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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 1 (search)
ll requisite information gained, when, in accordance with the expressed wish of the General-in-Chief, I abandoned my designs of attack, and, with my command, moved to reconnoitre St. Catharine's Sound, and open up communication with our fleet. This was accomplished before ten o'clock the same day on which Fort McAllister fell. December 16. The command returned to the vicinity of Kingsbridge and went into camp, picketing the Canoucher and country in the direction of the Altamaha. December 17. Colonel Atkins, with upward of two thousand (2000) men of my command, moved in conjunction with a division of infantry, under General Mower, to destroy a portion of the Gulf Railroad, and, if possible, the railroad over the Altamaha. Difficulty of approaches and a strong force of the enemy, which could not be dislodged, prevented the accomplishment of the latter. The railroad, however, was very thoroughly destroyed, and the command returned to camp. December 21. The enemy evac
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), December 17. (search)
December 17. Colonel Atkins, with upward of two thousand (2000) men of my command, moved in conjunction with a division of infantry, under General Mower, to destroy a portion of the Gulf Railroad, and, if possible, the railroad over the Altamaha. Difficulty of approaches and a strong force of the enemy, which could not be dislodged, prevented the accomplishment of the latter. The railroad, however, was very thoroughly destroyed, and the command returned to camp.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 64 (search)
men only, and cross them in small boats. December 17.--I found it impossible to cross one hundrearolina shore, and from a rebel gunboat. December 17th.--Lay in same position. Threw up some slountifully. Crossed the river in scows. December 17 and 18.---Remained in same position. Decequently. Very few casualties occurred. December 17.--The work on Fort No. 1 (that in the left dent of note occurred during these days. December 17.--Still in the same position. Received ouristance. The wound he received on Saturday, December seventeenth, having resulted in the loss of hicompany E, captain, left leg amputated, December seventeenth; Evan Owens, company B, private, right leg amputated, December seventeenth; George Free, company B, private, shoulder, slight, December sevDecember seventeenth; Nicholas Cavenaugh, company B, private, hip, severe, December sixteenth; James Earley, comyards of the enemy's line of battle. December seventeenth, remained in position; details from the[2 more...]
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 68 (search)
lry corps, were ordered in a second gum-tree canoe, to pull out to a vessel whose mast-head was discovered in the offing. After a row of twelve or fifteen miles we spoke the Bark Fernandina, United States navy, Captain West commanding, were courteously received and furnished a boat's crew and cutter, and with an officer of the vessel reported to General Kilpatrick, who immediately forwarded despatches to the flag-ship. Having reported again to my brigade, the regiment moved on the seventeenth December with the expedition which destroyed Morgan Lake and River Swamp Trestle, near the Altamaha River, on the Gulf Railroad. During the campaign, the regiment lost one man killed in action, twelve men wounded, eleven men captured by the enemy, (seven of whom were captured near Shoals of Ogeechee, while foraging for horses,) and nine horses killed. My report would be incomplete, did I not mention Major D. V. Rannells, Surgeon, who, with remarkable assiduity and great skill, made the c
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 70 (search)
teenth, remained in same position all day. Order received from Major-General Sherman, announcing the capture of Fort McAllister by the Second division, Fifteenth corps, thereby opening communication with the fleet and General Foster. Thursday, December fifteenth, nothing unusual occurred this day. Friday, December sixteenth, a rebel gunboat came up the river to-day, and fired several shots very near us. At night a fort was laid out near the bank of the river on our left. Saturday, December seventeenth, received first mail from the North since leaving Atalanta. Monday, December nineteenth, fresh hard bread was issued to-day, causing a feeling of general satisfaction among the men. A mail left the brigade. Tuesday, December twentieth, at dark the regiment was detailed to work on a fort in front of the right of our brigade, called Fort No. 3, where we worked until half-past 1 A. M., on Wednesday, December twenty-first; when, it being completed, we returned to camp, and s