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General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 12 (search)
Lieutenant-General Hardee's command, were moving from Charleston to Cheraw; eleven hundred of them were South Carolina militia and reserves, nailroad beyond Winnsboroa, that army had turned to the right toward Cheraw, and had just crossed the Catawba; consequently, it was near the noepartment, coming from Charleston, or the Federal army, would reach Cheraw first. The latter, however, was more retarded than the Confederatees was parallel to them. Thus General Hardee crossed the Pedee, at Cheraw, on the morning of the 3d, with all the military stores he had the den to burn the bridge, railroad-depot, and stores, and marched to Cheraw by Tiller's and Kelly's Bridges. The left wing was detained from t the enemy, that the former had secured the passage of the Pedee at Cheraw; it seemed to me practicable to unite those troops, Stewart's, Cheath. The Federal army had crossed it two days before — the right at Cheraw, and the left at Sneedsboroa — and was continuing the march to Faye
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Memoranda of the operations of my corps, while under the command of General J. E. Johnston, in the Dalton and Atlanta, and North Carolina campaigns. (search)
ne of our skirmish-lines. North Carolina campaign. At Cheraw, South Carolina, received an order from General J. E. Johnston dated 25th olmington. Capture of latter place, 21st of February, left route by Cheraw the only practicable one. Arriving at Cheraw in advance of my tCheraw in advance of my troops, I found Sherman had changed his course, hitherto directed to Charlotte, North Carolina, and was marching on Cheraw. His advance was wiCheraw. His advance was within a few miles of the place. A staff-officer, Major Black, sent out to reconnoitre, was captured, but escaped by a daring act of horsemanshation and supplies came up and I was ready to resume the march. Cheraw was the terminus of the railroad, and I sent the accumulated rollinl commander at Wilmington for that purpose. As I marched out of Cheraw, the enemy pressed my rear closely and there was a sharp skirmish o under Colonel Wayne, from the opposite bank of the river. Left Cheraw March 3d, and subsequently received orders from General Johnston to