Artikel: Third Battle of Murfreesboro GudangMovies21 Rebahinxxi

    • Source: Third Battle of Murfreesboro

      • The Third Battle of Murfreesboro, also known as Wilkinson Pike or the Cedars, was fought December 5–7, 1864, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War.


      Background


      In a last, desperate attempt to force Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Union army out of Georgia, Gen. John Bell Hood led the Army of Tennessee north toward Nashville in November 1864. After suffering terrible losses at Franklin, he continued toward Nashville. Hood recognized that Federal forces at Murfreesboro posed a significant threat to his right flank, his supply line and his possible retreat route. On December 4, 1864 he sent Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest with two cavalry divisions and Maj. Gen. William B. Bate's infantry division to Murfreesboro, Tennessee.


      Opposing forces




      = Union

      =
      District of Tennessee – Maj. Gen. Lovell H. Rousseau

      Defenses of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad – Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy
      1st Provisional Brigade – Col. Minor T. Thomas
      8th Minnesota Infantry: Col. Minor T. Thomas, Ltc Henry C. Rogers
      61st Illinois Infantry: Lt. Col. Daniel Grass
      174th Ohio Infantry: Col. John S. Jones
      181st Ohio Infantry: Col. John O'Dowd
      13th New York Light Artillery: Cpt. Henry Bundy
      2nd Provisional Brigade (Post of Tullahoma) – Col. Edward Anderson
      177th Ohio Infantry: Col. Arthur T. Wilcox
      178th Ohio Infantry: Col. Joab A. Stafford
      12th Indiana Cavalry: Col. Edward Anderson
      5th Tennessee Cavalry: Col. William Brickly Stokes


      = Confederate

      =
      Forrest's Cavalry Corps: Maj. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest

      Buford's Division: Brig. Gen. Abraham Buford
      Bell's Brigade: Col. Tyree H. Bell
      2nd/22nd Tennessee Cavalry (Barteau's)
      19th Tennessee Cavalry
      20th Tennessee Cavalry: Col Robert M. Russell
      21st Tennessee Cavalry
      Nixon's (22nd) Tennessee Cavalry
      Crossland's Brigade: Col. Edward Crossland
      3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry
      7th Kentucky Mounted Infantry
      8th Kentucky Mounted Infantry
      12th Kentucky Cavalry
      Huey's Kentucky Battalion
      Jackson's Division: Brig. Gen. William Hicks Jackson
      Armstrong's Brigade: Brig. Gen. Frank C. Armstrong
      1st Mississippi Cavalry
      2nd Mississippi Cavalry
      28th Mississippi Cavalry
      2nd Mississippi Partisan Rangers
      Ross's Brigade: Brig. Gen. Lawrence S. Ross
      3rd Texas Cavalry
      6th Texas Cavalry
      9th Texas Cavalry
      (1st Texas Legion) 27th Texas Cavalry
      Attached Infantry:

      (From Cheatham's Corps) Bate's Division: MG William B. Bate
      Tyler's/Smith’s Brigade: BG Thomas Benton Smith
      37th Georgia
      4th Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion
      2nd Tennessee
      10th Tennessee
      20th Tennessee
      37th Tennessee
      Finley's/Bullock’s Brigade: BG Robert Bullock (w); Major Jacob A. Lash
      1st-3rd Florida
      4th Florida & 1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted): Major Jacob A. Lash
      6th Florida
      7th Florida
      Jackson's Brigade: BG Henry R. Jackson
      36th Georgia (1st Georgia) Confederate
      25th Georgia
      29th Georgia
      30th Georgia
      66th Georgia
      1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion
      (From Lee’s Corps) Stevenson's Division: BG Joseph B. Palmer
      Brown's & Reynolds' Brigade: BG Joseph B. Palmer
      58th North Carolina
      60th North Carolina
      54th Virginia
      63rd Virginia
      3rd-18th Tennessee
      23rd-26th-45th Tennessee: Col Anderson Searcy
      32nd Tennessee: Col John P. McGuire
      (From Stewart’s Corps) French's Division: BG Claudius W. Sears
      Sears' Brigade: BG Claudius W. Sears
      4th Mississippi
      35th Mississippi
      36th Mississippi
      39th Mississippi
      46th Mississippi
      7th Mississippi Battalion
      Artillery:

      Slocomb's Louisiana Battery: Lt. Joseph E. Chalaron


      Battle


      On December 2, Hood had ordered Bate to destroy the railroad and blockhouses between Murfreesboro and Nashville and join Forrest for further operations. On December 4, Bate's division attacked Blockhouse No. 7 protecting the railroad crossing at Overall's Creek, but Union forces fought it off. On the morning of December 5, Forrest marched toward Murfreesboro in two columns, one to attack the fort on the hill and the other to take Blockhouse No. 4, both at La Vergne. Forrest demanded the garrisons at both locations surrender, which they did. Outside La Vergne, Forrest joined Bate's division and the command advanced on to Murfreesboro along two roads, driving the Union forces into their Fortress Rosecrans fortifications, then encamped in the city outskirts for the night. The next morning, on December 6, fighting flared for a couple of hours, but the Union troops ceased firing and both sides glared at each other for the rest of the day. Brig. Gen. Claudius W. Sears's and Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Palmer's infantry brigades joined Forrest's command in the evening, further increasing his numbers.
      On the morning of December 7, Maj. Gen. Lovell Rousseau, commanding all of the forces at Murfreesboro, sent two brigades out under Brig. Gen. Robert H. Milroy on the Salem Pike to feel out the enemy. These brigades were led by Col. Minor T. Thomas, a veteran of the Dakota War, and Col. Edward Anderson. With Thomas' brigade forming the first line of battle and Anderson forming the second, Milroy engaged the Confederates and fighting continued. At one point some of Bate's troops broke and ran. Forrest "seized the colors of the retreating troops and endeavored to rally them". Bate was equally unsuccessful. The rest of Forrest's command conducted an orderly retreat from the field and encamped for the night outside Murfreesboro. Forrest had destroyed railroad track, blockhouses, and some homes and generally disrupted Union operations in the area. More importantly, he succeeded in keeping Rousseau confined to Murfreesboro and kept the important supply line and retreat route open.


      References




      Sources


      Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
      National Park Service battle description

    Kata Kunci Pencarian:

    third battle of murfreesboroSearch Results

    Artikel Terkait "third battle of murfreesboro"

    Third Battle of Murfreesboro - Wikipedia

    The Third Battle of Murfreesboro, also known as Wilkinson Pike or the Cedars, was fought December 5–7, 1864, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville …

    Remembering Rutherford: Confederates routed in Third Battle ...

    08 Mar 2015 · This "minor engagement" on Dec. 6-7, 1864, is known as the Battle of the Cedars or the Third Battle of Murfreesboro.

    The Battle of Murfreesboro (Third) - mycivilwar.com

    4 days ago · On December 7, in the morning, Maj. Gen. Lovell Rousseau, commanding all of the forces at Murfreesboro, sent 2 brigades out, under Brig. Gen. Robert Milroy, on the Salem …

    Battle of Stones River - Wikipedia

    The Battle of Stones River, also known as the Second Battle of Murfreesboro, was fought from December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863, in Middle Tennessee, as the culmination of the …

    Battle Detail - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service)

    On December 2, Hood had ordered Bate to destroy the railroad and blockhouses between Murfreesboro and Nashville and join Forrest for further operations; on December 4, Bate's …

    Third Battle of Murfreesboro | Military Wiki | Fandom

    The Third Battle of Murfreesboro, also known as Wilkinson Pike or the Cedars, was fought December 5–7, 1864, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville …

    The Country All Around Was Laid Desolate - npshistory.com

    3rd Minnesota, through Murfreesboro, where he showed him the same forces repeatedly, leading Lester to overestimate Forrest’s men. Lester surrendered and the Confederate forces …