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Broad River (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 71
ly, your obedient servant, J. A. Dahlgren, Rear-Admiral, Commanding S. A. B. Squadron. flag-steamer Philadelphia, Broad River, S. C., December 7, 1864. Despatch No. 589. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy: Sir: The Department's communicst base would be from this to the Stono, having no less than four fine estuaries to connect with the squadron, namely, Broad River, the rivers emptying into St. Helena, North-Edisto, and Stono, giving him ample means of supply, conveniently distribu of the rebel forces, he concluded it would be better to send a division to reinforce the troops of General Foster, up Broad River, and make a serious attack there in the direction of the railroad, whilst that on Beaulieu would be limited to the nav to St. Helena to meet any want that may arise in that quarter, while the Mingoe and Pontiac will be ready to act from Broad River. The general route of the army will be northward; but the exact direction must be decided more or less by circumsta
Mississippi (United States) (search for this): chapter 71
as several of the iron-clads are out of order. The turtle iron-clads are still deficient of their side armor, which was removed at Alexandria, Louisiana, and are now stationed along the Mississippi, to prevent the rebel General Smith from crossing troops to the east side of the river, which it is the object of the inclosed confidential circular from General Canby, dated October eighteenth, to prevent, and which we have so far been able to do. I have organized a lively patrol of the Mississippi River, and will immediately make arrangements to keep the gunboats on the Tennessee River supplied with ammunition nearer the point of their operations than this place, on which they have heretofore depended. I have the honor to be, very respectfully yours, S. P. Lee, Acting Rear-Admiral, Commanding Mississippi Squadron. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. Kingston, Ga., 9 P. M., Nov. 3, 1864. Telegram in cipher. Captain Pennock, United States Navy, Mound
Purrysburgh (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 71
Sherman, at Savannah, and was by him referred to General Slocum for special instructions. Agreeably to such instructions, we left Savannah on the afternoon of the eighteenth, in company with the army transport, Robert E. Lee, and arrived at Purrysburgh, about twenty miles up the river, on the afternoon of the nineteenth, where we found a portion of the Twentieth corps, General Williams's. Remained at Purrysburgh until the twenty-second, when we proceeded up the river, and on the twenty-fourtPurrysburgh until the twenty-second, when we proceeded up the river, and on the twenty-fourth anchored at Morrall's Landing, at the lower end of Sister's Ferry Bluffs, about forty-one miles from Savannah. Here, on the high banks which overlook the river, we established a picket-station, with a view to keep a lookout for the advance of our own army, and to see that the enemy did not bring artillery to bear on us, our own guns not being available for such an elevation. With a view to ascertaining the position and strength of the rebel pickets, and for information generally, small sc
Pocotaligo (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 71
r-Admiral, Commanding S. A. B. Squadron. headquarters military division of the Mississippi, in the field, Beaufort, S. C., January 24, 1865. Admiral Dahlgren: dear Admiral: Weather is now fine, and promises us dry land. I will go to-day to Pocotaligo and Coosawhatchie; to-morrow will demonstrate on Salkehatchie, and would be obliged if you would fire up Edisto or Stono, just to make the enemy uneasy on that flank, and to develop if he intends to hold fast to Charleston and Columbia both. having begun its movement northward from Savannah. The department has been informed, in my previous communications, that the right wing having been moved from Savannah to Beaufort by water, advanced gradually, driving in the rebel forces near Pocotaligo, and finally inclining to the left, found itself, about the second, ready to cross the Combahee, at Rivers Bridge, on the confines of the Barnwell district. Here it necessarily awaited the left wing, under General Slocum, which had been dela
Goldsboro (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 71
ters military division of the Mississippi, in the field, Savannah, Jan. 7, 1865. Admiral Dahlgren, Savannah River: dear Admiral: The letter you send me is from Admiral Porter at Beaufort, N. C. I am not certain that there is a vessel in Port Royal from Admiral Porter, or I would write him. If there be one to return him, I beg you to send this, with a request that I be advised as early as possible as to the condition of the railroad from Beaufort, N. C., back to Newbern, and so on toward Goldsboro; also all maps and information of the country about Newbern; how many cars and locomotives are available to us on the road; whether there is good navigation from Beaufort, N. C., via Pamlico Sound, up Neuse River, etc. I want Admiral Porter to know that I expect to be ready to move about the fifteenth; that I have one head of column across Savannah River at this point, will soon have another at Port Royal Ferry, and expect to make another crossing at Sister's Ferry. I still adhere to m
Bull's Bay, S. C. (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 71
ge in any thing of the kind, but will, conjointly with me, undertake a move along the approaches to Mount Pleasant from Bull's Bay, so as to embarrass the rebel general as to the real design. The force I have is not equal to any thing more than a , Smith, and Williams, were shelling the works on the Stono. On the twelfth and thirteenth came the demonstration at Bull's Bay, which is all that could be done by this squadron to assist the army of General Sherman. It is now fairly launched oseek nor need further communication with the sea whilst in South-Carolina. Yesterday, while engaged in operations at Bull's Bay, I received a despatch in cipher from General Gillmore, which he had just received from General Sherman, asking me to d I have ordered Foster to move Hatch up to the Edisto, about Jacksonboro and Willtown; also, to make the lodgment about Bull's Bay. Watch Charleston close. I think Jeff Davis will order it to be abandoned, lest he lose its garrison as well as guns.
Hilton Head (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 71
riend D. D. Porter again. Will you be kind enough to write Hill, and tell him to look out for me about Christmas from Hilton Head to Savannah? During my absence, please confer freely with Major-General Thomas, who commands in my stead. Major-Gener, and brought him here. The mail-steamer starts soon, and General Foster does me the favor to take this with him to Hilton Head. I have no time to say more than the above, as General Sherman proposes to consult immediately on measures. . I cae Griffiths, Acting-Master Ogilvie. To insure the exact concurrence of the several ports, the General went with me to Hilton Head in my steamer, and General Foster was made fully acquainted with the design. Late on Monday I put to sea, but to avoieral Gillmore, which he had just received from General Sherman, asking me to decipher it, upon which I steamed down to Hilton Head, in order to be in immediate communication with General Gillmore. There I found a cipher despatch for me from General
Branchville (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 71
two corps at Savannah, two at Port Royal Ferry, General Foster's forces (five thousand) at the Tullifinney, and a regiment at Boyd's Neck. I presume the first point where the two wings from Savannah and Port Royal Ferry will meet will be at Branchville, and the march thence to Florence, and so on, following the railroad. I have no expectations that an attack on Charleston is embraced in the plan, as General Sherman has not suggested any arrangements for a cooperation with the navy. At thesence of some vessel of war necessary. As the left wing had about thirty-five miles to march for its position with the army, it is fair to presume that by the tenth or eleventh, General Sherman had his whole force in hand, ready to move on Branchville, some twenty miles distant from Rivers Bridge, and making due allowance for the Edisto River and its swamps, may be there at this date, unless he shall have inclined to the left, more toward Augusta, in order to avoid swampy ground. Meanwhi
Neuse (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 71
n that there is a vessel in Port Royal from Admiral Porter, or I would write him. If there be one to return him, I beg you to send this, with a request that I be advised as early as possible as to the condition of the railroad from Beaufort, N. C., back to Newbern, and so on toward Goldsboro; also all maps and information of the country about Newbern; how many cars and locomotives are available to us on the road; whether there is good navigation from Beaufort, N. C., via Pamlico Sound, up Neuse River, etc. I want Admiral Porter to know that I expect to be ready to move about the fifteenth; that I have one head of column across Savannah River at this point, will soon have another at Port Royal Ferry, and expect to make another crossing at Sister's Ferry. I still adhere to my plan, submitted to General Grant, and only await provisions and forage. . . . . I am, with respect, etc., W. T. Sherman, Major-General. flag-steamer Harvest Moon, Port Royal Harbor, Jan. 22, 1865. Despa
Augusta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 71
his whole force in hand, ready to move on Branchville, some twenty miles distant from Rivers Bridge, and making due allowance for the Edisto River and its swamps, may be there at this date, unless he shall have inclined to the left, more toward Augusta, in order to avoid swampy ground. Meanwhile, by way of diversion, as requested by General Sherman, the Ottowa and Winona were feeling their way in the Combahee, on the eighth and ninth; the Pawnee and Sonoma pound the battery on the Togadoo a. A. B. Squadron. Headquarters in the field, Lowry's, February 7, 1865. Telegram in cipher. Rear-Admiral J. A. Dahlgren, off Charleston, S. C.: We are on the South-Carolina road, at Midway, and will break fifty miles from Edisto toward Augusta, and then cross toward Columbia. Weather is bad, and country full of water. I have ordered Foster to move Hatch up to the Edisto, about Jacksonboro and Willtown; also, to make the lodgment about Bull's Bay. Watch Charleston close. I think Je
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