The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 51
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THE CHICKAMAUGA CAMPAIGN.
General Van Cleve, with two brigades from McMinnville-the
third being left in garrison there-by the most practicable route to
Pikeville, the head of the Sequatchie Valley.
Colonel Minty's cavalry to move on the left by Sparta, to drive
back Dibrell's cavalry toward Kingston, where the enemy's mounted
troops, under Forrest, were concentrated, and then, covering the left
flank of Van Cleve's column, to proceed to Pikeville.
The Fourteenth Army Corps, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas com-
manding, moved as follows:
General Reynolds, from University, by way of Battle Creek, to
take post concealed near its mouth.
General Brannan to follow him.
General Negley to go by Tantallon and halt on Crow Creek, be-
tween Anderson and Stevenson.
General Baird to follow him and camp near Anderson.
The Twentieth Corps, Maj. Gen. A. McD. McCook commanding,
moved as follows:
General Johnson by Salem and Larkin's Fork to Bellefonte.
General Davis by Mount Top and Crow Creek, to near Stevenson.
The three brigades of cavalry by Fayetteville and Athens, to cover
the line of the Tennessee from Whitesburg up.
On his arrival in the Sequatchie Valley, General Crittenden was
to send a brigade of infantry to reconnoiter the Tennessee near Har-
rison's Landing, and take post at Poe's Cross-Roads. Minty was to
reconnoiter from Washington down, and take post at Smith's Cross-
Roads, and Wilder's brigade of mounted infantry was to reconnoiter
from Harrison's Landing to Chattanooga and be supported by a bri-
gade of infantry, which General Crittenden was to send from Ther-
man to the foot of the eastern slope of Walden's Ridge, in front of
Chattanooga.
These movements were completed by the evening of the 20th of
August. Hazen's brigade made the reconnoissance on Harrison's
Landing, and reported the enemy throwing up works there, and took
post at Poe's Cross-Roads on the 21st. Wagner,with his brigade, sup-
ported Wilder in his reconnaissance on Chattanooga, which they
surprised and shelled from across the river, creating no little agita-
tion.
Thus the army passed the first great barrier between it and the
objective point, and arrived opposite the enemy on the banks of the
Tennessee.
THE CROSSING OF THE RIVER
required that the best points should be chosen, and means provided
for the crossing. The river was reconnoitered, the pontoons and
trains ordered forward as rapidly as possible, hidden from view in
rear of Stevenson and prepared for use. By the time they were
ready the places of crossing had been selected and dispositions made
to begin the operation.
It was very desirable to conceal to the last moment the points of
crossing, but as the mountains on the south side of the Tennessee
rise in precipitous rocky bluffs to the height of 800 or 1,000 feet,
completely overlooking the whole valley and its coves, this was next
to impossible.
Not having pontoons for two bridges across the river, General
Sheridan began trestlework for parts of one at Bridgeport, while51
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1890; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152978/m1/62/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.