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James Longstreet (South Carolina, soldier) N00018666 1821-01-08 1904-01-04 Categories: People

South Carolina, soldier. South Carolina native. Married to Maria Louisa Garland Longstreet. Father of John G. Longstreet, Augustus B. Longstreet, James Longstreet Jr., Robert Longstreet, and James Longstreet. Resident of Alabama in 1831. Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point on July 1, 1842. Served in the 4th Infantry (U.S.A.). Veteran of the Mexican-American War (U.S.A). Served in the 8th Infantry (U.S.A.) from 1847 to 1858. Major in the United States Army in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in San Antonio in 1850. Served as Paymaster (U.S.A.) from July 19, 1858, to June 1, 1861. Soldier in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1860. Employed Coleman Malone as a servant in Albuquerque in 1860. Resigned from the United States Army on June 1, 1861. Commissioned as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army in June 1861. Served in the Confederate Army as a brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general from June 1861 to April 12, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Texas, Bexar County, San Antonio, p. 203A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Texas, Bexar County, San Antonio, p. 82. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, New Mexico Territory, Bernalillo County, Albuquerque, p. 8. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Louisiana, Orleans County, New Orleans Ward 10, p. 390A. "Famous Rebel Chieftain Dead," Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, MA), January 3, 1904, p. 8. “Gen. Longstreet Dies Suddenly,” Chicago Tribune(Chicago, IL), January 3, 1904, p. 6. "Longstreet, James," Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. IV, eds. John Fiske and James Grant Wilson (New York: Appleton, 1889), 16. Jeffry D. Wert, General James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993), 32, 58, 403-4. "James Longstreet Jr. (1821-1904)," Find A Grave, Memorial 642, accessed September 27, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/642. Ambrose E. Burnside (Union general, Rhode Island rifleworks owner) N00005702 1824-05-23 1881-09-13 Categories: People

United States major general. Union County, Indiana, native. Married to Mary Richmond Bishop Burnside. Graduate of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 1847. Served in the 2nd United States Artillery Regiment from 1847 to 1853. Founded the Bristol Rifle Works in Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1853. Colonel of the 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Regiment from April 16, 1861, to August 6, 1861. Commissioned brigadier general of United States volunteers on August 6, 1861. Commissioned major general of United States volunteers on March 18, 1862. Assigned to command the Army of the Potomac on November 8, 1862. Assigned to command of the Department of the Ohio on March 16, 1863. Resigned from the United States Army on April 15, 1865.

Relationships Social: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Confederate States Army Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Robert Prudy (Sergeant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Economic: Henry E. Shawhan (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer) Economic: James A. Cook (Harrison County, Kentucky, distiller) Economic: G. W. Taylor (person ) Economic: Tarr White (person ) Economic: Thomas Jefferson Megibben (Cynthania, Kentucky, distiller.) Political: Robert Morrow (Knoxville, TN, asst adjt gen'l to Gen JG Foster) Political: William Pope Anderson (Cincy OH, assistant Adj General to General Ambrose Burnside) Military: Hugh S. Rawls (Lincoln Co, TN, resident; KY serg. 1st Ky Light Artillery) Military: William Pope Anderson (Cincy OH, assistant Adj General to General Ambrose Burnside) Military: Robert Morrow (Knoxville, TN, asst adjt gen'l to Gen JG Foster)

Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 57-8. William Tecumseh Sherman (U.S. Army soldier) N00002379 1820-02-08 1891-02-14 Categories: People

U.S. Army soldier. Lancaster, Ohio, native. Married to Eleanor Boyle Ewing Sherman. Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1840. Breveted captain as administrative officer in California during the Mexican-American War. Resigned U.S. Army in 1853. Banker in San Francisco, California, from 1853 to 1857. Attorney in Fort Leavensworth, Kansas. Superintendent and professor of engineering at the Louisiana Seminary for Learning and Military Academy from 1859 to 1861. President of a street car company in St. Louis, Missouri in 1861. Commissioned a colonel of the 13th U.S. infantry in May 1861. Promoted to brigadier general in August 1861. Commander of U.S. forces in Kentucky in October 1861. Served in the Western Theatre in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Promoted to major general in May 1862. Commander of the Army of the Tennessee. Commander of all U.S. forces in the Western Theatre in 1864. Received the surrender of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's command at Duraham, North Carolina, on April 26, 1865. Appointed commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi in June 1865.

Relationships Military: William H. Cohorn (18th KY Inf. Deserter/Franklin Farm Hand)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Louisiana, Rapides Parish, p. 84. Ezra J. Warner, Jr., Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 441-444. "William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891)," Find A Grave, Memorial 951, accessed January 12, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/951. Braxton Bragg (CSA General, North Carolina resident) N00003001 1817-03-22 1876-09-27 Categories: People

Confederate general. Warrenton, North Carolina, native. Married to Eliza Brooks Ellis Bragg on June 7, 1849. Graduated from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 1837. Served in the 3rd U. S. Artillery Regiment in Florida as a lieutenant during the Second Seminole War and later with the same unit in the U.S.-Mexican War. Resigned his commission on December 31, 1855. Sugar plantation owner near Thibodaux, Louisiana. Appointed to the Louisiana state military board on December 12, 1860. Served in the Confederate States Army as major general, brigadier general, full general, from February 20, 1861, to June 17, 1862, when he assumed command of the Army of Mississippi. Reorganized his forces after the battle of Perryville and established the Army of Tennessee until relieved of command on November 29, 1864. Military adviser to Jefferson Davis until taking command of coastal defenses in North Carolina, Georgia, and South Carolina, and a corps in North Carolina, from October 1864 until his capture and parole on May 9, 1865.

Relationships Military: Confederate States of America Military: Army of Mississippi (C.S.A.) Military: Edmund Kirby Smith (Confederate General) Military: Department of the Mississippi Military: Humphrey Marshall (Confederate Gen. & Rep.)

Earl J. Hess, Braxton Bragg: The Most Hated Man of the Confederacy (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2016). William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) N00018208 1844 1909 Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Atwood G. Hobson and Juliet Hobson. Resident of Warren County in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Warren County in 1850. Resident of Warren County in 1860. Household owned twenty-one enslaved persons in Warren County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel from January 1, 1862 to January 12, 1865. Commanded a brigade in the XXIII Corps of the Union Army.

Relationships Military: 23rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Ambrose E. Burnside (Union general, Rhode Island rifleworks owner) Military: 3rd Military District of Kentucky Military: Provost Marshal General's Office

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 35A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 572. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 444. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 855. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0265. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0485. "William Edward Hobson (1844-1909)," Find A Grave, Memorial 28021515, accessed July 19, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28021515. Knoxville, Tennessee P00005704 Categories: Places

Seat of Knox County, Tennessee. Located on the Tennessee River.

35.9606, -83.9207 Larry L. Miller, Tennessee Place-names (Bloomington: Indiana university Press, 2001), 115. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Knoxville, Tennessee," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 18, 2020). Kingston, Tennessee P00018647 Categories: Places

Seat of Roane County, Tennessee.

35.8809, -84.5085 "City, State," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October X, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Lenoir City, Tennessee P00018651 Categories: Places

City in Roane County, Tennessee.

35.7973, -84.256 "Lenoir City, Tennessee," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 1, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Loudon, Tennessee P00018648 Categories: Places

Seat of Loudon County, Tennessee.

35.7329, -84.3338 "Loudon, Tennessee," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 26, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Morganton, Tennessee P00018650 Categories: Places

Town in Loudon County, Tennessee.

35.6434, -84.2271 "Morganton, Tennessee," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 26, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Philadelphia, Tennessee P00018563 Categories: Places

Town in Monroe County, Tennessee. Part of Loudon County, Tennessee, after 1870. Site of the Battle of Philadelphia (1863).

35.6795, -84.4038 Earl J. HessThe Knoxville Campaign: Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2012), 24-27. “Philadelphia, Tennessee," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 9, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. "Tennessee, 1860-03-23,"Atlas of Historical County BoundariesDr. William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture, The Newberry Library, accessed September 9, 2022, https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/index.html. North Carolina P00002518 Categories: Places

State in the southeastern United States. Capital at Raleigh. Located on the Atlantic Ocean.

35.7721, -78.6386 "Raleigh, North Carolina," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 22, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert J. Norrell, David Grier Martin, and Peter Spence Gilchrist, "North Carolina," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed June 26, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/North-Carolina-state. Georgia P001008 Categories: Places

State in southeastern United States. Capital at Milledgeville from 1804 to 1868. Located on the Atlantic Ocean.

33.0801, -83.2321 Robert J. Norrell, Louis De Vorsey, and George Hendricks, "Georgia" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Georgia-state) (accessed on June 26, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Georgia," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 9, 2020). Confederate States Army O00000506 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

Military forces of the Confederate States of America, administered by the Confederate War Department. Commander(s): General Robert E. Lee (1862-1865).

Relationships Military: William Harris (possible confederate soldier) Military: United States Army Military: John L. Morrison (La Salle County, Illinois, farmer and soldier) Military: Marshall Wright Chapin (Monroe County, Michigan, farmer and soldier.) Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Political: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Military: [Unknown] Cameron (Confederate soldier) Military: Richard Montgomery Gano (Texas, Confederate brigadier general) Military: Jefferson Davis (CS President) Military: Confederate States of America Military: Congress of the Confederate States of America Military: Provisional Council Military: Provisional Government of Kentucky Political: Provisional Council Military: The People's Bank of Kentucky Military: Branch Bank of the Farmers' Bank at Princeton Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Hopkinsville Military: Committee on Banks Military: Northern Bank of Kentucky Branch at Glasgow Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Bowling Green Political: John Watkins Crockett, Jr. (McCracken & Henderson cos, KY, attorney and representative (Confederate)) Political: John Burton Thompson, Jr. (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Provis Govt page) Political: James Preston Bates (Barren Co, Ky, attorney, postmaster, and prov govt) Political: Joseph B. Burnside (Garrard County, KY, trader, prov govt council rep ) Political: Horatio Washington Bruce (Jefferson County, KY, Representative (Confederate), attorney) Political: Eli Metcalfe Bruce (Kentucky merchant, philanthropist, soldier, Representative (Confederate)) Political: Jordan T. C. Moore (Todd Co, Ky, farmer, minister, and prov govt) Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: James H. Orr (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, sergeant and second lieutenant (C.S.A.) ) Military: Reddick Nichols (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and)

Henry Putney Beers, The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1968, reprinted 1986), 259. United States Army O00001186 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of infantry, cavalry, and artillery military units in the United States government. Commander(s): Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant.

Relationships Military: James Olney (possible U. S. soldier) Military: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: Crawford C. Adams (Paulding County, Ohio, resident and soldier.) Military: 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Luther Thayer Thustin (Louisville US Army Paymaster) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: William Forman (Clark County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.) Military: Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Economic: William Bird Holeman (Frankfort City Marshal and KY Public Printer) Political: Government of the United States of America Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Military: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Military: John Mason Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: United States War Department Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.)) Military: [Unknown] Johnson () Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) Military: Charles Carroll Gray (Ontario County, New York, surgeon. ) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Thomas Harvey Harris (Jefferson County, Indiana, book rubber and soldier. Military mayor of Memphis, 1864-1865.) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Richard W. Stewart, ed. American Military History (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2009). East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Company O00018758 1836 1869 Categories: Organizations

Incorporated as the Hiwassee Rail Road Company in 1836. Named changed to East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Company in 1848. Consolidated with the East Tennessee and Virginia Rail Road Company in 1869 to form the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company.

Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Volume 37, Valuation Reports. Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States. November, 1931 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1932), pp. 213-214. 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00006065 1861-12-30 1865-01-12 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Hobson, Kentucky. Mustered into service on December 30, 1861. Mustered out of service on January 12, 1865. Commander(s): Edward H. Hobson and William E. Hobson.

Relationships Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Michael Razor (Henry County tavern keeper and soldier in the 13th and 47th Kentucky Infantry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 855-871. Diagram English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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North Knoxville Campbell S Battle Ground Road to Kingston

Longstreets rout to Knoxville to intercept Burnside's troops Rebs press up this Rebel Fortification Tennessee River Road to Knoxville and by Lenoir this Route Federals retire by the R Rebel Fortification

Little Tennessee River Huffs Ferry Battle Ground Rebel Fortification R R Bridge at Loudon Rebel Pontoon Huffs Ferry Loudon Morganton Kingston Road

East Tennessee R R Philadelphia

Shermanadvanced to Philadelphia Corps to Loudon in pursuit Corps to Morganton, to cut off retreat Bragg. through North Carolina, and Georgia

Morganton Road South Not drawn -- by any scale -- positions, near Loudon

Topo by Col W E Hobson 13" Ky Vol.