. The battles of the war for the union. The story of the great Civil War, from the election of Abraham Lincoln to the surrender at Appomatox, Impartially told . ENNESSEE. 289 middle of the the month felt himself strong enough todeliver a powerful assault on the beleaguering the early morning of the 15th, a feint was made onHoods right, and a real attack on his left, which endedin the capture of several redoubts and guns, and in thecomplete discomfiture of Hood, who was forced fromhis chief position on Montgomery Hill, and compelledto retreat adistance ofsome day histroops w
. The battles of the war for the union. The story of the great Civil War, from the election of Abraham Lincoln to the surrender at Appomatox, Impartially told . ENNESSEE. 289 middle of the the month felt himself strong enough todeliver a powerful assault on the beleaguering the early morning of the 15th, a feint was made onHoods right, and a real attack on his left, which endedin the capture of several redoubts and guns, and in thecomplete discomfiture of Hood, who was forced fromhis chief position on Montgomery Hill, and compelledto retreat adistance ofsome day histroops wereagain attack-ed, and, afteran action ofvarying for-tunes, drivenin confu-sion divisionwhich misbe-haved itselfat Murfrees-boro hadonce moregiven evi-dence of de-ficiency i n fighting qualities. Its dismay was communicated toother divisions, and only one corps preserved its organ-ization and self-respect. The retreat of the main bodynecessitated the withdrawal of Forrest from beforeMurfreesboro; but, owing to the swollen conditionof the rivers, his detachment had great difficulty injoining the regiments that had fled from Nashville,. GENERAL GEORGE H. THOMAS. 290 THE BATTLhS bUR THE UNION. The pursuit was vigorously pressed by Thomas, andHoods defeated legions, pouring over the Duck River,and in time obtaining the support of Forrest, who re-joined the army at Columbia, made for the Tennessee,which was crossed on the 27th. The Confederate Armyof the West was completely shattered. In the twodays battles before Nashville, 54 guns and 4460prisoners had been captured by the Union forces, andthe entire loss of the Confederates during the wholecampaign was stated at 13,189 in prisoners alone, in-cluding several general officers, and 1000 others oflower grades. During the same period, more than2000 deserters came into the Northern lines, and 72pieces of artillery passed from the defeated to thevictorious army. The Union loss was about 10,000 inkilled, wounded, and
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