30 November 1863

Newspaper

Title: Richmond weekly enquirer. [Vol., no. 100 (November 29, 1863)]

Details of the Battle of Chickamauga, Yankee disaster reported at Matagorda Bay.

GLC05959.73.11

September 1863

Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888

Pamphlet signed

Title: Report of Operations of the Third Division, Twentieth Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, Maj. Gen. P.H. Sheridan, U.S. Vol's, Commanding

A detailed report covering the Battle of Chickamauga. Signed at conclusion by Sheridan as major general commanding.

GLC02901

7 October 1863

Steedman, James B. (James Blair), 1817-1883

Autograph letter signed

Title: to A. T. Goodman

Steedman, a hero of Chickamauga, describes the battle, which he claims as a Union victory. The Union forces suffered heavy losses and were forced to retreat, but Steedman nonetheless claims a "brilliant victory" for the Union, considering the circumstances. Also says the soldiers have great confidence in General Rosecrans, their commander. The name of Gordon Granger, a Union Major General and one of the heroes of the battle, is written on the docket, perhaps a signature.

GLC02462.23

9 October 1863

Deas, Zachariah Cantey, 1819-1882

Manuscript document signed

Title: to J. A. Wilson

Deas's retained copy with emendations by him. General Deas reports on the Battle of Chickamauga to Colonel Wilson, assistant adjutant general of Thomas C. Hindman's Division. Written from Headquarters of Deas's Brigade near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Report includes the names of some participating generals, including Hindman, Anderson (possibly James Patton Anderson), and Arthur M. Manigault among others, cites the names of lieutenants, captains, and surgeons who served gallantly as members of Deas's staff, and lists items captured during battle, including ambulances and artillery. Docket…

GLC03965

24 December 1886

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Letter

Title: to Daniel Harvey Hill

Written from Beauvoir, the estate of former Confederate President Davis. Written and signed in the hand of Davis's wife, Varina. Davis relates, "I truly regret that you should have misconstrued my action in relieving you from duty with the army of Tennessee as a condemnation of your conduct in the battle of Chickamauga. That was not the question upon which I had to act... I assigned you to duty with the Army of Tennessee without an application from the commander of that Army... The relations which I found existing between yourself and the Commander of the Army of Tennessee, made it…

GLC04545.03

circa 1864

Osborn, Henry M., fl. 1864

Diary

Title: [Diary of Henry M. Osborn of the 14th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry]

Autograph manuscript signed by Henry M. Osborn, a soldier in the 14th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Osborn was killed at Jonesboro, Georgia, on 1 September 1864. Diary includes battle content regarding Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and the siege of Atlanta. Partially written in pencil.

GLC04598

25 September 1863

Finley, Jesse J. (Jesse Johnson), 1812-1904

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: to James Benagh

Finley, Colonel of the Sixth Florida Infantry, transmits a report of the Chickamauga Campaign to Captain Benagh, Assistant Adjutant General. Writes from Headquarters, Sixth Florida Volunteers, near Chattanooga. Details the Battle of Chickamauga, which took place 18-20 September 1863. Cites specific locations involved in the battle, participating officers, and troop position/movement, among other details. Lists the total number of casualties from his regiment at 165. Writes "For our Regiment (6th Fla) I can pay them no higher or more deserved compliment than to say they fully sustained…

GLC05009

circa 1864

Barnard, George N., 1819-1902

Photograph

Title: Orchard Knob from Mission Ridge, photo from nature by G.N. Barnard

Page removed from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign." Two trees appear in sharp focus in foreground. The camera is elevated and shows a landscape of the terrain below the ridge. Orchard Knob was the site of a battle that took place on November 23, 1863. Confederate soldiers had been stationed on the Knob, but were pushed back to Missionary Ridge upon the advance of about 14,000 Union soldiers. Union General Ulysses S. Grant later used Orchard Knob as an observation post.

GLC05111.01.0457

circa 1864

Barnard, George N., 1819-1902

Photograph

Title: The crest of Mission Ridge, photo from nature by G.N. Barnard

Page removed from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign." Top of a hill with a road running across in the foreground. Landscape with a tree on the left and a tree stump on the right. Missionary Ridge had served as a Confederate stronghold from September to October 1863, when General Braxton Bragg's army laid seige to the Union army positioned at Chattanooga. On November 25th, Union soldiers captured Missionary Ridge and held it as a logistics base for General William T. Sherman's 1864 campaigns through Atlanta.

GLC05111.01.0458

circa 1864

Barnard, George N., 1819-1902

Photograph

Title: Battle ground of Resacca, Ga. No. 4

Page removed from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign." Entrenchments in the foreground with distant view of small town or village. Wagon tracks criss-cross across the image. The sky has been double-printed. Resaca was the site of a May 13-15, 1864 battle between Union forces led by General William T. Sherman and Confederate troops commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston. Sherman employed a flanking technique that proved successful in overpowering Johnston's command, winning the battle for the Union.

GLC05111.01.0459

1863

Brannon, John M., fl. 1863

Map

Title: Chattanooga and its approaches [military campaign folding map]

One map of Chattanooga and its approaches produced by John M. Brannon dated 1863. Folding map with paper board covers signed by J.M. Brannon on title as Brevet Major. The map shows the Chicamauga [sic] battleground.

GLC10016

13 April 1864

Document

Title: Medical report

One Medical report on a soldier named George Floyd dated April 13, 1864. Floyd was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga. The report details his wound, treatment, and recovery.

GLC03135.13.073

27 September 1863

Allison, Eben, fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Allison

One letter from Eben Allison to James Allison dated September 27, 1863. Allison describes the rout of the Union army at the Battle of Chickamauga and describes the atmosphere of the retreat and the attitudes of the wounded.

GLC03523.24.065

1 October 1863

Allison, Eben, fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hattie Allison

One letter from Eben Allison to Hattie Allison dated October 1, 1863. Mentions the aftermath of the Battle of Chickamauga and the actions of "Pap Thomas" whose corps saved the army from disaster.

GLC03523.24.066

October 1863

Allison, Eben, fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to S. Clark Allison

One letter from Eben Allison to S. Clark Allison dated October 1863.

GLC03523.24.068

18 September 1863

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Thomas

Orders for troop movement during Battle of Chickamauga. Written on stationery of the Headquarters, Department of the Cumberland. The signature appears to have been torn out and later re-attached.

GLC06004

July 12, 1863

Newspaper

Title: North Carolina Presbyterian. [Vol. 6, no. 40 (October 3, 1863)]

Articles on the slave code, and Chickamauga. Whole no. 300.

GLC05959.36

14 October 1863

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Broadside

Title: [Message to the Army of Tennessee from Confederate President Jefferson Davis]

Printed by John H. Seals & Co.'s Power Press Print in Atlanta. Congratulates soldiers on the 18-20 September Battle of Chickamauga. States "A grateful country has recognized your arduous service, and rejoiced over your glorious victory on the field of Chickamauga. When your countrymen shall more fully learn the adverse circumstances under which you attacked the enemy- though they cannot be more thankful- they may admire more the gallantry and patriotic devotion which secured your success... To zeal you have added gallantry; to gallantry, energy; to energy, fortitude. Crown these with…

GLC05987.02

1896

United States. Congress

Pamphlet

Title: Dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

Created by the Joint committee on dedication of Chickamauga and Chattanooga national military park and compiled by H.V. Boynton. Printed by the Government Printing Office by order of the Senate in the 54th Congress. The military park was created to commemorate the 1863 battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga. Report No. 637.

GLC00267.239

11 October 1867

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Memoirs of a battle near Chickamauga]

Possibly a leaf from Sherman's memoirs. Text is in pencil, signature, place, and date are in ink. "But Sherman pressed his attack to within pistol shot and advanced his left Division under Gen. M.L. Smith so as to cut off the Rebels from the Railroad bridge towards Chickamauga. The main object was completely gained by leading Bragg to weaken his center to support his Right."

GLC01226

28 September 1863

Preston, William, 1816-1887

Letter signed

Title: to Jefferson Davis

Signed by John Gallaher as an official copy (possibly John N. Gallaher, aide and assistant adjutant general to General Simon Bolivar Buckner). Preston writes to Confederate president Davis, recommending the appointment of Colonel Robert C. Trigg from Virginia as Brigadier General. Includes the 30 September 1863 endorsement signed by General Simon Bolivar Buckner, written from the Headquarters of Buckner's command, near Chattanooga. Bucker supports Trigg's promotion, and relates that no brigadier has been assigned to the command Trigg seeks since the resignation of General Davis (possibly…

GLC02616

September 20, 1863

Longstreet, James, 1821-1904

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas C. Hindman

Writing in pencil, General Longstreet, commander of troops at Chickamauga, commends General Hindman on his troops' performance that day in battle. He instructs Hindman to "give them every encouragement and collect them as quick as you can." Referring to General Braxton Bragg, he writes "I have sent to Genl Bragg to ask him to send a Dvn to take your place When it reaches you you can retire to the road and prepare to renew the battle tomorrow." Envelope states "Kept and reserved by Maj. John C. Palmer staff officer of Gen. Hindmans now the property of Maj Palmers Grandson A. J. Gannon."

GLC00941

September 26, 1863

Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892

Letter signed

Title: to James Wilson

Colonel Gibson writes from the Headquarters of General Daniel Weisiger Adams's Brigade. He informs Wilson, Assistant Adjutant General of John Cabell Breckinridge's Division, of the details of the recent Battle of Chickamauga. He reports that Adams's Brigade is composed of the 13th, 16th, 19th, 20th, and 25th Louisiana Volunteers, the 32nd Alabama Volunteers, Austin's Battalion Louisiana Sharpshooters, Captain S. H. Slocomb's Battery, and Washington's Artillery. Relates "I was engaged in reforming my Regiment when informed, that, Brig-Genl D. W. Adams having been disabled by a wound, the…

GLC00821

22 September 1863

McCook, John J., fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: The Battle of Chickamauga

11 page letters

GLC08042

1902

Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930

Photograph

Title: President Roosevelt and Governor McMillin reviewing Troops, on the site of a desperate charge

Roosevelt and several other men stand laughing and talking on a bridge or escarpment, from which several steps lead down. More men stand behind them, in front of a tree-filled background. Written at Chickamauga Battlefield.

GLC06449.31