. Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general, United States Army . ry was without forage for mules and horses,and it was almost imj)ossible to drag forward the heavywagons, as one days rain would render the Chicka-mauga bottom impassable for them, so that this vigor-ous forward movement had but one beneficial effect,which was to keep Johnston busy where he was—in thevicinity of Dalton; for on Thomass approach he im-mediately called for reenforcements. While the other troops were very active betweenChattanooga, Dalton, and Knoxville, the wing ofThomass army to which I belonged—probably
. Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general, United States Army . ry was without forage for mules and horses,and it was almost imj)ossible to drag forward the heavywagons, as one days rain would render the Chicka-mauga bottom impassable for them, so that this vigor-ous forward movement had but one beneficial effect,which was to keep Johnston busy where he was—in thevicinity of Dalton; for on Thomass approach he im-mediately called for reenforcements. While the other troops were very active betweenChattanooga, Dalton, and Knoxville, the wing ofThomass army to which I belonged—probably about20,000 strong, counting up the remaining divisions ofthe Eleventh Corps under Schurz and Von Steinwehr,and those of Geary and Ward belonging to the TwelfthCorps, with corps and artillery transportation reck-oned in (for the latter especiallj afforded many dili-gent employees)—remained in our first camp. This temporary city in Lookout Valley had GeneralJoseph Hooker for its governor. Its outside intrench-ments, better than the walls of a town, running over 494. ^^^ Chattanooga and JVIissionary Ridge the rolling hills and through the ravines, with Lookoutfor his advance guard and Raccoon for his reenforce-ment and the broad, swift Tennessee for his left flank,gave to the gallant general a cheerful repose. Hookerthat winter and spring held daily court at his pleasantheadquarters on the hillside, where officers of everyrank came to receive cordial welcome; to review pastbattles and campaigns and to project new ones. I still have at my house a charming picture, an etch-ing made by a skillful German soldier. It representsmy own headquarters near to Hookers in the wintercamp. There is the large tent made more spacious,vertically, at least, by its log walls; more convenientof entrance by its rough door of plank, and morecottagelike by its lofty chimney of rough stone at thefarther end. There were other tents in convenientorder of grouping, without military precision; thestra
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