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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) 22 2 Browse Search
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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)
ture for such an expedition; also, that I had directed General Steele to make a real move from Arkansas, as suggested by him (General Banks), instead of a demonstration, as Steele thought advisable. On the 31st of March, in addition to the forert, that you turn over the defense of the Red River to General Steele and the navy. Second. That you abandon Texas entirsure the capture of Mobile. On the 23d of March Major-General Steele left Little Rock with the Seventh Army Corps to co-al severe skirmishes, in which the enemy was defeated, General Steele reached Camden, which he occupied about the middle of e of his own trains at Marks' Mills, in Dallas County, General Steele determined to fall back to the Arkansas River. He lefcheck Price and drive him back, while the forces under General Steele, in Arkansas, would cut off his retreat. On the 26th panish Fort and investing it on the 27th; while Me jor-General Steele's command moved from Pensacola, cut the railroad leadi
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), chapter 16 (search)
has peculiar and strong claims for promotion. To my staff I take this occasion to pay a compliment for their industry and efficiency. Col. J. S. Fullerton, assistant adjutant-general and chief of staff; Maj. W. H. Sinclair, assistant adjutant-general; Surgeon Heard, medical director. Maj. Francis Mohrhardt, topographical engineer, has prepared for the engineer department a very complete set of maps of the marches and positions of the corps. Capt. W. H. Greenwood, corps inspector; Capt. J. W. Steele, aidede-cam'p; Lieut. L. L. Taylor, aide-de-camp; Captain Pearson, commissary of musters, acting aide-de-camp; Captain Foraker, Lieutenants Berry and Burton, signal officers, rendered good service as volunteer aides. Lieutenant-Colonel Remick, chief commissary, and Captain Schoeninger, chief quartermaster, deserve great credit for the efficiency with which their departments were managed. Captain Kaldenbaugh, provost-marshal, always had his department in the best of order. The
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), chapter 18 (search)
ordnance officer, who always kept his ammunition just where it was needed; Surgeon Brumley, U. S. Volunteers, who provided most fully for the comfort of our wounded, and Captain Hopkins, assistant quartermaster, and Captain Kniffin, commissary of subsistence, all deserve well of the Government. I have previously mentioned the death of two of my chiefs of artillery, Captains Simonson and McDowell. The place was well and ably filled by Captain Thomasson, First Kentucky Battery. Capt. J. W. Steele, Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, topographical engineer, rendered good and efficient service, and Captain Greenwood, besides his duty as aide-de-camp, found time to make many of the most accurate maps we possess of the various positions occupied by the army. Appended is a tabular monthly statement of the casualties of the division from the 1st of May to the 31st of July, 1864. All of which is respectfully submitted. D. S. Stanley, Major-General, Commanding First Divisio
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), chapter 182 (search)
where our left flank rests, where the flank joins the main line, and what troops are on our left flank, and to be sure and send in this information, and let it be reliable. These papers were at once sent to department headquarters. 7 p. m., Captain Steele, aide-decamp, who was on the Howard house lookout, reports that he heard heavy artillery firing at 5 p. m. a long way off, perhaps fifteen or twenty miles (the atmosphere and wind favorable), in a direction ten degrees east of south-supposed and, if practicable, to assault them; replied that it will be impossible to withdraw the troops to-night to destroy the road, and that the enemy's works cannot be assaulted with success. When General Schofield came up to our left this p. m. Captain Steele, aide-de-camp, instructed to lead Hascall's brigade so as to turn the enemy's right flank, but he refused to make the attempt, as we had one brigade in reserve. There is no doubt but that he would have been able to have struck the enemy's ri
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
ley, David S., I, 478, 500, 504, 506, 514, 521, 555, 568, 581, 582, 584, 591, 594, 596, 597, 606-611; II, 16, 43, 51. Stannard, George J., I, 438; 11, 580-583. Stanton, Edwin M., I, 201,256, 313, 379, 389; II, 181, 189-191, 205, 207-209, 214, 221, 227, 236, 240, 241, 257, 258, 263, 284, 390. Staples, Henry G., I, 120, 143. Starke, W. E., I, 293. Stearns, D. H., II, 473. Steedman, James B., 1, 601; II, 296, 297. Steele, Chaplain, II, 571. Steele, James, II, 468. Steele, J. W., I, 327. Steinwehr, von, A., I, 350, 357, 363, 364, 368, 372, 408, 413, 417, 424, 467, 479, 494; II, 537. Stetson, Mrs., I, 253. Stevens, Consul, II, 507. Stevens, Isaac I., I, 268, 269. Stevenson, Carter L., I, 598, 610, 611; II, 111, 141. Stewart, Alexander P., I, 521, 604, 618; II, 12, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 57, 141. Stewart, Thomas J., II, 569. Stinson, Alonzo, I, 160. Stinson, Harry M., I, 327, 344, 383, 386, 446, 472, 537, 552; II, 35, 36, 216. Stoever, P