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Greeley Tribune

Location

Greeley, Colorado, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1887

Page

7

Invasion of Kentucky as Bragg and Buell Clash

Detailed narrative of Bragg and Buell campaigns in Kentucky during 1862. Describes Morgan’s raids, Confederate mov es from Knoxville and Lexington toward Frankfort, Perryville and Richmond, Wallace’s defense of Cincinnati, the surrender at Munfordville, and the Perryville battle with leaders Bragg Polk Smith and Nelson.

Morgan Kirby Smith Kentucky Cincinnati Len. Wallace William Nelson Col. Wilder Leonidas Polk Columbus Corinth Beauregard Department of the Mississippi Braxton Bragg Tupelo Miss Mobile and Ohio Bragg Chattanooga Tenn Knoxville East Tennessee Cumberland Mountains West Point United States Stone River Gen. Canby Baton Rouge Lexington Ohio River Ohio Louisville Frankfort Buell George W. Morgan Cumberland Gap Stevenson Richmond Stonewall Jackson Smith Blue Grass Heth Covington Lew Wallace Wallace Newport Indiana Gen. Buell Don Carlos Buell Marietta Shiloh Bardstown Polk Bryantsville Richard Hawes United States Congress Bloomfield Bragg Bryantville Perryville Cheathorn Frankford Louisiana Raleigh N. C Chickamauga Johnston Atlanta Bishop Polk Imposing Co Doors

Bragg Forces Demand Surrender at Munfordsville Bridge

On September 15 Bragg's cavalry under Gen J R Chalmers reached Munfordville on Green River. A Federal garrison of about 2000 under Col J T Wilder held the bridge where the Louisville and Nashville line crossed. After Bragg's artillery and infantry arrived Wilder refused the demand to surrender.

Murfreesboro Nelson Forrest Nelson Forrest Nashville McMinnville Tenn Buell Chattanooga Memphis Charleston Tennessee River Thomas Robt. L. McCook Alabama Beautiful Spring Grove Cincinnati Crittenden McCook Battle Creek Rousseau Decatur and Columbia Nashville and Chattanooga Bragg Richmond M. D. Manson Lew Wallace Indiana Kirby Smith Kentucky Frankfort Louisville Manson Big Hill Ohio Lincoln Confederate Veterans of Cruft Donelson Rogersville Seventy-first Indiana Melville D. Topping Terre Haute Topping Gen. Nelson Meade Army of the Ohio West Point Fores Col. Wilder Munfordsville Fifty-seventh Wilder Prewitt’s Knob Negley Bardstown Lovell H. Rousseau Army of the Cumberland Shiloh Perryville Chickamauga Congress Alaska New Orleans Lexington William Nelson Jeff. C. Davis Maysville WM. Nelson United States Navy Nel Gen Galt House Davis Cave Hill Cemetery A. McD. McCook Thomas L. Crittenden Charles C. Gilbert Gilbert Halieck Washington Harrodsburg Lebanon Road J. J. Crittenden Thomas L George B United States Liverpool Taylor Stone River Daniel McCook Philip Sheridan Jackson Doctor’s Fork Chaplin Creek Chaplin Gen. Terrell Starkweather Terrell Hardee Cheatham Buckner 8. R. Anderson Maxville Jamess. Jackson Anderson W. H. Lytle Len A. Harris Lytle Egypt Army of the Cumberland Society Harris Webster Russell Gooding Sheridan Cannister Carlin J. R. Chalmers Green River J. T. Wilder Louisville and Nashville

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