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ZZZ (search for this): chapter 47
each regiment during this campaign are as follows: Zzz The fighting strength of my command at the begin of casualties of my command for the month of May: Zzz G. D. Wagner, Brigadier-General, Commanding. Caps in my command from June 4 to June 24, inclusive: Zzz Very respectfully, G. D. Wagner, Brigadier-Geof casualties of my command for the month of June: Zzz Very respectfully, your obedient servant, G. for the days of July 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31, 1864: Zzz Very respectfully, your obedient servant, G. lties of my command for the month of August, 1864: Zzz Very respectfully, your obedient servant, G. of my command in the action of September 1, 1864: Zzz Very respectfully, your obedient servant, G. of my command in the action of September 2, 1864: Zzz Very respectfully, your obedient servant, G. the casualties of my command to September instant: Zzz Very respectfully, your obedient servant, G.
Thomas J. Wood (search for this): chapter 47
my's works. After being relieved by troops from General Wood's division, I moved my command to the rear of thmp I had left in the morning, relieving those of General Wood's troops who had relieved me. My losses in this n the right of the division, and connecting with General Wood's left, having one regiment in reserve. The posed Peach Tree Creek and relieved Hazen's brigade, of Wood's division, who had effected a crossing yesterday, acompleted, when we were relieved by a portion of General Wood's division, and moved to the right as far as thehis work was afterward occupied by a regiment of General Wood's division. On the night of the 24th a second wh was resumed, and we passed to the rear through General Wood's division and marched to near Utoy Post-Office,nd went into position after dark on the right of General Wood's division. On the morning of the 28th formeion on the left of the division, connecting with General Wood's right. We here remained confronting the enemy
George D. Wagner (search for this): chapter 47
No. 43. report of Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner, U. S. Army, commanding Second brigade. Hdqrs. Second Brig., Second Div., 4TH Army Corps, Near Atlanta, Ga., September 10, 1864. Sir: The following is respectfully submitted as a report of the part taken by my brigade, composed of the Fortieth and Fifty-seventh Indiana Volunteers, the Twenty-sixth and Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteers, the Twenty-eighth Kentucky Volunteers, and the One hundredth Illinois Volunteers, in the campaign which terminated in the capture of Atlanta: At the beginning of the campaign the effective force of the brigade was 137 officers and 1,870 men. On Tuesday, the 3d day of May, 1864, my brigade, with the rest of General Newton's division, marched from Cleveland southward on the road leading toward Dalton, Ga. We arrived at Catoosa Springs on the 5th of May, nothing of importance having occurred during the march. The command laid by one day at the Springs. On the morning of Saturday, May 7, we we
H. C. Tinney (search for this): chapter 47
ks, capturing a number of prisoners, and driving the enemy to their rear line of works. Colonel Bartleson notified me that his left was in danger, having no connection, and being enfiladed. I ordered up the remainder of the brigade, sending Captain Tinney, assistant adjutant-general, with the Fortieth Indiana Volunteers to the left of the line, asked and obtained a regiment, the Third Kentucky Volunteers, from General Harker, which made the connection complete with General Baird. My entire li cause in which they are engaged. The command was under fire about ninety days during the four months of the campaign. To my present staff I am under great obligations for their faithful and intelligent service during the campaign. Capt. H. C. Tinney, assistant adjutant-general; Lieuts. D. Royse and L. L. Cox, aides-de-camp, I desire particularly to commend as officers deserving promotion, and not less faithful is Dr. Glick, who has been my brigade surgeon for the last two years until w
John Tillson (search for this): chapter 47
s under fire about ninety days during the four months of the campaign. To my present staff I am under great obligations for their faithful and intelligent service during the campaign. Capt. H. C. Tinney, assistant adjutant-general; Lieuts. D. Royse and L. L. Cox, aides-de-camp, I desire particularly to commend as officers deserving promotion, and not less faithful is Dr. Glick, who has been my brigade surgeon for the last two years until within the last few days, and is succeeded by Dr. Tillson, Fifty-seventh Indiana Volunteers, a competent officer; Captain Howard, provost-marshal; Capt. G. A. Lemert, topographical engineer; to Captain Munger, acting commissary of subsistence, and Lieutenant Sterne, acting assistant quartermaster, who had but few equals in their departments; Lieutenant Sterne should be promoted for long and faithful service of nearly three years. Capt. John W. Aughe, inspector, deserves commendation. Lieut. George W. Rouse, who was my inspector until the 30th o
Roswell, Ga. (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 47
tlanta. We followed to Vining's Station, near the Chattahoochee River, where we remained until the 9th instant. On the morning of July 9 the division marched to Roswell to take advantage of a lodgment that had been effected by our cavalry on the south side of the Chattahoochee River. The day was excessively warm, and the march very tedious, many of the men falling out of the ranks from sheer exhaustion. About 5 p. m. the brigade was massed about one-half mile northwest of Roswell, where the men prepared supper, and about dark resumed the line of march through the town, and to the river, which was crossed after dark by fording, and we immediately proceedrecrossed the river on a bridge temporarily constructed by the Sixteenth Army Corps near the ruins of the one burned by the enemy, and encamped for the night near Roswell. On the morning of the 12th resumed the march and returned to our old camp near Vining's Station. On the 13th of the month again crossed the Chattahoochee River
Marietta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 47
charge. Nothing of importance occurred in my command until the night of the 2d of July, when the enemy evacuated their strong hold at Kenesaw, and retreated toward the Chattahoochee River. On the morning of the 3d I was ordered to march to Marietta, and from thence in pursuit of the enemy, whom we found strongly intrenched some five miles distant, in a southerly direction. The 4th of July was spent in skirmishing with the enemy, who were driven into their main works, the same which they e my command for the month of May: Zzz G. D. Wagner, Brigadier-General, Commanding. Capt. James S. Ransom, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Second Div., 4th Army Corps. Hdqrs. Second Brig., Second Div., 4TH Army Corps, In the Field, near Marietta, Ga., June 25, 1864. Captain: I have the honor to submit the following report of casualties in my command from June 4 to June 24, inclusive: Zzz Very respectfully, G. D. Wagner, Brigadier-General, Commanding. Capt. J. S. Ransom, Act
Atlanta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 47
e campaign which terminated in the capture of Atlanta: At the beginning of the campaign the effing the night, retreating in the direction of Atlanta. We followed to Vining's Station, near the Cng of the 22d advanced to within two miles of Atlanta, the enemy having evacuated his works in our ivision, and moved to the right as far as the Atlanta road and formed, with the right resting on ththe brigade remained during the investment of Atlanta, working almost continually on their intrencgrand coup, our position on the Buck Head and Atlanta road was abandoned. The movement began aboutcamp on the morning of the 8th and marched to Atlanta and through the town, going into camp about ogate, 42. Strength of brigade on arriving at Atlanta, 75 officers and 940 enlisted men; aggregate, while inspecting the picket-line in front of Atlanta a cannon ball took off his leg, from which heiv., 4TH Army Corps, In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga., September 12, 1864. Captain: I have th
Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 47
distant on this ridge the enemy's skirmishers were posted in a wood, which protected them from view, while they were continually annoying us with their fire. About noon the skirmish line was advanced. Two regiments of this brigade, Ninetyseventh Ohio and Twenty-eighth Kentucky, acting as a supportthey having been ordered to report to General Kimball-drove the enemy's pickets some distance, and halted our line on a narrow ridge running transversely to the main Atlanta road. At this juncture two, and again built works. This was about 3 p. m., and until dark the enemy kept up a fierce cannonade in the position, throwing shells into our midst and exploding them everywhere around, killing 1 man and wounding 4. On the 23d the Ninetyseventh Ohio was posted on the opposite side of the ravine, on our left, and built a work extending across to a second ravine. A portion of this work was afterward occupied by a regiment of General Wood's division. On the night of the 24th a second work was
Kentucky (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 47
gate, 42. Strength of brigade on arriving at Atlanta, 75 officers and 940 enlisted men; aggregate, 1,015. I am under great obligations to Colonels Blake and Lane, who frequently commanded lines of two and three regiments, but particularly on the 27th of June, when their action was particularly worthy of commendation; also, to Lieutenant-Colonel Blanch, Fifty-seventh Indiana Volunteers; Lieutenant-Colonel Hammond, One hundredth Illinois Volunteers: Lieutenant-Colonel Boone, Twentyeighth Kentucky, who was wounded at Kenesaw, but refused to leave the field; Major Barth, Twenty-eighth Kentucky Volunteers, who has commanded the regiment since Lieutenant-Colonel Boone was wounded; Lieutenant-Colonel Squires, Twenty-sixth Ohio; Major Peatman, Twenty-sixth Ohio, who has had command of his regiment much of the time; Lieutenant-Colonel Leamring, Fortieth Indiana, and Lieutenant-Colonel Barnes, Ninety-seventh Ohio, both of whom have had command of their respective regiments during the absenc
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