. History of the Civil War in America . ranks of his infantry had also been drilled, and thenew regiments had been, as far as possible, brigaded with soldiersalready broken in to war. His army numbered forty-six thousandcombatants, comprising forty-one thousand four hundred andtwenty-one infantry, two thousand two hundred and twenty-threeartillerists with one hundred and fifty guns, and three thousandtwo hundred and sixty-six cavalry. It was divided, as we havesaid, into three corps, under Crittenden, Thomas and McCook. On the morning of December 26th, which was cold and rainy,this army emerge
. History of the Civil War in America . ranks of his infantry had also been drilled, and thenew regiments had been, as far as possible, brigaded with soldiersalready broken in to war. His army numbered forty-six thousandcombatants, comprising forty-one thousand four hundred andtwenty-one infantry, two thousand two hundred and twenty-threeartillerists with one hundred and fifty guns, and three thousandtwo hundred and sixty-six cavalry. It was divided, as we havesaid, into three corps, under Crittenden, Thomas and McCook. On the morning of December 26th, which was cold and rainy,this army emerged at last from its inaction. In forcing thisapparent inaction upon it, Rosecrans had not only given it timeto recover strength, but he had drawn Bragg toward him, andwas now able to attack him without exposing his army to the im-mense difficulties it would have had to encounter in a long winter-march beyond Nashville. In order to be able to advance as faras Chattanooga in the spring, it was necessary to fight the enemys 498 (Tennessee). MURFREESBOROUGH. • 499 army first; and whatever might be the issue of tlie battle, it wasbetter for the Federals that the struggle should take place at thecommencement of the campaign. Rosecrans selected the momentto take the field when he saw Morgan and Forrest both enrasredfar away from Murfreesborough, because their absence deprivedthe Confederates of their superiority in cavalry, which hadproved hitherto so useful to them. , Bragg had not changed his position. Polks corps and threebrigades of Breckenridges division of Hardees corps were atMurfreesborough; the remainder of the latter corps, comprisinga brigade of Breckenridge and the division of Cheatham, formedthe left wing, which was stationed at Eaglcville, about thirty-twokilometres west-south-west of Murfreesborough, on the j-oad fromNashville to Shelbyville; the right wing was placed at Ready-ville, twenty kilometres east of that point, and consisted of Mc-Cowns division, detached fro
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