Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefields: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park—Georgia, TennesseeSullivan, James R.
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Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefields: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park—Georgia, Tennessee
Sullivan, James R.
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Ga. and Tenn.); United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
The Union forces were not idle, and during the night Rosecrans moved
Thomas’ corps northeastward above and back of Crittenden, so that Bragg
would not outflank the Federal line. Negley’s Division remained near
Crawfish Springs (now Chickamauga), Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Reynolds’
Division near Widow Glenn’s, and Brigadier Generals Absalom Baird’s and
John M. Brannan’s Divisions covered the roads leading to Reed’s and
Alexander’s Bridges. General McCook’s Corps moved to position in
McLemore’s Cove.
The situation at dawn on the 19th found the two armies facing each other
over a stretch of several miles along the banks of the Chickamauga.
Rosecrans had been able in a short time to maneuver the Army of the
Cumberland into position so that it interposed between Bragg and
Chattanooga. His Reserve Corps under General Granger was at McAfee’s
Church, near Rossville. Thomas’ Fourteenth Army Corps composed the
Union’s left a few miles south of Granger, and formed a southwesterly
line to Crawfish Spring where it joined McCook, forming the right in
McLemore’s Cove. Crittenden’s Twenty-First Army Corps remained
concentrated at Lee and Gordon’s Mills, somewhat in front of the other
two corps, to protect the Union center.
Table 1.—_Union Army at Chickamauga_
_Army of the Cumberland_—Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans
_Fourteenth Army Corps_—Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas
1st Division—Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird
2d Division—Maj. Gen. James S. Negley
3d Division—Brig. Gen. John M. Brannan
4th Division—Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Reynolds
_Twentieth Army Corps_—Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook
1st Division—Brig. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis
2d Division—Brig. Gen. Richard W. Johnson
3d Division—Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan
_Twenty-first Army Corps_—Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden
1st Division—Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood
2d Division—Maj. Gen. John M. Palmer
3d Division—Brig. Gen. H. P. Van Cleve
_Reserve Corps_—Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger
1st Division—Brig. Gen. James B. Steedman
2d Division—Col. Daniel McCook
_Cavalry Corps_—Brig. Gen. Robert B. Mitchell
1st Division—Col. Edward M. McCook
2d Division—Brig. Gen. George Crook
[Illustration: _“The First Gun at Chickamauga.” Confederates open
fire on Union cavalry at Reed’s Bridge._ A. R. Waud wartime sketch.
From Brown, _The Mountain Campaign in Georgia_.]
Table 2.—_Confederate Army at Chickamauga_
_Army of Tennessee_—Gen. Braxton Bragg[1]
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