Word: commander
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Fiske delivered in Sanders Theatre last evening the second in his series of lectures on the Western Campaigns of the Civil War. Beginning immediately after the battle of Shiloh, he described the naval operations about New Orleans, Halleck's supreme command in the West, and finally the battle of Stone River or Murfreesboro...
...this time Halleck, an astute cabinet soldier, but unpractical, succeeded Fremont in command in the West. The power of the Confederates was finally broken by the battle of Pea Ridge, in March...
...Confederates at once determined to invade the state. Gen Leonidas Polk entered at the west, and established himself in a strongly fortified position at Columbus. The Confederate line extended from here to the Cumberland Gap, far to the east, under the command of Gen. A. S. Johnston...
...took several days on the way. At length, on Feb. 12, 1862, he appeared before this second stronghold. The fort was built on a bluff near the Cumberland river, and protected behind by a series of ridges, separated by mashes and creeks. John Floyd and Pillow, in command, had a force of 18,000, quite equal to Grant's, but they seem to have been paralyzed. They did nothing whatever to hinder the Union advance, and Grant seemed to know their incapacity, and count upon...
...company was organized last year under the command of Lieutenant Robinson who was appointed by the government to give military drill at Harvard. The uniform is the undress gray cadet uniform, the same as is worn at West Point...