hide Sorting

You can sort these results in two ways:

By entity
Chronological order for dates, alphabetical order for places and people.
By position (current method)
As the entities appear in the document.

You are currently sorting in ascending order. Sort in descending order.

hide Most Frequent Entities

The entities that appear most frequently in this document are shown below.

Entity Max. Freq Min. Freq
W. T. Sherman 486 0 Browse Search
United States (United States) 174 0 Browse Search
John A. Logan 150 0 Browse Search
Henry W. Slocum 144 0 Browse Search
J. B. Hood 138 0 Browse Search
Atlanta (Georgia, United States) 137 3 Browse Search
Montgomery Blair 125 1 Browse Search
Judson Kilpatrick 96 0 Browse Search
William J. Hardee 89 1 Browse Search
Oliver O. Howard 80 8 Browse Search
View all entities in this document...

Browsing named entities in a specific section of Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2. Search the whole document.

Found 146 total hits in 50 results.

1 2 3 4 5
William Duncan (search for this): chapter 1.9
ho had been a Confederate chaplain. Lieutenant McQueen, of Captain William Duncan's company, belonging to my escort, remained with this familbelonging to his household. Not long after we left Columbia, Captain Duncan, with his company, was on a scout toward the lower portion of Sk. Having very little cavalry, I sent southward and eastward Captain Wm. Duncan with all his horsemen, about two troops of cavalry, first toward Camden. The evening of February 25th Duncan returned from the first expedition. He succeeded in burning an important bridge in Camden an a delegation which I was sending through to Charleston. This time Duncan, in the night, ran into a Confederate brigade of cavalry, apparentlhe strength of his opponent. Aiken gave the order to charge, but Duncan, who was ready, instantly ordered Fire In the melee that ensued Aikrates fell back. It was here that Lieutenant McQueen was wounded. Duncan drew off his men with small loss. The mixing up was so complete
W. T. Sherman (search for this): chapter 1.9
him. At about eleven o'clock in the morning, Sherman and I, with our respective staff officers andhe capital of South Carolina. Side by side Sherman and I entered the city and traversed the main were unusually demonstrative in cheering for Sherman, and learned that traders and negroes had carr onward march, the mayor of the city came to Sherman with much show of distress and asked him whatt homeless and destitute by this great fire. Sherman had a crisp manner at times when matters bothse remarks, but soon after his interview with Sherman the mayor came to me and put before me the sa march along the railroad running northward. Sherman's camp was at Winsboro at the end of the secoht to cross the upper waters of the Catawba. Sherman wrote from Winsboro: After crossing, Sloc 400 feet wide, and had quite a strong flow. Sherman's retaliatory work has often been mentioned. hese words: Death to all foragers. These are Sherman's words to me, which he wrote after finding r[3 more...]
Stephen D. Lee (search for this): chapter 1.9
oats during the night, drove away the Confederate defenders from the other bank, made a good bridgehead, and commenced laying the bridge itself very early in the morning of February 17, 1865. We appeared to have infantry against us, said to be S. D. Lee's corps and Hampton's legion. As soon as all the enemies in the usual way had been rooted out, captured or driven back, Stone's brigade began to march southward toward Columbia. The mayor of the city came out with several attendants to meetws, brought by the negroes, who always enjoyed telling us such things, but it indicated to me an increased opposition to our advance; for already we were hearing not only of Hardee drawing in his various garrisons, but of Bragg, Cheatham, and Stephen D. Lee. We then knew that the remnants which Thomas and Schofield had not destroyed of Hood's army at Nashville, Tenn., as well as the troops from Augusta, Ga., were hastening to strengthen Hardee's resistance to our advance. We had about the sa
John A. Logan (search for this): chapter 1.9
t as their sharpshooters continued their annoying business, Logan caused further shelling of that part of the city which was ight between the 17th and 18th of February, 1865. Sherman, Logan, and myself, with all the officers under our command, workewas suffered to remain untouched. During the night I met Logan and Woods and other general officers, and they were taking al love and veneration by me. To aid him in his work he had Logan's inspector general, Lieutenant Colonel L. E. Yorke. TheFrom Rice Creek Springs, February 20th, I wrote a letter to Logan, describing this apparently growing evil: I am inclinome quarreling. Here a slight contretemps occurred between Logan and myself. He, as corps commander, had direct charge ofst they, in their impatience, had hard words between them. Logan naturally sided with the pioneers, and so wrote me a note tawful order. I signed this indorsement and sent it back to Logan. We met about twenty minutes after this exchange of compli
Benjamin Harrison (search for this): chapter 1.9
and summarily punished One had taken a costly ring from a lady's finger by force; and the others had been caught, in flagrante delicto, pilfering from women's bureaus and closets. Soldiers in general were obliged to forage on the country but they did not enjoy the reputation or wish for the company of thieves and robbers. The first day we had a comparatively short march along the railroad running northward. Sherman's camp was at Winsboro at the end of the second day, while mine was at Harrison's Crossroads. From that point I turned to the right to cross the upper waters of the Catawba. Sherman wrote from Winsboro: After crossing, Slocum and the cavalry will have the road from Lancaster to Chesterfield, and you (Howard) from your ferry go straight for Cheraw, dipping a little south to get on the Camden road. I will keep with the Twentieth Corps. From this it will be seen what a wide swath we were making, and the general direction taken by the whole command. At Perry's F
William E. Strong (search for this): chapter 1.9
65. He told me that he had followed the advice which I had given him in detail, and that the plan had worked so well that there was no want. We actually commenced and completed the evacuation of the city the morning of the 20th. The destruction of certain Confederate public property — that is, property made use of for furthering the interests of the war — was committed to me in Sherman's specific instructions. The undertaking was accomplished by my inspector general, Lieutenant Colonel William E. Strong, whose name, a synonym for loyalty and devotion not only to the cause for which we fought, but to his commander, is held in special love and veneration by me. To aid him in his work he had Logan's inspector general, Lieutenant Colonel L. E. Yorke. The following are the estimates of what were so destroyed: 1,000 bales of cotton, 19 locomotives, 20 box cars; many more had been previously destroyed by the great fire. Also, the buildings belonging to the railroad station-two
Quincy A. Gillmore (search for this): chapter 1.9
: I lay down these rules, and wish you to be governed by them. If any of your foragers are murdered, take life for life, leaving a record of each case. It is quite surprising how quickly the Confederates, in the army and outside of it, found out this terrible rule of our leader. I do not remember an instance after that in my command of brutal slaying. This same day, February 22d, Washington's birthday, brought us the first intimation that the Confederates had evacuated Charleston. Gillmore's troops had entered the city, and captured a large amount of artillery and other stores. This was good news, brought by the negroes, who always enjoyed telling us such things, but it indicated to me an increased opposition to our advance; for already we were hearing not only of Hardee drawing in his various garrisons, but of Bragg, Cheatham, and Stephen D. Lee. We then knew that the remnants which Thomas and Schofield had not destroyed of Hood's army at Nashville, Tenn., as well as the t
J. B. Hood (search for this): chapter 1.9
he Confederates had evacuated Charleston. Gillmore's troops had entered the city, and captured a large amount of artillery and other stores. This was good news, brought by the negroes, who always enjoyed telling us such things, but it indicated to me an increased opposition to our advance; for already we were hearing not only of Hardee drawing in his various garrisons, but of Bragg, Cheatham, and Stephen D. Lee. We then knew that the remnants which Thomas and Schofield had not destroyed of Hood's army at Nashville, Tenn., as well as the troops from Augusta, Ga., were hastening to strengthen Hardee's resistance to our advance. We had about the same experience day after day with ever increasing obstacles, till we came near what is called Lynch's Creek, in ordinary times a stream not to exceed 200 feet; but when we approached, owing to the recent freshet, the creek overflowed its banks, and so, though not deep, it spread over a wide stretch of country, covering in extent at least a
Judson Kilpatrick (search for this): chapter 1.9
man's retaliatory work has often been mentioned. I think it began from an occurrence of this day. Two of our men were found not only slain, but with their brains beaten out. We judged that they had been captured first and then murdered. Several men in another column were killed in the same way and labels pinned upon them. On the labels were these words: Death to all foragers. These are Sherman's words to me, which he wrote after finding repeated acts like the above: I have ordered Kilpatrick to select of his prisoners, man for man, shoot them, and leave them by the roadside labeled, so that our enemy will see for every man he executes he takes the life of one of his own. After defining proper and improper foraging, Sherman continues: I lay down these rules, and wish you to be governed by them. If any of your foragers are murdered, take life for life, leaving a record of each case. It is quite surprising how quickly the Confederates, in the army and outside of it, found
Henry W. Slocum (search for this): chapter 1.9
on it, and the enemy's artillery from the other bank checked our advance. It did not take over half an hour for their furious flames to consume it. We now had Slocum near by. I exchanged greetings with him through a staff officer. As a matter of fact, Slocum had not been far back from Columbia for three or four days, and hadSlocum had not been far back from Columbia for three or four days, and had delayed his approach for our coming. Of course, the next thing we did was to work across the Broad. We sent over one brigade-Colonel Stone's — in boats during the night, drove away the Confederate defenders from the other bank, made a good bridgehead, and commenced laying the bridge itself very early in the morning of February e was at Harrison's Crossroads. From that point I turned to the right to cross the upper waters of the Catawba. Sherman wrote from Winsboro: After crossing, Slocum and the cavalry will have the road from Lancaster to Chesterfield, and you (Howard) from your ferry go straight for Cheraw, dipping a little south to get on the C
1 2 3 4 5