Written by Ray Evans, this small book deale with the battle of Lee and Gordon’s Mills. This Civil War battle preceded the better known Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863.
When the Confederate Army of Tennessee withdrew from Chattanooga on September 6, 1863, most of the men marched through this area on the LaFayette Road. The division in Polk’s Corps that was commanded by General Thomas Hindman camped for some time around the mill. General Braxton Bragg also made his headquarters in the area. Since most of his dispatches are headed "Snow Hill," It can be assumed that he occupied Clarissa Hunt’s house. It was here that he formulated his plans for the abortive strike against the Federal advance at Davis’ Crossroads in McLemore’s Cove on September 9 and 10. Bragg moved his headquarters to LaFayette at dusk on September 10, where he thought he could better direct operations in McLemore’s Cove. A cavalry division, commanded by General Frank C. Armstrong, was left there in place at the mill. Other people and places involved here were Confederate Army of Tennessee, General Braxton Bragg, Federal Army of the Cumberland, Chickamauga Creek, General Rosecrans. Lee and Gordon’s Mills, Glass’s Mill, Colonel Sidney M. Barnes, Third Brigade of Van Cleve’s Division, Missionary Ridge to Chattanooga Valley, Pigeon Mountain, General Van Cleve, Major-General John C. Breckinridge, General Palmer, General Crook, General Longstreet, General Benjamin Helm, James Gordon, LaFayette Road, General Thomas Hindman. General Harker, General Frank G. Armstrong, General Wood, General Daniel H. Hill, General Harker, and the City of Chickamauga.
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SKU: By E. Raymond Evans
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