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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), chapter 97 (search)
No. 93.
report of Lieut. Col. Douglas Hapeman, one hundred and fourth Illinois Infantry.
headquarters 104TH Illinois Infantry, Jonesborough, Ga., September 5, 1864.
Captain: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the One hundred and fourth Illinois Infantry during the campaign in Georgia:
The regiment left Ringgold, Ga., on the 7th day of May, numbering 279 enlisted men, carrying muskets, and 17 commissioned officers.
They marched to Tunnel Hill and bivouacked.
The 8th they moved in front of Buzzard Roost.
On the 9th the regiment was ordered to move across Mill Creek and relieve the Seventythird Ohio, of the Twentieth Corps, stationed on a ridge at the right of the creek, between the creek and mountain, the Eighty-eighth Indiana forming on their left.
They remained on this line until the 10th, keeping up a lively skirmish fire at times, without losing any men. At daylight on the 11th they were relieved by the Twentyfirst Ohio, and move
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 99 (search)
No. 95.
report of Lieut. Col. Cyrus E. Briant, Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry.
May 6, received orders to be ready to march at daybreak.
May 7, broke camp at Ringgold, Ga.; at sunrise passed through Chickamauga Gap; marched to within two miles of Tunnel Hill, taking the road on the right hand to about one mile south of town, where we camped for the night; some cannonading heard on the hill.
May 8, moved to the right of Tunnel Hill, passing the day in a valley one mile from Buzzard R and we fell slowly back through town to some old rebel works of 1st instant, left of brigade resting on railway.
Relieved next morning, September 6, by Third Division, which virtually ended our part taken in the campaign.
Epitome: I left Ringgold, Ga., May 7, 1864, with 314 guns, and entered Atlanta, September 8, 1864, with 249 guns.
My casualties were-2 officers killed and 10 wounded; 7 enlisted men killed, 3 died of wounds; 40 wounded, and 1 man missing; total, 12 killed, 50 wounded, an
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 100 (search)
No. 96.
report of Lieut. Col. William G. Halpin, Fifteenth Kentucky Infantry.
Atlanta, Ga., September 8, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit the following report of the operations of the Fifteenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry during the campaign just ended:
The regiment left Chattanooga on the morning of the 2d of May and joined the brigade at Ringgold on the evening of the same day. Here the regiment was drilled during the 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th of May, and left with the brigade on the morning of the 7th with 267 muskets.
After a short march the regiment was drawn up in line of battle and advanced in that order, skirmishing with the enemy until the evening of the 8th, when the brigade arrived in front of Buzzard Roost.
In the afternoon of the 9th the Fifteenth, in connection with the Forty-second Indiana, was ordered to ascend the western slope of Rocky Face Ridge to reconnoiter the enemy's position, and, if possible, discover a vulnerable point in his lines.
After
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 102 (search)
No. 98.
report of Lieut. Col. Rue P. Hutchins, Ninety-fourth Ohio Infantry.
Hdqrs. Ninety-Fourth regiment Ohio Vols., Atlanta, Ga., September 11, 1864.
In obedience to circular from brigade headquarters, I have the honor to report as follows:
This command moved with the army from Ringgold, Ga., May 7, 1864.
Was engaged at Buzzard Roost as skirmishers May 11; 1 man killed and 1 mortally wounded.
Moved to the right, through Snake Creek Gap, May 12.
Was in the engagement at Resaca, May 14, Company E deployed as skirmishers, Lieut. James Mitchell in command.
Lieutenant Mitchell was wounded at 12 m. on skirmish line.
At 2 p. m an assault upon the enemy's works was ordered.
The line moved forward, but were not successful in reaching the enemy's works.
Were fortunate in finding cover in a small ravine, where the command did some close shooting, which forced the enemy to keep under cover of his works until dark, when we withdrew; lost 13 men killed and 33 wounded. At 8
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 103 (search)
No. 99.
report of Maj. Michael H. Fitch, Twenty-first Wisconsin Infantry.
Hdqrs. Twenty-First Wisconsin Vol. Infantry, Near Jonesborough, Ga., September 5, 1864.
Captain: I have the honor to make the following report of the operations of this regiment during the campaign commencing May 7, at Ringgold, Ga., and ending September 8, 1864, at Atlanta, Ga.:
May 7, moved south toward Buzzard Roost and at Tunnel Hill formed line of battle, but met with no enemy.
May 9, by order of General Carlin, this regiment and the Thirty-third Ohio, Lieutenant-Colonel Montgomery, both under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Hobart, made a reconnaissance of the western face of Rocky Face Ridge south of the gap for the purpose of gaining the crest.
After passing with much caution along the base of the ridge for a mile skirmishers from both regiments were deployed, and the ascent began.
The regiment advanced behind the skirmishers and halted when the latter had gained the foot of an almost pe
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 104 (search)
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 105 (search)
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 107 (search)
No. 103.
reports of Capt. Horace Jewett, Fifteenth U. S. Infantry, commanding First Battalion.
Hdqrs. First Battalion, Fifteenth Infantry, Atlanta, Ga., September-, 1864.
Captain: I have the honor to report that a detachment of the Fifteenth Infantry, consisting of six companies of the First Battalion and two companies of the Third Battalion, under the command of Maj. Albert Tracy, broke up their winter encampment at Graysville, Ga., the 3d day of May, and marched to Ringgold, a distance of six miles. On the 7th it marched to Tunnel Hill, where it bivouacked.
The 9th it took up position in front of Buzzard Roost, where it was subjected to a severe shelling by the enemy, having 1 private killed and 1 corporal and 1 private wounded.
May 12, it marched to Snake Creek Gap, distance thirteen miles. On the 13th, 14th, and 15th was skirmishing with the enemy, losing in the various skirmishes 1 private killed and 4 wounded. On the 16th marched through Resaca and bivouacked.
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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), chapter 108 (search)
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 109 (search)