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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 43: march through the Carolinas; the taking of Columbia (search)
marshal, who soon found the thief and brought him to me. The watch was given back to the owner and I ordered the man drummed out of the army. A little later at Cheraw, I had three or four others of these unscrupulous villains apprehended, and publicly and summarily punished One had taken a costly ring from a lady's finger by forote from Winsboro: After crossing, Slocum and the cavalry will have the road from Lancaster to Chesterfield, and you (Howard) from your ferry go straight for Cheraw, dipping a little south to get on the Camden road. I will keep with the Twentieth Corps. From this it will be seen what a wide swath we were making, and the ghange of compliment and neither of us said aught more concerning the matter; luckily we succeeded at last in crossing the troublesome barrier. As we went on to Cheraw it was necessary to guard well our right flank. Having very little cavalry, I sent southward and eastward Captain Wm. Duncan with all his horsemen, about two tro
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 44: skirmishing at Cheraw and Fayetteville and the Battle of Averysboro (search)
Chapter 44: skirmishing at Cheraw and Fayetteville and the Battle of Averysboro Cheraw was pretty thoroughly defended with intrenchments and outworks; on my coming up with Mower's command ahead,Cheraw was pretty thoroughly defended with intrenchments and outworks; on my coming up with Mower's command ahead, I found him leading his division in his own indomitable style. The Confederate cavalry met us at Thompson's Creek, but being cavalry only, they quickly gave way to Mower's coming, but set the bridgeolumbia, a depot and several storehouses were already in flames when our men entered the city of Cheraw. Quite a largq amount of war material came into our hands by capture. By the newspapers which sensible disposition of them was made. There were two sources of chagrin which annoyed me at Cheraw: one was that a detachment which I sent to Florence had not been sufficiently vigorous in its rewhich was about 500 feet broad, and as my bridge was already laid, the crossing of my command at Cheraw was soon completed. We now hastened on toward Fayetteville. Sherman, having news of accessions
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
8. Catlett, Lottie, I, 448. Catlett, Mr., I, 448, 449. Chamberlin, Frederick, II, 574. Chambreau, Ned., II, 471, 472. Chancellor, Melzie, I, 363. Chancellorsville, Battle of, I, 347-377. Chase, George N., II, 549, 550. Chase, Salmon P., I, 139, 201; II, 184, 185, 318, 320, 419. Chattahoochee River, II, 589. Chattanooga, Battle of, I, 471-498. Chauvet, Adolph, II, 526, 527, 530, 555. Cheatham, B. F., I, 559, 560, 598, 613; II, 7, 11, 12, 14, 57, 131,141. Cheraw, Skirmishes at, II, 134-142. Cheves, Dr., II, 90. Childs, Frederick L., I, 69. Church, A. E., I, 90, 91, 100. Church, Andrew J., I, 119. Clare, William, II, 48. Clark, A. Judson, I, 367. Clark, Mary E., II, 516. Clarke, Francis N., I, 196. Clarke, William T., II, 143. Cleburne, Patrick R., I, 483, 488; II, 7, 8, 29. Cleveland, Parker, I, 28, 34. Cliff, Tony, II, 386. Closson, Henry W., I, 57. Cobb, Deacon, I, 14. Cobb, Howell, I, 278, 384; II, 48