. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . General Chalmers was the right-hand man of General first service was at Braggs invasion of Ken-tucky he attacked Munfordville,September 14, 1862, but was re-pulsed. He took part in a Con-federate charge at Murfreesboro,December 31st of the same year,and was so severely wounded as todisqualify him for further duty onthat field. He commanded twobrigades on Forrests expedition ofApril 12, 1861., when the lattercaptured Fort Pillow and was un-able to restrain the served with Forrest at Nash-ville a
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . General Chalmers was the right-hand man of General first service was at Braggs invasion of Ken-tucky he attacked Munfordville,September 14, 1862, but was re-pulsed. He took part in a Con-federate charge at Murfreesboro,December 31st of the same year,and was so severely wounded as todisqualify him for further duty onthat field. He commanded twobrigades on Forrests expedition ofApril 12, 1861., when the lattercaptured Fort Pillow and was un-able to restrain the served with Forrest at Nash-ville 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 by Wilson on the famous ,-/. Wilson raid through Alabama andGeorgia in the spring of 1805, andremained with the cavalry untilit crumbled with the Confederacyto nothing. The lower photographof the rails laid across the piles ofties shows how the Confederatecavalry, east and west, destroyedmillions of dollars worth of prop-erty. While Generals Lee andBragg and Hood were wrestlingwith the Union armies, the Con-federate cavalry were dealing blowafter blow to the material resourcesof the North. But in vain; themagnificently equipped Unionpioneer corps was able to lay railsnearly as fast as they were de-stroyed by the Confederates, andwhen the Army of Northern Vir-ginia shot its weight in men fromthe ranks of Grants army in thefearful campaign of 18(i4, the rankswere as constantly replenished. BRIGADIER-GENERAL JAMES R. CHALMERS
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