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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 64 (search)
es. November 21.--Started at seven A. M., the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania veteran volunteer infantry in advance of the division; halted for dinner at half-past 1 P. M., and moved out again without incident at half-past 2 P. M., and marched to Dr. Nesbit's plantation, where we were posted as picket-guard for the division. This was a very cold day and night. Distance marched, nine (9) miles. November 22.--Started at seven A. M., as rear-guard for the division; after marching four (4) miles,ills, which were destroyed, and encamped at Dunham's Factory. Day's travel, fifteen miles. 21st. Marched at seven A. M. Burned Dunham's factory, tannery, and adjacent buildings, except dwelling-houses. Marched fifteen miles, and encamped on Nesbit's plantation at six P. M. 22d. Marched at six A. M., and joined the main column at twelve M. Passed through the city of Milledgeville, unopposed, at about seven P. M. Crossed the Oconee, and encamped about one mile east of the city at nine P.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 86 (search)
r. Meanwhile Grimes's guns had been silenced by the loss of horses and men, and he was forced to retire, leaving one of his pieces. I immediately ordered my brigade to fall back, and seek cover under the woods in the ravine, and reported to General Armistead what I had done. In this ill-timed advance, my loss was very severe. Part of my brigade, the Fourth Georgia and the Twenty-second Georgia, under Major Wasden, and a part of the Third Georgia, under Captain (acting Lieutenant-Colonel) Nesbit, had advanced on the extreme right so far as to pass over the crest of the ridge, and were lying in a hollow about two hundred yards in advance of the line of woods. These were permitted to remain, as they were comparatively secure from the effects of the enemy's shells. General Armistead directing, I ordered up another battery, (Moorman's, I think,) and got it in position a little under the crest of the hill in the clover field, and opened upon the enemy. The superior metal and number