. The Union army; a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers . lumn at Missionary ridge, andwas carried from the field with a broken leg. He was appointed inspec-tor-general on the staff of Gen. Sherman in the spring of 1864, servedthrough the Atlanta campaign, and, when Logan succeeded McPherson,Corse was made commander of the 2nd division, i6th army corps. made his greatest reputation by holding the post of Allatoonaagainst fearful odds. He was sent to Allato
. The Union army; a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers . lumn at Missionary ridge, andwas carried from the field with a broken leg. He was appointed inspec-tor-general on the staff of Gen. Sherman in the spring of 1864, servedthrough the Atlanta campaign, and, when Logan succeeded McPherson,Corse was made commander of the 2nd division, i6th army corps. made his greatest reputation by holding the post of Allatoonaagainst fearful odds. He was sent to Allatoona after the evacuation of At-lanta, when Col. Tourtellotte, with 890 men, was threatened by an infan-try division of the enemy. He arrived at Allatoona, with 1,054 men, beforethe Confederates, who, wlien they reached the place shortly afterwards,in vastly superior numbers, demanded his immediate surrender. Uponhis refusal they attempted again and again to storm the place, but wereunsuccessful. Meanwhile Sherman had heard the firing, eighteen milesaway, and he sent by the sun-telegraph the since famous message, Holdthe fort for I am coming. And Corse held the fort. Furthermore he. Pri!?- n i-- V-^^ ;-,cn SeldEN , k P. h,T G. Cooke .1 vmes Cooper T. T. D. N. Couch Mich.^el CORCOR.\N Kobt CowDir jwii \ J. .\. J. M. Corse^ T. D. Cox Biographical Sketches 61 captured 500 prisoners. His action at Allatoona was made the subject ofa special order from Gen. Sherman, in which he showed the importanceof retaining to the last a fortified place, and Corse was given the brevetof major-general of volunteers Oct. 5. 1864. After this, Gen. Corse con-tinued in command of a division on the march to the sea, and at the closeof the war conducted a successful campaign against the Indians of thenorthwest. Declining an appointment as lieutenant-colonel in the
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