THE CAMPAIGN IN TENNESSEE: Nashville Occupied by General Buell’s forces; IMPORTANT ORDER FROM GEN. HALLECK (2/25/1862)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 2/25/1862

[Homer_J_Simpson]

ST. LOUIS, Monday, Feb. 24.

A special dispatch from Cairo to the Democrat says the latest intelligence from the Cumberland is that Gen. BUELL's forces occupy Nashville; that Gov. HARRIS has called in all the Tennessee troops, and that a strong reaction has occurred among the people.

LOUISVILLE, Monday, Feb. 24.

Reliable private information received to-night assures us that Nashville is virtually in possession of the National forces.

By the capture of Nashville, we obtain possession of the largest city in the rebel States which has yet been occupied by our troops. Nashville, the capital of the State of Tennessee, is a city of 30,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the Cumberland River 200 miles (following the windings of the stream) above its junction with the Ohio. The city is built chiefly on the south side of the river' on the slopes, and at the foot of a hill rising from it It stands upon a solid rock, elevated to the height of from 50 to 175 feet above the level of the stream. It is a place of great trade, and is an important railroad centre. There are five railroads radiating from the city, namely: the Tennessee and Alabama, the Louisville and Nashville, the Edgefield and Kentucky' the Nashville and Chattanooga, and the Nashville and Northwestern. Steamboats and gunboats ascend from the mouth of the Cumberland to Nashville, and the river is navigable by boats of 1,500 tons for 50 miles above the city, and by smaller boats to the Falls, 500 miles.

Nashville is generally well built, and there are numerous imposing public edifices. One of the finest of the former is the new capitol, situated on an eminence 175 feet above the river, and constructed of a beautiful variety of fossiliferous limestone.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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The Campaign in Tennessee: More Good News – 2
The Western Victories: The Strategy of the Union Army on the Cumberland – 2-3
The Burnside Expedition: Operations Renewed b the National Forces – 3-4
Important from the South: How the Fall of Fort Donelson is Received – 4
The Episcopal Church of the Confederate States – 4
Columbus – 4-5
The Mobile Gunboats – 5
Editorial: The Glad Tidings from Tennessee – 5
The Organization of the War – 5
Firing the Southern Heart-Burnside at Work – 5-6
A Proposed International Congress – 6
The Battle in Arkansas – 6
The Dark Day at Richmond – 6
A Singular Obituary – 6
Beauregard – 6

[BroJoeK]

"Steamboats and gunboats ascend from the mouth of the Cumberland to Nashville, and the river is navigable by boats of 1,500 tons for 50 miles above the city, and by smaller boats to the Falls, 500 miles."

When Union forces occupied Nashville they were surprised to find it full of cats, yes cats I say.
And even more amazing, troops found & collected exactly thirteen hundred and fifty two guitars -- but no guitar pickers!
Where did they all go, and what is the strange connection to all those cats?

Enquiring minds want to know! ;-)

[Homer_J_Simpson]

And even more amazing, troops found & collected exactly thirteen hundred and fifty two guitars -- but no guitar pickers!

The only plausible explanation I can come up with is that the guitars were belonged to performers on Grand Ole Opry, but when Bull Nelson's brigade approached all the musicians skedaddled for parts south, leaving their instruments behind.

The cats must remain a mystery as far as I'm concerned.

[jeffersondem]

This has been memorialized in song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4p7prURvIk