Third Brigade at Stevenson, Ala., guarding Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad and its bridges between Bridgeport, Ala., and Anderson, Tenn. Four companies of First Brigade are at Caperton's Ferry, on Tennessee River, and one company at Widow's Creek bridge, on railroad. March 17, the Twenty-ninth Ohio and One hundred and fortyseventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, of First Brigade, under the general commanding the division, made a reconnaissance to Trenton, Ga. No considerable bodies of the enemy were ascertained to be in the vicinity. Small parties were reported in Will's Valley, and 6 rebel soldiers of Cleburne's division were captured. March 18, expedition returned. March 31, an expedition, consisting of the Fifth Ohio and Twentyeighth Pennsylvania, of the First Brigade, under Colonel Candy, proceeded down the Tennessee for the purpose of scouring the country and capturing guerrillas reported in the neighborhood. The column has not yet returned, and no intelligence has been received from it up to this date. During the month the following veteran organizations returned to the command from furlough: Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, First Brigade, March 8; One hundred and forty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, First Brigade, March 6; Fifth Ohio Volunteers, First Brigade, March 26; One hundred and eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, Second Brigade, March 9; One hundred and second New York Volunteers, Third Brigade, March 12; Independent Battery E, Pennsylvania Volunteers, March 8. The Twenty-ninth and One hundred and ninth Pennsylvania, of Second Brigade, and one company of Seventh Ohio, of First Brigade, are still absent. Battery K, Fifth U. S. Artillery (4 commissioned officers and 92 enlisted men), was relieved from duty with division March 29 by Special Orders, No. 16, headquarters chief of artillery, Department of the Cumberland, March 12, 1864, and Battery B, First Ohio Volunteer Artillery (4 commissioned officers and 184 enlisted men), reported for duty March 28 in pursuance of same order. Division headquarters are at Bridgeport, Ala. FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS.* JANUARY. First Division, commanded by Brig. Gen. Richard W. Johnson. Two regiments-Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania and Twenty-first Wisconsin Volunteers-of the Third Brigade have remained in camp on Lookout Mountain during the month. January 21, the remainder of the command changed camp from the right of the line to the vicinity of Fort Wood. The following regiments, having re-enlisted as veterans, were furloughed during the month to their respective States: The Twenty-first, Thirty-third, and Seventy-fourth Ohio, and the Thirty-eighth and Forty-second Indiana. The division has been engaged during the month on grand guard and fatigue duty. * Commanded by Maj. Gen. John M. Palmer from October 28, 1863, to August 6, 1864. Second Division, commanded by Brig. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis. Camp of the division located near Rossville, Ga. January 26, a reconnaissance was ordered to the front. The division moved out to Ringgold, where it remained until the 28th, when it marched back to camp. Second Brigade, Third Division, commanded by Col. Gustave Kammerling, Ninth Ohio Infantry. During the month this brigade has laid in camp, doing heavy picket and fatigue duty. The One hundred and first Indiana is stationed at Rossville, picketing the gap there. January 26, the Thirty-fifth and One hundred and fifth Ohio and Seventy-fifth Indiana, under command of Lieut. Col. William O'Brien, Seventy-fifth Indiana, marched to Harrison, returning the 29th. FEBRUARY. The First and Third Divisions were encamped at Chattanooga until February 22; Second Division at Rossville, Ga. February 22, the First and Third Divisions marched to Ringgold, Ga. February 23, the First Division pushed forward to Tunnel Hill, with slight skirmishing; Second Division moved up to Ringgold, Ga. February 24, whole corps moved upon the enemy (excepting one brigade of Second Division left to guard gap at Ringgold) and drove the advance of the enemy, with some heavy skirmishing, back to Buzzard Roost Gap. February 25 and 26, skirmishing continued. February 27, the troops retired, First Division to Tyner's Station, Second Division to Rossville, and Third Division to Ringgold, which positions they now hold. Loss during the reconnaissance was slight, considering the amount of work done and strength of the enemy. MARCH. First Division, commanded by Brig. Gen. Richard W. Johnson. The First and Third Brigades of the division, together with division headquarters, remained at Tyner's Station, Tenn., until March 19; then marched to Graysville, Ga., situated on Western and Atlantic Railroad, 18 miles southeast of Chattanooga, where Second Brigade has been encamped during the entire month. The Seventyeighth Pennsylvania and Twenty-first Wisconsin Regiments remained detached on Lookout Mountain during the month; also Second Battalion, Fifteenth U. S. Infantry, and Fifteenth Kentucky Infantry at Chattanooga. Battery H, Fifth U. S. Artillery, was relieved from duty with division March 12, Special Orders, No. 16, current series, chief of artillery, Department of the Cumberland. Remaining two batteries-Battery A, First Michigan Artillery, and Battery C, First Illinois Artillery-joined division from Chatta*The Tenth and Sixteenth Illinois on veteran furlough. nooga March 30. Three regiments of division occupy outposts at Parker's Gap, 4 miles southeast of Graysville; remainder of division been engaged in grand guard, fatigue-duty, target practice, and drill. Second Division, commanded by Brig. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis. This division remained in camp during the month, the First and Second Brigades at McAfee's Church, and Third Brigade at Lee and Gordon's Mills. The troops of the three brigades available for duty of regiments present were reviewed on the 31st by Major-General Thomas. First Brigade, Third Division, commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Turchin. Brigade remained in camp at Ringgold, Ga., during the month. March 10, the Thirty-sixth Ohio was ordered from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Marietta, Ohio, on furlough as veteran volunteers. March 12, the Seventeenth Ohio Veteran Volunteers rejoined the brigade from furlough. The Thirty-first Ohio Veteran Volunteers are on the road between Nashville and Chattanooga, marching to join the brigade. APRIL. First Division, commanded by Brig. Gen. Richard W. Johnson. The division has been encamped during the entire month at Graysville, Ga., brigades alternately performing picket and outpost duty. The Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry and Twentyfirst Wisconsin Infantry have been stationed on Lookout Mountain, near Chattanooga, Tenn., during the month. April 8, the Second Battalion, Fifteenth U. S. Infantry, detached and hitherto forming part of garrison at Chattanooga, rejoined the division. During the month the Thirty-third and Seventy-fourth Ohio and Forty-second Indiana Infantry rejoined division from veteran furlough. The Sixty-ninth Ohio Infantry absent during entire month on veteran furlough. Battery A, First Michigan Artillery, was relieved from duty with division, and Battery I, First Ohio Artillery, assigned to division by special field orders, headquarters chief of artillery, Department of the Cumberland, April, 1864. Second Division, commanded by Brig. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis. The First and Second Brigades at camp near Rossville, and Third Brigade at Lee and Gordon's Mills, Ga., during the month. Second Brigade, Third Division, commanded by Col. Ferdinand Van Derveer, Thirty-fifth Ohio Infantry. The brigade has been lying in camp at Ringgold Gap all this month, picketing the east front. No marches or scouts of any importance have been made, except on Friday, the 29th, when four regiments of the brigade, under the brigade commander, supported the advance and covered the withdrawal of a cavalry reconnaissance under Brigadier-General Kilpatrick. TWENTIETH ARMY CORPS. APRIL. Twentieth Army Corps, commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker. This corps was organized from the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps by Special Field Orders, No. 105, headquarters Department of the Cumberland, April 14, 1864,* as follows: The First Division, Brig. Gen. A. S. Williams commanding, by the consolidation of the First Division, Twelfth Army Corps, and First Brigade, Third Division, Eleventh Army Corps, with the Fortyfifth New York Volunteers. The Second Division, Brig. Gen. John W. Geary commanding, by the consolidation of the Second Division, Twelfth Army Corps, and the First Brigade, Second Division, Eleventh Army Corps, with the One hundred and nineteenth New York Volunteers. The Third Division, Maj. Gen. Daniel Butterfield commanding, by the consolidation of the First Division and the Second Brigade, Second Division, Eleventh Army Corps, with the Twenty-sixth Wisconsin and Twentieth Connecticut. The Fifty-eighth and Sixty-eighth New York Volunteers and Seventy-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, of the Eleventh Corps, transferred to the Fourth Division, which has, by Special Field Orders, No. 129, headquarters Department of the Cumberland, been detached from the corps and ordered to report direct to department headquarters. No reports have been received from it. The First Division until the 28th was stationed along the line of communications from Murfreesborough to Tantalon. The Third Brigade between Bridgeport and Shellmound, with detachments at Tracy City and Shelbyville. At that date command marched to the front. The Second Division, First and Third Brigades, stationed on railroad between Tantalon and Bridgeport; Second Brigade in Lookout Valley. The Third Division, First and Third Brigades, in Lookout Valley; the Second Brigade en route from Nashville to join the division. April 12, pursuant to orders from department headquarters, General Geary, commanding [Second] Division, with the Seventh and Sixty-sixth Ohio, detachments of the Twenty-eighth and One hundred and forty-seventh Pennsylvania, and a section of Battery E, Pennsylvania Volunteers, proceeded down the Tennessee on the steam-boat Chickamauga, for the purpose of examining the riverbanks from Bridgeport to Decatur and destroying all boats not needed for military purposes. The expedition met with no material opposition until approaching Guntersville, where a considerable body of rebel cavalry was found drawn up. A detachment of infantry was landed and advanced to meet the enemy, and our artillery opened on him from the boat, when he fled into the town, from which he *In accordance with General Orders, No. 144, War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, April 4, 1864. Commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker to July 27, 1864. was soon dislodged, the town falling into our possession. A rebel mail was also captured there by us. The expedition next proceeded down to Whitesburg, gaining information of the enemy's whereabouts, and thence down toward Triana, where on the north side a force fully equal to ours was discovered drawn up in line, and on the south side was seen a much larger force with a piece of artillery. Information had been received at the bluffs, where we destroyed a large boat, that the enemy expected a battery of artillery at Triana. Owing to the insufficient character of the defenses of the boat, the machinery being utterly unprotected, and the fact that numbers of lives would be lost without accomplishing any material object if we attempted to pass through the narrows in opposition to the enemy, it was resolved to head upstream and regain Guntersville as soon as possible, the expedition having got within 14 miles of Decatur. April 13, the expedition reached Whitesburg on its return in the evening and examined the north bank of the river on the passage. April 15, reached Bridgeport about 2 a. m., having destroyed 47 boats and captured 4 prisoners, with but 3 casualties on our side. Important information was also gleaned of movements of the enemy on both banks of the river. CAVALRY.* JANUARY. First Cavalry Division, commanded by Col. Edward M. McCook, Second Indiana Cavalry. January 1 and 2, in camp at Talbott's Station, Tenn. January 3, the division moved back to Mossy Creek 3 miles, and remained in camp until the 14th. Weather very cold and snowy. Officers and men suffering severely for lack of tents or other shelter and of clothing. During this time foraging and scouting parties sent to the front captured over 50 of the enemy and killed and wounded several in the different skirmishes that took place.. January 14, marched in rear of Garrard's and Wolford's divisions of cavalry (Army of Ohio) to Dandridge; 10 miles. January 15, remained in camp. January 16, at 12 m. marched on Morristown_road, the enemy's cavalry falling back to near Kimbrough's Cross-Roads, where their infantry was discovered in strong force. The division returned, found Wolford being pressed back on the right of Morristown road, and, forming upon his left, drove the enemy back some distance. Our casualties, 2 killed and 6 wounded; enemy's loss not known. January 17, at 1 p. m. the enemy advanced with heavy columns of infantry, attacking picket-post of Second Brigade, on the right of Morristown road. The brigade formed on the picket-line, and, despite the several attempts of the enemy, made with overwhelming numbers of infantry, to gain possession of the wooded eminence, they were repulsed, and after the third attempt ceased. Their colors fell three times in one advance. Their solid, heavy columns suffered severely from the deliberate, well-directed fire of our men. This was the first occasion upon which the division had met the enemy's infantry, and here they successfully repulsed the flower of Long *Commanded by Brig. Gen. Washington L. Elliott. 3 R R-VOL XXXII, PT Į |