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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)
tween Richmond and the Shenandoah Valley and Lynchburg, and when the cavalry got well off to move ttaunton, from which place he moved direct on Lynchburg, via Lexington, which place he reached and il, on the main line of communication between Lynchburg and the force sent for its defense. I have ning that General Hunter was retreating from Lynchburg by way of the Kanawha River, thus laying therning that Early was retreating south toward Lynchburg or Richmond, I directed that the Sixth and Nt, and fled in the direction of Staunton and Lynchburg. Pursuit was made to Mount Jackson. Thus eof last fall, destroying the railroad toward Lynchburg as far as he could. This would keep him betk you will have no difficulty about reaching Lynchburg with a cavalry force alone. From there you you in the spring, to make a campaign toward Lynchburg or into North Carolina. I do not think Ston Big Lick pushed on to within a few miles of Lynchburg, destroying the important bridges, while wit[9 more...]