 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...organize and equip them, and report to Major-General Thomas for duty. These forces I judged W€>uld enable General Thomas to defend the railroad from Chattanooga back, including Nashville and Pecatur, and give him an army with which he could successfully cope with Hood, should the latter cross... | |
 | George Ward Nichols - History - 1865 - 414 pages
...Tennessee, to mount, organize, and equip them, and report to Major General Thomas for duty. These forces I judged would enable General Thomas to defend the railroad...could successfully cope with Hood, should the latter cms* the Tennessee northward. Uy the 1st of November Hood's army hid moved from Gndsden, and made its... | |
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - United States - 1865 - 574 pages
...Thomas for duty. These forces, Sherman considered, would enable General Thomas to defend the railway from Chattanooga back, including Nashville and Decatur,...Hood, should the latter cross the Tennessee northward. The entire plan of the campaign was communicated to General Thomas, and he was instructed that, as... | |
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - United States - 1865 - 590 pages
...Thomas for duty. These forces, Sherman considered, would enable General Thomas to defend the railway from Chattanooga back, including Nashville and Decatur,...Hood, should the latter cross the Tennessee northward. The entire plan of the campaign was communicated to General Thomas, and he was instructed that, as... | |
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - United States - 1865 - 566 pages
...Thomas for duty. These forces, Sherman considered, would enable General Thomas to defend the railway from Chattanooga back, including Nashville and Decatur, and give him an army with which he conld successfully cope with Hood, should the latter cross the Tennessee northward. The entire plan... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1866 - 436 pages
...forces I jndged would enable General Thomas to defend the railroad from Chattanooga back, inclnding Nashville and Decatur, and give him an army with which...the neighborhood of Decatur, where a feint was made; be then passed on to Tuscumbia and laid a pontoon bridge opposite Florence. I then began my preparations... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1866 - 794 pages
...Tennessee, to mount, organize, and equip them, and report to Major-General Thomas for duty. These forces I judged would enable General Thomas to defend the railroad...Hood, should the latter cross the Tennessee northward. having received the sanction of the Commandcr-in-Chief for carrying into effect my plan, tho details... | |
 | J. T. Headley - History - 1866 - 774 pages
...Tennessee, to mount, organize and equip them, and report to Major General Thomas for duty. These forces I judged would enable General Thomas to defend the railroad...back, including Nashville and Decatur, and give him M army with which he could successfully cope with Hood, should the latter cross the Tennessee northward.... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1869 - 794 pages
...Tennessee, to mount, organize, and equip them, and report to Major-General Thomas for duty. These forces I judged would enable General Thomas to defend the railroad...Hood, should the latter cross the Tennessee northward. having received the sanction of the Commander-in-Chief for carrying into effect my plan, the details... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1869 - 820 pages
...Tennessee, to mount, organize, and equip them, and report to Major-General Thomas for duty. These forces I judged would enable General Thomas to defend the railroad from Chattanooga back, including Nashville and Dccatur, and give him an army with which he could successfully cope with Hood, should the latter cross... | |
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... assume command of the cavalry of my army, and I dispatched him back to Nashville with all dismounted detachments, and orders as rapidly as possible to collect the cavalry serving in Kentucky and Tennessee, to mount, organize, and equip them, and report... 
