. The battles of the war for the union. The story of the great Civil War, from the election of Abraham Lincoln to the surrender at Appomatox, Impartially told . a cavalry forceinto Western Tennessee. His methods of procedurewere similar to those of other guerilla chiefs. Detachedposts were attacked with success; convoys werecaptured; and Murfreesboro was surprised, togetherwith the garrison, who were all taken prisoners. Gen- GUERILLA WARFARE. 93 eral Crittenden, who had lately been appointed to thecommand, was one of those who fell into the hands ofthe enemy. Scarcely any resistance was offer
. The battles of the war for the union. The story of the great Civil War, from the election of Abraham Lincoln to the surrender at Appomatox, Impartially told . a cavalry forceinto Western Tennessee. His methods of procedurewere similar to those of other guerilla chiefs. Detachedposts were attacked with success; convoys werecaptured; and Murfreesboro was surprised, togetherwith the garrison, who were all taken prisoners. Gen- GUERILLA WARFARE. 93 eral Crittenden, who had lately been appointed to thecommand, was one of those who fell into the hands ofthe enemy. Scarcely any resistance was offered to theConfederateforces, nor hadanyprecautionbeen takenagainst sur-prise. Buell,who was incommand ofthat district,reflected verystrongly onthe conduct ofthe officersand menwhose duty itwas to defendMurfreesboro jand his stric-tures do notappear to havegone beyond^the justice ofythe case. B r eck i n-ridge engagedin an attemptto gain pos-session ofBaton Rouge. The design was to obtain some position on theLower Mississippi, that the river might not be somuch in the hands of the Union forces. The landoperations were to be facilitated by the action of the. GENERAL JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE.( Vice-President with Buchanan.} 94 THE BATTLES FOR THE UNION. ironclad Arkansas, which had been repaired aftether engagement with the Union gunboats at Vicks-burg. It was hoped that a simultaneous attack byland and water would take place on August 5, but theArkansas broke down when about 15 miles aboveBaton Rouge. The regiments under Breckinridge hadsuffered terribly from heat and scarcity of water in thesandy regions through which they had marched, and,when they reached the object of their attack, were notin the best condition for fighting. The Union forcesalso had been reduced by sickness; but they hadobtained some information as to the movements of theiradversary, and Breckinridge, on arriving at BatonRouge, found them drawn up in force outside the invaders attacked with great spirit i
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