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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) 693 51 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 610 0 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 83 39 Browse Search
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 70 2 Browse Search
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 50 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 42 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 42 2 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 41 3 Browse Search
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2 28 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 27 3 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: September 13, 1864., [Electronic resource], Five hundred dollars reward. (search)
he 1st instant the enemy left his entrenchments and moved against our works in heavy force. Four successive and furious assaults were in turn met and repulsed, but on the fifth charge the force thrown against Govan's brigade was so overwhelming as to force it back, thereby flanking those portions of the line which still stood firm. Under these circumstances — outflanked and in want of ammunition--General Hardee was compelled to withdraw, which he did in the direction of Lovejoy's, beyond Jonesboro'. General Lee, who appears to have held the right of our line in this day's fight, also withdrew during the night towards Atlanta for the purpose of forming a junction with General Hood and the main army. On the next morning, Hardee's corps having been cut off, and the enemy being firmly lodged on the Macon railroad, it was evident that Atlanta must be given up, and, accordingly, at the early hour of two o'clock, our army evacuated the place, retreating southward towards Hardee. A fe
The Daily Dispatch: September 13, 1864., [Electronic resource], Five hundred dollars reward. (search)
ttanooga would be in running order on the 9th instant. A telegram from Chattanooga on the 7th says: Advices from Jonesboro' to the 2d instant were received this morning. General Hood's army was then retreating, with General Sherman's folosely on his rear. The head of the Union column was skirmishing with the rebel rear near Fayetteville, six miles from Jonesboro'. The righting around Jonesboro' had been very severe, and the enemy was routed at all points. On the 30th ultimo Jonesboro' had been very severe, and the enemy was routed at all points. On the 30th ultimo the Fourth and Twenty-third corps struck the Macon line, five miles beyond East Point. In the meantime, the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth corps and Kilpatrick's cavalry were skirmishing briskly with the enemy on our right, driving him across Flint river into Jonesboro' Hazon's division, of the Sixteenth corps, took possession of a prominent hill on the way to the enemy's position. On the next day the enemy burst en masse on the Fifteenth corps; but their repeated assaults were rep