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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)
etermined to find other fields of operation for General Thomas' surplus troops-fields from which they would co-operate with other movements. General Thomas was therefore directed to collect all troops not essential to hin readiness for orders. On the 7th of January General Thomas was directed, if he was assured of the departurn of the defeatand utter rout of Hood's army by General Thomas, and that, owing to the great difficulty of proVII. On the morning of the 31st of January General Thomas was directed to send a cavalry expedition, undeth Carolina, on the 27th of February I directed General Thomas to change his course, and ordered him to repeatebruary the following communication was sent to General Thomas: City Point, Va., February 14, 1865. Maj. Gen.to this the following communication was sent to General Thomas: City Point, Va., March 7, 1865-9.30 a. m. Majd the arnmy defending it under General Dick Taylor; Thomas was pushing out two large and well-appointed cavalr
es faithfully and intelligently. His removal will only be regarded as an effort to defeat the laws of Congress. It will be interpreted by the unreconstructed element in the South-those who did all they could to break up this Government by arms, and now wish to be the only element consulted as to the method of restoring order — as a triumph. It will embolden them to renewed opposition to the will of the loyal masses, believing that they have the Executive with them. The services of General Thomas in battling for the Union entitle him to some consideration. He has repeatedly entered his protest against being assigned to either of the five military districts, and especially to being assigned to relieve General Sheridan. There are military reasons, pecuniary reasons, and above all, patriotic reasons, why this should not be insisted upon. I beg to refer to a letter marked private, which I wrote to the President when first consulted on the subject of the change in the War Dep
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 55: operations of the Mississippi Squadron in the latter part of 1864 and in 1865. (search)
s for your cordial co-operation during the operations of the past thirty days. G. H. Thomas, Major-General. Rear-Admiral S. P. Lee, Commanding Mississippi Squadron, Chickasaw, Alabama. These were about the last important events in the history of the Mississippi Squadron, as the war was now drawing rapidly to a close. The retreat of Hood left the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers comparatively free from Confederates, and there was little prospect of another invasion of the State while General Thomas remained in command. The vessels of the Mississippi Squadron were scattered along the great river, where the guerillas still carried on their operations on a small scale. Very little occurred that could embellish the pages of history. The Red River region was revisited, the Washita and Black Rivers patrolled, and every precaution taken to guard those inland waters. At this time the Confederate ram Webb succeeded in making her way past all the vessels of the fleet and reached a poin
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, chapter 15 (search)
se, I was heartily welcomed by Generals Grant, Thomas, and all, who realized the extraordinary efforffairs generally; that the mules and horses of Thomas's army were so starved that they could not hauwere given to favorite horses; that the men of Thomas's army had been so demoralized by the battle o these three divisions, aided by a division of Thomas's army, commanded by General Jeff. C. Davis, t detach from his centre as against us, so that Thomas's army could break through his centre. The whe attention of so many of the enemy as to make Thomas's part certain of success. The next thing now will now give them a chance. I will instruct Thomas accordingly. Move the advance force early, onthe enemy at dawn of day, with notice that General Thomas would attack in force early in the day. Acour feet. I had watched for the attack of General Thomas early in the day. Column after column oieve us (thereby rendering the position of General Thomas less secure), I deem it advisable that all[5 more...]
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, Chapter 22: campaign of the Carolinas. February and March, 1866. (search)
ess there — to accomplish results favorable to us. Knowing Thomas to be slow beyond excuse, I depleted his army to reenforceut seven thousand, from Vicksburg toward Selma. I ordered Thomas to send Wilson from Eastport toward the same point, and toIn order that Stoneman might get off without delay, I told Thomas that three thousand men would be sufficient for him to takntil he set the 28th of February for starting. I informed Thomas, and directed him to change the course of Stoneman toward ia up as near to that place as possible. Not hearing from Thomas, I telegraphed to him about the 12th, to know if Stoneman was yet off. He replied not, but that ho (Thomas) would start that day for Knoxville, to get him off as soon as possible. nemy. Recruits have come in so rapidly at the West that Thomas has now about as much force as he had when he attacked Hooting to go into East Tennessee or Kentucky, I have ordered Thomas to move the Fourth Corps to Bull's Gap, and to fortify the
on the extreme left of the Fourth Kentucky regiment, and a portion of Col. McCook's brigade, which had arrived, engaging the enemy on my right, I was ordered by Gen. Thomas to the extreme left of the Fourth Kentucky regiment. I moved the regiment through the brush and over logs to the place designated, and coming to a fence parallt with great loss. A part of my left wing still engaged on the right of the Fourth Kentucky, against great odds, being strongly opposed, I was again ordered by Gen. Thomas to their support. I forthwith obeyed this command, and in doing so, brought my right wing upon the identical ground it had been forced to abandon during the iana, commanding the Second brigade of our division, that the enemy were advancing in force, and that he was holding them in check, and that it was the order of Gen. Thomas that I should form my regiment and march immediately to the scene of action. Within ten minutes we had left our camp and were marching toward the enemy. Arriv
was needed. On Monday, November twenty-third, General Thomas moved to the front to reconnoitre, and occupiednooga Creek, to connect the centre and right of General Thomas's command, the right by that time occupying theommander; General Granger, corps commander; and General Thomas, announcing our success. Late in the evenings battle, of Captain Huston, Lieutenants Zoller and Thomas, is a source of considerable embarrassment, as they Hooker, Jones, and Patterson; Lieutenants Leonard, Thomas, Varian, Groves, Ward, Kuhlman, and Young; also Docctacle below from the battlements of Fort Wood. Generals Thomas, Granger, and Reynolds were there, watching evedes of the mountain. That night, in front of General Thomas's headquarters in Chattanooga, I stood watchingderation, wisdom and enthusiasm, are all combined. Thomas, cold, stern, earnest, unbending, dignified, erect.sy. The Federal army was marshalled under Grant, Thomas, Hooker, and Sherman, and did not number less than
as being driven — a fact that was but too manifest, by the rapid movement of the noise of battle toward the north. General Thomas was immediately despatched to order Rousseau — there in reserve — into the cedar brakes to the right and rear of SherOccupying the woods to the left of Murfreesboro pike with sharp-shoooters, the enemy had annoyed Rousseau all day, and Gen. Thomas and himself requested permission to dislodge them and their supports which covered a ford. This was granted, and a sho. Burial-parties were sent out to bury the dead, and the cavalry was sent to reconnoitre Early on Monday morning General Thomas advanced, driving the rear-guard of rebel cavalry before him six or seven miles toward Manchester McCook and Crittonor we are preparing, and hope to have held in grateful remembrance by our countrymen. To say that such men as Major-Gen. G. H. Thomas, true and prudent, distinguished in counsel and on many battle-fields for his courage; or Major-Gen. McCook, a t<
o follow up the victory; but after the lapse of some months it would have been foolish to advance unless prepared to follow up a victory and enter upon a campaign productive of definite results. Early in Sept., 1861, Gens. W. T. Sherman and G. H. Thomas had been taken from my command and ordered to report to Gen. Robert Anderson, just placed in command of Kentucky. Before many weeks Anderson was relieved, in consequence of failing health, and Sherman succeeded to his duties. In October heepartment was beyond all estimate. On the 3d, after giving in detail the position of the troops, about 25,000, he says: Our forces are too small to do good and too large to sacrifice. On the 4th he telegraphed to me: The publication of Adj.-Gen. Thomas's report impairs my influence. I insist upon being relieved to your army, my old brigade. Please answer. On the 6th he telegraphed me: . . . If Simon Buckner crosses Green river by the practicable fords, of which there are many at wide
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 9: (search)
or two more such assaults would use up this army. G. H. Thomas, Major-General. Sherman to Thomas, June 27, 4:10 P. M.: Schofield has gained the crossing of Olley's Creek, on the Sandtown road, e batteries in the manner proposed by Davis. I doubt if we can resort to regular approaches. Thomas to Sherman, June 27, 6 P. M.: The assault of the enemy's works in my front was well arranged, anr enfilading the enemy's works. We took between ninety and one hundred prisoners. Sherman to Thomas, June 27, evening: Let your troops fortify as close up to the enemy as possible. Get good posit Hooker and Schofield the first day we occupied our present ground. The excuses made to General Thomas for the assault in the last part of the above dispatch are significant. The same evening t us more lives than we can spare. And yet at 9 o'clock the same evening he telegraphed General Thomas: Are you willing to risk the move on Fulton, cutting loose from our railroad? It would
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