For Honor, Glory, and Union by William Haines Lytle Ruth C. Carter

Author:William Haines Lytle, Ruth C. Carter [William Haines Lytle, Ruth C. Carter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military, Literary Collections, Letters
ISBN: 9780813121086
Google: raLRngEACAAJ
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1999-03-11T22:14:05+00:00

1. Ormsby Mitchel’s report dated May 15, 1862, said he placed Lytle in command of a force to move from Athens and engage the enemy’s attention at the mouth of the Elk River. Lytle’s expedition, intended as a feint, was successful because it allowed troops commanded by General Negley to make a surprise attack on the rebels. On May 18 Mitchel sent three hundred men from the Ninth Brigade under Lyric’s command toward Winchester. When they arrived there the morning of May 24, rebels troops were dispersed following a skirmish. Lytle returned to Huntsville on May 24. (See O.R., ser. 1, vol. 10, pt. 1, 891-94.)

2. Lytle refers to then Col. John Basil Turchin who, while occupying Athens, Alabama, had let his troops run wild after they were fired upon by civilians when advancing.

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