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DAYS OF GLORY This page intentionally left blank DATS OF GLORY THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND 1861-1865 Larry J. Daniel LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS BATON ROUGE PUBLISHED BY LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS Copyright © 2004 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Louisiana Paperback Edition, 2006 SECOND PRINTING, 2007 DESIGNER: Amanda McDonald Scallan TYPEFACE: Minion TYPESETTER: Coghill Composition Co., Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Daniel, Larry J., 1947- Days of glory : the Army of the Cumberland, 1861-1865 / Larry J. Daniel. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-2931-9 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. United States. Army of the Cumberland. 2. United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Regimental histories. 3. United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Campaigns. I. Title. E470.5.0355 2004 973.7' 41—dc22 200400584 ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-3191-6 (pbk.) The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. @ for Marilyn, Lauren, and Mark This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Abbreviations xvii PART 1: THE ANDERSON-SHERMAN LEGACY 1. Birth of an Army: The Anderson Legacy 3 2. Sherman Takes Command: A Baleful Sway 16 PART 2: THE BUELL INFLUENCE 3. Organization and Strategy: The Arrival of Buell 33 4. The Drive South: The Buell-Halleck Feud 57 5. The Mettle Tested: The Battle of Shiloh 74 PART 3: DECLINE OF THE BUELL INFLUENCE 6. The Chattanooga Campaign: Conservative War Aims 91 7. Retreat to Kentucky: A Season of Blunders 107 8. The Collapse of Command: The Anti-Buell Faction 126 9. Faltering Communications: The Battle of Perryville 141 10. A Failure to Perform: The Removal of Buell 167 PART 4: THE ROSECRANS ERA 11. Army of the Cumberland: The Rosecrans Influence 181 12. The Weight of Command: Clash at Stones River 201 13. Interlude: The Business of War 225 14. The Politics of War: Rise of the Anti-Rosecrans Faction 246 15. Tullahoma: Military Gain, Political Vexation 265 VIII CONTENTS PART 5: THE DECLINE OF ROSECRANS 16. An Aura of Vanity: The Road to Chattanooga 285 17. Fatal Decision: The Battle of Chickamauga 314 18. The Removal: Purge and Reorganization 338 PART 6: THE EMERGENCE OF THOMAS 19. Chattanooga: Thomas Takes Command 361 20. The Army Remodeled: Winter at Chattanooga 379 21. The Atlanta Campaign: "A Spirit of Jealousy" 394 22. Command Fracture: The Grand Old Army Divides 416 Epilogue 432 ORDERS OF BATTLE 435 Bibliography 449 Index 477 ILLUSTRATIONS PHOTOGRAPHS following page 158 Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen Maj. Gen. George "Old Pap" Thomas Col. Robert H. G. Minty Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden Brig. Gen. Alexander McCook Crossing the Big Barren River Brig. Gen. James Negley and staff Finishing the Elk River railroad trestle Maj. Gen. William S. Rosencrans and staff Generals Davis, Brannan, Johnson, King, and staff "Thomastown," headquarters of General Thomas Colonels and generals of the Army of the Cumberland MAPS Chattanooga and Vicinity 109 Buell and Bragg, Early September 1862 120 Eastern Kentucky 170 The Approaches to Murfreesboro 203 The Tullahoma Campaign 268 The 1863 Advance into Northwest Georgia 295

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A potent fighting force that changed the course of the Civil War, the Army of the Cumberland was the North’s second-most-powerful army, surpassed in size only by the Army of the Potomac. Though the Army of the Cumberland engaged the enemy across five times more territory with one-third to one-half
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