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6–7 April 1862

Battle of Shiloh

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The rising battle-tide the Southrons breast
From early morn until the afternoon,
When feigning an attack, they very soon

"General Albert Sidney Johnston was mortally wounded
<iuring the grand victorious charge at Shiloh, on April 6th,
dying in a few moments.

7 General. P. G. T. Beauregard, distinguished in the First
Manassas and other great battles of the war.

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Kentucky won great honors on each day

Of Shiloh's fierce and well-remembered fray.

Great Albert Sidney Johnston was her son.

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Fair Louisiana's valiant foster son.

* George W. Johnson was elected provisional governor of
Kentucky by the Confederate council of that State, lie
went into the battle of Shiloh as aide to General Breckin-
ridge. His horse was killed in the first day's fight, where-
upon he enlisted as a private in Company E, First
Kentucky Infantry, and, fighting in its ranks, was mortally
wounded on the second day.

t Brigadier-General Adley H. Gladden was a native of
South Carolina, and was Major of the "Palmetto Regiment"
from that State, being promoted to Colonel after the battle
of Churubusco in Mexico, in which he gallantly led the-

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And disappointment which our men did meet.

The crushing blow on Shiloh's first day dealt

Was then by Grant's command so keenly felt,

31 December 1862 – 2 January 1863

Battle of Stones River

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pace
And drove the Fed'rals, who in desp'rate case 550
Made brave defense this brilliant charge to stay^
Which with resistless movement swept away
Davis and Negley with their soldiers stout
And drove back Sheridan amid the rout.
When on the foU'wing morn did Rosecrans yield 555
The one point stoutly held upon that held,
Bragg, deeming now his victory complete,
To Richmond sent this message glad and sweet :
''A happy New Year God to us hath given !"
Won was the field for which he'd stoutly striven, 560
Where Polk and Hardee led each valiant wing.
That well had fought complete success to bring.
But disappointment came another day,
When Breckinridge was worsted in the fray,
That dashing charge, where Roger Hanson fell, 565
As had James Rains ' 'mid shout of triumph's

swell.
The South marks high upon her roll of fajne
Of each of these brave chiefs the .honored name.
Hearing of reinforcements to his foes.
The thought of new attack Bragg now foregoes, 570
At Murfreesboro waits another day,
Then with his army moves some miles away,
And choosing winter-quarters, pitched his camp,
While trophies rich that bore the Union stamp
And many thousand captives he could boast, 575
In battle taken from the Fed'ral host.
Rosecrans, who'd marched from Nashville to

attack

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At Murfreesboro, to which point Rosecrans had ad-
vanced from Nashville for the purpose of attacking Bragg
and driving him out of Middle Tennessee, he had himself
been attacked at dayhght of December 31, 1862. The

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On the afternoon of January 2, 1863, Breckinridge with
his division made a dashing but unsuccessful assault upon
a part of Rosecrans' line. The next day Bragg heard that
Rosecrans was being reinforced from Nashville and on the
morning of January 4, 1863, retired and .went into winter
quarters at Tullahoma. Rosecrans remained at Murfrees-
boro for six months before making another advance.

In the battle of Murfreesboro the Union army numbered
forty-three thousand and four hundred men, and lost thir-
teen thousand, two hundred and forty-nine, of whom three
thousand, seven hundred and seventeen were reported cap-
tured. The Confederate army numbered thirty-seven
thousand, seven hundred and twelve, and lost ten thousand,
two hundred and sixty-six, of whom one thousand, and
twenty-seven wounded, were left in Murfreesboro and fell
into the hands of the enemy. The Confederates captured
and carried off thirty cannon, six thousand small arms,
and, including men captured and paroled by their cavalry
in the rear of the Federal army, took six thousand prisoners
during the campaign. The cavalry of General Joseph
Wheeler and General Wharton captured and destroyed more
than a million dollars worth of military stores and eight
hundred wagons in their brilliant circuit of the Union army.

See Derry's " Story of the Confederate States."

30 April – 6 May 1863

Battle of Chancellorsville

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*Jackson's last words were : "Let us cross over the river
and rest under the shade of the trees."

fAccording to the official records the Union army in the
Chancellorsville campaign numbered one hundred and
thirty-two thousand effective troops. Its losses were one
thousand, six hundred and six killed, nine thousand, seven
hundred and sixty-two wounded, five thousand, nine hun-
dred and nineteen captured or missing — seventeen thou-
sand, two hundred and eighty-seven.

The Confederate army numbered a little less than sixty
thousand. Its losses were one thousand, six hundred and
forty-nine killed, nine thousand, one hundred and six
wounded, one thousand, seven hundred and eight captured
or missing — twelve thousand, four hundred and sixty-three.

18–20 September 1863

Battle of Chickamauga

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Grant at Port Gibson Bowen H first assailed

t In October, when Lee had sent a large part of his first
corps, under Longstreet, to the West, and Meade had sent
to the help of the army defeated at Chickamauga the corps
of Howard and Hooker, General Lee moved against Meade,
who fell back steadily before his advance.

i After Lee had defeated Grant in the Wilderness and at
Spottsylvania and inflicted a crushing blow at Cold Harbor,
he sent Early to defeat Hunter's expedition, and Hampton
to thwart Sheridan, both of whom were successful. Early
then crossed the Potomac, won a great victory at Monocacy
and marched into the very suburbs of Washington, givmg
the whole North such a fright as it experienced at no other
period of the war. ,, -, ^rc

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But now through Chattanooga's open gate*
Invasion's tide, big with impending fate,
'Threatened at once the South to overflow
And lay her prostrate form in ruin low.
But in Virginia Eee held fast the land, 235

While to the West he stretched a helping hand.
And Chickamauga's woods and stream resound
'With charging Southern hosts that shake the

ground.
For on th' invading army Bragg had turned
With chiefs and men whose souls within them

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"Or soldiers late arrived who took their posts,
'Or chiefs on either side, who must prepare
For the fierce struggle that was brewing there.

*0n September 8, 1863, the Federal army took possession
of Chattanooga and began to move southward into Cleorgia ;
but this new invasion was completely thwarted for a while
'hj the great Confederate victory at Chickamauga,

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Did all its might and all its prowess bring.
Of Union strength the larger portion still
Fought hard to hold its post at Snodgrass Hill. 335
At length, when both Bragg's wings were

brought to bear
On the brave Fed'rals holding stoutly there,
"The Rock of Chickamauga" * yielded ground.
As evening shades were gath'ring thick around.
Then, as Bragg's wings together charging came 340
And scaled the heights from that day dear to

Fame,
There rose one mighty soul-inspiring shout,
That echoed through the forests round about,
Which Southern men who fought upon. that field
Could ne'er forget, till they to death should yield. 345
In the fierce charges of that awful day
Thousands of brave men entered Death's dark