General Turchin's Retaliation

[uaskme]

Turchin led with Reynolds the movement on the 20th at dusk of the Federal Withdrawal. Reynolds witnessed the collapse of the Right Flank earlier that day. Reynolds told Turchin that if they were confronted with Confederates, for the safety of the men, he thought they should surrender. Liddels Brigade was on the McDonald Farm on the path of Turchins escape. He brushed them aside and others followed. Probably saved the whole movement. Again in Chattanooga he was part of the movement that secured the Cracker Line at Browns Ferry. Only the best were selected for that job.

Just seems as tho some will go to any lengths to demean Thomas, Rosecrans or the AOC.

 

[TnFed]

Turchin led with Reynolds the movement on the 20th at dusk of the Federal Withdrawal. Reynolds witnessed the collapse of the Right Flank earlier that day. Reynolds told Turchin that if they were confronted with Confederates, for the safety of the men, he thought they should surrender. Liddels Brigade was on the McDonald Farm on the path of Turchins escape. He brushed them aside and others followed. Probably saved the whole movement. Again in Chattanooga he was part of the movement that secured the Cracker Line at Browns Ferry. Only the best were selected for that job.

Just seems as tho some will go to any lengths to demean Thomas, Rosecrans or the AOC.

My favorite
Officer..Col. James Brownlow. Did not care much for his pappy, the good Parson. He did not like us Baptist. But son James was a brave one.

 

[TnFed]

Shiloh was in April, sack of Athens in May, mid year Lincoln proclaims the EP. Suspect Shiloh had a lot to do with the Turn to Hard. But during this period along with Braggs invasion of KY, it happened.

Nadine became one of the Heroes at Chickamauga. She was on one of the wagons that supplied the 14th Corps. Thomas's Corps which Turchin served. The supply trains were in the rear on the Dry Valley Road. After Longstreets Break Through, the rear wasn't the rear anymore. So the trains were part of the Escaping Mob of the rout. Some wagons broke down, road got jammed up. Some wagon masters wanted to pull the pins on the wagons, releasing the mules, in order to escape on the animals leaving the wagons behind. Nadine was a Princess and felt no need to learn English because she had no desire to converse with her low class new countrymen. So, she used sign language. She pull out a Pistol from her waist band and convinced others pulling the pins was a bad idea. So, she saved much of the 14th Corps supply train.

And a looker. Check out a picture of her. Ivan Vasilyevich was one lucky Russian!

 

[Lubliner]

I suppose her diary, if published, may not be translated? @TnFed do you have a link, please!
Lubliner.

 

[TnFed]

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40191347?seq=1

 

[Lubliner]

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40191347?seq=1

An excellent find. Thank you.
Lubliner.

 

[Pollaco]

Turchin was said to be a strict disciplinarian in camp.