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North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 120
bling, as it did, Beauregard to collect his loose forces in North and South Carolina and bring them to the defence of those pole force was en route for its destination. The State of North Carolina was constituted into a military department, and Geoperative with Sherman through the States of South and North Carolina. The first point to be attained is to secure Wilmingtas he proposed, without delay, to break up the railroads in North and South Carolina, and join the armies operating against Rolina, on the seventeenth; thence moved on Goldsboroa, North Carolina, via Fayetteville, reaching the latter place on the twe spring, to make a campaign toward Lynchburg, or into North Carolina. I do not think Stoneman should break the road until selecting your road further south. or you may go into North Carolina and join General Sherman. Should you select the lettef the remnant of the principal army opposed to them in North Carolina. The armies of the East commenced their battles on th
Alabama river (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 120
line was carried on the eighth of April. During the night the enemy evacuated the fort. Fort Blakely was carried by assault on the ninth, and many prisoners captured; our loss was considerable. These successes practically opened to us the Alabama river, and enabled us to approach Mobile from the north. On the night of the eleventh the city was evacuated, and was taken possession of by our forces on the morning of the twelfth. The expedition under command of Brevet Major-General Wilson, thousand men and thirty-two guns, destroyed the arsenal, armory, naval foundry, machine shops, vast quantities of stores, and captured three thousand prisoners. On the fourth he captured and destroyed Tuscaloosa. On the tenth he crossed the Alabama river, and after sending information of his operations to General Canby, marched on Montgomery, which place he occupied on the fourteenth, the enemy having abandoned it. At this place many stores and five steamboats fell into our hands. Thence a f
Kenesaw (Nebraska, United States) (search for this): chapter 120
ed a terrible and bloody repulse. On the fourth of June Johnston abandoned his intrenched position at New Hope Church, and retreated to the strong positions of Kenesaw, Pine and Lost mountains. He was forced to yield the two last named places, and concentrate his army on Kenesaw, where, on the twenty-seventh, Generals Thomas anKenesaw, where, on the twenty-seventh, Generals Thomas and McPherson made a determined but unsuccessful assault. On the night of the second of July Sherman commenced moving his army by the right flank, and on the morning of the third found that the enemy, in consequence of this movement, had abandoned Kenesaw and retreated across the Chattahoochee. General Sherman remained on the ChaKenesaw and retreated across the Chattahoochee. General Sherman remained on the Chattahoochee, to give his men rest and get up stores, until the seventeenth of July, when he resumed his operations, crossed the Chattahoochee, destroyed a large portion of the railroad to Augusta, and drove the enemy back to Atlanta. At this place General Hood succeeded General Johnston in command of the rebel army, and, assuming t
Shreveport (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 120
ute them to the fullest extent possible. Major-General N. P. Banks, then on an expedition up Red river against Shreveport, Louisiana, (which had been organized previous to my appointment to command), was notified by me on the fifteenth of March of the importance it was that Shreveport should be taken at the earliest possible day, and that if he found that the taking of it would occupy from ten to fifteen days more time than General Sherman had given his troops to be absent from their commandis force was necessary to movements east of the Mississippi; that should his expedition prove successful, he would hold Shreveport and the Red river with such force as he might deem necessary, and return the balance of his troops to the neighborhood ing notification and directions, he was instructed as follows: First. If successful in your expedition against Shreveport, that you turn over the defence of the Red river to General Steele and the navy. Second. That you abandon Texas ent
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 120
ve his troops without delay, by river and railroad, to Harper's Ferry; but owing to the difficulty of navigation, by reason mac at Sheppardstown; and General Weber, commanding at Harper's Ferry, crossed the river, and occupied Maryland Heights. Onhen at Washington, was ordered back to the vicinity of Harper's Ferry. The rebel force moved down the valley, and sent a ra your available force without delay in the vicinity of Harper's Ferry, leaving only such railroad guards and garrisons for pthe railroads, if by so doing time can be saved. From Harper's Ferry, if it is found that the enemy has moved north of the to have General Sheridan, then at Washington, sent to Harper's Ferry by the morning train, with orders to take general commrom the Army of the Potomac. The first reached him at Harper's Ferry about the eleventh of August. His operations during forage, the teams for supplying the army were kept at Harper's Ferry. I asked him if he could get out his teams and suppli
Goochland (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 120
and the enemy having destroyed the bridges by which he had hoped to cross the river and get on the Southside railroad about Farmville, and destroy it to Appomattox Court-house the only thing left for him was to return to Winchester or strike a base at the White House. Fortunately, he chose the latter. From New Market he took up his line of march, following the canal toward Richmond, destroying every lock upon it and cutting the banks wherever practicable, to a point eight miles east of Goochland, concentrating the whole force at Columbia on the tenth. Here he rested one day, and sent through by scouts information of his whereabouts and purposes, and a request for supplies to meet him at White House, which reached me on the night of the twelfth. An infantry force was immediately sent to get possession of White House, and supplies were forwarded. Moving from Columbia in a direction to threaten Richmond, to near Ashland station, he crossed the Annas, and after having destroyed all
Arkansas (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 120
all garrison at and near the mouth of the Rio Grande. All the balance of the vast territory of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, was in the almost undisputed possession of the enemy, with an army of prt the one half, or forty thousand men, with the bands of guerrillas scattered through Missouri, Arkansas, and along the Mississippi river, and the disloyal character of much of the population, compellrture for such an expedition; also, that I had directed General Steele to make a real move from Arkansas, as suggested by him (General Banks,) instead of a demonstration, as Steele thought advisable. d he would be able to check Price and drive him back; while the forces under General Steele, in Arkansas, would cut off his retreat. On the twenty-sixth day of September, Price attacked Pilot Knob, as artillery and trains, and a large number of prisoners. He made a precipitate retreat to Northern Arkansas. The impunity with which Price was enabled to roam over the State of Missouri for a long
Grand Ecore (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 120
ed the enemy under the rebel General Taylor, at Cane river. By the twenty-sixth General Banks had assembled his whole army at Alexandria, and pushed forward to Grand Ecore. On the morning of April sixth he moved from Grand Ecore. On the afternoon of the seventh his advance engaged the enemy near Pleasant Hill and drove him from Grand Ecore. On the afternoon of the seventh his advance engaged the enemy near Pleasant Hill and drove him from the field. On the same afternoon the enemy made a stand eight miles beyond Pleasant Hill, but was again compelled to retreat. On the eighth, at Sabine Cross-roads and Peach Hill, the enemy attacked and defeated his advance, capturing nineteen pieces of artillery and an immense amount of transportation and stores. During the nigh Hill, where another battle was fought on the ninth, and the enemy repulsed with great loss. During the night General Banks continued his retrogade movement to Grand Ecore, and thence to Alexandria, which he reached on the twenty-seventh of April. Here a serious difficulty arose in getting Admiral Porter's fleet, which accompanie
Meadow Mills (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 120
oah, numbering about seven thousand men. The one on the Shenandoah to assemble between Cumberland and the Shenandoah, and the infantry and artillery advanced to Cedar Creek with such cavalry as could be made available at the moment, to threaten the enemy in the Shenandoah Valley, and advance as far as possible ; while General Crookl moved up the Shenandoah Valley, met the enemy at New Market on the fifteenth, and, after a severe engagement, was defeated with heavy loss, and retired behind Cedar Creek. Not regarding the operations of General Sigel as satisfactory, I asked his removal from command, and Major-General Hunter was appointed to supersede him. His e. After stripping the Upper Valley of most of the supplies and provisions for the rebel army, he returned to Strasburg, and took position on the north side of Cedar creek. Having received considerable reinforcements, General Early again returned to the valley, and, on the ninth of October, his cavalry encountered ours near Str
Mount Pleasant (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 120
rning, when he again summoned its surrender, and received the same reply as on the night before. He withdrew in the direction of Athens, which place had been regarrisoned, and attacked it on the afternoon of the first of October, but without success. On the morning of the second he renewed his attack, but was handsomely repulsed. Another column under Forrest appeared before Columbia on the morning of the first, but did not make an attack. On the morning of the third he moved toward Mount Pleasant. While these operations were going on, every exertion was made by General Thomas to destroy the forces under Forrest before he could recross the Tennessee, but was unable to prevent his escape to Corinth, Mississippi. In September, an expedition under General Burbridge was sent to destroy the salt works at Saltville, Virginia. He met the enemy on the second of October, about three miles and a half from Saltville, and drove him into his strongly-intrenched position around the salt wo
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