That Bloody Hill

Hilliard's Legion at Chickamauga

Lee Elder (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

239 Seiten

2018
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6958-8 (ISBN)

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Here, for the first time, the fighting done by Hilliard's Legion, a part of Archibald Gracie's Brigade of Alabama Confederates, is examined in detail. Using period sources not generally cited by other researchers, including letters from Legion members, this study sheds new light on the Legion.

Hilliard's Legion--a part of Archibald Gracie's Brigade of Alabama Confederates--at the battle of Chickamauga. The author shows conclusively that Gracie's command was never forced from the berm at the top of the Horseshoe Ridge and that some men from Hilliard's Legion penetrated to the top of the Ridge. A reexamination of the battle's conclusion highlights the Legion's role in the final movement.

A Medal of Honor citation is corrected and the Legion's post-war contributions are explored. A complete roster is included, with biographical notes on most of the soldiers.

Lee Elder is the executive director of the Professional Football Researchers Association, a retired journalist and auto racing publicist and a 2010 inductee into the Imperial Valley High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame. He lives in Tallmadge, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Crossing the Chickamauga

2. The Founding of the Legion

3. Chasing the Confederates out of Tennessee

4. September 19, 1863

5. Hurry Up and Wait

6. Horseshoe Ridge

7. Another Uncoordinated Confederate Attack

8. The Final Confederate Threat

9. Was There a Fake Surrender?

10. An Expensive Victory

11. “Come at Once if You Wish to See Him”

12. Consider Some Facts

13. The End of the Story

Appendix 1. After Chickamauga

Appendix 2. The Death of Brigadier General Archibald Gracie III

Appendix 3. Affidavits of Privates William T. Gillian and H. T. “Hub” Tillery

Appendix 4. Bragg vs. the Office of Commissary-General of Subsistence

Appendix 5. The Argument Over Chasing the Union Army Back Toward Chattanooga

Appendix 6. The Legion’s Walk to Chickamauga

Appendix 7. The Fifth Battalion of Hilliard’s Legion

Appendix 8. Charge of Disloyalty

Appendix 9. Gracie, of Alabama

Appendix 10. The Reorganization of Hilliard’s Legion

Roster of Hilliard’s Legion

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	17.04.2018
Zusatzinfo	21 photos, 5 maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	313 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4766-6958-9 / 1476669589
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6958-8 / 9781476669588
Zustand	Neuware