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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 102 102 Browse Search
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley) 46 46 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 34 34 Browse Search
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott) 34 34 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 33 33 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 29 29 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 27 27 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 21 21 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 20 20 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore) 19 19 Browse Search
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William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 8: (search)
he history then proceeds: I had constant communication with all parts of the army, and on the 9th, McPherson's head of column entered and passed through Snake Creek perfectly undefended, and accodition. I hope Johnston will fight here instead of drawing me far down into Georgia. On the 9th he telegraphed General J. D. Webster, at Nashville: Have been fighting all day against rocks reak the road, and leave Johnston out of rations. To-morrow will tell the story. And on the 9th, at 8 P. M., from Tunnel Hill, to General Halleck as follows: We have been fighting all day aSnake Gap, and that the charge of timidity is gratuitous. It also shows that on the night of the 9th, Sherman was still expecting to attack by Rocky Face and Buzzard Roost. On the 9th, General Th9th, General Thomas, from his headquarters at Tunnel Hill, sent to General Sherman the following statement of Captain Merril, Chief Engineer of the Department of the Cumberland, who had just returned from Geary's
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 11: (search)
ition of affairs to Halleck, saying, among other things, I prefer for the future to make the movement on Milledgeville, Millen, and Savannah. On that day (October 1) he telegraphed Grant:. * * * * Why will it not do to leave Tennessee to the forces which Thomas has, and the reserves soon to come to Nashville, and for me to destroy Atlanta and march across Georgia to Savannah or Charleston, breaking railroads and doing irreparable damage? We can not remain on the defensive. On the 9th (October) he telegraphed General Thomas at Nashville: I want to destroy all the road below Chattanooga, including Atlanta, and to make for the sea-coast. We can not defend this long line of road. On that same day he telegraphed to General Grant at City Point: It will be a physical impossibility to protect the roads, now that Hood, Forrest, Wheeler, and the whole batch of devils are turned loose without home or habitation. * * * * I propose that we break up the rail-road from Cha
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 17: (search)
ask from General Grant a suspension of hostilities for the purpose of permitting the civil authorities to enter into the needful arrangements to terminate the existing war. General Sherman wrote Johnston the same day that he had authority to suspend hostilities, that he would meet Johnston to confer upon the subject, and added: that a basis of action may be had, I undertake to abide by the same terms and conditions as were made by Generals Grant and Lee at Appomattox Court House on the 9th inst., relative to our two armies. The same evening he wrote General Grant as follows, though this letter is not given in the Memoirs: I send copies of a correspondence begun with General Johnston, which I think will be followed by terms of capitulation. I will grant the same terms as General Grant gave General Lee, and be careful not to complicate any points of civil policy. On the 17th the opposing commanders met alone in a farm-house near Durham Station, when, after some conversa