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of War, Richmond, Va.: Far from interfering with provisions at Charlotte Junction, I have done all I could to send everything forward from Columbia. See, in Appendix to preceding chapter, General Beauregard's orders to Major R. Rhett, A. Q. M., and to Captain Witherspoon, A. C. S., for removal of stores from Columbia. I advise removal of all supplies, except two hundred thousand rations, from Charlotte to a safer place farther north; no time should be lost. G. T. Beauregard. On the 18th he informed General McLaws, who had temporarily relieved General Hardee, that Columbia had been abandoned; that Hampton's cavalry was still near the city; that the future intentions of the enemy were not yet fully ascertained; but that all instructions given to General Hardee must be rapidly carried out. On the same day General Hampton, by despatch, proposed a plan of concentration to check the enemy's further advance. It was ably conceived, and, under other circumstances, might have res
18th (search for this): chapter 21
ection, at points distant from each other, and the flames spread on all sides. Citizens, with their fire-companies, at first rushed to the burning houses, attempting, as best they could, to save them from destruction; but they were unable to effect any good, not only on account of the extent of the conflagration, but because the Federals, wild with joy at the bonfires they had lighted, pierced the hose and disabled the engines. Report of Investigation Committee. Before morning, on the 18th, the greater portion of the city was a heap of smouldering ashes. Most of its inhabitants—old men, women, and children—passed that winter night unsheltered from wind and cold. And General Sherman rode through the streets that night and looked on. That General Sherman did not issue direct and open orders for the destruction of Columbia we are willing to admit; but that he knew what work would be accomplished by his army, burning with an insatiable desire to wreak vengeance upon South Caro
18th (search for this): chapter 23
kinridge present on the second day of the conference. agreement entered into between Generals Johnston and Sherman on the 18th. General Breckinridge communicates paper to President Davis. his delay in answering. letter of General Breckinridge to ve the honor to submit my advice on the course you should take upon the memorandum, or basis of agreement, made on the 18th instant, by and between General J. E. Johnston, of the Confederate States Army, and General W. T. Sherman, of the United State certain essential rights secured, and the army rescued from degradation. It may be said that the argreement of the 18th instant contains certain stipulations which you cannot perform. This is true, and it was well understood by General Sherman es. I respectfully advise— 1st. That you execute, so far as you can, the second article of the agreement of the 18th instant. 2d. That you recommend to the several States the acceptance of those parts of the agreement upon which they alone
18th (search for this): chapter 26
epartment of South Carolina and Georgia—headquarters, Charleston. It was, through inadvertence, mailed to your address at Bladon Springs. S. Cooper, A. and I. Genl. Mobile, Sept. 11th, 1862. Genl. S. Cooper, Richmond, Va.: I leave to-day for Charleston. Please forward there copies of orders and instructions. None received yet from Bladon. G. T. Beauregard. 61 Broadway, N. Y., July 22d, 1882. Dear General,—I am unable at this time to answer your note of 18th instant more specially than to state that when I was Chief of the Staff of your forces, charged with the defence of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, from the autumn of 1862 to the spring of 1864, I discovered in the archives of my office a document left behind by Major-General Pemberton, whom you immediately succeeded in command in that quarter, in October, 1862, which embraced a recommendation from that officer of the abandonment, as untenable, of the whole outer or immedi
19th (search for this): chapter 2
Beauregard, at the suggestion of some of the leading men of the city, called for and obtained the services of Brigadier-General R. S. Ripley. He was a graduate of West Point, and an officer of merit, though erratic at times, and inclined to an exaggerated estimate of his own importance. He was, however, quick, energetic, and intelligent, and, for several months after his assignment to duty in the Department, materially assisted the general commanding in the execution of his plans. On the 19th General Beauregard, through his chief of staff, gave General Ripley the following instructions: As the enemy has shown a design to interrupt or prevent the erection of any works at Mayrant's Bluff, the Commanding General directs me to suggest that the enemy may be foiled by proper efforts. Sham works should be attempted at some point in view of the gunboats, and, meanwhile, the real works should be vigorously prosecuted at night. It is likewise the wish of the General Commanding tha
19th (search for this): chapter 3
regiments of infantry under him (Colonel Cash in command) were State Reserves, called out for ninety days, and had been sent to their post of duty without arms or ammunition. 10. On the 21st General Beauregard, in reply to General Howell Cobb's inquiries as to the precise nature of his duties in Middle Florida, General Cobb had been ordered by the War Department (November 1) to report for duty to General Beauregard. wrote the following letter: Dear General,—Your letter of the 19th inst. has just been delivered to me by Captain Banon, your Adjutant-General. The order you refer to was not understood at first by me either; but I learn that you are to be in command of one of the Districts (not Departments) in Florida—under my orders—and Brigadier-General Finegan of the other. Your headquarters are to be at Quincy. General Finegan is at present in Tallahassee, where you will go to relieve him, and receive whatever instructions he may have in his possession from the War <
19th (search for this): chapter 7
and men belonging to my colored regiments, and your subordinate in charge of the exchange asserted that that question had been left for after-consideration. I can but regard this transaction as a palpable breach of faith on your part, and a flagrant violation of your pledges as an officer. In your second letter of the 22d ultimo you request me to return to you Private Thomas Green, of Company H, 1st Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, for the alleged reason that he left your lines on the 19th, during the suspension of hostilities under a flag of truce. 1 beg leave to state that you are laboring under a misapprehension. Private Green did not enter my lines during the existence of a flag of truce. It is true that under a flag of truce on the day referred to I requested permission of the officer in command of Fort Wagner to receive and bury my own dead, a request that was refused me, and there the truce ended. I refrained from opening my batteries on that day, because some of m
19th (search for this): chapter 9
don for present, but am desirous to see you as I pass through Wilmington, on Wednesday, about 10 o'clock. G. T. Beauregard. On the 18th General Cooper received the following despatch: General Jones has not yet arrived. Have telegraphed Gilmer to come forthwith. I will leave to-morrow. I have recalled all South Carolina and Georgia troops from Florida, except one battalion infantry and one and a half regiments cavalry. G. T. Beauregard. General Jones finally arrived on the 19th. The next day General Beauregard telegraphed General Cooper in these words: Charleston, S. C., April 20th, 1864. I have turned over command, temporarily, to General Jones to-day. I will leave for point of destination in one hour. G. T. Beauregard. Before doing so, however, and in order to take official leave of the gallant troops of his Department, he issued to them this address: Headquarters, Department S. C., Ga., and Fla., Charleston, S. C., April 20th, 1864. Off
19th (search for this): chapter 17
insufficient time to save most of the public property, and destroy what must otherwise fall into the hands of the enemy. Most of the orders then issued were not only suggested by him, but, in many instances, written under his dictation. See Colonel John. G. Clarke's letter to General Beauregard, in Appendix. His memorandum for the location of troops, dated December 18th, and left with General Hardee, shows the amount of work accomplished during his last visit to the invested city. On the 19th he completed the order relative to the final evacuation, which was forwarded to the different commands, headed Confidential Circular, and signed by General Hardee, as Commander of the Department. We refer the reader to this memorandum and to this circular, which will both be found in the Appendix to the present chapter. General Hardee remained at Savannah, to carry out the dispositions taken by General Beauregard; and the latter, on the same day, left that city to confer with his Distric
19th (search for this): chapter 22
nts of that fight—the last of the war, in the east—and one which was much to the honor of the Confederates. Taking advantage of the fact that General Sherman's left wing was at some distance from the right, General Johnston, on the morning of the 19th, determined to strike a blow while he had the chance to do so. Of that determination, and of the manner in which it was carried out, General Sherman says: I have always accorded to General Johnston due credit for boldness in his attack on our ring the first day's encounter. Johnston's Narrative of Military Operations, pp. 392, 393. The Federal army, on the other hand, must have numbered at least 60,000 men. Half of it—or the whole left wing, composed of two corps—was engaged on the 19th; and the other half—that is to say, the two corps forming the right wing—appeared on the field, and participated in the fight, on the afternoon of the 20th. Johnston's Narrative of Military Operations, p. 393. The Confederate loss was
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