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8th (search for this): chapter 6
ssigned to General C. G. Harker, commanding the Third brigade of Newton's division. The One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio infantry, Colonel Opdyke, was placed in advance, and was the first to ascend the Ridge. At seven o'clock A. M., of the eighth instant, he drove in the rebel pickets, and at half-past 8 A. M., after sharp skirmishing and clambering over perpendicular cliffs, he rested his command on the summit of the Ridge. After Colonel Opdyke had effected a lodgment, he found himself csion were posted on the Ridge. No other troops save those belonging to Newton's division fired a shot or were under fire while on Rocky Face, from the time of its original occupation by the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio on Sunday, the eighth instant, until the evacuation of Dalton by the rebels. This much of Mr. Daugherty's letter I have thought proper to correct; and although I am well aware that Harker's brigade does not need the honors of Rocky Face to establish its character for
10th (search for this): chapter 12
12. the Ravages of bushwhackers. Murfreesboro, Feb. 15, 1864. Bushwhackers continue to keep the country in a high state of excitement. They are going about with their hand raised against every body, and every body's hand raised against them. As usual, murder, robbery, and spoils is their ambition. These bandits are to be heard of on every side. On the tenth instant, a band of thirty bushwhackers, under command of Cunningham and Davis, two notorious villains, attacked a supply train belonging to the sutler of the Fourth Michigan, between Fayetteville, in this State, and Huntsville, Alabama, and robbed him of his entire stock, which is said to have been worth two or three thousand dollars. A short time afterward, Lieutenant Robinson, with a squad of the Chicago Board of Trade battery, (on their way to Nashville,) came up, and an exciting chase commenced. The bushwhackers, who were mounted on fleet horses and well armed, escaped, and brought with them most of their booty.
10th (search for this): chapter 17
rn Alabama. Thinking that her history might be interesting, I procured an interview, the results of which seem stranger than fiction. My informant is a widow lady, named Davis, from Fanning County, Georgia. She is a well-educated and well-read woman. I am positive (even in these days of deceit and treachery) of the honesty of this lady. Her history is briefly as follows, and may be relied upon as entirely authentic: ”She left her home on December sixth, 1863, and arrived here on the tenth instant. For over a year previous to her departure, she had suffered all kinds of insults and abuses. She was robbed of every thing she had in the world — her stock and edibles. Not a mouthful was left in the house — no beef, no corn, no pork, no nothing. Bed-clothes were carried off, and even the little jewelry she wore was taken off her person; and, as is usually the case, presented to some arrant secesh belle. Her history, she says, is but the history of thousands. The sufferings the Un<
17th (search for this): chapter 4
The loss of the Southfield.--P. H. Pursell, the Acting Assistant-Surgeon of the Southfield, gave the following account of the loss of this ship: United States flag-ship Minnesota off Newport News, April 31. Sir: About half-past 5 P. M., on the seventeenth instant, Fort Gray, near Plymouth, on the Roanoke River, was attacked by the rebels from a battery of six field-pieces, on a sand-bank, some eight hundred or one thousand yards up the river. Lieutenant Commander Flusser despatched the Ceres to communicate with the Whitehead, which was doing picket-duty up the river. In passing up by the rebel battery, she received a shot in the port gangway, killing two and wounding seven men. Firing upon the fort ceased at about nine o'clock, the Ceres returning about this time. At early dawn on Monday, eighteenth, the enemy charged upon Fort Gray, and were repulsed. The Bombshell then steamed up the river to communicate with the Fort, receiving several shots, and put in a sinkin
21st (search for this): chapter 6
Who took Rocky Face Ridge?--Lieutenant R. C. Powns, of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio regiment, writing from Dallas, Georgia, May nineteenth, 1864, made the following communication to the Louisville Journal: In your issue of the twenty-first instant, there is a communication from your army correspondent, A. J. Daugherty, which gives an account of the battle of Rocky Face Ridge. The hazardous undertaking of driving the enemy from that almost inaccessible stronghold is credited to General Willich, who is represented to have ascended to the summit, and asked permission to march steadily forward toward the Gap. I do not know on what authority the statement was made, but surely the impression it is intended to convey is far from the truth. General Willich took no part in driving the enemy from Rocky Face; and that he should have asked permission to march steadily forward toward the Gap after the battle had been fought and the danger past, is complimentary neither to his
April 31st (search for this): chapter 4
The loss of the Southfield.--P. H. Pursell, the Acting Assistant-Surgeon of the Southfield, gave the following account of the loss of this ship: United States flag-ship Minnesota off Newport News, April 31. Sir: About half-past 5 P. M., on the seventeenth instant, Fort Gray, near Plymouth, on the Roanoke River, was attacked by the rebels from a battery of six field-pieces, on a sand-bank, some eight hundred or one thousand yards up the river. Lieutenant Commander Flusser despatched the Ceres to communicate with the Whitehead, which was doing picket-duty up the river. In passing up by the rebel battery, she received a shot in the port gangway, killing two and wounding seven men. Firing upon the fort ceased at about nine o'clock, the Ceres returning about this time. At early dawn on Monday, eighteenth, the enemy charged upon Fort Gray, and were repulsed. The Bombshell then steamed up the river to communicate with the Fort, receiving several shots, and put in a sinking
May 1st (search for this): chapter 8
restraints or constraints upon you. While I am very anxious that any great disaster, or capture of our men in great numbers, shall be avoided, I know that these points are less likely to escape your attention than they would mine. If there be any thing wanting which is within my power to give, do not fail to let me know it. And now, with a brave army and a just cause, may God sustain you! Yours, very truly, A. Lincoln. headquarters, army of the United States, Culpeper Court-house, Va., May 1. The President: Your very kind letter of yesterday is just received. The confidence you express for the future and satisfaction for the past in my military administration is acknowledged with pride. It shall be my earnest endeavor that you and the country shall not be disappointed. From my first entrance into the volunteer service of the country to the present day, I have never had cause of complaint, have never expressed or implied a complaint against the Administration, or the Secret
May 19th (search for this): chapter 6
Who took Rocky Face Ridge?--Lieutenant R. C. Powns, of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio regiment, writing from Dallas, Georgia, May nineteenth, 1864, made the following communication to the Louisville Journal: In your issue of the twenty-first instant, there is a communication from your army correspondent, A. J. Daugherty, which gives an account of the battle of Rocky Face Ridge. The hazardous undertaking of driving the enemy from that almost inaccessible stronghold is credited to General Willich, who is represented to have ascended to the summit, and asked permission to march steadily forward toward the Gap. I do not know on what authority the statement was made, but surely the impression it is intended to convey is far from the truth. General Willich took no part in driving the enemy from Rocky Face; and that he should have asked permission to march steadily forward toward the Gap after the battle had been fought and the danger past, is complimentary neither to his
September 31st (search for this): chapter 20
I could almost count the stalks as we passed in the cars. Their farming implements are of a very poor quality. They break up their ground with a small plough with one horse or mule attached. What grain they raise is not enough for home consumption, let alone to supply an army with bread and meat. The principal timber through the South is pine, which grows in great abundance. On arriving in sight of Richmond, we got off the cars and were taken to Belle Island on the morning of the 31st of September, being just ten days on the way; the distance we travelled over being 850 miles. The island is situated in James River, at the foot of the falls, and opposite the upper part of the city. That part of the island we were on is a very low sand bar, over which the chilly air comes from the river, and almost every night and morning we were enveloped in a dense fog. Here we were exposed to all kinds of weather, without any shelter from the cold rains and chilly winds. Our rations here cons
September 20th, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 20
A Yankee in Dixie. by Corporal Purdum. I will endeavor to give a short account of what I saw and heard while in the hands of the rebels, beginning with my capture when I was first introduced to the inside of the great Southern humbug. It was on the evening of the 20th of September, 1863, that myself, in company with a number of others from the 33d and other regiments, was taken prisoner by a part of Longstreet's corps. We were taken a short distance to the rear of their first line, and camped for the night. The rebs used us very well at first, and were very civil and polite. At daylight on Monday morning we commenced our pilgrimage south in the direction of Ringgold, where we arrived about 2 o'clock P. M., and were brought up in front of the Provost Marshal, surrounded by his numerous clerks, and our names were taken, which business occupied about two hours. This being done we were started forward again, bound for Tunnel Hill Station, which place we arrived at about 9 o'clo
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