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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 40: return to Atlanta; the March to the sea; Battle of Griswoldville, ga. (search)
While Sherman, accompanied by Slocum, commanding the Army of Georgia, were taking their last glimpse of this great railroad center, now mostly in ashes, and pushing off toward Augusta, my command was moving southward. We left White Hall November 15, 1864, and I made a feint toward Macon to deceive the enemy gathering in my front. Kilpatrick's cavalry, about 5,000 horsemen, had already reported to me, and were sent during the first of The March to the sea to clear my front and watch my rikill in civil pursuits, holding just before the war the office of Street Commissioner in New York City, when the secession outburst took him south. Now he was said to be commanding the Confederates in my front in the neighborhood of Macon, November 15, 1864. The size of his command was: Return to Atlanta Effective muskets (sent from Jonesboro)1,900 Reserves of all kinds1,200 Two batteries (a battalion, probably 200)200 State-line troops400 Actual fighting men with rifles and musket