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Caroline E. Whitcomb, History of the Second Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery (Nims' Battery): 1861-1865, compiled from records of the Rebellion, official reports, diaries and rosters 83 83 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 63 63 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 34 34 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles 12 12 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Name Index of Commands 12 12 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 9 9 Browse Search
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War 8 8 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 7 7 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) 6 6 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 3 3 Browse Search
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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), chapter 34 (search)
No. 30. report of Capt. John C. Taylor, Eighty-fourth Indiana Infantry, of operations August 16-September 8. Hdqrs. Eighty-Fourth Indiana Volunteers, Near Atlanta, Ga., September 13, 1864. Colonel: I have the honor to make the following report of the military operations of the Eighty-fourth Indiana Volunteers during the late campaign in Georgia, commencing from the date of its transfer to the Third Brigade, First Division, Fourth Army Corps, August 16, 1864, under command of Brig. Gen. William Grose: After the transfer to the Third Brigade, my command occupied the extreme left of the brigade line, in front of Atlanta. Nothing further transpired than the usual duties of skirmishing with the enemy until the 20th day of August, 1864, during which time my command did not sustain any loss. On the morning of the 20th of August, by order of Brig. Gen. William Grose, I moved my command, in conjunction with five regiments of the Third Brigade, to the left. About sunrise we c
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), chapter 161 (search)
No. 154. report of Maj. John H. Jolly, Eighty-ninth Ohio Infantry, of operations May 7-June 1. Hdqrs. Eighty-Ninth regiment Ohio Infantry, Near Atlanta, Ga., August 16, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to make the following report of the part taken by the Eighty-ninth Regiment Ohio Infantry in the present campaign, from the 7th day of May, 1864, to the 1st day of June, 1864, during which time the regiment was under my command: The Eighty-ninth Regiment Ohio Infantry marched from Ringgold, Ga., on the 7th of May, 1864, and bivouacked near Tunnel Hill, Ga., for the night. Resumed the march on the day following, shifting to the right near one mile; halted, stacked arms, and rested for the night. On the 9th we moved about the same distance to the right, stacked arms, and rested till evening, when orders were given to march to the front; which done, we bivouacked for the night; slight skirmishing was heard on our front. Our position was not changed until the 12th, when we mov
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), chapter 163 (search)
No. 156. reports of Col. Benjamin D. Fearing, Ninety-second Ohio Infantry. Hdqrs. Ninety-Second Regt. Ohio Vol. Infantry, Camp in the Field, August 16, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by the Ninety-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the campaign of the past three months now ending. Breaking up our camps at Ringgold, Ga., on the 7th of May, stripped of all incumbrances of material and men, we marched with the brigade to and through Tunnel Hill and sat down in front of the enermy's stronghold at Dalton. Moving with the brigade on the 12th day of May to the right, along the base of John's Mountain through Snake Creek Gap, we first met the enemy on the morning of the 14th of May. In line of battle, in the first line, on the left of the brigade, we followed the enemy, steadily pushing him back with our heavy lines of skirmishers, until he was forced to take refuge in his works in front of Resaca. Gaining the ridge in p
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), chapter 164 (search)
No. 157. reports of Col. Newell Gleason, Eighty-seventh Indiana Infantry, commanding Second brigade. Hdqrs. Second Brig., Third Div., 14TH Army Corps, Near Atlanta, Ga., August 16, 1864. Sir: In compliance with orders, I have the honor to report the part taken by the Second Brigade, Third Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, in the campaign extending from May 7 to August 6, 1864. This brigade-composed of the Ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Col. G. Kammerling; Second Regiment Minnesota Veteran Volunteers, Col. James George; Eighty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Col. N. Gleason; Seventy-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Lieut. Col. W. O'Brien; One hundred and first Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Lieut. Col. Thomas Doan; One hundred and fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Lieut. Col. George T. Perkins; Thirty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Maj. Joseph L. Budd-under command of Col. F. Van Derveer, Thirty-fifth Ohio Volunteers, left Ringgold, Ga., May 7, 1864, and moved with t
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), chapter 166 (search)
No. 159. reports of Lieut. Col. Edwin P. Hammond, Eighty-seventh Indiana Infantry. Hdqrs. Eighty-Seventh Indiana Volunteers, Near Atlanta, Gd., August 16, 1864. Captain: In compliance with orders received from brigade headquarters, I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of this regiment from the commencement of the campaign up to the 6th of the present month: On the morning of the 7th of May, 1864, the Eighty-seventh Indiana Volunteers, then commanded by Col. N. Gleason, moved forward from Ringgold in the direction of Tunnel Hill, near which place we remained, participating in the movements of the brigade in front of Buzzard Roost until the 12th, when we moved to the right and passed through Snake Creek Gap. Moving forward on the 13th and 14th, in the evening of the latter day we took position on a ridge in front of the enemy's works at Resaca. On the 15th we moved about two miles to the right and halted in reserve on the left of the Fifteen
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), chapter 182 (search)
hward; that the enemy has been unusually active since sundown. 10.20, Generals Wood and Newton report the enemy very active in their fronts. 11 p. m., reported the situation to General Thomas. Day very hot and clear. P. S.-On the a. m. of August 17 no material change was discerned in the enemy's line, &c. No attack made or movement discovered. August 17.-2 a. m., received Special Field Orders, No. 57, headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi, near Atlanta, Ga., dated August 16, 1864 (General Sherman), which read as follows : See p. 168. 10 a. m., in accordance with the foregoing order, instructions were sent to division commanders to at once select a sufficient number of their best wagons from the ordnance trains to carry 100 rounds of ammunition (musket cartridges) per man in said wagons. Fifteen days forage of six pounds per animal per day must also be carried in said wagons. Also, to select the best teams from this supply train and load them with fifteen days
ople should be informed that so long as an army can subsist among them, recurrences of these raids must be expected, and we are determined to stop them at all hazards . [Grant's letter of instructions.] So Emory was ordered to retire to Winchester on the night of the 15th, and Wright and Crook to follow through Winchester to Clifton the next night. For the cavalry, in this move to the rear, I gave the following instructions: headquarters Middle Military division, Cedar Creek, Va., August 16, 1864. General: In compliance with instructions of the Lieutenant-General commanding, you will make the necessary arrangements and give the necessary orders for the destruction of the wheat and hay south of a line from Millwood to Winchester and Petticoat Gap. You will seize all mules, horses, and cattle that may be useful to our army. Loyal citizens can bring in their claims against the Government for this necessary destruction. No houses will be burned, and officers in charge of this
864 1 Aldie, Va., June 17, 1863 8 Malvern Hill, Va., Aug. 16, 1864 4 Middleburg, Va., June 19, 1863 11 Charles City Roatom, Va. 6 Olustee, Fla. 47 Strawberry Plains, Va., August 16, 1864 10 On Picket, Fla. 1 Hatcher's Run, Va. 2 Chestelains, Va., July 27, 1864   1 1 2 Deep Bottom, Va., August 16, 1864 2 5 7 14 Ream's Station, Va. 3 11 25 39 Sailor'slaurels for itself and for its State. At Deep Bottom, August 16, 1864, it numbered only about 100 men; under the gallant Ramegiment encountered more hard fighting at Deep Bottom, August 16, 1864, where it captured an earth-work, losing in the affair1 Robertson's River, Sept. 23, 1863 1 Front Royal, Va., Aug. 16, 1864 4 Piedmont, Va., April 17, 1862 2 Brandy Station, Oc Port Conway, Va., Sept. 1, 1863 1 Front Royal, Va., Aug. 16, 1864 1 Salem, Va., Oct. 23, 1864 1 Raccoon Ford, Va., SepSummerville Ford, Va., Sept. 16,‘63 6 Front Royal, Va., Aug. 16, 1864 2 Indian Territory. Aug. 31, 1865 2 Brandy Station,
76th Pennsylvania Turner's Tenth 3 40 9 52 2d N. Y. M. Rifles Dismounted. Potter's Ninth 10 31 7 48 100th Pennsylvania Ledlie's Ninth 10 28 30 68 11th New Hampshire Potter's Ninth 9 32 22 63 Utoy Creek, Ga.             August 5-6, 1864.             100th Ohio Cox's Twenty-third 34 57 9 100 8th Tennessee Cox's Twenty-third 25 56 13 94 112th Illinois Cox's Twenty-third 12 58 1 71 38th Ohio Baird's Fourteenth 13 43 6 62 Deep Bottom, Va.             August 14-16, 1864.             11th Maine Terry's Tenth 20 121 6 147 24th Massachusetts Terry's Tenth 19 99 12 130 1st Maryland Cavalry Dismounted. Terry's Tenth 18 89 16 123 39th Illinois Terry's Tenth 20 76 7 103 3d New Hampshire Terry's Tenth 12 71 9 92 85th Pennsylvania Terry's Tenth 21 62 4 87 9th U. S. Colored Birney's (Wm.) Tenth 13 63 5 81 10th Connecticut Terry's Tenth 10 62 10 82 62d Ohio Terry's Tenth 11 39 11 61 115th New York Turner's Tenth 5 44
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), IV. Cold Harbor (search)
day he was all well, and the doctor told him it was a good dose to take, provided it did not unfortunately happen to kill him. Captain Fay took out the cits to-day, in an ambulance, and showed them the lines. After which the youth Falls was seized with a noble ambition to ride on horseback in company of Captain Guzman. Being provided with a hard trotter, he came near tumbling off, at the first start, and was obliged to change horses and perform the rest of the journey at a mild pace. August 16, 1864 I have been well content to get your letter this afternoon. In regard to what you say for the troops for the assault, When the mine was exploded. it is true that General Meade should have ordered in the best — and so he did. Express orders were given to put in the best troops and have the division generals lead them if necessary. General Meade made examinations in person of the enemy's lines, and the orders drawn up by General Humphreys were more than usually elaborated. People
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