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Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography, Chapter 7: (search)
upersede General Logan. It is needless to recapitulate, but General Logan's noble conduct in the most trying experience of his life is beyond exaggeration. I need not dwell upon his matchless achievements after he returned to the command of the Fifteenth Army Corps, who, to a man, would have died for him. Logan never swerved one iota from his loyalty to his commanders, or in the least lessened his energies or his heroism till Atlanta had fallen. After the battle of Ezra Chapel, on August 28, 1864, which was won by the daring of the Fifteenth Army Corps with Logan at its head, General O. 0. Howard issued an order congratulating the army, and mentioning General Logan in laudatory terms. General Logan was incapable of inciting or allowing a mutinous spirit to prevail, but he was not able to prevent the army from feeling resentment at the appointment of General O. O. Howard. Had not General Logan gone North at the solicitation of President Lincoln to take part in the Presidential
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 129 (search)
, moved at 1.30 p. m., the Tenth Illinois Infantry advanced as skirmishers, driving rebel pickets and clearing front for General Howard's command, then returning to camp. July 28, received orders to be ready to march with my brigade at 8 a. m.; reported to General Davis for orders; was informed by the general that he was too unwell to take command of the division in the field; at 9 a. m. took command of the division on the Turner's Ferry road, ready to move under the following order: August 28, 1864. Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas: Order General Davis to move to Turner's Ferry, and then, by a road leading toward East Point, to feel forward for Howard's right, back into some known point of Turner's Ferry. I will be over on that flank all day and await to reach out as far as possible. W. T. Sherman, Major-General. In compliance with the above order, I did move to Turner's Ferry; halted one hour for rest and dinner. Having no guide and no correct map of the country, I had to rel
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)
oad on which the troops marched this p. m., the right very near the railroad and the left in the direction of Mount Gilead Church. General Kimball's division is on the right, Newton's in the center, and General Wood's on the left. The enemy has not made his appearance to-day. Only a small force of cavalry tried to oppose General Davis. 11.30 p. m., received copy of instructions to General Thomas, from headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi, dated in the field, Red Oak, Ga., August 28, 1864, 6.45 p. m. For instructions (here omitted) see Part V. The foregoing instructions were inclosed in a note from Major-General Thomas to General Stanley, instructing him to send a division on the left of the railroad as far to the front as possible to destroy the track. 11.30 p. m., sent instructions to General Kimball to readjust his lines in the morning and to construct a strong barricade along his front. Same instructions sent to Generals Wood and Newton. Also directed General
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The Red River campaign. (search)
finding himself exposed to a front and flank fire by the giving way of Parsons, fell back to re-form. Dwight, who was strongly posted in the woods, stood firm against the combined attacks of Walker in his front and Bee on his right. Taylor ordered up Polignac to their assistance, but the whole Confederate line was now falling back in confusion and the battle was lost. The earliest Confederate dispatches and orders claimed a signal and glorious victory, but Kirby Smith's report of August 28th, 1864, to President Davis, says that Taylor's troops were repulsed and thrown into confusion. . . . The Missouri and Arkansas troops, with a brigade of Walker's division, were broken and scattered. The enemy recovered artillery which we had taken, and two of our pieces were left in his hands . . . To my great relief I found in the morning that the enemy had fallen back during the night. . . . Our troops were completely paralyzed by the repulse at Pleasant Hill. (Italics mine.) In the lette
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 5: Forts and Artillery. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Reminiscences of the Confederate engineer service (search)
to Lincoln's call for her quota of the seventy-five thousand troops, no time was lost in organizing a State corps of engineers to prepare defenses against the then inevitable invasion of the State. Confederate engineers who made their mark. When it is realized that few of the officers in the Corps of Engineers March 16, 1861. He Confederate Engineers Corps had any previous was made colonel the following year, and practice as military engineers, although some brigadier-general August 28, 1864. He was of them had been educated at military academies, and that no engineer troops were provided for by the Confederate Congress until 1863, the work accomplished by the Confederate engineers seems all the more marvelous. The Confederate coastwise defense were strengthened in a way that baffled the blockading fleet, and no two armies have ever been entrenched in the field as were the armies of the South and North before Petersburg. Walter H. Stevens became major in the Confederate
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), General officers of the Confederate Army: a full roster compiled from the official records (search)
ott, S., Jr., May 24, 1864. Fry, Birkett D., May 24, 1864. Gibson, R. L., Jan. 11, 1864. Goggin, James M., Dec. 4, 1864. Gorgas, Josiah, Nov. 10, 1864. Granberry, H. B., Feb. 29, 1864. Hodge, Geo. B., Aug. 2, 1864. Leventhorpe, C., Feb. 3, 1865. McRae, William, Nov. 4, 1864. Northrop, L. B., Nov. 26, 1864. Page, Richard L., Mar. 1, 1864. Payne, Wm. H., Nov. 1, 1864. Posey, Carnot, Nov. 1, 1862. Preston, John S., June 10, 1864. Reynolds, D. H., Mar. 5, 1864. Stevens, W. H., Aug. 28, 1864. Terry, William, May 19, 1864. Brigadier-generals, provisional army (with temporary rank) Anderson, R. H., July 26, 1864. Barry, John D., Aug. 3, 1864. Brantly, Wm. F., July 26, 1864. Browne, Wm. M., Nov. 11, 1864. Bullock, Robert, Nov. 29, 1864. Carter, John C., July 7, 1864. Cox, William R., May 31, 1864. Dubose, D. M., Nov. 16, 1864. Dunnovant, John, Aug. 22, 1864. Girardey, V. J. B., July 30, 1864. Gordon, Geo. W., Aug. 15, 1864 Harrison, T., Jan. 14, 1865. Hill, Be
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Howe, mark Antony de Wolfe 1864- (search)
Howe, mark Antony de Wolfe 1864- Editor; born in Bristol, R. I., Aug. 28, 1864; graduated at Lehigh University in 1886, and at Harvard University in 1887. He is author of The memory of Lincoln; and Phillips Brooks (in the Beacon biographies series).
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 6 (search)
e time, and will hardly try for some time the plan of attacking us. These frequent affairs are gradually thinning both armies, and if we can only manage to make the enemy lose more than we do, we will win in the long run, but unfortunately, the offensive being forced on us, causes us to seek battle on the enemy's terms, and our losses are accordingly the greatest, except when they come out and attack, as recently, when they always get the worst of it. Headquarters army of the Potomac, August 28, 1864. I received this evening yours of the 26th. In it you acknowledge the receipt, per Mr. England, of my testimony before the court of inquiry. The sittings of the court have been interrupted by our recent movements, but to-morrow they are to be resumed, and I trust they will push matters to a close and come to some conclusion before they are again interrupted. I have written you of the fighting that has been going on for a week past. It has been quiet for the last two days. The e
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Arkansas, 1864 (search)
S--9th Cavalry. Aug. 27: Skirmish, Fort SmithKANSAS--6th Cavalry. Aug. 27-28: Scout on Arkansas River near Pine Bluff, and SkirmishesKANSAS--5th Cavalry. Aug. 27-Sept. 6: Expeditions from Little Rock and Devall's Bluff, to Searcy, Fairview and Augusta in pursuit of ShelbyILLINOIS--10th Cavalry; 54th, 61st and 95th Infantry. IOWA--9th Cavalry; 40th Infantry. KANSAS--9th Cavalry. MISSOURI--8th Cavalry. OHIO--5th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. MICHIGAN--12th Infantry. WISCONSIN--14th Infantry. Aug. 28: Skirmish, FayettevilleMISSOURI--8th State Militia Cavalry. Aug. 29: Skirmish, SearcyMICHIGAN--3d Cavalry. Aug. 29-Sept. 3: Exp. from Helena up White RiverILLINOIS--15th Cavalry (Detachment). UNITED STATES--Battery "E," 2d Colored Light Arty.; 56th and 60th Colored Infantry. Aug. 30: Skirmish near DardanelleARKANSAS--3d Cavalry (Detachment). Sept. 1: Skirmish near Fort SmithARKANSAS--3d Cavalry (Detachment). Sept. 1: Skirmish near Beatty's MillsARKANSAS--3d Cavalry (Detachment). Sept.
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Georgia, 1864 (search)
SIN--3d, 22d, 26th and 31st Infantry. UNITED STATES--4th Cavalry; Battery "K" 5th Arty. Aug. 27: Skirmish, Farmer's FerryOHIO--55th Infantry. Aug. 27-28: Action, FairburnILLINOIS--92d Mounted Infantry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry. OHIO--10th Cavalry. Aug. 28: Action, Red OakOHIO--10th Cavalry. WISCONSIN--10th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. Aug. 28: Skirmish, SandtownOHIO--20th Infantry. Aug. 29: Skirmish, Red Oak StationOHIO--40th Infantry. Aug. 29: Skirmish, SandtownMICHIGAN--4th Cavalry. Aug. 29: Aug. 28: Skirmish, SandtownOHIO--20th Infantry. Aug. 29: Skirmish, Red Oak StationOHIO--40th Infantry. Aug. 29: Skirmish, SandtownMICHIGAN--4th Cavalry. Aug. 29: Skirmish near Red OakILLINOIS--104th Infantry. INDIANA--42d and 88th Infantry. KENTUCKY--15th Infantry. OHIO--33d and 94th Infantry. WISCONSIN--21st Infantry. Aug. 30: Skirmish, JonesboroughILLINOIS--92d and 111th Infantry. OHIO--10th Cavalry; 53d Infantry. Aug. 30: Skirmish near East PointOHIO--9th Cavalry. Aug. 30: Action, Flint River StationILLINOIS--92d Mounted Infantry. INDIANA--3d and 8th Cavalry. IOWA--5th Cavalry; 2d and 7th Infantry. KENTUCKY--2d, 3d and 5th Cavalry. OHIO--10th Cava
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