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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 43: march through the Carolinas; the taking of Columbia (search)
and summarily punished One had taken a costly ring from a lady's finger by force; and the others had been caught, in flagrante delicto, pilfering from women's bureaus and closets. Soldiers in general were obliged to forage on the country but they did not enjoy the reputation or wish for the company of thieves and robbers. The first day we had a comparatively short march along the railroad running northward. Sherman's camp was at Winsboro at the end of the second day, while mine was at Harrison's Crossroads. From that point I turned to the right to cross the upper waters of the Catawba. Sherman wrote from Winsboro: After crossing, Slocum and the cavalry will have the road from Lancaster to Chesterfield, and you (Howard) from your ferry go straight for Cheraw, dipping a little south to get on the Camden road. I will keep with the Twentieth Corps. From this it will be seen what a wide swath we were making, and the general direction taken by the whole command. At Perry's F
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Appendix (search)
made three different attacks within an hour, and did not withdraw till after at least 2,000 were killed and wounded. Those who survived from the first Confederate line came into Fort Harrison, and one of the first arrivals was the colonel of an Alabama regiment, who, with blood streaming down his face, looked up at General Stannard and said: You had better come out of this fort, for General Lee himself is over there (pointing to the Confederate works), and he says he will retake this fort (Harrison) if it takes half of his army. Stannard's reply was: I shall be happy to see General Lee whenever he chooses to call. During this short but terrific engagement Stannard stood, walked, or ran around the top of the parapet, hat in one hand and sword in the other, encouraging by voice and motions the men of liis division. He was seen not only by men of the Union army, not far away, but by the Confederates. Within Fort Harrison were log cabins used during their occupation by the Confede
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
, 533, 534, 540, 542, 543, 556, 558-660, 565-568, 574, 575, 579, 598, 604, 612, 619; U, 7, 8, 11, 14, 21, 36-38, 40-42, 48, 82, 92-94, 131, 136, 137, 141, 151, 152, 189. Hardie, James A., I, 332, 337, 394, Harker, C. G., I, 518, 538, 566, 568, 582-584, 586-588. Harmon, Oscar F., I, 585. Harney, W. S., I, 73-76, 80. Harris, Berry, II, 386. Harris, Ira, I, 72, 138. Harris, Isham G., II, 48. Harris, Mrs., John, II, 517, 519. Harris, Sergeant, Wm. D., II, 573. Harrison, Benjamin, I, 517, 609, 615. Harrow, William, I, 436, 591; II, 13, 19, 20, 24, 36, 39. Hartsuff, George L., I, 295. Hascall, Milo S., I, 586, 609; II, 12. Haskell, E. H., II, 586. Hatch, John P., I, 258, 282, 283. Hatton, Robert, I, 240. Hawkins, Dexter, I, 128. Hawkins, Rush C., I, 325, 328. Hayes, Rutherford B., II, 482, 485. Hays, H. T., I, 293. Hays, William, I, 436, 438. Hazard, John O., I, 342, 343. Hazen, William B., I, 458, 465, 466, 553; II, 36, 38