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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The Confederate strength in the Atlanta campaign. (search)
20th is missing, but that of June 10th shows an increase since May 20th of 649 returned from desertion and 799 joined by enlistment. General Johnston has to account, between April 30th and June 10th, for at least the following men available for battle: Present for duty at DaltonApril 30th52,992 Mercer's brigadeMay 2d 2,800 Cantey's divisionMay 7th 5,300 Loring's divisionMay 10th, 11th, and 12th5,145 French's detachmentMay 12th 550 French's divisionMay 19th 4,174 Jackson's cavalryMay 17th 4,477 Jackson's cavalry increase beforeJune 10th643 Quarles's brigadeMay 26th 2,200 Two regiments Georgia State line  1,200 Furloughed men returned 3,399 Recruits 799 Returned deserters 649      84,328 All these figures are official except for Mercer's brigade and the two regiments of the Georgia State line. For the strength of Jackson's cavalry division, see General S. D. Lee's return May 10th, and the return of General Johnston's Army June 10th, 1864. For the strength of
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The struggle for Atlanta. (search)
ar-guard. It was, in fact, a running skirmish, that lasted till evening, at the close of which we encamped for the night near the enemy's empty works at Calhoun. Meanwhile McPherson had been marching on parallel roads to the right toward Rome, Georgia, Jefferson C. Davis's division from Thomas's army sweeping farther still to the right, and Schofield, accompanied by Hooker, to the left toward Cassville. Our enemy, between these columns with his entire force, made a brief stand on the 17th of May at Adairsville, and fortified. About 4 P. M. Newton and Wood, of my corps, Wood on the right, found the resistance constantly increasing as they advanced, till Newton's skirmishers, going at double-time through clumps of trees, awakened a heavy opposing fire. A little after this, while I was watching the developments from a high point, Sherman with his staff and escort joined me. Our showy group immediately drew upon it the fire of a battery, shells bursting over our heads with indescri
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 11.81 (search)
that date, and had arrived late in the evening and been placed in position on our new line, a fact which had given a feeling of unequivocal relief to all who had seen or taken part in the unequal contest of that memorable day. But Hoke's division, composed then of Colquitt's, Hagood's, and Clingman's brigades, with the addition later on of Martin's, had never belonged to the Army of North Virginia, though sent temporarily to reinforce it after the battle of Drewry's Bluff, on the 16th and 17th of May. They formed part of my new command, as did also Bushrod i. Johnson's division, including Matthew W. Ransom's brigade, transferred north of the James River on or about the 4th of June.--G. T. B. By the 16th of June three Federal corps,--Smith's, Hancock's, and Burnside's,--aggregating about 66,000 Later compilation makes the total more probably 53,000.--editors. men, confronted our lines. Opposed to them I had, after the arrival of Johnson's division, about 10 A. M., an effective