. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . red a counter-march of the troops. The point at which thistmming took place is fixed by General Wallace atD, half-way between the Purdy crossing and theOwl Creek bridge. (This identification is fully eon-firmed by letters of October 5th and 6th, 1887,written by Generals Fred. Knefler and G. F. Mc-Ginnis, Captains Thomas C. Pursel and George , and Dr. S. L. Ensminger, all of whom took ■• My stay with Lew Wallace did not exceed three min- P^r* in the march, and the last two o
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . red a counter-march of the troops. The point at which thistmming took place is fixed by General Wallace atD, half-way between the Purdy crossing and theOwl Creek bridge. (This identification is fully eon-firmed by letters of October 5th and 6th, 1887,written by Generals Fred. Knefler and G. F. Mc-Ginnis, Captains Thomas C. Pursel and George , and Dr. S. L. Ensminger, all of whom took ■• My stay with Lew Wallace did not exceed three min- P^r* in the march, and the last two of whom exam- utcs. I had no further conversation with hira, and I re- ined the ground in 1884 to determine the point.) turned immediately to Pittshm-g Landing. In the Official Records is a sketch map, without As to the character of the order: General Grants scale, by Colonel James B. MePherson, placing the ■jlrRoas to Wallace, January 25th, 1868. \ Knefler to Wallace, February 19th, 1868. J Ware to Wallace [1868). 607 6o8 THE MARCH Oh LEW WALLACES DIVISION TO SHILOH. SCft\-t OT >*\\.tS .Adain.^ viiie. MAP OF Tin ROUTES BY WHICH , GHAM WAS KELNH AT riTTSBCTlG LAXDrNC. Authorities : (1.) The Offlcial or Thorn map (p. 50S1, forroads aud distances on the south side of Snalte Creelc;(2.) the Union Camp map (pp. 49B-7). for the location ofcamps morning of April 5th. 1862; ( the Shiloh mapin (iencral Badeaus Military History of U. S. Grant,lor (he main roads on the north side of Snake Creek,that map also ;is:rccins with General MePhersonssketch map without scale in Official Records. Vol. 183; (4.) General Wallaces statement to the editors,1887. based on Inveatigationa and measurements in 18S4, limit of march at C. This was probably iuteiuleJfor the point where Rowley came up with the rearof the column, which must have covered a distanceof two miles or more; but if intended for thelimit of the advance, it could not have been fixedon MePhersons own knowl
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