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HAMILTON, Tennessee in the 1860s: 1 through 4 of 4

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  1. From Infantryman to Staff Officer: The Battle of Chickamauga Through the Eyes of Ambrose Bierce
    date September 19, 1863 to September 20, 1863map HAMILTON, Tennessee, WALKER, Georgiatags War, literature

    Bierce writes, “They were men. They crept upon their hands and knees. They used their hands only, dragging their legs. They used their knees only, their arms hanging idle at their sides. They strove to rise to their feet, but fell prone in the attempt.” Through chilling words Ambrose Bierce illustrated the battlefield at Chickamauga in his short story, Chickamauga. Bierce, a writer and soldier,...

  2. General William Rosecrans' Report at the Battle of Chickamauga
    date September 19, 1863 to September 20, 1863map HAMILTON, Tennessee, WALKER, Georgiatags William Rosecrans, The Battle of Chickamauga, Civil War

    Major General William Rosecrans, commander of the U.S. Army of the Cumberland, awoke nervous on September 20, 1863. His forces at Chickamauga had been assailed throughout the previous day but held their ground. Rosecrans did not know if they could withstand another day of Confederate assault, however. He also did not know that he was about to give an order that would swing the battle, the Chattanooga...

  3. A Wait For Battle Evokes Emotion
    date November 5, 1863map HAMILTON, Tennesseetags Civil War, Art/Leisure

    On the November 5, 1863 Matt Turner wrote his mother a letter as he waited for the next battle.  Turner explained that the waiting had been on going since the previous charge where the “Yankees” had gained a lot of ground.  With the continuation of his letter, Turner wrote of his feelings of foreshadowing, when he said they had not seen the last of war and that another gory battle would occur...

  4. Sherman Looking for Self-Sufficiency
    date May 3, 1864map HAMILTON, Tennesseetags Economy, War

    General W.T. Sherman sat down on May 3, 1864 and wrote a letter to inform General M. C. Meigs and more importantly, Secretary of War Stanton, how he felt about the quartermasters' headquarters being in inconvenient locations. Sherman began his letter by saying that if the quartermasters wanted to be in charge of the money situation with dealing out equipment for the armies, then they need not to be...