At the Siege of Vicksburg, 1SG Marshall and the 83rd Ohio participated in two separate assaults upon the Confederate works and conducted siege operations that culminated in the 4 July 1863 surrender of the city.Sources used for this episode:Marshall, Thomas B. History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, The Greyhound Regiment. Cincinnati: The Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry Association, 1912. https://www.loc.gov/item/13020149/.Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 1, Vol. 24, Pt. 1. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077699738&view=1up&seq=3.Scott, Robert N. OR. Ser. 1, Vol. 24, Pt. 2. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077723033&view=1up&seq=3.

Captured at the Battle of Wyse Fork, 8 Mar 1865, PVT Ernul was transported to Point Lookout Maryland and stayed there until paroled in June 1865.Sources used for this episode:Ernul, J. B. Life of a Confederate Soldier in a Federal Prison. Vanceboro, 1914. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nc01.ark%3A%2F13960%2Ft4pk1qn30&seq=3.Ainsworth, Fred C. and Kirkley, Joseph W. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 2, Vol. 8. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079575233&view=1up&seq=3.Point Lookout Maryland. https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/pga/02500/02593u.tif.

At the Battle of Fredericksburg, 11 December 1862, 2LT John G.B. Adams and the 19th Massachusetts, alongside the 7th Michigan, conduct the first opposed river crossing and urban warfare of the Civil War. On 13 December, 2LT John G.B. Adams earned the Medal of Honor during the assault on Marye’s Heights.Sources used for this episode:Adams, John G.B. Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1899. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t0ft8sn43&seq=9.Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies . Ser. 1, Vol. 21. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1888. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077723017&view=1up&seq=3. American Battlefield Trust. “The Battle of Fredericksburg.” Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/fredericksburg.

At the Battle of Brice’s Cross Roads, PVT John Milton Hubbard and the 7th Tennessee Cavalry, as part of MG Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Cavalry Corps, advanced against a numerically superior Union force on 10 June 1864.Union Cavalry held the cross roads before the Confederates arrived and during that morning dismounted cavalry squared off against each other. Armed with Colt Navy Revolvers, PVT Hubbard and the 7th Tennessee Cavalry charged the lines of the 3rd and 4th Iowa Cavalry Regiments several times east of Brice’s Cross Roads.Union Infantry eventually relieved the cavalry and PVT Hubbard and the 7th Tennessee now faced the 81st Illinois who had just forced marched about four miles into position. With cannon and bugles acting as the signal, the Confederates charged the physically exhausted Union Infantry at the Battle of Brice’s Cross Roads.Sources used for this episode:Hubbard, John Milton. Notes of a Private. Souvenir ed. St. Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing Co., 1911. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/49466/pg49466-images.html.Davis, George B. Perry, Leslie J. Kirkley, Joseph W. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 1, Vol. 39, Pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1892. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077728297&view=1up&seq=3.“John Milton Hubbard, Pioneer Teacher, Dies: Confederate Veteran and Author Was 91 Years of Age.” Commercial Appeal, April 3, 1923. Newspapers.com.

At the Battle of Shiloh, on the morning of 6 April 1862, CPL Leader Stillwell and the 61st Illinois heard the first shots of the battle off to their right and managed to form alongside their brigade and the 6th Division before a brigade of Alabamans and Louisianan's emerged from the woodline and engage them just south of their camp.The Illinoisans engaged the advancing Confederates, but were eventually pushed out of their camps and retreated to a Union line held by BG W.H.L. Wallace's Second Division. This line became the focal point of several Confederate assaults, and thereafter was known as the Hornet's Nest.For the rest of the morning into the afternoon, CPL Stillwell and the 61st Illinois fought in the Hornet's Nest and the Peach Orchard, as well as provided support to a battery of artillery.Sources used for this episodeStillwell, Leander. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War 1861-1865. 2nd ed. Kansas City: Franklin Hudson Publishing Company, 1920. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044051051464&seq=9.Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077730160&view=1up&seq=3.“61st Illinois Infantry Regiment History: Adjutant General’s Report.” Accessed 16 April, 2024. https://civilwar.illinoisgenweb.org/civilwar/history/061.html.

At the Battle of Cedar Creek, the morning of 19 October 1864, Corporal Preston L. Ledford and the 14th North Carolina participated in a surprise attack upon the Army of West Virginia, also known as the VIII Corps. Thanks to a dense fog, the Confederate Army of the Valley surprised the Union Soldiers in their camp. COL Rutherford B. Hayes, commander the Second Division VIII Corps, and future 19th President of the United States, managed to form his division in line of battle before CPL Ledford and the attacking force routed them.Despite the fog, the Union XIX and VI Corps, just north of the VIII Corps, formed in line and engaged the Confederates. But CPL Ledford, the 14th North Carolina and the rest of the attacking force flanked the XIX Corps, forcing both Union formations to retreat to a location about 1 mile away.The Union Army of the Shenandoah managed to reform in the late morning, check the Confederate afternoon advance, and push the Army of the Valley off the field.Sources used for this episode:Ledford, Preston L. Reminiscences of the Civil War 1861-1865. Thomasville: News Printing House, 1909. https://www.loc.gov/item/09027417/.Davis, George B., Perry, Leslie J., Kirkley, Joseph W. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1893. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924080776929&view=1up&seq=3.“Prof. P.L. Ledford Dies in Thomasville.” Dispatch, May 29, 1922. Newspapers.com.

At the Third Battle of Petersburg, 2 April 1865, 1LT William Hewitt and the 12th West Virginia were tasked with assaulting Fort Gregg, immediately following The Army of the Potomac's VI Corps assault and breakthrough against Confederate positions around Hatcher's Run.The first assault upon Fort Gregg was unsuccessful, and 1LT Hewitt and the 12th West Virginia were tasked with supporting the second attempt to capture it. The Regiment advanced about 500 yards to Fort Gregg and engaged the Confederates, mostly North Carolinians from BG James Lane's Brigade. After several color bearers were killed or wounded, 1LT Curtis rescued the Regimental Colors which had fallen into the fort, alongside two other color bearers: CPL Apple and PVT McCauslin. The West Virginian's were the first regiment to plant their colors in Fort Gregg, and PVT Reeder captured a flag from one of the North Carolina regiments.For their actions during the assault on Fort Gregg, 1LT Curtis, CPL Apple, PVT McCauslin and PVT Reeder all received the Medal of Honor.Sources used for this episode:Hewitt, William. History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry: The Part It Took in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1865. Twelfth West Virginia Infantry Association: 1892. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.historyoftwelfth00hewi/?sp=13&st=image&r=-1.456,-0.012,3.911,1.887,0.Lane, James H. “Defense of Fort Gregg Official Report.” Southern Historical Society Papers (January 1877): 19-28. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nc01.ark:/13960/t3b00gx51&seq=1.Davies, George B. Perry, Leslie J. and Kirkley, Joesph W. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 1, Vol. 46, Pt. 1, Sec. 2. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079575340&view=1up&seq=7.Congressional Medal of Honor Society. “Josiah M. Curtis.” Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/josiah-m-curtis.Ibid. “Andrew O. Apple.” Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/andrew-o-apple.Ibid. “Joseph McCauslin.” Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/joseph-mccauslin.Ibid. “Charles A. Reeder.” Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/charles-a-reeder.

At the Battle of Galveston, 1 January 1863, LT Robert M. Franklin and the Texas Sailors, Artillerymen, Cavalrymen and Infantrymen aboard the Cottonclad C.S. Bayou City, with three other ships participated in a combined attack on Union Forces by both land and sea upon Galveston Texas. LT Franklin and his fellow Texans strapped bales of cotton to the C.S. Bayou City and the C.S. Neptune for added protection as they faced the numerically superior Union Navy around Galveston.With the C.S. Bayou City in the lead, the two Cottonclads attempted to board the USS Harriet Lane. In their first attempt to board the Union vessel, the Bayou City temporally lost steering and the Neptune became so damaged that it ran ashore to stop from sinking. On its second attempt, LT Franklin and the Texans aboard C.S. Bayou City successfully boarded and captured the USS Harriet Lane.Sources used for this episode:Franklin, Robert M. Battle of Galveston January 1st, 1863. Washington: Congressional Library, 1911. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.battleofgalvesto00fran/?sp=1&st=slideshow#slide-3.Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 1, Vol. 9. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079609552&view=1up&seq=3.IBID. Ser. 1, Vol. 15. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079609586&view=1up&seq=3.“Aged Galvestonian Claimed by Death. Judge R.M. Franklin is Honored by Confederate Comrades.” Galveston Daily News, February 22, 1923. Newspapers.com.

Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women in 1868, decided to become a Nurse in late 1862 and was assigned to the Union Hospital, a converted Hotel, which was in the Georgetown Neighborhood of Washington D.C. "Nurse Periwinkle," as she called herself, arrived at the "Hurly-burly House," the nickname of the Union Hospital, just three days before 40 wagons carrying wounded men from the Battle of Fredericksburg, 11-15 December 1862, arrived to receive medical treatment, which included at least one wounded Confederate Soldier.Nurse Alcott proceeded to wash the wounded men, help them write letters back home, and fed them. She was eventually assigned the night shift, and recalled tending to one wounded Soldier from New Jersey as he relived the horrors of the Battle of Fredericksburg in his dreams.Sources used for this episode:Alcott, Louisa M. Hospital Sketches. Boston: James Redpath, 1863. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=dul1.ark:/13960/t4dn4zw6t&seq=7.Veterans Affairs. “History of PTSD in Veterans: Civil War to DSM-5.” Accessed March 15, 2024. https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/what/history_ptsd.asp.

At the Battle of Second Manassas, or Second Bull Run, PVT Edward A. Moore and the 1st Rockbridge Artillery, as part of the Stonewall Brigade, engage the soon to be named Iron Brigade on the evening of 28 August 1862 at the Brawner Farm. The 1st Rockbridge then duels Battery B of the 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery as BG George G. Meade's Brigade of Pennsylvania Reserves advances upon the same location on 29 August. On 30 August, PVT Moore and the 1st Rockbridge Artillery duel with Battery D of the 5th US Artillery as the V Corps attached to the Army of Virginia prepares to advance upon the left wing of the Army of Northern Virginia. After besting this battery, PVT Moore and the 1st Rockbridge Artillery are personally congratulated by Stonewall Jackson. The 1st Rockbridge Artillery then assists in repulsing the Union Assault.Podcast Website: https://firstpersoncivilwarpodcast.com/Sources used for this episode:Moore, Edward A. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson In Which is Told the Part Taken by the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia. New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1907. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/22067/pg22067-images.html.Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 1, Vol. 12, Pt. 2: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077728222&view=1up&seq=3.

At the Siege of Fort Wagner, 2LT Frederick Tomlinson Peet and a Battalion of Marines arrive at Morris Island after two assaults by the Union Army failed to take Fort Wagner. As Army Engineers begin digging Sap trenches, 2LT Peet and the Marines prepare for an amphibious assault to take Fort Wagner, but is eventually called off. The Marines join the Union Army in digging five total Sap trenches, and the Army brings in 300 pound, 200 pound and 100 pound Parrott Rifles to bombard Forts Wagner, Sumter and surrounding Confederate fortifications. On the morning of 7 September 1863, 2LT Peet and the Marine Battalion advance upon Fort Wagner after two days of heavy bombardment only to find it abandoned.Sources used for this episode: Peet, Frederick Tomlinson. Personal Experiences in the Civil War. New York, 1905. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t2z327m8n&seq=9.Peet, Frederick Tomlinson. Civil War Letters and Documents of Frederick Tomlinson Peet. Newport, 1917. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081764031&seq=7.Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 1, Vol. 28, Pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079609594&view=1up&seq=3.“Frederick T. Peet Dies.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 28, 1925, Newspapers.com.

At the Battle of Perryville, 1LT Michael H. Fitch of the 21st Wisconsin and PVT Sam Watkins of the 1st Tennessee follow their regiments into the fighting on the northern end of the battlefield. Both regiments directly engage each other in a Cornfield, where the 1st Tennessee, along with other Confederate Regiments, successfully route the 21st Wisconsin. 1LT Fitch and the 21st Wisconsin successfully rally and become the anchor for other Union Regiments to form around them. After Sam Watkins and the 1st Tennessee capture a Union Battery of Artillery, they move toward this newly reformed line of Union infantry and advance directly against the 21st Wisconsin for a second time. The Union line held firm and both regiments engaged each other at a distance for the remainder of the day.Sources used for this episode:Fitch, Michael H. Echoes of the Civil War as I hear Them. New York: R. F. Fenno & Company, 1905. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015003295188&seq=11.Watkins, Sam R. Co. Aytch, Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; Or, A Side Show of the Big Show. 2nd ed. Chattanooga: Times Printing Company 1900. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/fk9t14v821&seq=3.Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 1, Vol. 16, Pt. 1: Reports. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1886. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079609594&view=1up&seq=3.

At the Battle of Franklin, 30 November 1864, Private Edward Young McMorries and the 1st Alabama Infantry, on the eastern side of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, advanced upon the Union Army of the Ohio's defensive lines. After successfully carrying the first line of defenses, the Confederate Army reorganized and charged the second line. Here, PVT McMorries and the 1st Alabama become caught in an intense cross fire of musketry and artillery, as they tried to carry the second line of works, but to no avail. PVT McMorries survived the battle unscathed, but takes grim stock of the casualties the next morning.Sources used for this episode:McMorries, Edward Young. History of the First Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry C.S.A. Montgomery: The Brown Printing Co., 1904. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044019372333&seq=11.Davis, George B., Perry, Leslie J., and Kirkley, Joseph W. War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 1, Vol. 45, Pt. 1: Reports, Correspondence, etc. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077743031&view=1up&seq=3.Davis, George B., Perry, Leslie J., and Kirkley, Joseph W. OR. Ser. 1, Vol. 45, Pt. 2: Correspondence etc. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077723009&view=1up&seq=3."McMorries, Edward Young. 1844-1906.” Accessed 18 February, 2024. https://www.lib.ua.edu/Alabama_Authors/?p=1752.

At the Battle of New Market Heights, CPT McMurray and the 6th U.S.C.T. assaulted Confederate positions on the morning on 29 September 1864. Their advance was through 50 yards of a recently cut forest and proved extremely difficult to navigate. Two Black soldiers: First Sergeant Alexander Kelly, and Sergeant Major Thomas R. Hawkins, and one white officer: 1st Lieutenant Nathan H. Edgerton rallied the men by taking up the regimental colors after the color guard suffered heavy casualties and urged the men of the regiment to continue the fight. Though the regiment retreated, the larger attack upon New Market Heights was a success, and the 6th U.S.C.T. reformed and participated in the defense of the newly captured Fort Harrison against a Confederate counterattack that evening.For their actions at New Market Heights, First Sergeant Alexander Kelly, Sergeant Major Thomas R. Hawkins and 1st Lieutenant Nathan H. Edgerton all received the Congressional Medal of Honor.Sources Used:McMurray, John. Recollections of A Colored Troop. 1916. https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss83434.495/?st=slideshow#slide-4."John McMurray." Accessed February 7, 2024. Newspapers.com"Thomas R. Hawkins." Accessed February 7, 2024. https://www.fold3.com/file/315148369/hawkins-thomas-r-us-civil-war-widows-pensions-1861-1910?terms=r,thomas,hawkins."1SG Alexander Kelly Congressional Medal of Honor." Accessed February 7, 2024. https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/alexander-kelly."SGM Thomas R. Hawkins Congressional Medal of Honor." Accessed February 7, 2024. https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/thomas-r-hawkins."1LT Nathan H. Edgerton Congressional Medal of Honor." Accessed February 7, 2024. https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/nathan-h-edgerton.

At the Battle of Antietam, 17 September 1862, SGT J.J. McDaniel and the 7th South Carolina arrive on the battlefield at a run. They, alongside the 2nd, 3rd, and 8th South Carolina Regiments advance toward the West Woods and the Dunker Church. After pushing Union Infantry back, SGT McDaniel and the 7th South Carolina find themselves on a small hill south east of the Dunker Church and surrounded by Union Artillery on three sides.Sources Used:McDaniel, J.J. Diary of Battles, Marches and Incidents of the Seventh S.C. Regiment. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t9571vt6m&seq=5.Scott, Robert N., Lazelle, Henry M. The war of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 19, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079609610&view=1up&seq=3.Antietam on the Web. "J.J. McDaniel." Accessed February 5, 2024. https://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=20075&from=results.

At the Battle of Chancellorsville, Corporal Daniel Crotty, a Color Bearer for the 3rd Michigan in the III Corps Army of the Potomac, recounts the advance of his regiment to the Catherine Furnace on 2 May 1863, the midnight assault on Confederate lines, their retreat to the Chancellorsville House, and their continued retreat until they arrive in their final positions by noon of 3 May.Crotty, Daniel G. Four Years Campaigning in the Army of the Potomac. Grand Rapids: Dygert Bros. & Co., 1874. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/fk6251g14h&seq=7. Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 1, vol. 25, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077730244&view=1up&seq=3. COL Samuel B. Hayman 3rdBDE, 1st DIV, III Corps CDR report of Chancellorsville battle.Fold3. “Daniel G. Crotty.” Accessed January 2024. https://www.fold3.com/memorial/662858574/daniel-g-crotty-civil-war-stories/facts. The Civil War A Narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian. ed. Modern Library Edition, New York: Random House, 1963.Estimated time of mortal wounding according to Shelby Foote page 302

On 28 and 29 December 1862, COL Hall and the 26th Louisiana fought against General Shermans Army at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou in Mississippi, approximately 10 miles north of Vicksburg. The 26th Louisiana held a heavily entrenched line on 28 December against a two brigade attack and fought off the assault on 29 December in the center of the Confederate line. It is after this assault and while on detail that COL Hall had to threaten his men with force to restore discipline within the ranks.Hall, Winchester. The Story of the 26th Louisiana Infantry, In the Service of the Confederate States. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t9f487w3q&seq=5Local Designations of Confederate Troops. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t02z1t570&seq=9.Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser.1, vol. 17, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077728248&view=1up&seq=3.

Sources used for this episode:Phisterer, Frederick. The Regular Brigade of the Fourteenth Army Corps, The Army of the Cumberland, in the Battle of Stone River, or Murfreesboro, Tennessee, From December 31st 1862, the January 3rd, 1863. 1883. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044011857356&seq=9.Scott, Ltc. Robert N., Lazelle, Ltc. Henry M. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser 1, vol. 20, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079609602&view=1up&seq=3.General Thomas's report is on page 373, General Rousseau's on page 380, and Major Frederick Townsend's report is on page 404.“Gen. Phisterer, Famous Soldier, Is Dead.” Buffalo News, July 14, 1909. Newspapers.com.

Source used for this Episode:Edwards, Rev. John E. The Confederate Soldier; Being a Memorial Sketch of George N. and Bushrod W. Harris Privates in the Confederate Army. New York: Bullock & Co., 1868. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu01492306&seq=5.

Sources used for this Episode:Morgan, Thomas J. Reminiscences of Service With Colored Troops in the Army of Cumberland, 1863-65. Providence: Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical Society of Rhode Island, 1885. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=dul1.ark:/13960/t3tt7ms2q&seq=9.Davis, Maj. George B., Perry, Leslie J., Kirkley, Joseph W. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 39, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1892. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077728297&view=1up&seq=3.Due to its length, the reports concerning Nathan Bedford Forrest's Raid begin on page 504.