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14th (search for this): volume 2, chapter 24
and Wade Hampton, who were in Columbia, seem to have lost their heads. On the 14th the head of the Fifteenth Corps, Charles R. Woods's division, approached the Litld be completely destroyed. This was deliberately and completely leveled on the 14th, when fire was applied to the wreck. Little other damage was done at Fayetteville. On the 14th the tug Davidson again arrived from Wilmington, with General Dodge, quartermaster, on board, reporting that there was no clothing to be had at Wilm. General: I wrote you from Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Tuesday, the 14th instant, that I was all ready to start for Goldsboroa, to which point I had also ordf the South, Hilton head, South Carolina, April 10, 1865. Friday next, the 14th inst., will be the fourth anniversary of the cap. ture of Fort Sumter by the rebelsmmencement of hostilities, and marched out of the fort, Sunday afternoon, the 14th inst., with colors flying and drums beating, bringing away company and private prop
12th (search for this): volume 2, chapter 24
n, it can be supplied from Washington. A large force of railroad-men has already been sent to Beaufort, and other mechanics will go to Fort Fisher in a day or two. On this point I have informed you by telegraph. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General. headquarters armies of the United States, City Point, Virginia, March 16, 1865. Major-General W. T. Sherman, commanding Military Division of the Mississippi. General: Your interesting letter of the 12th inst. is just received. I have never felt any uneasiness for your safety, but I have felt great anxiety to know just how you were progressing. I knew, or thought I did, that, with the magnificent army with you, you would come out safely somewhere. To secure certain success, I deemed the capture of Wilmington of the greatest importance. Butler came near losing that prize to us. But Terry and Schofield have since retrieved his blunders, and I do not know but the first failure has been as val
11th (search for this): volume 2, chapter 24
ld possibly get there. Some of them were reported as having reached Augusta, under the command of General Dick Taylor. Having sufficiently damaged the railroad, and effected the junction of the entire army, the general march.was resumed on the 11th, each corps crossing the South Edisto by separate bridges, with orders to pause on the road leading from Orangeburg to Augusta, till it was certain that the Seventeenth Corps had got possession of Orangeburg. This place was simply important as it its door closed from the effect of heat, four barrels and three cartridges of powder only being available, and no provisions remaining but pork, I accepted terms of evacuation offered by General Beauregard, being the same offered by him on the 11th inst., prior to the commencement of hostilities, and marched out of the fort, Sunday afternoon, the 14th inst., with colors flying and drums beating, bringing away company and private property, and saluting my flag with fifty guns. Robert Anderson,
10th (search for this): volume 2, chapter 24
e Fifteenth, Twentieth, and cavalry, at Blackville. General Slocum reached Blackville that day, with Geary's division of the Twentieth Corps, and reported the Fourteenth Corps (General Jeff. C. Davis's) to be following by way of Barnwell. On the 10th I rode up to Blackville, where I conferred with Generals Slocum and Kilpatrick, became satisfied that the whole army would be ready within a day, and accordingly made orders for the next movement north to Columbia, the right wing to strike Orangebof rain, which poured all night, making the roads awful. All the men were at work corduroying the roads, using fence-rails and split saplings, and every foot of the way had thus to be corduroyed to enable the artillery and wagons to pass. On the 10th we made some little progress; on the 11th I reached Fayetteville, and found that General Hardee, followed by Wade Hampton's cavalry, had barely escaped across Cape Fear River, burning the bridge which I had hoped to save. On reaching Fayetteville
April 18th, 1861 AD (search for this): volume 2, chapter 24
ive, is hereby charged with the details of the celebration, comprising all the arrangements that it may be necessary to make for the accommodation of the orator of the day, and the comfort and safety of the invited guests from the army and navy, and from civil life. By command of Major-General Q. A. Gillmore, W. L. M. Burger, Assistant Adjutant-General. Copy of Major Anderson's Dispatch, announcing the Surrender of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861. Steamship Baltic, off Sandy Hook, April 18, 1861, 10.30 A. M.--Via New York. Honorable S. Cameron, Secretary of War, Washington: Having defended Fort Sumter for thirty-four hours, until the quarters were entirely burned, the main gates destroyed by fire, the gorge-walls seriously injured, the magazine surrounded by flames, and its door closed from the effect of heat, four barrels and three cartridges of powder only being available, and no provisions remaining but pork, I accepted terms of evacuation offered by General Beauregard, be
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, Sunday, and Monday, and will then march for Goldsboroa. If possible, send a boat up Cape Fear River, and have word conveyed to General Schofield that I expect to meet him about Goldsboroa. We are all well and have done finely. The rains make our roads difficult, and may delay us about Fayetteville, in which case I would like to have some bread, sugar, and coffee. We have abundance of all else. I expect to reach Goldsboroa by the 20th instant. W. T. Sherman, Major-General. On the 9th I was with the Fifteenth Corps, and toward evening reached a little church called Bethel, in the woods, in which we took refuge in a terrible storm of rain, which poured all night, making the roads awful. All the men were at work corduroying the roads, using fence-rails and split saplings, and every foot of the way had thus to be corduroyed to enable the artillery and wagons to pass. On the 10th we made some little progress; on the 11th I reached Fayetteville, and found that General Hardee,
April 20th, 1865 AD (search for this): volume 2, chapter 24
e his orders to you, which, of course, are all right. You can make reports direct to Washington or to General Grant, but keep me advised occasionally of the general state of affairs, that I may know what is happening. I must give my undivided attention to matters here. You will hear from a thousand sources pretty fair accounts of our next march. Yours truly, W. T. Sherman, Major-General. [letter from Admiral Dahlgren.] South-Atlantic Squadron, flag-ship Philadelphia, Charleston, April 20, 1865. Major-General W. T. Sherman, commanding Armies of the Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi. my dear General: I was much gratified by a sight of your hand-writing, which has just reached me from Goldsboroa; it was very suggestive of a past to me, when these regions were the scene of your operations. As you progressed through South Carolina, there was no manifestation of weakness or of an intention to abandon Charleston, until within a few hours of the fact. On the 11th of February
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S. Williams had got up with five brigades of the Twentieth Corps; I also heard of General Kilpatrick's being abreast of us, at Barnwell, and then gave orders for the march straight for the railroad at Midway. I still remained with the Fifteenth Corps, which, on the 6th of February, was five miles from Bamberg. As a matter of course, I expected severe resistance at this railroad, for its loss would sever all the communications of the enemy in Charleston with those in Augusta. Early on the 7th, in the midst of a rain-storm, we reached the railroad, almost unopposed, striking it at several points. General Howard told me a good story concerning this, which will bear repeating: He was with the Seventeenth Corps, marching straight for Midway, and when about five miles distant he began to deploy the leading division, so as to be ready for battle. Sitting on his horse by the road-side, while the deployment was making, he saw a man coming down the road, riding as hard as he could, and a
March 8th (search for this): volume 2, chapter 24
tieth Corps, which had come into Cheraw for the convenience of the pontoon-bridge, diverged to the left, so as to enter Fayetteville next after the Fourteenth Corps, which was appointed to lead into Fayetteville. Kilpatrick held his cavalry still farther to the left rear on the roads from Lancaster, by way of Wadesboroa and New Gilead, so as to cover our trains from Hampton's and Wheeler's cavalry, who had first retreated toward the north. I traveled with the Fifteenth Corps, and on the 8th of March reached Laurel Hill, North Carolina. Satisfied that our troops must be at Wilmington, I determined to send a message there; I called for my man, Corporal Pike, whom I had rescued as before described, at Columbia, who was then traveling with our escort, and instructed him in disguise to work his way to the Cape Fear River, secure a boat, and float down to Wilmington to convey a letter, and to report our approach. I also called on General Howard for another volunteer, and he brought me a
April 14th, 1861 AD (search for this): volume 2, chapter 24
in Charleston Harbor, the same United States flag which floated over the battlements of that fort during the rebel assault, and which was lowered and saluted by him and the small force of his command when the works were evacuated on the 14th day of April, 1861. 2. That the flag, when raised, be saluted by one hundred guns from Fort Sumter, and by a national salute from every fort and rebel battery that fired upon Fort Sumter. 3. That suitable ceremonies be had upon the occasion, under th of the invited guests from the army and navy, and from civil life. By command of Major-General Q. A. Gillmore, W. L. M. Burger, Assistant Adjutant-General. Copy of Major Anderson's Dispatch, announcing the Surrender of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861. Steamship Baltic, off Sandy Hook, April 18, 1861, 10.30 A. M.--Via New York. Honorable S. Cameron, Secretary of War, Washington: Having defended Fort Sumter for thirty-four hours, until the quarters were entirely burned, the main gates d
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