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William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 3: (search)
rites General Sherman—to disembark my own division and that of General Hurlbut at Pittsburgh Landing; to take positions well back, and to lea battle, he stationed three of his brigades a mile and a half from Hurlbut's division, and the fourth over two miles from the rest. Other did Sherman was the senior officer on the main front. On the 18th Hurlbut disembarked his division and took post about a mile and a half outd orders from General Smith, and took post accordingly; so did General Hurlbut; so did his own division. The lines of McClernand and Prentisl day been expecting Lew. Wallace; that McClernand was on my left, Hurlbut on his left, and so on. But Buell said he had come up from the lant that McClernand had as many more, and that with what was left of Hurlbut's, W. H. L. Wallace's, and Prentiss' divisions, we ought to have ening of April 6, 1862, the five divisions of McClernand, Prentiss, Hurlbut, W. H. L. Wallace, and Sherman aggregated about thirty-two thousan
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 4: (search)
sue instantly, notifying him that he had ordered Ord's and Hurlbut's divisions rapidly across to Pocahontas, so as to strike pt to move toward Boliver, will follow him to that place. Hurlbut is at the Hatchie with five or six thousand men, and is noW. Halleck, Washington, D. C. General Ord, who followed Hurlbut and took command, met the enemy to-day on the south side oneral H. W. Halleck, Washington, D. C. Generals Ord and Hurlbut came on the enemy's rear yesterday, Hurlbut having drivenHurlbut having driven in small bodies the day before. After several hours hard fighting they drove the enemy five miles back across the Hatchie tarply. W. S. Rosecrans. Under previous instructions, Hurlbut is also following. McPherson is in the lead of Rosecrans'ior to us. Our force, including what can be spared with Hurlbut, will garrison Corinth and Jackson, and enable us to push rebel hosts at Corinth, another from Bolivar, under Major-General Hurlbut, was marching upon the enemy's rear, driving in the
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 6: (search)
al Halleck, which had been sent from Memphis by General Hurlbut, and said, on further thought, that he would seef. War Department, September 14, 1863. Major-General Hurlbut, Memphis. There are good reasons why trooef. War Department, September 15, 1863. Major-General Hurlbut, Memphis. All troops that can possibly beeneral Rosecrans, Chattanooga. * * * On the 15th Hurlbut says he is moving forward toward Decatur. I hear nef. War Department, September 19, 1863. Major-General Hurlbut, Memphis. Give me definite information ofat the best, and probably twenty days. * * * * S. E. Hurlbut, Major-General. War Department, September 2ity. Washington, September 30, 1863. Major-General Hurlbut, Memphis. * * * * All available forces muH. W. Halleck, General-in-Chief. October 2d, Hurlbut telegraphed Halleck: A supply train of four hunnd men. War Department, October 4, 1863. Major-General Hurlbut, Memphis. As fast as troops arrive they s
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 7: (search)
y General Forrest, who were a constant threat to our railway communications in Middle Tennessee, and I committed this task to Brigadier-General W. Sooy Smith. General Hurlbut had in his command about seven thousand five hundred cavalry, scattered from Columbus, Kentucky, to Corinth, Mississippi, and we proposed to make up an aggreg Having completed all these preparations in Memphis, being satisfied that the cavalry force would be ready to start by the 1st of February, and having seen General Hurlbut with his two divisions embark in steamers for Vicksburg, I also reembarked for the same destination on the 27th of January. * * * * The object of the Meridian and having utterly destroyed the railroads in andaround that junction, I ordered General McPherson to move back slowly toward Canton. With Winslow's cavalry and Hurlbut's infantry I turned north to Marion, and thence to a place called Union, whence I dispatched the cavalry farther north to Philadelphia and Louisville, to feel as