tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679713926179902683.post3203323978879451026..comments2023-05-16T07:15:08.080-06:00Comments on Battlefield Wanderings 2.0: The Gap - part 7Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108569840442927455noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679713926179902683.post-61349320679782888422007-08-12T13:07:00.000-06:002007-08-12T13:07:00.000-06:00Cozzens is the most complete account of the battle...Cozzens is the most complete account of the battle. However, there have not been a lot of others. Tucker's book is well known, but is now nearly 50 years old. <br><br>Dave PowellDave Powellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679713926179902683.post-4984811170744000552007-08-12T10:17:00.000-06:002007-08-12T10:17:00.000-06:00So is Cozzens the best reference available on the ...So is Cozzens the best reference available on the battle? Definitely seems the most well known.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02981364424576706674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679713926179902683.post-84960415786657054152007-08-12T08:44:00.000-06:002007-08-12T08:44:00.000-06:00Don, Chickamauga is a complex battle. When I give ...Don, <br><br>Chickamauga is a complex battle. When I give a two day tour of the field, we have to skip over lots of stuff, and Dyer is usually one victim. This is why I started to do 'focus' tours every March, so we could select specific actions and examine them in more detail in a 3-4 hour battle walk.<br><br>Peter Cozzens' book on the battle is long, and very detailed, and yet there are actions which he fails to cover much at all - Brannan's fight in Poe Field, for example, or Deas and Manigault's last attack on Horseshoe Ridge.<br><br>Dave PowellDave Powellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679713926179902683.post-42065512680862407792007-08-11T08:55:00.000-06:002007-08-11T08:55:00.000-06:00These discussions are always informational and edu...These discussions are always informational and educational. To think that on the "staff ride" that we conducted over the battlefield we didn't even leave the vehicles here....Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02981364424576706674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679713926179902683.post-25416998906278411882007-08-11T05:08:00.000-06:002007-08-11T05:08:00.000-06:00Correction: Second sentence of the first para shou...Correction: Second sentence of the first para should read: "Brannan's TWO Batteries" ...Bradley belonged to Wood, as one of the following paras makes clear...<br><br>Dave PowellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679713926179902683.post-67519556863886154092007-08-11T05:06:00.000-06:002007-08-11T05:06:00.000-06:00Nick, Several of the batteries you attribute to Me...Nick, <br><br>Several of the batteries you attribute to Mendenhall's line were never there. These would be Brannan's three batteries: D, 1 Mich Lt (4th Mich) C, 1st Ohio, and Bradley's 6th Ohio Bty.<br><br>Church's Battery D, 1st Mich, was on line with Connell in Poe Field when the breakthrough occurred. He left two guns on the original line, and a third abandoned in the limber line, so he was down to three guns before he left Poe Field. He fell back, not to join Mendenhall, but instead to come to rest on Harker's Knoll next to Schultz' Battery M, 1st Ohio. When Battery M was ordered out of action by a courier from Negley, Church retired as well, but had to leave two more guns. These guns were the ones that Kershaw and the Texans both reported as captured by their attacks. Church never saw, reported to, or was part of Mendenhall's line. <br><br>Marco Gary's Battery C, 1st Ohio, was the next battery in line to the north in Poe Field, supporting Croxton's Brigade. Gary turned his battery south to face Benning, and fought for a while there, until he was outflanked. Company A of the 10th Indiana helped Gary drag 5 of his 6 guns back to the limber line. From there, Gary fell back Northwest until he met Brannan, who ordered him to Snodgrass Hill. Gary fell in alongside Smith's Battery I, 4th US near the Snodgrass House, and was ordered off the field when Negley left. He was never within a thousand yards of Mendenhall's line.<br><br>Bradley's 6th Ohio moved with Harker's Brigade when Wood moved. Bradley was Wood's Chief of arty, and was accompanying his battery on the move north. When Wood and Harker discovered the breakthrough, Two companies of Harker's 3rd KY and Bradley's 6th Ohio Battery were cut off from the rest of the brigade. They retreated almost due west and Bradley reported to Negley, who put him in line near Smith, Bridges, and Gary. Bradley followed Negley's retreat to Rossville, and did not participate in the Mendenhall fight either. <br><br>Mendenhall's original line included only the 26th PA (down to 4 guns since they lost two on Saturday) the 3rd Wisc, and 7th Indiana. The 8th Indiana joined them when Buell was Routed, and H of the 4th US wandered in from Kelly field. Battery H never unlimbered before it was pulled out again. <br><br>Mendenhall Started with 16 guns, six each from the 3rd WI and 7th IN, and the four survivors of the 26 PA. Estep's 8th IN added 6 more, and Cushing's H 4th US 4 more pieces; all for a grand total of 26 guns. <br><br>All told, the Federals lost 14 of these 26 guns. Mendenhall reported 15 lost, which is why the park tablet refers to that figure, but Mendenhall in his report mistakenly noted that all the guns of the 8th IN were captured; Estep makes it clear that one escaped. <br><br>Dave PowellDave Powellnoreply@blogger.com