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Showing posts with label Cumberland Mountains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cumberland Mountains. Show all posts
Thursday, August 20, 2026

Diary of Musician David Lane, October 28, 1863

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Lenoir, Tenn.   I said yesterday that I was puzzled. I am more than ever today. I am confounded, disappointed, chagrined. Our forces evacu...
Friday, February 27, 2026

Diary of Musician David Lane, September 9, 1863

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Crab Orchard, Ky.       Again has the note of preparation sounded in our camp, and all hands are busy getting ready for another campaign. In...

Diary of Musician David Lane, September 20, 1863

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Cumberland Gap.       We are now in East Tennessee, one mile south of the famous Gap in the Cumberland Mountains. When we left Crab Orchar...
Sunday, August 4, 2024

Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, June 4, 1862

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Left Cowen’s Station and marched over the Cumberland Mountains to Cumberland Gap or Sweden Valley. Came upon a camp of General Adams’ rebel ...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Major-General William S. Rosecrans to Edwin M. Stanton, July 7, 1863

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TULLAHOMA, July 7 , 1863 . Hon. E. M. STANTON: Just received your cheering dispatch announcing the fall of Vicksburg and confirming...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Friday, June 9, 1865

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Our train ran all night, except for two or three times when we were standing on some sidetrack. Arriving at the foot of the Cumberland moun...
Monday, September 2, 2013

Major General William S. Rosecrans to Abraham Lincoln, August 22, 1863

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HEAD-QUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Stevenson, August 22 , 1863 . To His Excellency The President. I thank you for your k...