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J. B. Hood (search for this): volume 2, chapter 23
the wife of General A. P. Stewart (who commanded a corps in Hood's army), asking me to come to see her. This I did, and founanxious about the fate of her husband, known to be with General Hood, in Tennessee, retreating before General Thomas. I remhe organization of new armies from their broken fragments. Hood is now retreating, with his army broken and demoralized. H about Pocotaligo or Coosawhatchie? I have thought that, Hood being so completely wiped out for present harm, I might bri wisdom. I did not want them to cast in our teeth what General Hood had once done in Atlanta, that we had to call on their es on which Lee depends for his command. I have no doubt Hood will bring his army to Augusta. Canby and Thomas should peama as far as possible, to keep employed at least a part of Hood's army; or, what would accomplish the same thing, Thomas mitheir forage, and they will get tired of it. I must risk Hood, and trust to you to hold Lee or be on his heels if he come
Samuel Anderson (search for this): volume 2, chapter 23
f security; all the heavy coast-guns will be dismounted and carried to Fort Pulaski. 4. The troops, for the present, will be grouped about the city of Savannah, looking to convenience of camps; General Slocum taking from the Savannah River around to the seven-mile post on the canal, and General Howard thence to the sea; General Kilpatrick will hold King's Bridge until Fort McAllister is dismantled, and the troops withdrawn from the south side of the Ogeechee, when he will take post about Anderson's plantation, on the plank-road, and picket all the roads leading from the north and west. 5. General Howard will keep a small guard at Forts Rosedale, Beaulieu, Wimberley, Thunderbolt, and Bonaventura, and he will cause that shore and Skidaway Island to be examined very closely, with a view to finding many and convenient points for the embarkation of troops and wagons on seagoing vessels. By order of Major-General W. T. Sherman, L. M. Dayton, Aide-de-Camp. [special field order no
John M. Corse (search for this): volume 2, chapter 23
is frail pontoons. About this time (January 25th), the weather cleared away bright and cold, and I inferred that the river would soon run down, and enable Slocum to pass the river before February 1st. One of the divisions of the Fifteenth Corps (Corse's) had also been cut off by the loss of the pontoon-bridge at Savannah, so that General Slocum had with him, not only his own two corps, but Corse's division and Kilpatrick's cavalry, without which it was not prudent for me to inaugurate the campCorse's division and Kilpatrick's cavalry, without which it was not prudent for me to inaugurate the campaign. We therefore rested quietly about Pocotaligo, collecting stores and making final preparations, until the 1st of February, when I learned that the cavalry and two divisions of the Twentieth Corps were fairly across the river, and then gave the necessary orders for the march northward. Before closing this chapter, I will add a few original letters that bear directly on the subject, and tend to illustrate it: headquarters armies of the United States, Washington, D. C., January 21,
Baptist (search for this): volume 2, chapter 23
hat they would also have votes. I did not dream of such a result then, but knew that slavery, as such, was dead forever, and did not suppose that the former slaves would be suddenly, without preparation, manufactured into voters, equal to all others, politically and socially. Mr. Stanton seemed desirous of coming into contact with the negroes to confer with them, and he asked me to arrange an interview for him. I accordingly sent out and invited the most intelligent of the negroes, mostly Baptist and Methodist preachers, to come to my rooms to meet the Secretary of War. Twenty responded, and were received in my room up-stairs in Mr. Green's house, where Mr. Stanton and Adjutant-General Townsend took down the conversation in the form of questions and answers. Each of the twenty gave his name and partial history, and then selected Garrison Frazier as their spokesman: First Question. State what your understanding is in regard to the acts of Congress and President Lincoln's procl
Waynesboroa Wheeler (search for this): volume 2, chapter 23
n-bridge across Ebenezer Creek, leaving sleeping negro men, women, and children, on the other side, to be slaughtered by Wheeler's cavalry. I had heard such a rumor, and advised Mr. Stanton, before becoming prejudiced, to allow me to send for Generup from Ebenezer Creek while some of the camp-followers remained asleep on the farther side, and these were picked up by Wheeler's cavalry. Some of them, in their fright, were drowned in trying to swim over, and others may have been cruelly killed by Wheeler's men, but this was a mere supposition. At all events, the same thing might have resulted to General Howard, or to any other of the many most humane commanders who filled the army. General Jeff. C. Davis was strictly a soldier, and doubnks, prevented their following you by cutting the bridges in your rear, and thus caused the massacre of large numbers by Wheeler's cavalry. To those who know you as I do, such accusation will pass as the idle winds, for we presume that you discou
Meigs (search for this): volume 2, chapter 23
is demonstration to their entire satisfaction that Fort Fisher could not be carried by assault, when they heard the newsboy in the hall crying out an extra. Calling him in, they inquired the news, and he answered, Fort Fisher done took! Of course, they all laughed, and none more heartily than General Butler himself. On the 11th of January there arrived at Savannah a revenuecutter, having on board Simeon Draper, Esq., of New York City, the Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Quartermaster-General Meigs, Adjutant-General Townsend, and a retinue of civilians, who had come down from the North to regulate the civil affairs of Savannah. I was instructed by Mr. Stanton to transfer to Mr. Draper the custom-house, post-office, and such other public buildings as these civilians needed in the execution of their office, and to cause to be delivered into their custody the captured cotton. This was accomplished by-- [special field orders, no. 10.] headquarters military division of
Pulaski (search for this): volume 2, chapter 23
mfortable, would hardly make a display on Fifth Avenue or the Boulevard Haussmann of Paris. The city was built on a plateau of sand about forty feet above the level of the sea, abutting against the river, leaving room along its margin for a street of stores and warehouses. The customhouse, court-house, post-office, etc., were on the plateau above. In rear of Savannah was a large park, with a fountain, and between it and the court-house was a handsome monument, erected to the memory of Count Pulaski, who fell in 1779 in the assault made on the city at the time it was held by the English during the Revolutionary War. Outside of Savannah there was very little to interest a stranger, except the cemetery of Bonaventura, and the ride along the Wilmington Channel by way of Thunderbolt, where might be seen some groves of the majestic live-oak trees, covered with gray and funereal moss, which were truly sublime in grandeur, but gloomy after a few days' camping under them. Within an hour
Edwin M. Stanton (search for this): volume 2, chapter 23
y than General Butler himself. On the 11th of January there arrived at Savannah a revenuecutter, having on board Simeon Draper, Esq., of New York City, the Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Quartermaster-General Meigs, Adjutant-General Townsend, and a retinue of civilians, who had come down from the North to regulate the ciwith respect, etc., W. T. Sherman, Major-General commanding. headquarters military division of the Mississippi, in the field, Savannah, January 19, 1865. Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. Sir: When you left Savannah a few days ago, you forgot the map which General Geary had prepared for you, showing tht servant, W. T. Sherman, Major-General commanding. headquarters military division of the Mississippi, in the field, Savannah, Georgia,, January 2, 1865. Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. Sir: I have just received from Lieutenant-General Grant a copy of that part of your telegram to him of December 26t
L. M. Dayton (search for this): volume 2, chapter 23
ient points for the embarkation of troops and wagons on seagoing vessels. By order of Major-General W. T. Sherman, L. M. Dayton, Aide-de-Camp. [special field order no. 143.] headquarters military division of the Mississippi, in the field, Savheld accountable for such articles, even though copied from other papers. By order of Major-General W. T. Sherman, L. M. Dayton, Aide-de-Camp. It was estimated that there were about twenty thousand inhabitants in Savannah, all of whom had pauildings in the city of Savannah as he may need in the execution of his office. By order of General W. T. Sherman, L. M. Dayton, Aide-de-Camp. Up to this time all the cotton had been carefully guarded, with orders to General Easton to ship i nor will any rights to property heretofore acquired be affected thereby. By order of Major-General W. T. Sherman, L. M. Dayton, Assistant Adjutant-General. I saw a good deal of the secretary socially, during the time of his visit to Savanna
Jefferson C. Davis (search for this): volume 2, chapter 23
in our arms and progress. Hie inquired particularly about General Jeff. C. Davis, who, he said, was a Democrat, and hostile to the negro. I assured him that General Davis was an excellent soldier, and I did not believe he had any hostility to the negro; that in our army we had noed admirable service. He then showed me a newspaper account of General Davis taking up his pontoon-bridge across Ebenezer Creek, leaving sler. Stanton, before becoming prejudiced, to allow me to send for General Davis, which he did, and General Davis explained the matter to his enGeneral Davis explained the matter to his entire satisfaction. The truth was, that, as we approached the seaboard, the freedmen in droves, old and young, followed the several columns to reach a place of safety. It so happened that General Davis's route into Savannah followed what was known as the River-road, and he had to er of the many most humane commanders who filled the army. General Jeff. C. Davis was strictly a soldier, and doubtless hated to have his wag
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