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Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 14: siege of Petersburg. (search)
your supply of socks is so large. If two or three hundred would send an equal number we should have a sufficiency. I will endeavor to have them distributed to the most needy. And again on December 17, 1864: I received day before yesterday the box with hat, gloves, and socks; also the barrel of apples. You had better have kept the latter, as it would have been more useful to you than to me, and I should have enjoyed its consumption by yourself and the girls more than by me. And on December 30, 1864, he tells her: The Lyons furs and fur robe have also arrived safely, but I can learn nothing of the saddle of mutton. Bryan, of whom I inquired as to its arrival, is greatly alarmed lest it has been sent to the soldiers' dinner. If the soldiers get it I shall be content. I can do very well without it. In fact, I should rather they would have it than I. And on January 10, 1865, after stating how the socks which Mrs. Lee had sent had been distributed to the army, the general writes:
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., General Grant on the siege of Petersburg. (search)
done by colored troops, who displayed the greatest courage and fortitude, and maintained under the most trying circumstances their usual good humor and cheerful disposition. Owing to various causes, and especially to the capture by General Butler of the outer line of the Richmond defenses on the 29th of September, the importance of the canal project sensibly diminished; therefore the work was much delayed, was subject to indifferent management, and was not ultimately completed until December 30th, 1864. The rather large bulkhead containing nearly 6000 cubic yards of earth was mined and charged with 12,000 pounds of powder, distributed in four charges, one being 25 feet, and three 16 feet, below the water-level. At 3:50 P. M., January 1st, 1865, these mines were exploded by means of a Gomez fulminate fuse so arranged as to give a point of ignition for every one hundred pounds of powder. The condition of the canal in November is well delineated in the accompanying cut. The bombproo
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 49: first attack on Fort Fisher.--destruction of the confederate ram Albemarle, etc. (search)
their guns and country well; and I am greatly indebted to Lieutenant-Commander Phythian, the executive officer, for his energy and ability in getting the crew and ship in such good fighting order. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Wm. Radford, Commodore Commanding Iron-clad Division. Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, Commanding N. A. Squadron. Report of Captain James Alden, commanding United States steamer Brooklyn. United States Steamer Brooklyn. Off Beaufort, N. C., December 30, 1864. Sir — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of General Order No. 75, which not only calls upon commanding officers to give you a report of the part they took in the action of the 24th and 25th instant, but also their impressions as to the damage done to the enemy's work, the effect of our firing, and the defensibility of the fort after we had finished the bombardment. On the first day, the 24th, this ship was in line of attack and opened fire on Fort Fisher at 12:50 P. M.,
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 55: operations of the Mississippi Squadron in the latter part of 1864 and in 1865. (search)
he woods with Confederate stragglers. Anything which bears the signature of that glorious hero, General George H. Thomas, will ever be interesting, and a compliment from him paid to the Navy will be appreciated. General Thomas immediately telegraphed to Acting-Rear-Admiral Lee the result of his operations against General Hood, and expressed his thanks for the aid the Army had received from the naval flotilla on the Tennessee: United States Military Telegraph, Paducah, Kentucky, Dec. 30, 1864. [By telegraph from Headquarters Department Cumberland, Pulaski, Dec. 29, 1864.] Sir — Your two telegrams have been received. We have been pressing the work as hard as the condition of the roads would permit, and have succeeded in taking some few prisoners — probably some five or six hundred--since the enemy crossed Duck River. From the best information I have at this time, Hood's losses since he invaded the State of Tennessee sum up as follows: Six (6) general officers killed, s
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, chapter 23 (search)
from General Halleck, at Washington, a letter warning me that there were certain influential parties near the President who were torturing him with suspicions of my fidelity to him and his negro policy; but I shall always believe that Mr. Lincoln, though a civilian, knew better, and appreciated my motives and character. Though this letter of General Halleck has always been treated by me as confidential, I now insert it here at length: headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. C., December 30, 1864. Major-General W. T. Sherman, Savannah. my dear General: I take the liberty of calling your attention, in this private and friendly way, to a matter which may possibly hereafter be of more importance to you than either of us may now anticipate. While almost every one is praising your great march through Georgia, and the capture of Savannah, there is a certain class having now great influence with the President, and very probably anticipating still more on a change of cabinet, who
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 63 (search)
Hobart, Colonel Commanding. Captain G. W. Smith, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Fourteenth Army Corps Lieutenant-Colonel Brigham's Report. headquarters Second brigade, First division, Fourteenth army corps, Savannah, Georgia, December 30, 1864. Captain: In compliance with circular dated headquarters First division, Fourteenth army corps, December twenty-ninth, 1864, I have the honor to submit the following report: Number miles railroad destroyed, 5 1/2; number cotton-gins dd A. A. A. G. Lieutenant J. R. Channel's Report. Report of Operations of Battery C, First Illinois Artillery, from the fall of Atlanta up to the present time. headquarters battery C, First Illinois artillery, near Savannah, Georgia, December 30, 1864. Captain: In obedience to circular received, I have the honor to submit the following report: While in camp near Atlanta, Georgia, I received orders on the second of October to prepare to march next morning with thirteen days rations
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 64 (search)
Hundred and Fifty-fourth New-York volunteers, killed, one enlisted man; wounded, three enlisted men ; missing, three enlisted men. Thirty-third New-Jersey volunteers, wounded, one enlisted man. Total, killed, one commissioned officer, two enlisted men; wounded, twelve enlisted men; missing, eleven enlisted men. Total casualties, one commissioned officer, twenty-five enlisted men. P. H. Jones, Colonel One Hundred and Fifty-fourth New-York Volunteers, Commanding Brigade. Savannah, Ga., December 30, 1864. Major Warner's Report. headquarters one hundred and Fifty-Fourth regiment New-York volunteers, Savannah, Ga., December 26, 1864. Colonel P. H. Jones, Commanding Second Brigade: Colonel: In obedience to the requirements of circular of twenty-third instant, I have the honor to make the following report of the part taken by the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth regiment New-York volunteers, under my command, in the various movements of the army of Georgia from the fifteenth day of
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), Chapter 9: roster of general officers both Union and Confederate (search)
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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 50: (search)
egrity of the whole union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States, will be received and considered by the Executive Government of the United States, and will be met by liberal terms on other substantial and collateral points, and the bearer or bearers thereof shall have safe conduct both ways. Abraham Lincoln. This movement, like all others which had preceded it, was a failure. On December 30, 1864, I received a request from Francis P. Blair, a distinguished citizen of Montgomery County, Maryland, for permission to visit Richmond for certain personal objects. This was conceded to him. On January 12, 1865, he visited me, and the following statement of our interview was immediately afterward prepared: Richmond, Virginia, January 12, 1865. Memorandum of a confidential conversation held this day with F. P. Blair of Montgomery County, Maryland. Mr. Blair stated that, not re
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 42: (search)
re as soon as I can make definite arrangements for future operations in this State. G. T. Beauregard. On the 30th General Beauregard, having completed all possible arrangements for the pending emergency, asked to be relieved of the command of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, in order that he might devote all his time and attention to his Department proper—the Military Division of the West. His request was granted by President Davis, in the following despatch: Richmond, Dec. 30th, 1864. To General G. T. Beauregard: Your despatch of this day received, also copy of that to General Cooper, in relation to assignment of General Bragg. You will leave with General Hardee orders and instructions in regard to the Department east of Augusta, and will resume the command of the District west of Augusta, as heretofore defined. The change will be more formally announced from the Adjutant-General's office. Jefferson Davis. Before taking leave of General Hardee, and of Cha
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