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BG James Argyle Smith's Report on the Battle of Nashville
James Argyle Smith was a West Point graduate from Tennessee who would be assigned as Colonel of the 5th Confederate Infantry, and following Chickamauga, would be promoted to command of Deshler's Texas Brigade. He only led this formation breifly; On November 25th, 1863, he was wounded at Tunnel Hill and would be out of action until June of 1864, where he took command of the brigade and led it at Bald Hill July 21st and 22nd, before again being wounded. He was transferred to command Olmstead's Savannah Brigade. This unit was left behind to guard the bridges across the Tennessee River while the rest of the division fought itself to death at Spring Hill and Franklin. J. A. Smith, the senior Brigade commander of the division, took command of the division on December 6th, and would lead the remnant of Cleburne's Command, some 1500 men (not counting the Georgians, who seemed avoided seeing action again at Nashville), at Nashville and Bentonville, before the division was merged and dispersed in April 1865.
The following is Smith's report of his division during the Battle of Nashville.
Source: O.R.s, Series 1, Part 45 (XLV), Part 1, 739-740
James Argyle Smith was a West Point graduate from Tennessee who would be assigned as Colonel of the 5th Confederate Infantry, and following Chickamauga, would be promoted to command of Deshler's Texas Brigade. He only led this formation breifly; On November 25th, 1863, he was wounded at Tunnel Hill and would be out of action until June of 1864, where he took command of the brigade and led it at Bald Hill July 21st and 22nd, before again being wounded. He was transferred to command Olmstead's Savannah Brigade. This unit was left behind to guard the bridges across the Tennessee River while the rest of the division fought itself to death at Spring Hill and Franklin. J. A. Smith, the senior Brigade commander of the division, took command of the division on December 6th, and would lead the remnant of Cleburne's Command, some 1500 men (not counting the Georgians, who seemed avoided seeing action again at Nashville), at Nashville and Bentonville, before the division was merged and dispersed in April 1865.
The following is Smith's report of his division during the Battle of Nashville.
Source: O.R.s, Series 1, Part 45 (XLV), Part 1, 739-740