .- GEN. S. B. BUCKNER. STEWART'S DIVISION .. MAJ .- GEN. A. P. STEWART.
Johnson's Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. B R. Johnson, Col. J. S. Fulton, 17th Tenu., 23d Tenn. 25th Tenn., 44th Tenn., 9th Ga. Artillery, Bat- tery E. Brown's Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. J. C. Brown, 18th Tenn., 26th Tenn., 32d Tenn., 45th T'enn., Newman's (Tenn.) Battalion, Dawson's (Ga.) Battery. Bute's Brigade .- Brig. Gen. W. B. Bate, 58th Ala., 37th Ga., 4th Ga Battalion, 15th Tenn. , 37th Tenn., 20th Tenn., Oliver's (Ala.) Artillery. Clayton's Brigade .- Brig.Gen. H. D. Clayton, 18th Ala., 36th Ala., 38th Ata., Humphrey's (Ark.) Battery.
PRESTON'S DIVISION. BRIG .- GEN. WILLIAM PRESTON.
Gracie's Brigade .- Brig. Gen. A. Gracie, Jr., 43d Ala., Ist Ala. Bat- talion, 2d Ala. Battalion, 3d Ala. Battalion, 3d Tenn. Battery. Trigg's Brigade .- Col. R. C. Trigg. Ist Fla. Cavalry, 6th Fla .. 7th Fla., 54th Va., Peeple's (Ga. ) Battery. Kelly's Brigade .- Col. J. H. Kelly, 65th Ga., 5th Ky., 58th N. Car., 63d Va., Battery.
JOHNSON'S DIVISION. BRIG .- GEN. B. R. JOHNSON.
Gregg's Brigade -Brig.Gen. John Gregg, Col. C. A. Sugy, 3d Tenn., 10th Tenn., 30th Tenn .. 41st Tenn., 50th Tenn., Ist. [20th] Tenn. Battalion, 7th Tex., Bledsoe's ( Mo.) Battery. McNair's Brigade .- Brig.Gen. E. McNair, Col. D. Coleman, Ist Ark. Rifles, 2d Ark. Rifles, 4th Ark., 25th Ark., 35th Ark., Culpeper's (S. C.) Battery.
CAVALRY. MAJ .- GEN. JOSEPH WHEELER. WHARTON'S DIVISION. BRIG .GEN. JOHN A. WHARTON. First Brigade .- Col. C. C. Crews 7th Ala., 2d Ga., 3d Ga., 4th Ga. Second Brigade .- Col. T. Harrison. 3d Confederates, Ist Ky., 4th Tenn., 8th Tex., 11th Tex., White's (Ga.) Battery.
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MARTIN'S DIVISION.
BRIG .- GEN. W. T. MARTIN.
First Brigade .- Col. J. T. Morgan, Ist Ala., 3d Ala .. Sist Ala., 8th Confederate. Second Brigade .- Col. A. A. Russell, 4th Ala., Ist Con- federate, Wiggins' ( Ark.) Battery.
RODDEY'S BRIGADE.
BRIG .- GEN. P. D. RODDEY.
4th Ala., 5th Ala., 53d Ala., Forrest's (Tenn.) Regiment, Ferrell's Ga.) Battery.
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CONFEDERATE ARMY.
FORREST'S CORPS.
MAJ .- GEN. N. B. FORREST. ARMSTRONG'S DIVISION.
BRIG .- GEN. F. C. ARMSTRONG.
Armstrong's Brigade .- 3d Ark., Ist Tenn., 2d Tenn., McDonald's Battalion. Brigade -4th Tenn., 8th Tenn., 9th Tenn., 10th Tenn., Ilth Tenn .. Freeman's (Tenn.) Battery, Marion's (Tenn.) Bat - tery.
PEGRAM'S DIVISION. BRIG .- GEN. JOHN PEGRAM.
Davidson's Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. H. B. Davidson, Ist Ga., 6th Ga., 65th N. Car., Rucker's Legion, Hnwald's (Tenn.) Battery. Scott's Brigade .- Col. J. L. Scott, 10th Confederate, Ist Li., 5th Tenn., 13th Tenn. Battalion, 16th Tenn. Battalion, Louisiana Battery (1 section).
RESERVE ARTILLERY.
Barret's (Mo.) Battery, Darden's (Miss.) Battery, Havis' (Ala.) Battery, Le Gardewi's ( La.) Battery, Lumsden's (Ala.) Battery, Mas- senburg's (Ga.) Battery.
FOURTH ARMY CORPS. MAJ .- GEN. G. GRANGER. FIRST DIVISION. MAJ .- GEN. J. M. PALMER.
First Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. Chas. Cruft, 21st Ill., 38th Ills., 29th Ind., 31st Ind., 8ist Ind., Ist Ky .. 2d Ky., 90th Ohio, 101st Ohio. Second Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. W. C. Whittaker, 96th Ills., 115th Ills., 35th Ind., 84th Ind., Sth Ky., 40th Ohio. 5ist Ohio, 99th Ohio. Third Brigade .- Col Wm. Grose, 59th Ills., 75th Ils .. 84th [lls., 9th Ind., 30th Ind .. 36th Ind.,24th Ohio, 77th Penn. Artillery .- 5th Ind. Battery, 4th U. S. Ar- tillery, Co. H ; 4th U. S. Artillery, Co. M.
SECOND DIVISION. MAJ .- GEN. P. H. SHERIDAN.
First Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. J. B. Steedman, 36th Ills., 44th Ills., 73d Ills , 74th Its .. 88th Ills., 22d Ind., 21st. Mich., 2d Mo, 15th Mo., 21th Wis. Second Brigade .- Brig. Gen. G. D. Wagner, 100th Ille., 15th Ind., 40th Ind .. 57th Ind., 58th Ind .. 18th Mich .. 26th Ohio. 97th Ohio. Third Brigade .- Col. C. G. Harker, 22d Ils., 27th Ils,, 424 Ills., 5ist Ils., 79ch Ills., 3d Ky., 64th Ohio, 65th Ohio, Bith Ohio. Artillery .- Ist Ills. Ar- tillery. Co. M : 10th Ind. Battery, Ist Miss. Artillery, Co. G.
THIRD DIVISION. BRIG .- GEN. T. J. WOOD.
First Brigade .- Brig. Gen. A. Willich. 25th Ills., 35th Ills., 89th Ills .. 324 Ind., 68th Ind., Sth Kan .. 15th Ohio, 49th Ohio, 15th Wis. Second Brigade .- Brig .- Gen. W. B. Hazen. 6th Ind., 5th Kv .. Gtn Kv .. 234 Kv., Ist. Ohio, tth Ohio. Het Ohio, 934 Ohio. With Ohio. Third Brigade .- Brig.Gen. S Beatty, 44th Ind., 79th Ind,, 88th Ind., 9th Ky., 17th Ky., 13th Ohio, 19th Ohio, 69th Ohio. Artillery .- Bridge's Bat- tery Ills, Artillery, 6th Ohio Battery. 26th Penn. Battery.
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