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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 48 0 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 48 0 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 40 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 18 0 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 14 0 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 12 0 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2 12 0 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 10 0 Browse Search
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 10 0 Browse Search
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William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, chapter 15 (search)
mething bold, something that would make him a hero. I explained to him, that we were getting ready to go for Joe Johnston at Dalton, that I expected to be in the neighborhood of Atlanta about the 4th of July, and wanted the bridge across the Savannah River at Augusta, Georgia, to be burnt about that time, to produce alarm and confusion behind the rebel army. I explained to Pike that the chances were three to one that he would be caught and hanged; but the greater the danger the greater seemed to be his desire to attempt it. I told him to select a companion, to disguise himself as an East Tennessee refugee, work his way over the mountains into North Carolina, and at the time appointed to float down the Savannah River and burn that bridge. In a few days he had made his preparations and took his departure. The bridge was not burnt, and I supposed that Pike had been caught and hanged. When we reached Columbia, South Carolina, in February, 1865, just as we were leaving the town, in p
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, chapter 20 (search)
successful, I suppose that Fort Caswell will be occupied, and the fleet at once sent to the Savannah River. Then the reduction of that city is the next question. It once in our possession, and the that it would not be a formidable object; but if the enemy knew that we had our boats in the Savannah River I could rapidly move to Milledgeville, where there is abundance of corn and meat, and could th the only powder-mills and factories remaining in the South, or let us have the use of the Savannah River. Either horn of the dilemma will be worth a battle. I would prefer his holding Augusta (as the probabilities are); for then, with the Savannah River in our possession, the taking of Augusta would be a mere matter of time. This campaign can be made in the winter. But the more I study thnsure our possession of Macon and a point on the river below Augusta. The possession of the Savannah River is more than fatal to the possibility of Southern independence. They may stand the fall of
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, chapter 22 (search)
the city. The left of the army is on the Savannah River three miles above the city, and the right We have already captured two boats on the Savannah River, and prevented their gunboats from coming camps. Slocum's wing extended from the Savannah River to the canal, and Howard's wing from the cuple of steamboats trying to pass down the Savannah River from Augusta, and had established some of rice-fields, extending from a point on the Savannah River about three miles above the city, around bFrom the left of our line, which is on the Savannah River, the spires can be plainly seen; but the cossession. General Hardee had crossed the Savannah River by a pontoon-bridge, carrying off his men th the substantial fruits of victory. The Savannah River was found to be badly obstructed by torped to my objective point, after we cross the Savannah River, whether it be Augusta or Charleston, and shifting our base from the Ogeechee to the Savannah River, dismantling all the forts made by the ene
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, chapter 23 (search)
o you to hold Lee or be on his heels if he comes south. I observe that the enemy has some respect for my name, for they gave up Pocotaligo without a fight when they heard that the attacking force belonged to my army. I will try and keep up that feeling, which is a real power. With respect, your friend, W. T. Sherman, Major-General commanding. P. S.--I leave my chief-quartermaster and commissary behind to follow coastwise. W. T. S. [dispatch no. 6.] flag-steamer Philadelphia, Savannah River, January 4, 1865. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Sir: I have already apprised the Department that the army of General Sherman occupied the city of Savannah on the 21st of December. The rebel army, hardly respectable in numbers or condition, escaped by crossing the river and taking the Union Causeway toward the railroad. I have walked about the city several times, and can affirm that its tranquillity is undisturbed. The Union soldiers who are stationed within its lim
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, chapter 25 (search)
ded by rail to Wilmington, North Carolina, where I found Generals Hawley and Potter, and the little steamer Russia, Captain Smith, awaiting me. After a short pause in Wilmington, we embarked, and proceeded down the coast to Port Royal and the Savannah River, which we reached on the 1st of May. There Captain Hosea, who had just come from General Wilson at Macon, met us, bearing letters for me and General Grant, in which General Wilson gave a brief summary of his operations up to date. Ie had ma, ammunition, food, and forage, on the country, which, now that war had ceased, it was our solemn duty to protect, instead of plunder. I accordingly ordered the captured steamer Jeff. Davis to be loaded with stores, to proceed at once up the Savannah River to Augusta, with a small detachment of troops to occupy the arsenal, and to open communication with General Wilson at Macon; and on the next day, May 2d, this steamer was followed by another with a full cargo of clothing, sugar, coffee, and b