. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . General Chalmers was the righl-haml iiiau of (leneral first ser\ice was at , Hraygs invasion of Ken-Incky he attackeil Miinfonlville,>^eptenil)er 11, ISO-J, hut was re-pulsed, lie took part in a Con-federate charge at Murfreesboro,Deeeniber 31st of the same year,and was .so severely wounded as todisqualify him for further <luty onthat field. He commanded twobrigades on Forrests expedition of.\pril U, IS(U, when the lattercaptured Fort
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . General Chalmers was the righl-haml iiiau of (leneral first ser\ice was at , Hraygs invasion of Ken-Incky he attackeil Miinfonlville,>^eptenil)er 11, ISO-J, hut was re-pulsed, lie took part in a Con-federate charge at Murfreesboro,Deeeniber 31st of the same year,and was .so severely wounded as todisqualify him for further <luty onthat field. He commanded twobrigades on Forrests expedition of.\pril U, IS(U, when the lattercaptured Fort Pillow and was un-able to restrain the served with Forrest at Nash-y\\\e and led Hoods cavalry at thebattle of Franklin, delaying theFederal cavalry long enough toenable the Confederate army tomake good its escape. He waswith Forrest when the latter wasdefeated bv Wilson on the famous. \ raid through Alabama andfleorgia in the spring of lS(i,), andremained with the cavalry untilit crumbled with tlie nolliirig. The hiwer pliot(igrai)hof the rails laid across the j)iles oftics shows how the Confederatecavalry, east and west, destroyedmillions of dollars worth <»f prop-erty. While Generals Lee andBragg and Hoixl were wrestlingwith the Union armies, the Con-federate cavalry were dealing blowafter blow to the material resourcesof the North. But in vain; themagnificently equipped Union])ioneer corps was able to lay railsnearly as fast as they were by the Confederates, andwhen the Army of Xorthem Vir-ginia shot its weight in men fromthe ranks of Grants army in thefearful campaign of 1864, the rankswere as constantly replenished. BRIGADIER-GENERAL JAMES R. CHALMERS
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