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he might still be able to form a junction with General Hardee's forces. He arrived at Ridgeway, about twened General McLaws, who had temporarily relieved General Hardee, that Columbia had been abandoned; that Hamptonascertained; but that all instructions given to General Hardee must be rapidly carried out. On the same dayhave resulted successfully. But, as Cheatham's and Hardee's troops could not have reached the designated poining lost all hope of concentrating at Chester, with Hardee's, Cheatham's, and Stewart's forces. From Chesteand then to march on Washington to dictate a peace: Hardee and myself can collect about fifteen thousand men, ennessee and the troops of the Department under General Hardee, amounting to about eleven thousand. Two thousaotte. The troops of the Department, under Lieutenant-General Hardee's command, were moving from Charleston to nt circumstances, and one of his best officers, General Hardee, is incapacitated by sickness. I have also hea
h. I cannot possibly reach there in time; General Hardee probably can. I will be at Meridian to-morMemorandum of orders to be issued by Lieutenant-General Hardee immediately after the evacuation of d in the absence of Colonel Roy, A. G. for General Hardee, acted as secretary of the meetings. Thions is needful to animate public confidence. Hardee requires more aid than Lee can give him. Hood' greatly increase efficiency of force now with Hardee. You may show this to General Beauregard. Je General Hill having arrived at Augusta, General Hardee has been authorized at his request to placircumstances, and one of his best officers—General Hardee—is incapacitated by sickness. I have also Should you not be able to telegraph to General Hardee, you will call upon the Superintendent of , 8th Texas Cavalry, Bearer of despatch to General Hardee. Telegram. Goldsboroa, Feb. 23wing despatch from here and Greensboroa to General Hardee, on road from Rockingham: March at once on[30 more...]<
inity was collected; word was sent in every direction of our landing, and that reinforcements must arrive the next morning or the positions would be given up. General Hardee could spare no troops from Savannah, but ordered two regiments from Charleston to Grahamville. But fortune favored the enemy by the opportune arrival at Savay. Governor Brown had refused to allow his State troops to serve elsewhere than in Georgia; but General Smith permitted himself to execute the instructions of General Hardee, and the cars holding the Georgians were shunted from the rails of the Gulf to those of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad; the leading brigade arriving at my on November 29 was about Louisville, Ga., threatening Augusta, it would seem now that if our movements had been delayed a week, when Sherman was near Savannah, Hardee's whole army might have been captured, as the enemy then would not have dared to detach against Foster, and our force could have cut the railroad, thus preventing
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Chapter 13: operations about Pocotaligo. (search)
led upon for an attempt against the enemy's works about old Pocotaligo had not Savannah fallen on the night of the 20th. Hardee evacuated the city after abandoning or burning immense stores and many guns, retiring to Hardeeville, S. C., across the rton was captured. Across the river on Devaux's Neck little was going on besides shelling the railroad. Such portions of Hardee's army as passed, did so on foot, but cars laden with guns and ammunition ran the gauntlet of our fire over the rails. General Beauregard expected that Sherman would make an immediate advance, and directed Hardee to oppose his progress behind the large streams, and secretly to prepare for evacuating Charleston. Governor Magrath of South Carolina and the newspapers wer Orangeburg. Gen. A. R. Wright retired from Ashepoo across the Edisto, and McLaws from Branchville to Four Hole Swamp. Hardee was also concerned for Charleston, as General Potter, with the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ne
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Chapter 14: Charleston and Savannah. (search)
d to a wharf, but as transportation was not furnished, returned again to camp. With this day the Fifty-fourth completed its longest term of field service. General Hardee in command of Charleston, disregarding General Beauregard's orders, deferred abandoning the city until the last moment. For some days previous to February 17f the abandonment on the 19th, and moved from Bull's Bay through the Christ Church lines to Mt. Pleasant on the 20th. Potter, on the 22d, with a force, followed Hardee's track to St. Stephen's depot, but as the latter had burned the Santee River Bridge, he returned. Into the war-ravaged city of Charleston, with its shattered o the Little Ogeechee River. Beyond, facing this land defence, were the works thrown up by the besiegers. On every side were the deserted camps of Sherman's and Hardee's armies, marked by debris, rough shanties, cleared spaces, and approaching roads. When captured, the population was estimated as twenty thousand, of whom thousa
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e --excited rage and alarm in the Washington administration. Gen. Fremont, who was severely censured for not having reinforced Mulligan, hoped to recover his position by activity and success; he put himself at the head of the army, and advanced towards Jefferson City, sending back the promise that he would overwhelm Price. It was at this period that Gen. Price found his position one of the greatest emergency. He had received intelligence that the Confederate forces, under Gens. Pillow and Hardee, had been withdrawn from the southeastern portion of the State. Gen. McCulloch had retired to Arkansas. Gen. Price was left with the only forces in Missouri to confront an enemy sixty thousand strong; he was almost entirely without ammunition: and he was beset with other difficulties and embarrassments. A large number of his men had volunteered in haste, and hied to the camps with hardly a change of clothing. Many were naturally anxious to return to their homes. The difficulty of mainta
lroad from Corinth to Iuka. The effective total of this force was slightly over forty thousand men. It was composed as follows: First Army Corps, Major-Gen. L. Polk,9,186 Second Army Corps, Gen. B. Bragg,13,689 Third Army Corps, Major-Gen. W. J. Hardee,6,789 Reserve, Brig.-Gen. John C. Breckinridge,6,439 Total infantry and artillery38,963 Cavalry, Brig.-Gen. F. Gardner,4,882 Grand Total,40,885 It was determined with this force, which justified the offensive, to strike a suddele. The Confederate plan of battle was in three lines — the first and second extending from Owl Creek on the left to Lick Creek on the right, a distance of about three miles, supported by the third and the reserve. The first line, under Major-Gen. Hardee, was constituted of his corps, augmented on his right by Gladden's brigade, of Major-Gen. Bragg's corps. The second line, composed of the other troops of Bragg's corps, followed the first at the distance of five hundred yards, in the same
from Tupelo. The remainder of Bragg's immediate command, the Army of the Mississippi, divided between Maj.-Gen. Polk and Hardee, made every preparation, and awaited only its baggage train and artillery to cross the Tennessee River, and enter upon itr women. On the 17th September, the Federal garrison at Mumfordsville surrendered to Gen. Bragg's advanced divisions. Hardee's wing moved by Cave City, direct upon Mumfordsville, and Polk, by another road, crossed the river some miles to the righore this order was put in full operation, information was received that the enemy, in limited force, was pressing upon Gen. Hardee at Perryville; that he was nowhere concentrated against us, but was moving by separate columns; his right near Lebanonantage. Polk arrived at Perryville with Cheatham's division before midnight of the 7th, and the troops were placed by Gen. Hardee in the line of battle previously established. Our forces now in this position consisted of three divisions of infantr
freesboroa. Bragg anticipates the Federal attack. Hardee commences the battle. he drives the entire right ws were made to receive him; the detached portion of Hardee's corps at Eagleville was brought up; and on the 28s' and Cheatham's divisions, formed our left wing. Hardee's corps, consisting of Breckinridge's and Cleburne' the break of day on the cold and cloudy morning, Gen. Hardee gave the order to advance, and commenced the battrds of Gen. Rosecrans himself--crumbled to pieces. Hardee continued to push the enemy, pursuing his victoriouing that the enemy had concentrated such a force on Hardee's front as to check his further progress, Gen. Brag accomplished it was too late to send this force to Hardee's support, who was unable to make further progress,fully-or failing in that, at least to draw off from Hardee's front the formidable opposition there concentratef Breckinridge, on the first day of action, checked Hardee's success, and made the victory incomplete. But he