On the 28th of May the command, consisting of about five thousand men, commenced the march, and on reaching Winchester, June 3d, dispersed a small force of the enemy, capturing several prisoners. On the same day he made a forced march of twenty miles over a rugged and almost impassable mountain road, capturing the enemy’s [...]
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Union force prevented them from carrying their plan into effect On the morning of the 8th Colonel Scribner’s command took position before Chattanooga and opened fire upon their works with his artillery, while the infantry advanced within six hundred yards of their sharpshooters, driving them from shelter. Having again silenced the enemy’s guns and driven [...]
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This battle being prominent in the service of the regiment, the report of Colonel Duffield, and an extract from the report of Colonel Parkhurst, covering the affair, are inserted, as they give a full and detailed account of the whole engagement: Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 23d, 1862. Colonel, Although I had not formally assumed command of [...]
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The result was a great lack of discipline, and a bitter feeling of jealousy between the different regiments, manifesting itself in the personal encounters of the men when they met upon the street. There was no order, no harmony. The parts of the machine did not fit well, and the commanding officer seems either not [...]
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the other companies 9th Michigan Volunteers having been ordered to Tullahoma a month since, while nine companies of the 3d Minnesota Volunteers, Colonel “Lester (one company being on detached duty as train guard), four hundred and fifty strong, and Hewitt’s 1st Kentucky Battery (two sections), seventy-two strong, occupied the east bank of Stone river at [...]
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The noise of so many hoofs at full speed upon the macadamized roads was so great that the alarm was given before the head of the column reached our pickets, about one mile distant, so that our men were formed and ready to receive them, although they came in at full speed. The Texan and [...]
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During this attack, both officers and men, with one single exception, behaved very handsomely. There was no excitement, no hurry, no confusion, everything was done calmly, quietly, and in obedience to orders, But it is with the deepest shame and mortification I am compelled to report that an officer of Michigan has been guilty of [...]
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The enemy’s loss has been much more severe than our own, more than double of their dead were buried with ours, and their wounded are found in almost every house. Among the wounded are a colonel, a major, two adjutants, and one surgeon. I enclose you herewith the surgeon’s report of the killed and wounded [...]
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Indeed, I would much prefer not to do so. The circumstances of the case as reported bear painfully on the honor of a brother officer now a prisoner of war and who is therefore unable to defend himself. I enclose a list of the killed and wounded of the 3d Minnesota Volunteers, furnished me by [...]
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Colonel 9th Michigan Infantry, Commanding 23d Brigade. Colonel James B. Fry, A. A. G., Chief of Staff, Buntsville, Ala. Colonel Parkhurst says: In this battle (Murfreesboro) five companies (A, C, E, G, and K) of the 9th, four companies being detached and on duty at tullahoma, and one company being also detached and on duty [...]
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