654 CHICKAMAUGA — THE GREAT BATTLE OF THE WEST.

GENERAL THOMAS’S BIVOUAC AFTER TIIE FIRST DAY'S BATTLE.

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Rosecrans in person made a careful alignment of his whole line in themorning, arranging it so as to cover the Rossville (Chattanooga) and the DryValley roads. It began four hundred yards east of the Rossville road, on acrest which was occupied from left to right by Baird’s division (Thomas’scorps), R. W. Johnson’s division (McCook’s), Palmer’s division (Crittenden’s),and Reynolds’s division (Thomas’s). These four divisions became isolatedduring the day, and the interest of the battle centers largely in them. Theylay behind substantial breastworks of logs, | in a line running due south andbending back toward the road at each wing. “ Next on the right of Rey-nolds,” says a Federal newspaper account, “ was Brannan’s division of Thom-as’s corps, then Negley’s of the same corps, its right making a crotchet to therear. The line across the Chattanooga road toward Missionary Ridge wascompleted by Sheridan’s and Davis’s divisions of McCook’s corps: Wood’sand Van Cleve’s divisions of Crittenden’s corps were in reserve at a properdistance.” The line from Reynolds extended in a south-westerly direction.Minty’s cavalry covered the left and rear at Missionary Mills; Mitchell’s and

J. The ringing of axes in our front could be heard make rude works about breast-high along liis whole

all ni^ht._D. H. H. front, using rails and logs for the purpose. The logs and

s rails ran at right angles to each other, the logs keeping

These breastworks were described as follows by parallel to the proposed line of battle and lying uponWilliam F. G. Shanks, war correspondent of the the rails until the proper height was reached, Thott Ynrk TTp^m n . spaces between these logs wero tilled with rails, which

served to add to their security and strength. The spado“ General Thomas had wisely taken the precaution to had not been used.” Editors.