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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)
ispatch to the commander of the naval forces to this effect: We have met with perfect success thus far. Troops in fine spirits and near by. Respectfully, O. O. Howard, Major General Commanding. I believe that I inserted the word Sherman before near by but the above is the form in which the dispatch has always appeared. I selected Captain William Duncan, who had escaped from capture and had returned to my escort, and told him to take with him Sergeant Myron J. Amick and Private George W. Quimby and proceed down the Ogeechee, passing Confederate stations, the King's Bridge, Fort McAllister, and all obstructions, and go out to sea and communicate with the fleet. It seemed next to impossible that the feat could be accomplished, but Captain Duncan's already distinguished career as a scout and his confidence that he could accomplish the enterprise led me to try him. He secured a long dugout, rather narrow and somewhat weather-beaten; then, putting in rations, he took my dispat
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 44: skirmishing at Cheraw and Fayetteville and the Battle of Averysboro (search)
on the other side with much labor. When a bridgehead of sufficient extent had been made, I put my headquarters, March 13th, near Mr. Cade's house, and stayed there until the 16th of the same month. Sherman very much wished to get communications to Wilmington, and, if possible, receive back word from the same, while Logan and I were anxious to reestablish mail communication. After consulting with Captain Duncan, I selected Sergeant Myron J. Amick, Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry, and Private Geo. W. Quimby, Thirty-second Wisconsin, the two enlisted men that had made with Duncan the perilous and successful expedition down the Ogeechee and communicated with the fleet; furnished with as much mail matter as well as dispatches as they could. comfortably carry, I started them off to Wilmington. Sherman had sent another messenger to float down the Cape Fear. My party crossed the river at Campbell's Bridge and succeeded in avoiding squads of the enemy's cavalry or other hostiles whom they
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
Pomphrey, Mr., I, 209. Pope, John, I, 256-266, 268, 269; II, 450. Porter, Andrew, , 155, 169. Porter, A. Toomer, II, 123, 124, 339. Porter, D. D., II, 154. Porter, Fitz John, I, 96, 172. 216, 217, 227, 228, 262, 264, 265, 272, 277, 289, 303, 305, 311, 312, 370. Porter, Horace, II, 567. Portland, Oregon, II, 468-484. Posey, Carnot, 1, 361, 369. Potter, Capt., II, 608. Potts, B. F., II, 9, 138. Prestman, Stephen W., I, 567. Prochet, Robert, II, 556. Quimby, George W., II, 83, 139. Radford, R. C. W., I, 147. Rains, G. J., I, 233. Ramysy, Douglas, I, 158. Randall, G. B., I, 620. Rankin, J. E., II, 445. Ransom, Robert, Jr., I, 318, 331, 337; II, 32-34, 36, 65, 66. Rawlins, John A., I, 460, 479. Raynor, Kenneth, II, 391, 393. Reconstruction, II, 163-445. Reese, Chauncey B., II, 87. Reeve, Isaac V. D., I, 103. Reeves, P. S., II, 381. Reno, Jesse L., I, 264, 265, 268, 272, 280-282, 311. Resaca, Battle of, I, 506-