. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . atuie of Kentucky. The United States Government had al^out 34,000volunteers and about 6000 Kentucky Home Guards assemliled in the State under General Robert Anderson, of FortSumter fame, who had with him such en-terprising corps commanders as Sherman,Thomas, and Nelson. The Confederacy had some foui thousandill-armed and ill-equipped troops at Cum-l)erland Gap under General ZoUicoffer,gnardiug the only line of railroad com-munication between Virginia and Tennes-see, and overawing
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . atuie of Kentucky. The United States Government had al^out 34,000volunteers and about 6000 Kentucky Home Guards assemliled in the State under General Robert Anderson, of FortSumter fame, who had with him such en-terprising corps commanders as Sherman,Thomas, and Nelson. The Confederacy had some foui thousandill-armed and ill-equipped troops at Cum-l)erland Gap under General ZoUicoffer,gnardiug the only line of railroad com-munication between Virginia and Tennes-see, and overawing the Union populationof East Tennessee. This hostile sectionpenetrated the heart of the Confederacylike a wedge and flanked and weakenedGeneral Johnstons line of defense, requir-ing, as it did, constant vigilance andrepression. Besides ZoUicoffers force, General John-ston found only 4000 men available to pro-tect hiswhole line against 40,000 Federaltroops. There were, it is true, some four BIRTHPLACE OF ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON, •, • £ WASHINGTON, KY. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. thousaud morc raw recruits m camps ot. S44 ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON AT SHILOH.
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