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Greene Island (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.8
ore formidable field works, in developing additional lines of artillery fire, and in rendering more facile his communication with his right flank. Two regiments of General Geary's division occupied the upper end of Hutchinson's Island, and Carman's brigade was pushed forward to Argyle Island. The artillery fire increased in intensity; and for several days, commencing on the 15th of December, Beaulieu battery was shelled by two mortar boats and two gun-boats and by a rifle gun posted on Greene island. On the 16th the Confederate forces were strengthened by the arrival of General Ferguson's brigade of dismounted cavalry. The following day General Sherman demanded the surrender of Savannah and its dependent forts, accompanying his summons with the threat that if he should be forced to resort to an assault or to the slower and surer process of starvation, he would then feel justified in adopting the harshest measures, and that he would make little effort to restrain his army. To
Habersham (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.8
un was put in position at the head of Shaw's dam. Three 12-pounder howitzers at Battery Acee commanded Shaw's rice field, and one 12-pounder howitzer and two 6-pounder guns were stationed on the Habersham old road. Between Battery Acee and the Habersham road was a 12-pounder gun. In rear of Lawton's barn, and at the head of the causeway crossing his rice fields, stood Battery Barnes with two 32 pounder guns, two 12-pounder Napoleons, and one 12-pounder howitzer. Six hundred yards to the right of this battery was a 6-pounder gun commanding another causeway, and some five hundred yards beyond and in the direction of the Habersham road was posted a 6-pounder gun covering the approach by still another crossing. At Pine-Point battery, opposite the rice fields of the Hon. George S. Owens'. Silk Hope plantation, six field guns were embrasured; and Battery Jones, on the old Savannah and Darien road, where it crosses Salt creek, was armed with two 32-pounder garrison guns, one 32-poun
Barnwell Court House (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.8
pieces were distributed at other advantageous points, and ramps were constructed at irregular intervals for the guns of the light batteries which were acting as a movable support. The following light batteries had been concentrated for the defense of Savannah: 1. Terrell Artillery,4 12-pounder Napoleon guns. 2. Regular Light Battery,2 12-pounder Napoleon guns. [One section absent with the cavalry under General Wheeler.] 3. Anderson's Light Battery,4 12-pounder Napoleon guns. 4. Barnwell's Light Battery4 12-pounder Napoleon guns. 5. German Light Battery2 12-pounder Napoleon guns. [One section absent with the cavalry south of the Altamaha. 6. Abell's Light Battery,2 12-pounder Napoleon guns 2 2-pounder howitzers. 7. Pruden's Light Battery4 6-pounder guns. 8. Daniel's Light Battery4 12-pounder Napoleon guns. 9. Guerard's Light Battery2 12-pounder Napoleon guns. 2 2-pounder howitzers. 10. Hanleiter's Light Battery2 12-pounder Napoleon guns. 2 6-pounder guns.
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.8
e entire territory once claimed by the Confederacy. On the 3d of February the Hon. William W. Boyce, a member from South Carolina of the Confederate Congress, and one of the framers and signers of the Confederate Constitution, died at an advanced ce of the siege. Although severely repulsed at Honey Hill on the 30th of November, the Federals advancing from the South Carolina coast during the early part of December made several unsuccessful attempts to obtain possession of the Charleston andr, and his left by Brigadier-General Lewis. General Baker's forces consisted of North Carolina troops and Georgia and South Carolina artillerists. Those under General Lewis embraced Worthen's North Carolina battalion, detachments of the 4th Tennesseppeared on the bay. During its march over the pontoon bridges, across the rice fields and until the high ground in South Carolina was reached, the retiring Confederate army encountered no opposition at the hands of the Federals. The destruction
Ebenezer Creek (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.8
t rested beyond the Savannah and Ogeechee canal, near Lawton's plantation. Shortly after this development of the left wing, the right, under Major-General Howard, came into the following position. The 17th corps, commanded by General Frank P. Blair, Jr., lay next beyond and to the right of the 14th army corps, while General Osterhaus's 15th corps, extending to the Atlantic and Gulf railroad near station number one, formed the extreme right of the Federal investment. After crossing Ebenezer creek on the 8th of December, General Kilpatrick concentrated his cavalry on the Monteith road, ten miles south of Springfield; and, until the 13th, moved in rear of the 17th army corps, with detachments covering the rear of the other army corps. King's bridge having been burnt by the Confederates, Kilpatrick crossed the Great Ogeechee on a pontoon bridge on the afternoon of the 13th, and moved in heavy force through the counties of Bryan and Liberty, seeking to communicate with the Feder
Skidaway Island (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.8
was a succession of well traversed earthworks, mounting one 10-inch columbiad, two 8-inch columbiads, two 8-inch shell guns, one 42-pounder rifle, one 42-pounder smooth bore, and six 32-pounder guns. The batteries on the Isle of Hope were distributed as follows: At Grimball's Point a small work armed with one 32-pounder; at Grimball's House another, mounting two guns of like calibre, and at the Church Lot a more formidable work mounting two 8-inch columbiads and two 32-pounder guns. Near Skidaway bridge was a tete du pont, prepared for the reception of siege pieces or light artillery. The point at Beaulieu being an important one, was strongly fortified and provided with one 8-inch and two 10-inch columbiads, two 42 and three 32-pounder guns. A light battery was also stationed within supporting distance. Rose Dew Battery was armed with three 10-inch columbiads, one 10-inch mortar, and one 32 and one 18-pounder rifle gun. Colonel Edward C. Anderson was during the siege assi
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 1.8
tance over the heads of her defenders, and finally suffering the garrison to withdraw by pontoon bridges and canal banks to the Carolina shore. Had he indicated that activity and energy demanded by the situation, the probabilities are that he could have captured the entire Confederate army. The evacuation of Savannah and the subsequent seizure of many thousand bales of cotton afforded the Federal general an opportunity for a festive interchange of dispatches with the President of the United States, in which his famous Christmas present figures largely, but he pillaged a nest from which the eagle had flown, and all the balderdash which has been written and spoken about this vaunted march to the sea can never, in the clear light of history, cover up or excuse the lack of dash and the want of military skill betrayed by General Sherman, with the formidable force at his command, in permitting the Confederate garrison to retire unmolested by a route so precarious in its character, and b
Greenwich (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.8
battery was located at Turner's Point mounting three 10-inch columbiads, one 20-pounder Parrott gun, and two 12-pounder howitzers; and another at Gibson's Point, which was armed with two 8-inch siege howitzers and two 32-pounder guns. Across the island was thrown up a substantial line of field works, mounting seven 32-pounder guns, one 4.62 inch and one 3-inch rifle gun. Near the head of the causeway leading to Causton's Bluff were located some lunettes and angles for field pieces. At Greenwich was a battery of three 32-pounder guns. At Thunderbolt was a succession of well traversed earthworks, mounting one 10-inch columbiad, two 8-inch columbiads, two 8-inch shell guns, one 42-pounder rifle, one 42-pounder smooth bore, and six 32-pounder guns. The batteries on the Isle of Hope were distributed as follows: At Grimball's Point a small work armed with one 32-pounder; at Grimball's House another, mounting two guns of like calibre, and at the Church Lot a more formidable work mou
Monteith (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.8
fter this development of the left wing, the right, under Major-General Howard, came into the following position. The 17th corps, commanded by General Frank P. Blair, Jr., lay next beyond and to the right of the 14th army corps, while General Osterhaus's 15th corps, extending to the Atlantic and Gulf railroad near station number one, formed the extreme right of the Federal investment. After crossing Ebenezer creek on the 8th of December, General Kilpatrick concentrated his cavalry on the Monteith road, ten miles south of Springfield; and, until the 13th, moved in rear of the 17th army corps, with detachments covering the rear of the other army corps. King's bridge having been burnt by the Confederates, Kilpatrick crossed the Great Ogeechee on a pontoon bridge on the afternoon of the 13th, and moved in heavy force through the counties of Bryan and Liberty, seeking to communicate with the Federal fleet by way of Kilkenny bluff and Sunbury. Returning on the 16th, he went into cam
Savannah (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.8
d to cover the land approaches to the city of Savannah. Although every attempt had been made to obswas thrown up for the immediate protection of Savannah. Commencing at Fort Boggs on the Savannah rind Salt creek was dammed at the bridge on the Savannah and Darien road to retain the water in case tt Savannah. In coming into position before Savannah, the Federal corps were distributed as followfety of the troops employed in the defense of Savannah, General Wheeler's available forces, assistedand that the early capture of the garrison of Savannah was confidently anticipated. General Shermanlroad, and was not present with his army when Savannah was evacuated. The pontoon bridges having er the pontoon bridges. Without halting in Savannah, the retiring Confederate army pursued its mad entered without opposition, and the city of Savannah was in the possession of the Federals. Two rry was temporarily assigned to the command of Savannah, and his division encamped within the city li[31 more...]
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