. Annals of the Army of the Cumberland : comprising biographies, descriptions of departments, accounts of expeditions, skirmishes, and battles ; also its police record of spies, smugglers, and prominent rebel emissaries ... and official reports of the battle of Stone River and of the Chickamauga Campaign . of road were constructed by Lieu-tenant-Colonel Huntons command, in order to enable GeneralThomas to reach Mill Sjiring. Had it not been for their energy,the ammunition and supplies could not have reached GeneralThomass troops. Major Hopkinss command was with GeneralNelson, and for its excel
. Annals of the Army of the Cumberland : comprising biographies, descriptions of departments, accounts of expeditions, skirmishes, and battles ; also its police record of spies, smugglers, and prominent rebel emissaries ... and official reports of the battle of Stone River and of the Chickamauga Campaign . of road were constructed by Lieu-tenant-Colonel Huntons command, in order to enable GeneralThomas to reach Mill Sjiring. Had it not been for their energy,the ammunition and supplies could not have reached GeneralThomass troops. Major Hopkinss command was with GeneralNelson, and for its excellent service was highly complimentedby the general. Captain Yatess command built several bridges,and cleared the road from Green River to Bowling Green of allthe obstructions placed there by the rebels. So rapidly wasthis work done that the march of the column was not inter-rupted. These two companies, supporting Loomiss Battery,were the first troops to enter Bowling Green. They renderedmost efficient service in crossing the army over Barren River,the bridges being gone. When Buells army arrived at Nash-ville, the regiment was ordered to duty under Colonel Innes;but so highly did General Mitchel value the detachment ofCaptain Yates that he persuaded General Buell to allow him 192 @ ^- .\T r I ^r. A J^ B• rFiGl^S Q¥ STAFSF. FIRST MICIIIOAN ENGINEER CORPS AND ITS OFFICERS. 193 to retain them. The eight companies under Colonel Inuesopened and repaired the Tennessee & Alabama liailroad as faras Columbia, Tennessee, thus greatly facilitating the shipmentof supplies for Buells ai*my, then on the march to Shiloh. Theyalso, built several roael-bridges; and the rapidity with which the}-performed their work enabled General Buell to reach the fieldof Shiloh in time to rescue the army of General Graijt. In frontof Corinth the Michigan Engineers were busily engaged inbuilding roads, planting siege-guns, erecting hospitals, &c. Captain Yatess command in the mean time was engaged withGe
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