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Browsing named entities in 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). You can also browse the collection for May 24th, 1864 AD or search for May 24th, 1864 AD in all documents.
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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), chapter 3 (search)
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), chapter 125 (search)
No. 121.
report of Cot. Henry A. Hambright, Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations May 24.
Headquarters Post, Kingston, Ga., May 24, 1864.
General: This morning a train was attacked near Cassville, and some 20 wagons burned, and about the same number driven off. The attacking forces were Wheeler's, and commanded by him. Twenty men killed and wounded are reported.
Col. S. A. Strickland, Fiftieth Ohio Infantry, gives me the information.
He was engaged in driving them off. Two regiments from this post were ordered to the support, but were not engaged.
I have sent dispatches to Col. W. W. Lowe, commanding atAdairsville.
The enemy having moved to the right, I suppose their object is to destroy or cut the road.
Col. A. W. Holeman, Eleventh Kentucky Cavalry, and Lieut. Col. S. Adams, First Kentucky Cavalry, also engaged, give the same facts and agree that Wheeler has a force of 5,000 to 7,000.
All precaution has been taken at this post, and with the force now here