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John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies, Chapter 13: (search)
rength and losses with Sherman's and Johnston's, I present, at the same time, Dr. Foard's official report of the killed arid wounded; General Sherman's returns, showing his effective strength and estimate of losses; and the official statement of General Johnston's adjutant general, exhibiting the strength of the Army of Tennessee at different periods, during the campaign from Dalton to Atlanta. Strength of the Army of Tennessee, on the 31st of July, 1864; 20th September, 1864; 6th November, 1864; and 10th December, 1864. July 31st, 1864.   present. Absent.   Effective. Total. Aggregate. Total. Aggregate. Infantry 30,451 39,414 43,448 93,759 101,715 Cavalry 10,269 15,904 17,313 26,354 28,363 Artillery 3,775 4,610 4,840 6,317 6,606 Total Army 44,495 59,928 65,601 126,430 136,684 September 20th, 1864.   present. Absent.   Effective. Total. Aggregate. Total. Aggregate. Infantry 27,094 36,301 39,962 81,824 89,030 Cavalry 10,543 15,978 17,416
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), chapter 7 (search)
report of the whole campaign. I don't remember anything about some of it. I'm all mixed up about the Tolopotomoy and the Pamunkey and the what-do-you-call-‘em Creek. Hence it came that I was requested to give him some extracts from my valuable archives, and I since have written a lot of notes for him, extending from May 4th to August 28th. He is very quick with his pen, is the General, and possesses a remarkable power of compressing a narrative and still making it clear and telling. November 6, 1864 I was remarking in my last, a week ago to-day, that General Meade spoke of being obliged to write his report. Yes! as you say, it is a pity he can't have some signal success. The Shaws need not be against him on the negros-oldier question, for if he has a bias, it is towards and not against them, and indeed it would go to the heart of the best Bob Col. R. G. Shaw, who commanded the first negro regiment sent to the war. to see the punctilious way in which he returns their salutes
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Appendix. (search)
under duress, it is now ordered, that so many of them as choose, after this order is read to them, be permitted to take the oath of allegiance and be sent north, to be there found employment by the government, as other prisoners of war have been who have returned to their loyalty to the United States. By command of Major-General Butler. [Official.] Ed. W. Smith, Assistant Adjutant-General. [no. 9. see page 608.] Office Assistant agent for exchange of prisoners, Fortress Monroe, Va., Nov. 6, 1864. Major-General Butler, commissioner for exchange, etc.: General:--I have the honor to inform you that I am still here awaiting transportation for the sick prisoners now on board steamers Atlantic and Baltic and more particularly our own men whom I am to receive in return. It would be worse than barbarous, General, for me to undertake, in the ships now at my disposal, the transportation of those feeble and dying men, now anxiously awaiting my arrival at Savannah and whose sufferings ar
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 9: roster of general officers both Union and Confederate (search)
h Cavalry; later led a division. John A. Wharton commanded a division of Wheeler's Cavalry in Tennessee. James E. Harrison commanded a brigade of Polignac's division in Louisiana. William H. young led a brigade in the Army of Tennessee. John W. Whitfield commanded a brigade of Texas Cavalry. Joseph L. Hogg led a brigade in the Army in the West. Samuel Bell Maxcy, originally Colonel of the 9th Infantry. William steel led a brigade at Shreveport in 1864. Palmer, Wm. J., Nov. 6, 1864. Partridge, F. W., Mar. 13, 1865. Partridge, B. F., Mar. 31, 1865. Parish, Chas. S., Mar. 13, 1865. Parrott, Jas. C., Mar. 13, 1865. Park, Sidney W., Mar. 13, 1865. Parkhurst, J. G., May 22, 1865. Pardee, D. A., Mar. 13, 1865. Pardee, Ario, Jr. , Jan. 12, 1865. Parry, Aug. C., Mar. 13, 1865. Pattee, John, Mar. 13, 1865. Pattee, Jos. B., April 9, 1865. Patterson, R. F., Mar. 13, 1865. Patterson, R. E., Mar. 13, 1865. Patterson, J. N., Mar. 13, 1865. Patten, H. L., Sept. 10,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Meeting at the White Sulphur Springs. (search)
whom were killed or drowned. And then striking boldly for Johnsonville, Sherman's chief depot of supplies on the Tennessee river, captured one gunboat, two transports and one barge, heavily laden with supplies; destroyed three gunboats, thirteen transports, eighteen barges and buildings, quartermaster and commissary stores, to the value of eight million dollars, as estimated by Federal officers. General Sherman, whose soul had been greatly vexed by Forrest, writing to General Grant, November 6th, 1864, about the movements of Hood, says: And that devil Forrest was down about Johnsonville making havoc among the gunboats and transports. Forrest's reputation was now world-wide; and in reading recently a description of the great Tamerlane, I was struck with the wonderful resemblance between their military careers. The author of Soldiers and their science says of Tamerlane; Born to comparatively humble fortunes, irresistible obstacles seemed to lie across the path of his ambition, and
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XVII (search)
as no need to say anything to anybody about what further was to be done until after Savannah was in Sherman's possession, and the time had arrived for him to consult Grant about the future. Yet in Sherman's remarkable letter to Grant, dated November 6, 1864, War Records, Vol. XXXIX, part III, p. 658. written after it was too late to have any influence upon Grant's approval of Sherman's march, he disclosed to Grant the ulterior object he had in view. In discussing the reasons for selectingd disdained to pursue into Alabama or Mississippi had traveled a thousand miles to surrender to him! No story of fiction could be more romantic than that fact of real war history. It was not necessary for Sherman to produce his letter of November 6, 1864; but I have quoted from it here very largely to show that there was no possible contingency which his far-reaching mind had not foreseen and provided for. Sherman's plan was so firmly fixed in his own mind, almost from the very start, tha
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 40: (search)
with the least possible delay, and capture its garrison, under General Thomas, with the large supplies there collected for his forces and those of General Sherman. Such an active campaign, if commenced at once, would compel the latter to return immediately into Middle Tennessee to defend his line of communication. General Hood readily concurred in those views, and expressed his conviction that he could carry them out successfully. See General Beauregard's letter to General Cooper, November 6th, 1864, to be found in the next chapter. Fortunately, before leaving Gadsden, on the 24th, General Beauregard had given all necessary orders for the repairing of the Mobile and Ohio and the Memphis and Charleston railroads, and had directed that all available railroad stock should be transferred to them. General Taylor had promised to give the matter his special attention, and to turn in that direction all the supplies then moving towards Jacksonville, Ala. Thus, General Beauregard hoped
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 41: (search)
onville, Tenn., via Corinth and Jackson, Tenn., by couriers, and shows what were General Beauregard's expectations on the 3d of November. His letter to General Cooper, dated November 6th, is more explicit, and gives a full and correct statement of the amended plan of operations adopted on the 3d, after thorough discussion of the subject by Generals Beauregard and Hood. The reader will, no doubt, peruse it with interest: Headquarters, Military division of the West, Tuscumbia, November 6th, 1864. General,—I have the honor to enclose for the information of the War Office copy of a communication addressed to General J. B. Hood, on the 30th ultimo, asking a summary of the operations of his army from Jonesboroa, Ga., to that date, and for a statement of his plan of future operations for the authorities at Richmond, accompanied by his reply, on the 3d instant, enclosing copies of his telegrams to the Government during the period referred to. I renewed my request on the 4th insta
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Arkansas, 1864 (search)
. Total, 6. Nov. 2: Affair at Hogan's Farm, near Devall's BluffMICHIGAN--12th Infantry (Detachment). Nov. 2-3: Expedition from Little Rock to BentonWISCONSIN--3d Cavalry. Nov. 5-23: Expedition from Lewisburg to Fort SmithARKANSAS--3d Cavalry. Nov. 6: Skirmish near CincinnatiARKANSAS--2d Cavalry (Detachment). Nov. 6: Skirmish, Cane HillMISSOURI--8th State Militia Cavalry. Nov. 9-15: Scout from Devall's Bluff to Searcy and ClintonARKANSAS--4th Cavalry. Nov. 16-18: Scout from Devall's Bluff Nov. 6: Skirmish, Cane HillMISSOURI--8th State Militia Cavalry. Nov. 9-15: Scout from Devall's Bluff to Searcy and ClintonARKANSAS--4th Cavalry. Nov. 16-18: Scout from Devall's Bluff to West PointKANSAS--9th Cavalry (Detachment). MINNESOTA--3d Infantry (Detachment). Nov. 17-18: Exp. from Little Rock to Saline RiverIOWA--1st Cavalry. MISSOURI--1st and 3d Cavalry. UNITED STATES--3d Cavalry (Detachments). Nov. 20: Skirmish, Buck SkullMISSOURI--2d State Militia Cavalry. Nov. 22-24: Scout from Devall's Bluff to AugustaILLINOIS--61st Infantry (Detachment). Nov. 24: Skirmish, St. Charles(No Reports.) Nov. 26-Dec. 2: Exp. from Lewisburg to Strahan LandingMISSOURI--8th Cavalry.
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Georgia, 1864 (search)
rmish, Tuckum's FerryMICHIGAN--9th Cavalry. Oct. 27: Skirmish near Lawrenceville, Stone MountainMICHIGAN--9th Cavalry. Oct. 28: Skirmish, GoshenINDIANA--17th Mounted Infantry. Oct. 30: Skirmish, AtlantaINDIANA--20th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. Nov. 6: Skirmish, McDonough Road near AtlantaINDIANA--33d Infantry. Nov. 6: Skirmish, MariettaKENTUCKY--2d Cavalry. Nov. 7: Skirmish, CassvilleOHIO--33d Infantry. Nov. 8: Skirmish near AtlantaNEW JERSEY--33d Infantry. NEW YORK--60th, 102d, 119th, 134Nov. 6: Skirmish, MariettaKENTUCKY--2d Cavalry. Nov. 7: Skirmish, CassvilleOHIO--33d Infantry. Nov. 8: Skirmish near AtlantaNEW JERSEY--33d Infantry. NEW YORK--60th, 102d, 119th, 134th, 137th, 149th and 154th Infantry. OHIO--5th, 7th (Detachment), 29th and 66th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--Indpt. Battery "E" Light Arty.; 28th, 29th, 73d, 109th, 111th and 147th Infantry. Nov. 10-11: Scout from KingstonINDIANA--74th Infantry. Nov. 15-Dec. 10: Campaign against Savannah (march to the sea)ALABAMA--1st Cavalry. CONNECTICUT--5th and 20th Infantry. ILLINOIS--11th (Co. "G") and 15th (Co. "K"), Cavalry; Batteries "C" and "H" 1st Light Arty.; Battery "I" 2d Light Arty.; 7th, 9th (Mounted
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