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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), Report of Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, U. S. Army, commanding armies of the United States, of operations march, 1864-May, 1865. (search)
, and another to Savannah, Ga., to hold Sherman's new acquisitions on the sea-coast, and thus enable him to move without detaching from his force for that purpose. Subordinate reports of operations in the Shenandoah Valley from August 4 to December 31, 1864, will appear in Vol. XLIII. Reports from various sources led me to believe that the enemy had detached three divisions from Petersburg to re-enforce Early in the Shenandoah Valley. I therefore sent the Second Corps and Gregg's divisiof our lines and to offensive movements for crippling the enemy's lines — of communication and to prevent his detaching any considerable force to send south. Subordinate reports of operations against Petersburg and Richmond from August 1 to December 31, 1864, will appear in Vol. XLII. By the 7th of February our lines were extended to Hatcher's Run, and the Weldon railroad had been destroyed to Hicksford. General Sherman moved from Chattanooga on the 16th of May, with the Armies of the Cumb
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Repelling Hood's invasion of Tennessee. (search)
hom was assigned the command of the defenses. General D. S. Stanley, who commanded the Fourth Corps, takes exception to this statement. Some of his troops as they arrived were assigned to positions by General Cox. General Stanley, in the performance of his duty, went with General Schofield to the north side of the river, but returned when the firing began and assisted in rallying Wagner's brigades, of his corps, during which he was wounded. General Schofield said in his report of December 31st, 1864: The troops were placed in position and intrenched under his [Cox's] immediate direction, and the greater portion of the line engaged was under his command during the battle.--editors. General Wood's division of the Fourth Corps had gone over the river with the trains; and two brigades of Wagner's division, which had so valiantly stood their ground at Spring Hill and covered the rear since, were halted on a slope about half a mile to the front. Opdycke had brought his brigade within
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Petersburg and Richmond: December 31st, 1864. (search)
The opposing forces at Petersburg and Richmond: December 31st, 1864. The Union Army.--Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant. Escort: B, F, and K, 5th U. S. Cav., Capt. Julius W. Mason; 4th U. S. Inf., Capt. Avery B. Cain. Army of the Potomac.--Maj.-Gen. George G. Meade (on leave), Maj.-Gen. John G. Parke. Provost Guard, Brig.-Gen. Marsena R. Patrick: 8th Del. (3 co's), Capt. Robert I. Holt; K, 1st Ind. Cav., Lieut. William O. Hedrick; C and D, 1st Mass. Cav., Capt. Edward A. Flint;,81077,321 August 31st5,8277,200 45,89658,923 September 30th6,7998,85861,118 76,775 October 31st 6,2957,50871,24385,046 November 30th 8,5547,96470,20586,723 December 31st9,974 9,58290,808110,364 The total losses from June 15th to December 31st, 1864, were as follows: month.Killed.Wounded. Captured or Missing.Total. June2,0139,9354,62116,569 July9153,8081,6446,367 August8764,1515,96910,996 September6443,5032,8717,018 October5282,9462,0945,568 November57258108423 December66278
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 15: Sherman's March to the sea.--Thomas's campaign in Middle Tennessee.--events in East Tennessee. (search)
of his troops in winter cantonments at Eastport, in Northern Mississippi, at. Athens and Huntsville, in Alabama, and at Dalton, in Georgia. But General Grant and the War Department had decided that there should be no rest until the Rebellion should be crushed. Sherman had reached the sea, See page 414. and was prepared for a march northward through the Carolinas into Virginia, and the siege of Petersburg and Richmond was to be prosecuted with vigor. Accordingly, orders were issued Dec. 31, 1864. for Thomas to send Wood with the Fourth Corps to Huntsville, and to concentrate the troops of Smith, Schofield and Wilson, at Eastport, to await a renewal of the winter campaign in Mississippi and Alabama. Hood's army, as an organization, had almost disappeared, when, on the 23d of January 1865. he was relieved, as he said, at his own request, at Tupelo, in Mississippi. It was during the active campaign in Middle Tennessee, just considered, that the stirring events in which General
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 49: first attack on Fort Fisher.--destruction of the confederate ram Albemarle, etc. (search)
upon Fort Fisher. North Atlantic Squadron, U. S. Flag-Ship Malvern. Beaufort, N. C., December, 31, 1864. Sir-In my accounts of the actions of the 24th and 25th instant, against Fort Fisher, I coast. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Confidential.Navy Department, Saturday, December 31, 1864. Sir-Lieutenant-General Grant will send immediately a competent force, properly cor New Ironsides, Anchored at sea, bearing N. N.W., Distant about five miles from Beaufort, December 31, 1864. Sir — I have the honor to report that, in obedience to your orders, I took possession en, commanding U. S. S. Mohican. United States Steamer Mohican, Off Beaufort, N. C., December 31, 1864. Admiral — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your General Order No. 75, dienant-Commander M. Sicard, commanding U. S. S. Seneca. United States Steamer Seneca, December 31, 1864. Admiral — I would respectfully report that, in the action of the 24th and 25th instant<
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 17: Fort Fisher. (search)
icial Report, December 27, 1864. There never was a fort that invited soldiers to walk in and take possession more plainly than Fort Fisher. . . We silenced the guns in one hour and fifteen minutes time without the loss of a man [that I have heard of] except by the bursting of our own guns, in the entire fleet. We have shown the weakness of this fort. It can be taken at any moment in one hour's time if the right man is sent with the troops. Again he says:-- Porter's Report, December 31, 1864. （See Appendix No. 139.) General Bragg must have been very agreeably disappointed when he saw our troops going away without firing a shot, and to see an expedition costing millions of dollars given up when the hollowness of the rebel shell was about to be exposed. Again:-- Confidential letter to Secretary Welles, December 29, 1864. And now, sir, I beg that you will allow me to work this thing out, and leave nothing undone to take the place. Could I depend on the sailor
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Appendix. (search)
f but one opinion expressed by lookers-on. If this temporary failure succeeds in sending General Butler into private life, it is not to be regretted, for it cost only a certain amount of shells, which I would expend in a month's target practice anyhow.... I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, David D. Porter, Rear-Admiral. Conduct of the War, No. 4, p. 169. [no. 139. see pages 809, 818, and 819.] North Atlantic Squadron, U. S. flag-Ship Malvern, Beaufort, N. C., Dec. 31, 1864. Hon. Gideon wells, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C.: . . . General Bragg must have been very agreeably disappointed when he saw our troops going away without firing a shot, and to see an expedition costing millions of dollars given up when the hollowness of the rebel shell was about to be exposed.... I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, David D. Porter, Rear-Admiral. Conduct of the War, No. 5, p. 171. [no. 140. see page 818.] Porter's report of Dec. 2
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, chapter 23 (search)
aged, and for which he expected me to give some certificate entitling him to indemnification, which I declined emphatically. I have adopted in Savannah rules concerning property — severe but just — founded upon the laws of nations and the practice of civilized governments, and am clearly of opinion that we should claim all the belligerent rights over conquered countries, that the people may realize the truth that war is no child's play. I embrace in this a copy of a letter, dated December 31, 1864, in answer to one from Solomon Cohen (a rich lawyer) to General Blair, his personal friend, as follows: Major-General F. P. Blair, commanding Seventeenth Army Corps. General: Your note, inclosing Mr. Cohen's of this date, is received, and I answer frankly through you his inquiries. 1. No one can practise law as an attorney in the United States without acknowledging the supremacy of our Government. If I am not in error, an attorney is as much an officer of the court as the clerk
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 1 (search)
lly, O. O. Howard, Major-General. Statistical Report of property captured and destroyed, negroes freed, and prisoners captured by the Army of the Tennessee, during the recent campaigns in Northern and Central Georgia, from October 4 to December 31, 1864. Negroes set free, (estimated number,) 3000 Prisoners captured.--By Fifteenth army corps,    Commissioned officers,32   Enlisted men,515547 By Seventeenth army corps--    Commissioned officers,2   Enlisted men,117119 Total prisoners, which I respectfully request may be taken as a part of this my official report. Respectfully submitted. J. Kilpatrick, Brigadier-General. Report of General J. C. Davis. headquarters Fourteenth army corps, Savannah, Georgia, December 31, 1864. Colonel: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the Fourteenth army corps since the eighth of September, when it went into camp at Whitehall, near Atlanta, Georgia. This report will describe the move
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 63 (search)
Carlin, Brigadier-General Commanding. To Lieutenant-Colonel D. C. Mcclurg, A. A. G., Headquarters Fourteenth Army Corps. Colonel Hobart's Report headquarters First brigade, First division, Fourteenth army corps, near Savannah, Ga., December 31, 1864. Captain: In compliance with circular from headquarters First division, Fourteenth army corps, dated December twenty-eighth, 1864, I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of this brigade from the fall of Atlanta, Lieut.-Colonel Sixty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Command'g. George W. Smith, Captain and A. A. A. G. Lieutenant-Colonel miles's Report. headquarters Third brigade, First division, Fourteenth army corps, near Savannah, Georgia, December 31, 1864. sir: In compliance with orders received, dated headquarters First division, Fourteenth army corps, Savannah, Georgia, December twenty-ninth, 1864, I beg leave to make the following report of the operations of this command from the fall
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