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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 16 (search)
cted from competent authority. At 10 a. m. the head of the corps arrived at the point struck by General Baird's division the day before. My chief of staff, Colonel Fullerton, was at once sent to General Thomas for instructions. At 12.15 Colonel Fullerton returned, saying that General Thomas had sent Wood's division to join the cColonel Fullerton returned, saying that General Thomas had sent Wood's division to join the corps and that as soon as Wood had joined and I was ready to advance I should inform the department headquarters. Major Sinclair, assistant adjutant-general, having also returned from General Thomas with instructions to keep down on the flank of General Davis, Fourteenth Corps, the troops were moved down the railroad, the head of the column abreast with the advance of the Fourteenth Corps. Colonel Fullerton brought a message from General Thomas about 4 p. m. to push on down the railroad toward Jonesborough. This was done. The pickets of the enemy were struck about 4 p. m. Kirby's and Grose's brigades, of Kimball's division, were deployed and instructed to
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 57 (search)
ar. The troops engaged behaved in the handsomest manner, and although all the success hoped for was not achieved, we succeeded in developing fully the enemy's means of defense in our front. Intake pleasure in communicating the intelligence and zeal exhibited by my brigade commanders, General Hazen and Colonels Gibson and Knefler. I append a summary of casualties: Zzz Very respectfully, your obedient servant, th. J. Wood, Brigadier-General of Volunteers, Commanding. Colonel Fullerton, Assistant Adjutant-General. Addenda. General orders, no. 38. Hdqrs. 3D Div., 4TH Army Corps, In the Field, near Dallas, Ga., June 2, 1864. The general commanding desires to express to the division his high appreciation of their good conduct in the battles of the 27th ultimo, and to thank the officers and soldiers for their heroism displayed on that occasion. Ordered to assault a strongly intrenched position, the troops advanced to the attack with a vigorous, decided ea
Ninetysixth Illinois; Adjutant Hamilton, One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio, and Captain Moe, A. A. G.; Major Smith, Lieutenant Blandin, and Captain Hays, all of General Steedman's staff. All of General Whittaker's staff officers were killed or wounded in the commencement of the battle. Their names have not been given to me. I desire to return my thanks to the following members of my staff who were with me and rendered me efficient aid and service during the two days of battle: Major J. S. Fullerton, Captain J. Gordon Taylor, Captain William L. Avery, and Lieutenant T. G. Braham. Respectfully submitted, G. Granger, Major-General. Colonel Van Derveer's report. headquarters Third division, Fourteenth army corps, Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 25, 1863. Captain Lewis J. Lambett, A. A. G.: Captain: I have the honor to report the part taken by the Third brigade in the actions of the nineteenth and twentieth instant, near the Chickamauga. My command consisted of the Secon
er, I will produce additional evidence from Federal sources, in order to make still more manifest the opportunity which was lost to the Confederate arms on the 29th of November, at Spring Hill. Shortly after the war, I met in New Orleans Colonel Fullerton, of the United States Army; he was Schofield's adjutant general at the time of these events, in connection with which he wrote me the following: New Orleans, La., October 20th, 1865. to General Hood. General:--The only body of Unitring Hill with the Second Division of the Fourth Corps, and remained there till nearly daylight when I went to Franklin with the rear of the Army. I was at the time lieutenant colonel and assistant adjutant general of the Fourth Army Corps. J. S. Fullerton, Brevet Brigadier General, United States Volunteers. Van Horne; in his History of the Army of the Cumberland, informs us that at 3 p. m., when the Confederate Army was already at Spring Hill, the Federal commander became apprised of our
vision in supporting distance,) to discern the position of the enemy, if he still remain in the vicinity of his old camps. Howard's and Baird's commands will be ready to cooperate if needed. J. J. Reynolds, Major-General, Chief of Staff. J. S. Fullerton, A. A. General. headquarters Fourth army corps, November 23, 1863. Brigadier General Wood, with his division, will as soon as possible carry out the foregoing instructions, and will be supported by General Sheridan's division, to be postepartment directs that you have everything ready for an offensive movement early tomorrow morning. J. J. Reynolds, Major-General, Chief of Staff. You will make every preparation for such movement. By command of Major-General Granger. J. S. Fullerton, Lieutenant-Colonel and A. A. General. Brigadier-General Wood, Third Division, Fourth Corps. In conformity with these instructions I had, during Tuesday night, one hundred rounds of ammunition per man distributed to the troops, and the r
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John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XIV (search)
e will follow them. General Elliott, commanding Second Division, will cross to the east of the Franklin pike, then move southward parallel to it. He will deploy two regiments, connect with skirmishers, and the rest of his division will move by flank. General Kimball will follow, then General Beatty. The batteries attached to each division to-day will accompany them to-morrow. Ten ambulances and five ammunition-wagons will follow each division. By order of Brigadier-General Wood: J. S. Fullerton, Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General. headquarters, Department of the Cumberland, Nashville, Tenn., December 15, 1864. Major-General J. H. Wilson, Commanding Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi. General: I am directed by the major general commanding to say to you that you will remain in your present position until it is satisfactorily known whether the enemy will fight or retreat. In case he retreats, you will move your command on the Hillsb
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XV (search)
f falsifying history, of poisoning the mind and heart of their great and noble commander, causing his untimely death, and endangering his great reputation as a man of honor, truth, and justice. The complete refutation by General Grant of the falsehood ended the hostility which had been shown toward me during all that time, and gradually led to a general recognition of the truth, which had always been known and maintained by the most ardent friends of General Thomas, like the late General J. S. Fullerton and General H. V. Boynton, and the staff officers and the relatives of the general himself. Finally, when it was proposed in Congress to recognize my past services by promotion to the grade of lieutenant-general on the eve of my retirement from active service, not a voice in opposition was heard from the old Army of the Cumberland; and when we met, for the first time in many years, by their cordial invitation, on the historic fields of Chickamauga and Chattanooga, to dedicate those
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
49; purchases arms in Europe, 50; vacillation, 50; takes the field in central Missouri, 51; dogmatic orders by, 52; relieved from command of Department of the Mississippi, 54; system of administration in Missouri, 56, 96; proposed dictatorship for, 86; factional troubles under his administration, 95 French Broad River, the, military movements on, 115 Fright on the battle-field, 45 Frost, Brig.-Gen. Daniel M., surrenders Camp Jackson to Lyon, 36 Fugitive slaves. See slavery. Fullerton, Lieut.-Col. Joseph S., battle of Nashville, 263; supports S. in the Thomas dispute, 297 G Gallantry in action, 182 Gamble, Hamilton R., governor of Missouri, 31, 54; character, 54, 55; attitude on slavery and confiscation, 54, 58, 71 et seq.; raises special State militia, 55, 54; F. P. Blair's views as to his authority over the militia, 60; factional leader in Missouri, 69; antagonism between Curtis and, 71; relations between S. and, 71 et seq., 90; tenders and withdraws his resi
e Second division, and one battery of light twelve-pounders will accompany each of the remaining divisions. The rest of the artillery of the corps will maintain its present position in the lines. By order of Brigadier-General T. J. Wood. J. S. Fullerton, Lieut.-Col. and A. A. G. The morning of the fifteenth was dark and sombre. A heavy pall of fog and smoke rested on the face of the earth, and enveloped every object in thick darkness. At six A. M. the movement of the troops was entirewith the highest satisfaction, to the soldierly — in truth, splendid conduct of the whole corps in all the conflicts of the fifteenth and sixteenth; have never seen troops behave better on any battle-field. To the members of my staff, Lieutenant-Colonel Fullerton, Assistant Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff; Lieutenant-Colonel Greenwood. Assistant Inspector-General: Major Sinclair, Assistant Adjutant-General; Major Dawson, Fifteenth Ohio volunteers, Chief of Outposts and Pickets; First Lieute
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