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east of Madison, and turn south and reach Milledgeville on the seventh day, exclusive of the day o the twenty-third, General Slocum occupied Milledgeville and the important bridge across the Oconeese again. At Rutledge, Madison, Eatonton, Milledgeville,Tennille, and Davisboro, machine-shops, tuI was to report to the General-in-Chief at Milledgeville. Seven days being given to make the marchhe railroad and road leading from Macon to Milledgeville, picketing Walnut Creek, one third of the . November 24. My command marched to Milledgeville and crossed the Oconee. Having met the Gethe head of the column in the direction of Milledgeville, by the way of Farrar's Mill, on Murder Crhed, and went into camp in the vicinity of Milledgeville by the afternoon. The Twentieth corps ho large accumulations were found except at Milledgeville, reported one thousand eight hundred balesunition, kegs powder,200 Destroyed in Milledgeville, by Lieutenant Shepherd, Ordnance Officer [15 more...]
November 22. Wheeler advanced with his entire corps of cavalry and three (3) brigades of infantry, drove in my pickets and skirmish line, but was finally checked and driven back by the Ninth Pennsylvania cavalry (Colonel Jordon) and Fifth Kentucky cavalry, (Colonel Baldwin,) the sabre being principally used. General Wolcott with his infantry now came up, and the enemy was driven by him beyond Griswold Station. The same day Colonel Atkins (Second brigade) had some severe fighting on the Macon and Milledgeville road, and effectually prevented any attack upon our trains, that were this day moving from Clinton to Gordon.
November 24. My command marched to Milledgeville and crossed the Oconee. Having met the General-in-Chief the day previous at Milledgeville, and received instructions from him to move rapidly in direction of Millen, and, if possible, rescue our prisoners reported to be at or near that point, I moved rapidly in direction of Augusta, crossed the Ogeechee at the Shoals, and struck the railroad. November 24. My command marched to Milledgeville and crossed the Oconee. Having met the General-in-Chief the day previous at Milledgeville, and received instructions from him to move rapidly in direction of Millen, and, if possible, rescue our prisoners reported to be at or near that point, I moved rapidly in direction of Augusta, crossed the Ogeechee at the Shoals, and struck the railroad.
d Bridge over the Oconee River, and such wagon-bridges as he might find on that river toward Milledgeville. The purpose was fully accomplished, and several miles of railroad as well as the long rail the pontoon-bridge over Little River, the corps crossed and moved forward to the suburbs of Milledgeville. Two regiments under Colonel Hawley, Third Wisconsin volunteers, (appointed commandant of tll the cotton and most of the gins and presses. No large accumulations were found except at Milledgeville, reported one thousand eight hundred bales bonded by order of General Sherman; near Sandersvrs' servants and teamsters for the Government. ordnance and ordnance stores destroyed in Milledgeville, per report of Colonel Hawley, commanding post: Muskets, calibre 69,2,300 Accoutrements,0,000 Ammunition, fixed artillery, boxes,170 Ammunition, kegs powder,200 Destroyed in Milledgeville, by Lieutenant Shepherd, Ordnance Officer Artillery, as per report of Major Reynolds, Chief
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), Captured and destroyed by the left wing, at Milledgeville, Georgia. (search)
Captured and destroyed by the left wing, at Milledgeville, Georgia. 2300 rifle muskets, calibre, 69; 5000 lances, 1500 cutlasses, 30,000 rounds of small-arm ammunition, 5470 rounds of artillery ammunition, 20,000 pounds of powder. Captured in Fort McAllister, Beautiere, Rose Dew, Bartow, Thunderbolt, Jackson, Lee, Boggs, Brown, Water Battery, opposite Fort Jackson, Lanton Battery, in the lines around the city of Savannah, and in the city of Savannah: Artillery.--167 smooth-bore guns, 35 rifled guns, 7 mortars; total number of guns, 209. Artillery Carriages.--76 barbette, 1 casemate, 6 siege, 41 field; total number of carriages, 124. Artillery Ammunition.--19,843 for smooth-bore guns, 1903 for rifled guns, 17 for mortars; total number of rounds of artillery ammunition, 21,763. Small Arms.--183 various kinds. Infantry Ammunition.--8000 musket cartridges, calibre, 59 ; 7500 musket buck and ball cartridges, calibre, 69; 11,000 elongated ball cartridges, calibre, 57;
ned southward toward Shady Dale, and on to Milledgeville, where we arrived on the twenty-third. ber I camped my troops about one mile from Milledgeville. On the morning of the twenty-fourth, my brigade marched through Milledgeville, and crossing the Oconee River, we took the Sandersville roadgers, Covington, Sandersville, Louisville, Milledgeville, and striking the railroad again at Lumpkiber eighteenth to twenty-third, marched to Milledgeville, capital of the State. November twenty--third, moved at daylight, and camped near Milledgeville, fifteen miles. November twenty-fourth, left camp at ten A. M., passing through Milledgeville and crossing the Oconee River, and camping aes; went into position on the right of the Milledgeville road, remaining in this position until therough Shady Dale, and reaching the city of Milledgeville. On the morning of the twenty-fifth, crosugusta road, and that over Oconee River at Milledgeville, as well as the State magazine at that pla
cotton, taken by Colonel William Hawley at Milledgeville, and disposed of by Major-General Sherman. November twenty-third, marched through Milledgeville, crossed the Oconee River, joined the brigfor the night about twelve (12) miles from Milledgeville. November 22d.--Found the air clear anddgeville Railroad at Eatonton, and entered Milledgeville November twenty-second. Resumed the march received orders to advance immediately to Milledgeville; accordingly crossed the river on the pontenty-second of November, 1864, reached Milledgeville, Georgia, where we remained one day. On the , through Eatonton, to within ten miles of Milledgeville; camped in pine woods on the Little River.in.a south-easterly direction, and reached Milledgeville on the twenty-second; we marched thence onson,9 Madison to Eatonton,20 Eatonton to Milledgeville,21 Milledgeville to Hebron,18 Hebron to out fifty bales of cotton. Arrived at Milledgeville, Georgia, November twenty-second, where it rema[65 more...]
rses, (100) one hundred mules. Also, (100,000) one hundred thousand pounds of cotton destroyed. The following amount of ordnance stores were destroyed at Milledgeville by Lieutenant Shepherd, ordnance officer artillery brigade Twentieth corps: Three thousand five hundred rounds fixed ammunition for six-pounder and twelve-pounr the Ulcofauhatchee, and marched eighteen miles, during the day. 20th, 21st, and 22d, were passed in marching. 23d. Reached and encamped in the city of Milledgeville. 24th. Marched at nine o'clock A. M., moving on the road to Sandersville. 25th. Moved forward a few miles to Buffalo Creek. Over this stream we threw manding Twentieth army corps. I remained with this corps during the campaign. I had no bridging to do until we reached Little River, twelve miles north of Milledgeville. 20th. We put a pontoon-bridge across Little River, of ten boats, making two hundred and twenty feet of bridge, during the night of the twentieth November.
der from Major-General Slocum, commanding left wing army of Georgia, to remain in the city with my command until all the troops had passed, and then join the rear of the Fourteenth corps, Brevet-General J. C. Davies commanding, which I did at five o'clock P. M., November sixteenth, 1864; remaining with that corps, and marching in its rear, until the afternoon of the twenty-first November, at five o'clock, when, at Eatonton Mills, Georgia, I left it, and joined the Twentieth corps, at Milledgeville, Georgia, at eleven o'clock A. M., November twenty-three, and then, pursuant to orders from Brigadier-General A. S. Williams, commanding Twentieth corps, I directed the different regiments of my command to report to their respective brigades, and assuming command of my own regiment, Second Massachusetts infantry, reported to my own brigade, Colonel E. A. Carman, commanding. In closing this report, I desire to express my thanks to the officers and men of the different regiments of the comma
Doc. 6. operations at Milledgeville, Ga. Colonel Hawley's Report. headquarters Third regiment Wisconsin veteran volunteer infantry, near Savannah, Georgia, December 25, 1864. Lieutenant-Colonel H. W. Perkins, Assistant Adjutant-General, Twentieth Army Corps: Colonel: In obedience to instructions contained in your letter of to-day, I have the honor to submit the following report of my operations while in command of the post of Milledgeville, Georgia. On the twenty-second day of NMilledgeville, Georgia. On the twenty-second day of November, 1864, while the Twentieth army corps was approaching the city, I was directed by the Major-General commanding left wing of the army, to occupy the city as commandant of the post, with my own regiment and the One Hundred and Seventh New-York volunteers. My instructions were, to guard all public property, to maintain good order, and to perform all the duties of post commander. I immediately proceeded to establish patrols in the streets, and detailed suitable guards for the public buildi
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