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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The struggle for Atlanta. (search)
leaving untouched those that showed great pluck, like that of the resolute Colonel Clark R. Wever at Resaca, Hood had partly invested Resaca, and on the 12th of October he demanded the unconditional surrender of the garrison, which the commander, Colonel Wever, refused, saying, In my opinion I can hold the post. If you want it, come and take it.--editors. rushed through Sugar Valley and Snake Creek Gap, choking it behind him with trees. My command, following rapidly through the pass (October 16th), cut away or threw the gap obstructions to the right and left, and camped close up to Hood's rear-guard. He again refused battle, and we pursued him beyond Gaylesville, Alabama. Between Rome and Gaylesville, General Ransom, thee gallant and promising young officer before mentioned, died from over-work and exposure due to our Brevet Major-General T. E. G. Ransom. From a photograph. forced marches. Taking advantage of a rich country, Sherman recuperated his men and moved slowly back
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. (search)
on Three Top Mountain, and forwarded to General Sheridan by General Wright. This dispatch was as follows: to Lieutenant-General Early: Be ready to move as soon as my forces join you, and we will crush Sheridan.--Longstreet, Lieutenant-General. In sending back the cavalry General Sheridan wrote to General Wright, directing caution on his part, so that he might be duly prepared to resist the attack in case the above dispatch was genuine. General Wright wrote to General Sheridan, October 16th, inclosing Longstreet's intercepted message, and adding: If the enemy should be strongly reenforced in cavalry he might, by turning our right, give us a great deal of trouble. . . . I shall only fear an attack on my right. To this Sheridan replied, the same day, from Front Royal: The cavalry is all ordered back to you. . . . Close in Colonel Powell, who will be at this point. . . . Look well to your ground, and be well prepared. In his official report of the campaign Gener
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 12.91 (search)
deputation of them called upon Captain Semmes, and pleaded with him to get command of another ship the equal of the Kearsarge, promising that they would join him to a man.--J. McI. K. The eleventh day after going into commission we captured our first prize, not one hundred miles from where we hoisted our flag. After working round the Azores for some weeks, with fine breezes, we shaped our course for Sandy Hook; but we encountered frequent gales off the Newfoundland banks, and on the 16th of October lost our main-yard in a cyclone. Being considerably shaken up, we decided to seek a milder latitude. Running down to the Windward Islands, we entered the Caribbean Sea. Our prizes gave us regularly the mails from the United States, from which we learned of the fitting out of the army under General Banks for the attack on Galveston and the invasion of Texas, and the day on which the fleet would sail; whereupon Captain Semmes calculated about the time they would arrive, and shaped his