. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . <• -ii.»J? *.<* CONFEDERATES IN PURSUIT. THE LOCOMOTIVE CHASE IN GEORGIA.; BY THE REV. WILLIAM PITTENGER, 2D OHIO VOLUNTEERS, ONE OE THE BEGINNING OF THEPURSUIT. THE railroad raid in Georgia in thespring of 1S62 has always beenconsidered to rank highamong the striking andiovel events of the civilrar. At that time Gen-ral O. M. Mitchel, underwhose authority itwas organized [seepp. 708, 716], com-manded Union forcesin Middle Tennessee,consisting of a division of Buel
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . <• -ii.»J? *.<* CONFEDERATES IN PURSUIT. THE LOCOMOTIVE CHASE IN GEORGIA.; BY THE REV. WILLIAM PITTENGER, 2D OHIO VOLUNTEERS, ONE OE THE BEGINNING OF THEPURSUIT. THE railroad raid in Georgia in thespring of 1S62 has always beenconsidered to rank highamong the striking andiovel events of the civilrar. At that time Gen-ral O. M. Mitchel, underwhose authority itwas organized [seepp. 708, 716], com-manded Union forcesin Middle Tennessee,consisting of a division of Buells Army. TheConfederates were concentrating at Corinth, Miss.,and Grant and Buell were advancing by differ-ent routes toward that point. Mitchels ordersrequired him to protect Nashville and the countryaround, but allowed him latitude in the dispo-sition of his division, which, with detachments andgarrisons, numbered nearly seventeen thousandmen. His attention had long been turned to-ward the liberation of East Tennessee, which heknew President Lincoln also earnestly desired,and which would, if achieved, strike a most damag-ing blow at the resources of the Rebellion. AUnion army once in possession of East Tennesseewould have the inestimable advantage, foundnow
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