The Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania at Shiloh : History of the regiment ; the battle of Shiloh . h, to-gether with the other regiments of the second brigade, wasdetailed to work upon the fortifications. It moved to nearthe Nashville pike, a short distance west of the town. Thereis was engaged in the construction of a fort, -which was com-pleted in exactly four months. This fort was considered oneof the strongest earth works in that part of the country. On March twentieth, the entire Army of the Cumberland wasdrawn up in line for review by General Kosecrans and General, in riding along t
The Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania at Shiloh : History of the regiment ; the battle of Shiloh . h, to-gether with the other regiments of the second brigade, wasdetailed to work upon the fortifications. It moved to nearthe Nashville pike, a short distance west of the town. Thereis was engaged in the construction of a fort, -which was com-pleted in exactly four months. This fort was considered oneof the strongest earth works in that part of the country. On March twentieth, the entire Army of the Cumberland wasdrawn up in line for review by General Kosecrans and General, in riding along the line from right to left, stoppeda few moments in front of the Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania,and said to Colonel Rose, Colonel, I see your regiment is allright. Give my compliments to your men, tell them it is thebanner regiment of Stone river. It was the only regimenton the right wing that never broke ranks. This was proba-bly the highest compliment ever paid to any regiment by theCommanding General of an army. It was duly communicatedto the men, while on dress parade that same PRINTIJULIUSBIEN S CO. NEW YORK The Battle of Liberty Gap. 115 CHAPTER V. Liberty Gap—Tullahoma. ON June seventh, the brigade was relieved from its work onthe fortifications and returned to the division. On thetwentieth Colonel John F. Miller, of the Twenty-ninthIndiana, returned to his regiment, and, being the senior offi-cer, took command of the brigade. Everything now pointedto a very early forward move. The main force of the enemywas on the north of the Duck river, with its right at War-trace, and its left at Shelbyville, with cavalry protecting bothflanks, on the right, as far as McMinnville, and on the left,to Columbia and Spring Hill. Along its entire front werethe Cedar Hills, a spur of the Cumberland mountains. Thesehills are steep, rocky and high, with few roads suitable forthe movements of an army. These roads were by McMinn-ville to the extreme right of the Con
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