Hello,

I am a Civil War reinactor in the Pacific Northwest that is looking on starting
a new unit in my club. The unit that I am looking at was formed in the late
1840s as the Mounted Riflemen.  They started out building forts along the Oregon
Trail and were sent to fight in the Mexican War. I know that when the Civil War
started they were redesignated as the 3RD US Cavalry and helped drive the
confederates back into texas and spent most of the war in Tenesse.

I have been realy impressed with the knowledge of the people in this group and
was hoping that I could get some people to share some information on the unit. 
Any thing would be extreamly helpful.

Shawn

Shawn,
The Mounted Riflemen/3rd Cavalry were indeed an interesting group. The
URL below gives some information about their Civil War experience. The
Colonel of the 90th Illinois had been a Rifleman in New Mexico before
the C.W.

http://crossedsabers.blogspot.com/2009/08/3rd-us-cavalry-in-civil-war-1861.html

Patricia B. Swan
"Chicago's Irish Legion: the 90th Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War"
by James B. Swan
shawn wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am a Civil War reinactor in the Pacific Northwest that is looking on
> starting a new unit in my club. The unit that I am looking at was
> formed in the late 1840s as the Mounted Riflemen. They started out
> building forts along the Oregon Trail and were sent to fight in the
> Mexican War. I know that when the Civil War started they were
> redesignated as the 3RD US Cavalry and helped drive the confederates
> back into texas and spent most of the war in Tenesse.
>
> I have been realy impressed with the knowledge of the people in this
> group and was hoping that I could get some people to share some
> information on the unit. Any thing would be extreamly helpful.
>
> Shawn
>
>

Take care,
Bob
Judy and Bob Huddleston
10643 Sperry Street
Northglenn, CO 80234-3612
Huddleston.r@...
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My 3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment, a part of the Whitfield / Ross Texas Cavalry Brigade left Texas in 1861 and did not return till the war was over. They were roughed up and pushed around, but the were nor driven back to Texas. Sherman with over 100,000 troops fought for 110 days to go a distance we drive today in an hour. During that distance he lost about 45,000 men, with replacements all the way. Johnson had no replacements, but his soldiers made Sherman pay in blood. Because the North won??? The real history is not heard. Today at my web site I make available all that I have learned of this one brigade. The 3rd US Cavalry was not like its sister unit the 2nd which spawned the likes of Robert E. Lee. I have not studied the 3rd US Cavalry, but I do know it did not drive anyone back to Texas

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From: Patricia Swan <pbswan@bellsouth.net>
To: civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, November 5, 2009 7:15:07 PM
Subject: Re: [civilwarwest] Mounted Riflemen / 3RD US Cavalry

Shawn,
The Mounted Riflemen/3rd Cavalry were indeed an interesting group. The
URL below gives some information about their Civil War experience. The
Colonel of the 90th Illinois had been a Rifleman in New Mexico before
the C.W.

http://crossedsabers.blogspot.com/2009/08/3rd-us-cavalry-in-civil-war-1861.html

Patricia B. Swan
"Chicago's Irish Legion: the 90th Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War"
by James B. Swan
shawn wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am a Civil War reinactor in the Pacific Northwest that is looking on
> starting a new unit in my club. The unit that I am looking at was
> formed in the late 1840s as the Mounted Riflemen. They started out
> building forts along the Oregon Trail and were sent to fight in the
> Mexican War. I know that when the Civil War started they were
> redesignated as the 3RD US Cavalry and helped drive the confederates
> back into texas and spent most of the war in Tenesse.
>
> I have been realy impressed with the knowledge of the people in this
> group and was hoping that I could get some people to share some
> information on the unit. Any thing would be extreamly helpful.
>
> Shawn
>
>


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In the Sep 1973 issue of the S&D Refelector, the diary of Col William Rion Hoel
was printed.  He was in charge of the ironclad Pittsburg and participated in the
ill starred Red River Expedition in the spring of 1864.  His diary is in the
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County - Inland Rivers Library.  Its
entries are 2 Mar 1864 to 21 May as used in the article in the S&D Reflector. 
All steamboats of the expedition are ID'ed by name.

Sat March 12th

"Arrived on Simport at 1PM. Genl Smiths transports (20) arrived and his troops
disembarked, about 10,000 men."

On average for this mission, one steamboat transported 500 troops and their
equipment and supplies.

Fran Nash




--- In civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com, Gerald Doolen <cwwgeraldd45@...> wrote:
>
> 2009Feb28
>  
> WOW !  What a great resource, I had no idea such information was available.
> Info. like this makes CWW worthwhile.
>  
> Thanks very much !
>  
> p.s.- Steamboats are a special interest; recently read Bissell's great book,
am searching out references. Have been to Jeffersonville, IN Museum; several
photos of "Queens"; Louisville Belle "sinking"; trip/photos/sound on (N..O.)
Natchez @ Paducah, etc.
>
>
> --- On Sat, 2/28/09, fwnash@... <fwnash@...> wrote:
>
>
> From: fwnash@... <fwnash@...>
> Subject: Re: [civilwarwest] Re: Sternwheel Transports
> To: civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 3:40 AM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>                            Feb 27
>  
> Mr D45
>  
> Not sure what happened with my premature send, but will start again.  There
are two steamers in Way's Dictionary that match your criteria.  The biggest
Diana was built by the famed Howard Ship Yards in Jeffersonville, IN.  It was a
sidewheeler 275x37x7 and rated at 560 tons.  The Diana was a much bigger boat
than the usual Pittsburgh area sternwheeler.   
>  
> There is a photo in the UW-La Crosse Historic Steamboat Collection at the
following link.
>  
> http://digicoll. library.wisc. edu/LaCrosseStea mboat/
>  
> Browse and search for Diana.  I found no photos in the PLCHC collection.
>  
> OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Edward T. Sturgeon (master); Orlando L. Smith (first
clerk); John W. Forsee (second clerk); S.F. Cornell (barkeeper, 1857).
> RIVERS: Mississippi River; Ohio River; Illinois River .
> OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 1539; Home port or owner's residence (1857),
Louisville, Kentucky. Original price $15,000. Left Louisville on her maiden trip
in the New Orleans trade, December 24, 1857. Ran a celebrated race with the
Baltic in 1858 from New Orleans to Louisville and won. She was rewarded with a
$500 prize and the right to carry U.S. mail. When the Pennsylvania exploded at
Ship Island in June 1858, the Diana was at the scene and picked up survivors.
When the Civil War began, she carried army supplies to Nashville, March 1862.
She was sold to the U.S. Quartermasters Department while laid up at New Albany,
Indiana on December 6, 1862 and saw service as a troop transport.  For a time
she was the flagship of the Mississippi Marine Brigade.  Was in the Red River
expedition in the spring of 1864.
>  
> There are no entries for 1863.
>  
> Fran Nash 
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "cwwgeraldd45" <cwwgeraldd45@ yahoo.com>
> To: civilwarwest@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 7:25:03 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [civilwarwest] Re: Sternwheel Transports
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2009Feb27
>
> Dr. John T. Hunt (IL 40th Co. A) in his memoirs has some interesting
> information on steamboats on the Mississippi and Ohio.
>
> Of interest to me is the Diana (very large)...transporte d the IL 40th
> from Vicksburg to Memphis (after Sept. 25, 1863)... "about Nov. 01"
>
> Interested in any information. ..photo, specifications, capt., crew.
>
> --- In civilwarwest@ yahoogroups. com, fwnash@ wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
> >
> > H’lo.  Recently I became a member of your research group so
> I thought I should introduce myself as a n a ncestor of the Steamboating
> Poe family. I fit the role of a storyteller more than a historian. n a
> ncestor of the Steamboating Poe family. I fit the role of a storyteller
> more than a historian.
> >
> > Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
> >
> > I’ve come to you searching for info and photos of 25 steamboats
> and their captains who carried troops and supplies on the western rivers
> during the Civil War and worked the Missouri River trade from 1866-1870.
> The captains and packets, well known to Capt Frederick Way the Ohio
> River historian, steamed from Georgetown, PA, a tiny borough on the Ohio
> River within site of West Virginia and Ohio. The steamers are also
> listed in the "Dictionary of Transports and Combatant Vessels Steam and
> Sail Employed by the Union Army 1861-1868" compiled by Charles Dana
> Gibson and E Kay Gibson. Without these captains/pilots and steamers, the
> Union armies could not have taken the field, nor could they have been
> sustained.
> >
> >
> >
> > Their stories are fascinating. For example -- The str Kenton was owned
> by Capt George W Ebert who quite possibly was also one of its
> pilots. On Jan 12, 1863, the Kenton was moored near the mouth on the
> White River according to a personal letter by Lt Cushman K Davis of the
> 28th Wisconsin Regiment. Lt Davis was the aide-de-camp to Gen Willis
> Arnold Gorman. Approximately 18,000 troops had been transported to the
> White River from Helena or Napoleon by a fleet of 30 steamers. The
> Kenton steamed five difficult miles up the swollen White River on Jan
> 13. According to Lt Davis, the old General spent most of his time in
> swearing at the pilot. On Jan 15 the 28th Wisconsin was visited by a
> terrific snowstorm. After finding no fight on the White River, the 28th
> Wisconsin was ordered to Vicksburg for the purpose of another attack.
> >
> >
> >
> > Other civilian captains from Georgetown were: Thomas W Poe, Jacob Poe,
> Adam Poe ,Thomas S Calhoon, and Jackman T Stockdale. My packets of
> interest are: Amelia Poe, Clara Poe, Georgetown, Mary E Poe, Nick Wall,
> Belfast, Big Foot, Argyle, Belmont, Jacob Poe, Kenton, Mollie Ebert,
> Yorktown,
> >
> > Sallie, John C Fremont, Ida Stockdale, Katie Stockdale...
> >
> > Sallie, John C Fremont, Ida Stockdale, Katie Stockdale...
> >
> >
> >
> > There is little data on the civilian transports whether charted or
> impressed into service. If you are aware of any data, I would greatly
> appreciate directions to it.
> >
> >
> >
> > I recently inherited a journal and some other family articles. And
> Capt George W Ebert, cursed by the old general, was my great great
> grandfather. It was not a story of my choosing, but what could make a
> better story.
> >
> > Fran Nash
> >
> > I’ve come to you searching for info and photos of 25 steamboats
> and their captains who carried troops and supplies on the western rivers
> during the Civil War and worked the Missouri River trade from 1866-1870.
> The captains and packets, well known to Capt Frederick Way the Ohio
> River historian, steamed from Georgetown, PA, a tiny borough on the Ohio
> River within site of West Virginia and Ohio. The steamers are also
> listed in the "Dictionary of Transports and Combatant Vessels Steam and
> Sail Employed by the Union Army 1861-1868" compiled by Charles Dana
> Gibson and E Kay Gibson. Without these captains/pilots and steamers, the
> Union armies could not have taken the field, nor could they have been
> sustained.
> >
> >
> >
> > Their stories are fascinating. For example -- The str Kenton was owned
> by Capt George W Ebert who quite possibly was also one of its
> pilots. On Jan 12, 1863, the Kenton was moored near the mouth on the
> White River according to a personal letter by Lt Cushman K Davis of the
> 28th Wisconsin Regiment. Lt Davis was the aide-de-camp to Gen Willis
> Arnold Gorman. Approximately 18,000 troops had been transported to the
> White River from Helena or Napoleon by a fleet of 30 steamers. The
> Kenton steamed five difficult miles up the swollen White River on Jan
> 13. According to Lt Davis, the old General spent most of his time in
> swearing at the pilot. On Jan 15 the 28th Wisconsin was visited by a
> terrific snowstorm. After finding no fight on the White River, the 28th
> Wisconsin was ordered to Vicksburg for the purpose of another attack.
> >
> >
> >
> > Other civilian captains from Georgetown were: Thomas W Poe, Jacob Poe,
> Adam Poe ,Thomas S Calhoon, and Jackman T Stockdale. My packets of
> interest are: Amelia Poe, Clara Poe, Georgetown, Mary E Poe, Nick Wall,
> Belfast, Big Foot, Argyle, Belmont, Jacob Poe, Kenton, Mollie Ebert,
> Yorktown,
> >
> > Sallie, John C Fremont, Ida Stockdale, Katie Stockdale...
> >
> > Sallie, John C Fremont, Ida Stockdale, Katie Stockdale...
> >
> >
> >
> > There is little data on the civilian transports whether charted or
> impressed into service. If you are aware of any data, I would greatly
> appreciate directions to it.
> >
> >
> >
> > I recently inherited a journal and some other family articles. And
> Capt George W Ebert, cursed by the old general, was my great great
> grandfather. It was not a story of my choosing, but what could make a
> better story.
> >
> > Fran Nash
> >
>

Hi

Thought you might like to see some artwork from from an up and coming historical artist. His name is Mark Maritato and he does some great work. Click n the link below and see his verision of the Irish Brigade at Fredricksburg. I think you will agree he is very talented.

http://www.delawarerivergallery.com/

Dale

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Wow! Unique!!

Little Round Top, the Irish Brigade and Berdan's sharpshooters.

Never seen them in a painting before...



--- In civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com, "Dale" <delawarerivergallery@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hi
>
> Thought you might like to see some artwork from from an up and coming
> historical artist. His name is Mark Maritato and he does some great
> work. Click n the link below and see his verision of the Irish Brigade
> at Fredricksburg. I think you will agree he is very talented.
>
> http://www.delawarerivergallery.com/
> <http://www.delawarerivergallery.com/>
>
> Dale
>

I certainly agree that I was instantly overwhelmed by all that information.

Your proposition:
The Civil War would not have been much different nor cost more lives without the
railroads.

I think I would have to say I disagree that the war would not have been much
different, although I don't know how to weigh your qualifier "much".  Certainly,
outside of war, it was really changing the country, so it is hard to imagine we
would have fought the same war without them. One thing that comes to mind is
that the railroads stepped in to make up the difference when the Mississippi was
closed down.

As far as the war itself, I'd have to say quite a few battles would not have
been fought at all without the railroads and the supplies to the armies they
provided.

--- In civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com, fwnash@... wrote:
> Proposition.   The Civil War would not have been much different nor cost more
lives without the railroads.
>

I think you need to pick up Warren Grabau's "98 Days" in which he performs a
calculation of the distance that a civil war unit could travel away from the
rail lines without massive foraging.  Basically, there's a point at which the
food required to carry the wagon teams a given distance becomes greater than the
capacity of the wagon.  It is a shockingly short distance, I can look it up for
you some time when I get a chance.

An army travels on its stomach, and in the ACW its stomach traveled by rail.

The newest edition of Blue & Gray covers Chickasaw Bayou. I'm curious if anyone
has read it, and what your opinions are.

I find it interesting that of the Confederate units mentioned in the description
of the action, not a single regiment was from Grenada. A great deal more has
been made of Van Dorn's raid than is warranted, in my opinion. There were two
units ordered from the Grenada front that showed up prior to the assault, the
smallish Vaughn's brigade composed largely of conscripts, and Gregg's brigade.
Gregg's brigade sat unengaged in a reserve position, Vaughn's brigade sat
guarding an unassaulted portion of the line. Both brigades were ordered south
before Pemberton knew that the federals were moving back to Memphis from
Grenada.

I also think there is some room in the article for clarifying the political
machinations behind Sherman's move. This was not Grant's riverine campaign for
Vicksburg, it was Lincoln and Halleck's riverine campaign. For Grant to
patiently scrap his plans for an overland campaign without complaint and defer
to his masters sitting behind desks a thousand miles away seems superhuman to
me. Contrast that to McClellan's reaction to Lincoln's comparatively minor
meddlings, and we see why Grant was the man who would go on to win the war.

Gerald,
You may be interested in some photos that Gerald Hodge has on his 39th
Georgia site.  The 39th Georgia was one of two regiments that faced
Loomis' brigade (and thus the 26th Illinois) at Missionary Ridge.  The
photos are taken around the tunnel area where the 29th came off the hill
and captured some Union troops.  His site is:
http://www.facebook.com/index.php?lh=80f32a8617c5f99eea8f7ebbcb5520ce&#/pages/De\
scendants-and-Friends-of-the-39th-Georgia-Volunteer-Infantry-Regiment/1361894843\
47?v=photos&ref=mf
<http://www.facebook.com/index.php?lh=80f32a8617c5f99eea8f7ebbcb5520ce&#/pages/D\
escendants-and-Friends-of-the-39th-Georgia-Volunteer-Infantry-Regiment/136189484\
347?v=photos&ref=mf>Best,
Pat
Gerald Doolen wrote:
> 2008Apr21
>
> What first interested me in Mission Ridge was a family member of 26th
> IL Infantry captured at Mission Ridge/Tunnel area Nov25 and died at
> Andersonville soon after it opened. This had an effect in my lifetime
> as my great grandfathers tales were passed along. I have since become
> interested in the history of the area and battles.
>
> I have seen maps of area and picked out what I thought to be a likely
> site of Glass House, was hoping for something labled; maybe a
> university search. Now to find the maps.
>
> Thanks for the information.
>
> */swan_pat_estelle <pbswan@...>/* wrote:
>
>     Gerald,
>     There are at least three maps that indicate buildings where the Glass
>     Farmstead was said to be located in the reports of the battle at the
>     north end of Missionary Ridge. None label these buildings as the
>     Glass farmstead, but they are the only buildings shown on that farm
>     and are in the correct location. The maps are:
>     From the Official Military Atlas of the Civil War compiled by Davis,
>     Perry & Kirkley: Plate 45 No.8 ("Map of Missionary Ridge") and Plate
>     49 No. 1. ("Map of the Battlefield of Chattanooga"). The third is the
>     "Map of the Battlefields of Chattanooga & Wauhatchie" that was
>     published by the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park Commission
>     in 1896. It can be obtained from the shops at the C&C Battlefield
>     Hdqtrs.
>
>     I am interested in the Loomis Brigade. What is your interest in North
>     Missionary Ridge?
>
>     Hope this is helpful.
>     Pat
>
>     --- In civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com
>     <mailto:civilwarwest%40yahoogroups.com>, Gerald Doolen
>     <cwwgeraldd45@...>
>     wrote:
>     >
>     > 2008Apr18
>     > Thanks! this is very helpful; reafirms my suspicions. I will
>     continue studying history of the battle wherever I can find it;
>     looking for a map showing location of Glass House.
>     >
>     > LWhite64@... wrote:
>     > Gerald,
>     > Unfortunately there is nothing marking the area where the
>     Glass House was, only a Glass St. As to the Tunnel, it was not used
>     by the CS troops, but the way the ground appeared in the area could
>     make it seem like they came from the Tunnel, being very rolling, all
>     of the CS counterattacks were launched from on top of the ridge. The
>     troops that lost the most prisoners I believe were Loomis's brigade
>     which was pinned down along the Railroad embankment. That property is
>     owned by the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.
>     >
>     > Lee
>     >
>     >
>     > -----Original Message-----
>     > From: Gerald Doolen <cwwgeraldd45@...>
>     > To: civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com
>     <mailto:civilwarwest%40yahoogroups.com>
>     > Sent: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 1:50 pm
>     > Subject: [civilwarwest] Mission Ridge/Glass House/Tunnel/Belle Isle
>     >
>     > 2008Apr17
>     >
>     > Chattanooga has one of the best WBS resource in Mission Ridge; one
>     of the most important battles being fought there. However the
>     topography and residential nature of the area makes it difficult to
>     navigate. I recently visited some of sites on Mission Ridge; not
>     having a good map I spent a lot of time and missed many, a small scale
>     map was all I could pry out of the rangers at Chickamauga. I plan to
>     return soon armed with USGS, Mapquest, etc. will focus on tunnel area.
>     Looking for the site of the "Glass House" as many writings mention it;
>     is the site known/marked ?
>     >
>     > I am interested in information reguarding prisoners, transport,
>     etc. I recall seing a drawing "Surrender at Glass House" but have not
>     been able to relocate. Some unit histories mention Confederate Troops
>     coming out of tunnel, capturing Union troops. It seems reasonable that
>     the tunnel would be heavily defended, and a good base for operations,
>     however I have found no mentioned in official records.
>     >
>     > Pleased to finally find a site devoted to the Western Theatre.
>     Also hope to visit Western Theatre Library at WKU.
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park service battle summary says "Estimated Casualties: US 1,776; CS 207"

not sure what you mean by "Sherman's move"

> I also think there is some room in the article for clarifying the political
machinations behind Sherman's move. This was not Grant's riverine campaign for
Vicksburg, it was Lincoln and Halleck's riverine campaign. For Grant to
patiently scrap his plans for an overland campaign without complaint and defer
to his masters sitting behind desks a thousand miles away seems superhuman to
me. Contrast that to McClellan's reaction to Lincoln's comparatively minor
meddlings, and we see why Grant was the man who would go on to win the war.
>

--- In civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com, "carlw4514" <carlw4514@...> wrote:
>
> not sure what you mean by "Sherman's move"
>

Sherman's move from Oxford to Memphis and from Memphis to Vicksburg.  This was
NOT Grant's vision for the Vicksburg Campaign.

Grant's plan was to move against Jackson with his whole force, using the
railroad as a line of advance.  For several weeks, Grant had been asking Halleck
for suggestions on what course of action he should pursue.  Grant finally
settled on a plan to consolidate all of his force and begin marching south. 
Halleck approved the plan, even though Halleck knew that Lincoln was demanding a
riverine campaign.

Lincoln's plan was to take Vicksburg via a riverine campaign, and Lincoln
authorized McClernand to undertake an independent expedition to do so.  Halleck,
however, immediately began trying to subvert McClernand.  First, he convinced
Lincoln to make McClernand ultimately subject to the department commander. 
Secondly, he ordered Grant to send the riverine expedition forward under Sherman
rather than delay for McClernand's arrival.

Grant was already halfway to Vicksburg, and yet here we have Halleck telling him
"go no farther," then ordering half of Grant's offensive force on a wild goose
chase down the river, where they would ultimately be subject to the command of
an incompetent political general.  That Grant didn't lose his cool speaks
volumes about his character.

Let's see.  Did Grant order Sherman to Memphis to take the troops that
McClernand was gathering there down to Vicksburg?  Did Grant plan to
keep up pressure on Pemberton and fix him in position, preventing his
going to Vicksburg?  Did Grant thus envision a coordinated action
between his troops and those with Sherman?  Did Grant ever order Sherman
to terminate his action down the river?  If some messengers got to
Sherman, but without orders from Grant, what should Sherman have done?
Disobeyed Grant's orders?  Please enlighten us.

Dave Powell would not push his book but since I've reviewed it:

THE MAPS OF CHICKAMAUGA: An Atlas of the Chickamauga Campaign, Including the
Tullahoma Operations, June 22 - September 23, 1863 by David Powell
Product Details
� Hardcover: 320 pages
� Publisher: Savas Beatie (November 2009)
� Language: English
� ISBN-10: 1932714723
� ISBN-13: 978-1932714722
The Savas Beatie Military Atlas Series is one of the few "must have" sets in a
Civil War library.  Each book contains sequential detailed maps coupled with
excellent commentary solving the"map problem" that many current histories have. 
While inconvenient to keep two books opened, the maps in this series make the
effort worthwhile.  Each additional book in the series fine-tunes the
presentation resulting in a more informative narration and maps that are more
useful.  "Maps of Chickamauga" is the newest book in the series and benefits
from prior experience.  The maps are more colorful, the contour lines are
better.  David A. Fredrichs produced an outstanding series of maps for this
book.  His maps are clear, detailed and make it easy to follow this confusing
battle.  The scale of the battle maps is from 80 to 400 yards per inch,
depending on the action.  The majority of the maps are 120 to 200 yards per inch
giving a real tactical view of the battle.  The larger scale illustrates a
general situation or major movement.  Strategic Chickamauga maps are in miles
scale covering an area of up to 80 by 100 miles.  The Tullahoma Campaign map
scale is in miles except for the few critical actions that took place.  The
action maps scale is hundreds of yards per inch to accommodate the larger
cavalry areas.
Narration is the key to a good map book.  The author's narration is intelligent,
informative and to the point.  His excellent in-depth knowledge of the subject
gives him a confidence few authors have.
The book contains the following major sections:
Prelude: The Strategic Situation in 1863 is a concise, clear overview that sets
the stage for the campaign.
Map Set 1: The Tullahoma Campaign is a series of maps and narration that covers
this little known but very important campaign.
Map Set 2: Rosecrans Crosses the Tennessee presents the complex maneuvers in a
logical easy to understand manner.  The narration and maps complement each other
making the marches and counter marches understandable.
Map Set 3 through 16 cover the battle of Chickamauga.  They detail the actions
leading to the battle and the retreat into Chattanooga.  A map and narration can
be used answer a question.  The best use of this book is to capture the full
3-day of battle by follow the sequence of maps.  Doing that brought back some
memories of standing somewhere on that map, listening to the author tells us
about the fighting during his battlefield walks in March.
The book contains a complete Order of Battle for Tullahoma and Chickamauga.  A
full Bibliography, Endnotes and a must read Epilogue.  Every student of the war
in the West will want this excellent book in their library.

if this is two different versions of intentions etc, what does the magazine
article seem to say?

--- In civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com, Patricia Swan <pbswan@...> wrote:
>
> Let's see.  Did Grant order Sherman to Memphis to take the
> troops that McClernand was gathering there down to Vicksburg?

Grant was ordered to do so by Halleck.

> Did Grant plan to keep up pressure on Pemberton and fix him
> in position, preventing his going to Vicksburg?

Yes, which Grant did.  Only two brigades reached Vicksburg before Sherman's
assault, both of them were ordered south before Pemberton knew that Grant was
withdrawing back to Vicksburg.  Neither brigade participated appreciably in the
fighting at Chickasaw Bayou.

> Did Grant thus envision a coordinated action
> between his troops and those with Sherman?

No.  If Sherman's movement had been successful in carrying Vicksburg or causing
Pemberton to abandon Grenada, then Grant would have followed Pemberton closely
and rendezvoused with Sherman on the Yazoo at some point.  However, Sherman's
movement failed to do either.

> Please enlighten us.

Done.  Any other questions? :D