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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Memorandum of information as to battles, &c., in the year 1864, called for by the Honorable Secretary of War. (search)
rgia. Enemy repulsed with loss of 30 killed and wounded and 102 prisoners. Confederate loss 7. March Cavalry battles in North Mississippi. General Forrest drove back the enemy, inflicting on them a loss of 4,500. Confederate loss 1,200. Sherman retreated. March 30 Paducah occupied by General Forrest. Enemy lost 300 prisoners. April 12 Fort Pillow captured by General Forrest. Federals lost 700 killed and wounded and 300 prisoners. Confederate loss 75. April 20 Plymous performed by Lieutenant-Colonel Mosby, resulting in the capture of many prisoners and much property from the enemy. May to September Battles between the Army of Tennessee, under General Johnston and General Hood, and the enemy, under General Sherman. These battles did not assume the form of general engagements. No official reports have been received. The Federal loss has been estimated at 50,000, the Confederate at 20,000. Confederate Reverses. July 14 Battle of Harrisburg,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Resources of the Confederacy in February, 1865. (search)
tment to enforce firmly a suggestion often made by me, for two years past, to stop all travel and private freight, and continue that expedient until our supplies were forwarded. This was promised by the Secretary in January, 1864, but not tried until March, when it was eminently successful. Had this been fully carried out, an accumulation of corn in Georgia, ready for shipment, could have been stored here. Repeatedly has this been urged in vain, until now, the connection being broke by Sherman, places that supply beyond our reach. From the beginning of the war this bureau has had a policy in reference to the main principles necessary to effect the objects for which it was created. 1st. It has limited the number of officers to its actual needs. As an officer of the Provisional Army holds his appointment only while his services are needed, this bureau has claimed that when an officer proved to be unsuitable, he should be declared relieved from all duty, and thereby out of com
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Book notices. (search)
Confederate operations in Georgia and the Third military district of South Carolina, during General Sherman's march from Atlanta to the sea. By Charles C. Jones, Jr., late Lieutenant-Colonel Artilleer idea of that campaign than we had before, and have been fully confirmed in our opinion, that Sherman's boasted march to the sea was simply a grand marauding expedition, which was undertaken and prforce to oppose him and which was conducted in a manner that is an everlasting disgrace to both Sherman and his army. We may sometime find space to quote the concluding chapter, in which Colonel Jones catalogues some of the outrages committed, quotes Sherman's official report in which he says that he estimates the damage done to the State of Georgia and its military resources at one hundred mdvantage, and the remainder is simple waste and destruction, and draws a vivid contrast between Sherman's conduct in Georgia and that of Lee and his lieutenants in Pensylvania. But we can now only
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Defence of Charleston from July 1st to July 10th, 1864. (search)
to be regarded as a point of honor and an act of retributive justice. During the early part of the war the eyes of all, in every land, who felt an interest in the struggle, were directed to it, and it was generally supposed that it must soon yield to the apparently overwhelming force that the enemy was preparing to hurl against it. Even four years later, when it seemed inevitable that the Confederates must abandon it, the General-in-Chief of the United States army plainly intimated to General Sherman that it would be well if he would utterly destroy it and sow the very site with salt. But in spite of all efforts for its capture, the Confederates held it securely more than four years and until within a few weeks of the close of the war, when disasters in other quarters rendered its occupation no longer desirable. How this was accomplished may well claim the careful study and labor of the military historian. As a part of the material for such a history, we present below General Jon
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A foreign view of the civil War in America. (search)
confused style which very worthily set off the matter of this work. But we forbear; our space is well nigh exhausted, and to correct all the author's errors would be in effect to rewrite his book. Those to which we have called attention have all been taken from a single volume. Much, very much, remains untouched; yet we have said enough to abundantly demonstrate the utter worthlessness of this so-called history, and the eminent incapacity of the writer for the high task he has undertaken. What, then, must be thought of the worth of General Sherman's testimony, or of the animus which inspired it, when he describes this work as written in a spirit of fairness and candor and with a desire to do justice to the complicated nature of our war. As to the author himself of this libel upon an heroic and unfortunate people, blind prejudice and profound ignorance furnish the only explanation, and the best, though still but a wretched excuse for his offence. W. Baird. Essex county, Va.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Detailed Minutiae of soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia. (search)
ws how true these statements were. And besides the newspapers did not mention the English, Irish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Swiss, Partuguese and Negroes, who were to swell the numbers of the enemy, and as our army grew less make his larger. True, there was not much fight in all this rubbish, but they answered well enough for drivers of wagons and ambulances, guarding stores and lines of communication, and doing all sorts of duty, while the good material was doing the fighting. Sherman's army, marching through Richmond after the surrender of Lee and Johnston, seemed to be composed of a race of giants, well-fed and well-clad. Many feared the war would end before they would have a fair chance to make a record, and that when the cruel war was over they would have to sit by, dumb, and hear the more fortunate ones who had smelt the battle tell to admiring home circles the story of the bloody field. Most of these got in in time to satisfy their longings, and got out to lea
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 5.29 (search)
am able to get about on my crutches, but still feel the effects of my severe fall. Major Hanvey, who sleeps in a small room above mine, is quite sick. Last night I sat up alone with him until he went to sleep, long after midnight. He was suffering from a high fever and was delirious. His thoughts were of his wife and little daughter, in far off Georgia, and he spoke of them in the tenderest, fondest manner. I fear he will never see his loved ones again. December 29th, 30th and 31st The last days of eventful, never to be forgotten 1864. All hope of a speedy exchange is now dying within us. The prospect is exceedingly gloomy. Savannah has been captured by Sherman, and Hood defeated in Tennessee. I am not at all despondent however, and believe the Confederate States will be successful and independent yet. It is rumored we are to be removed in a day or two to Old Capitol Prison, Washington city. Our surgeon confirms the report. Point Lookout will be left with no regrets.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 6.35 (search)
tal. They confirm also the disheartening accounts of the dastardly conduct of Sherman in my native State, dear old Georgia, of his expelling the citizeus of Atlantanced by the humane and Christian conduct of General Lee, when in Pennsylvania, Sherman says in his official report: We consumed the corn and fodder in the region of stened to incite and encourage their foes. Dr.------deserted the South as General Sherman did his adopted State, Louisiana. Sherman, at a parting banquet, given inSherman, at a parting banquet, given in his honor, on resigning charge of the Louisiana Military Institute, by good citizens who had done him many favors and conferred upon him a lucrative and honorable pever treated him with such marked, whole-souled kindness and hospitality. But Sherman and Dr.------were guilty of the base sin of ingratitude. They speedily forgotnuary 1st to February 2d, 1865 A number of officers, captured in Georgia by Sherman, arrived, and were quartered in adjoining rooms. Among them are General G. P.