. History of the Army of the Cumberland: Its Organization, Campaigns, and Battles, Written at the Request of Major-General George H. Thomas Chiefly from His Private Military Journal and Official and Other Documents Furnished by Him, by Thomas B. Van Horne ; Illustrated with Campaign and Battle Maps, Compiled by Edward Ruger V 2 . unging orreverse fires. Safety from this kind of attack necessitatedcover over head, and as the requirements of the service calledfor the minimum garrisons at bridges which would be con-sistent with their adequate protection, I was naturally led toselect the block-hou
. History of the Army of the Cumberland: Its Organization, Campaigns, and Battles, Written at the Request of Major-General George H. Thomas Chiefly from His Private Military Journal and Official and Other Documents Furnished by Him, by Thomas B. Van Horne ; Illustrated with Campaign and Battle Maps, Compiled by Edward Ruger V 2 . unging orreverse fires. Safety from this kind of attack necessitatedcover over head, and as the requirements of the service calledfor the minimum garrisons at bridges which would be con-sistent with their adequate protection, I was naturally led toselect the block-house as the only available means of defense. It did not seem at all probable that any cavalry commandthat would be likely to get over the mountains into CentralKentucky would be accompanied by artillery, and thereforethe block-houses were only planned to resist attack by mus-ketry. I believe that some of them were captured in 1864 bya cavalry command, but I have the impression that the garri-sons either evacuated the block-houses, or else surrenderedthem without a fight. I was with the army in Georgia at thetime, and news from Central Kentucky was very plans of these Kentucky block-houses are shown in fig-ures 1, 2, and 3, with the exception that the walls were of onethickness of timber, and there were no Fig. 1. Plan of Rectangular Block-house. APPENDIX. 443HistoryOfTheArmyOfTheCumberlandV2
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