I soon after received a dispatch from General Rosecrans, directing me to assume command of all the forces, and, with Crittenden and McCook, take a strong position and assume a threatening attitude at Rossville, sending the unorganized forces to Chattanooga... Civil War Generalship: The Art of Commandby W. J. Wood - 1997 - 269 pagesNo preview available - About this book
| Frank Moore - United States - 1864 - 868 pages
...Rosecrans's despatch from Chattanooga, directing me to assume command of all the forces, and, with Crittendcn and McCook, take a strong position and assume a threatening attitude at Rossville, sending the unorganized forces to Chattanooga for reorganization, stating that he would examine the... | |
| United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - United States - 1866 - 886 pages
...its condition at that time. I soon after received a despatch from General Rosecrans, directing me to assume command of all the forces, and with Crittenden...position and assume a threatening attitude at Rossville, sending the unorganized forces to Chattanooga for reorganization, stating that he would examine the... | |
| United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - Cheyenne Indians - 1866 - 876 pages
...its condition at that time. I soon after received a despatch from General Rosecrans, directing me to assume command of all the forces, and with Crittenden...position and assume a threatening attitude at Rossville, sending the unorganized forces to Chattanooga for reorganization, stating that he would examine the... | |
| United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1972 - 1192 pages
...its condition at that time. I soon after received a dispatch from General Rosecrans, directing me to assume command of all the forces, and, with Crittenden...position and assume a threatening attitude at Rossville, sending the unorganized forces to Chattanooga for reorganization, stating that he would examine the... | |
| Thomas Budd Van Horne - Generals - 1882 - 538 pages
...letter from llossville. " I soon after received a despatch from General Rosecrans, directing me to assume command of all the forces, and, with Crittenden...position, and assume a threatening attitude at Rossville, sending the unorganized forces to Chattanooga for reorganization, stating that he would examine the... | |
| Thomas Budd Van Horne - Generals - 1882 - 552 pages
...Garfield's letter from Rossville. "I soon after received a despatch from General Rosecrans, directing me to assume command of all the forces, and, with Crittenden...strong position, and assume a threatening attitude at Rossvillc, sending the unorganized forces to Chattanooga for reorganization, stating that he would... | |
| John Basil Turchin - Chickamauga (Ga.), Battle of, 1863 - 1888 - 366 pages
...of its condition at that time. I soon after received a despatch from Gen. Rosecrans, directing me to assume command of all the forces, and with Crittenden...position and assume a threatening attitude at Rossville, sending the unorganized forces to Chattanooga for reorganization, stating that he would examine the... | |
| Henry Coppée - Biography & Autobiography - 1893 - 378 pages
...time. I soon after received a dispatch from General Rosecrans directing me to assume command of all forces, and with Crittenden and McCook take a strong...position and assume a threatening attitude at Rossville, sending the unorganized forces to Chattanooga for reorganization, stating that he would examine the... | |
| Archibald Gracie - Chickamauga (Ga.), Battle of, 1863 - 1911 - 634 pages
...reads as follows:6 — t HEADQUARTERS DEFT, or THE CUMBERLAND. CHATTANOOGA. Sept. 20. 1863 — 12.15 PM MAJOR-GENERAL THOMAS: — Assume command of all the...position and assume a threatening attitude at Rossville. WS ROSECRANS, Major-General. The first point to notice is the alleged sending-time, "12.15 PM" When... | |
| Wisconsin History Commission - Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863 - 1911 - 294 pages
...its condition at that time. I soon after received a dispatch from General Rosecrans, directing me to assume command of all the forces, and, with Crittenden...position, and assume a threatening attitude at Rossville, sending the unorganized forces to Chattanooga for reorganization, stating that he would examine the... | |
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