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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Lieutenant-General S. D. Lee 's report of the Tennessee campaign, beginning September 29th , 1864 . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Editorial paragraphs. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Report of Major-General Carter L. Stevenson of the Tennessee campaign. (search)
Report of Major-General Carter L. Stevenson of the Tennessee campaign.
[We print the following report from General Stevenson's own Ms. Its value is increased by the fact that this account of the operations of the division of this accomplished soldier on that memorable campaign has never before been published in any form, so far as we know.]
headquarters Stevenson's division, In the field, January 20th, 1865.
Major — I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of my division during the recent campaign in Tennessee:
The march from Palmetto to the front of Columbia was without incident worthy of mention, except, perhaps, the demonstration upon Resaca, Georgia, in which my command acted with spirit in the skirmishing which resulted in driving the enemy within their works.
My loss was numerically insignificant at this point, but amongst the killed was numbered the gallant soldier and genial gentleman, Colonel F. K. Beck, Twenty-third Alabama regiment.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Report of Major-General C. L. Stevenson from the beginning of the Dalton -Atlanta campaign to May 30 , 1864 . (search)
Report of Major-General C. L. Stevenson from the beginning of the Dalton-Atlanta campaign to May 30, 1864.
[The following is from the original Ms. furnished us by General Stevenson himself, and has never before been in print so far as we are aware.]
headquarters Stevenson's division, In the Field, May 30th, 1864. Major:
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During the latter part of last month I received orders to break up my winter camp on the Sugar Valley road and move my division to the position assigned it in front of Dalton.
I went into bivouac in Crowe Valley, and immediately went to work to complete the defences of the portion of the line allotted me — from the signal station upon Rocky Face mountain on my left to Ault's creek on my right.
General Pettus was placed upon the left, General Reynolds on the left-centre, General Cumming on the right-centre, and General Brown on the right.
General Pettus was ordered to hold the mountain with a regiment of rifles.
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