. Storia delle organizzazioni del Michigan a Chickamauga, Chattanooga e Missionary Ridge, 1863 [risorsa elettronica]. RalSherman riferito a Grant a Chattanooga, e il suo esercito ha iniziato il crossingat Browns Ferry. Il generale Grant progettò di aprire la battaglia di MissionaryRidge il 21, ma a causa delle costanti piogge e quasi impassableroadi, la prima divisione dell'esercito di Sherman fu l'unica ad attraversare il ponte. Con grandi sforzi la seconda divisione è stata attraversata il 22d, e la terza divisione il 23. Quel giorno i Confederati riuscirono a disgregare il ponte, e tutti gli sforzi per repaia

• Collaboratore: Reading Room 2020 / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: 2CEMM9E
• Dimensioni dei file: 7,1 MB (593,6 KB Download compresso)
• Liberatorie: Modello - no | Proprietà - no
• Dimensioni: 1247 x 2003 px | 21,1 x 33,9 cm | 8,3 x 13,4 inches | 150dpi

Altre informazioni

Questa foto è un'immagine di pubblico dominio, il che significa che il copyright è scaduto o che il titolare del copyright ha rinunciato a tale diritto. Alamy addebita un costo per l'accesso alla copia ad alta risoluzione dell'immagine.

Questa immagine potrebbe avere delle imperfezioni perché è storica o di reportage.

. History of the Michigan organizations at Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, 1863 [electronic resource]. ralSherman reported to Grant at Chattanooga, and his army began the crossingat Browns Ferry. General Grant planned to open the battle of MissionaryRidge on the 21st, but owing to the constant rains and almost impassableroads, the first division of Shermans army was the only one to cross thebridge. By great efforts the second division was crossed on the 22d, and thethird division on the 23rd. That day the Confederates succeeded in breakingout the bridge, and all efforts to repair it were abandoned. The remainingdivision of Shermans army joined with Hooker in the battle of LookoutMountain. This trouble with the bridge changed very materially GeneralGrants plans. The battle on Lookout Mountain that followed immediatelyopened the way into Chattanooga by road under the point of the Mountainand the Brown s Ferry Bridge became a thing of the past. After the battle the prisoners captured by the Union armies were marchedacross the bend to Browns Ferry, ferried across the river in fiat boats by. J < 3 c cJ a KK a zza fa0 a 3 OZ oa a HISTORY OF MICHIGAN ORGANIZATIONS. 179 the Twenty-first Michigan, thence they were marched to Kellys Ferry, andthence by boat to Bridgeport. In the first detachment of these, which consisted of two thousand men, atleast one-half were bare-footed, and none of them were decently clad. Theroads were frozen hard and the poor fellows left a trail of blood where theymarched. A more miserable lot of beings the writer had never seen, and themembers of the Twenty-first Michigan, to their credit, did all they could torelieve the sufferings of the poor wretches. They cut up their blankets andtents to wrap about the feet of their enemies. Fires were built on the riverbanks, coffee prepared and in every way our men tried to lessen the sufferingof their captives in strong contrast to the barbarities practiced on our mencaptured at Ohickamauga

Parole chiave associate all'immagine

• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1890
• bookid023518833225emoryedu
• libro