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The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley) 1,463 127 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 1,378 372 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 810 42 Browse Search
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William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 473 17 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 373 5 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 372 0 Browse Search
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William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 232 78 Browse Search
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The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley), Report of Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, U. S. Army, commanding armies of the United States, of operations march, 1864-May, 1865. (search)
tion at Dalton, Ga., covering and defending Atlanta, Ga., a place of great importance as a railroad evere attacks upon Sherman in the vicinity of Atlanta, the most desperate and determined of which wa few days. During the partial investment of Atlanta, General Rousseau joined General Sherman withcut the remaining railroad communication with Atlanta. The first two were successful; the latter duture service. The great length of road from Atlanta to the Cumberland River, however, which had t General Sherman, leaving a force to hold Atlanta, with the remainder of his army fell upon himthe roads to his rear if we attempted to hold Atlanta, General Sherman proposed the abandonment and Acworth, and I was forced to follow. I hold Atlanta with the Twentieth Corps, and have strong dete road and of the country from Chattanooga to Atlanta, including the latter city, send back all my fter General Sherman commenced his march from Atlanta, two expeditions, one from Baton Rouge, La., [7 more...]
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley), chapter 3 (search)
aid to Covington. July 23, 1864.Brig. Gen. Morgan L. Smith, U. S. Army, in temporary command of the Fifteenth Army Corps. July 23-Aug. 25, 1864.Operations about Atlanta, including battle of Ezra Church (July 28), assault at Utoy Creek (Aug. 6), and other combats. July 24, 1864.Skirmish near Cartersville. July 27, 1864.Maj. Gen.31, 1864.McCook's raid on the Atlanta and West Point and Macon and Western Railroads, with skirmishes near Campbellton (28th), near Lovejoy's Station (29th), at Clear Creek (30th), and action near Newnan (30th). Garrard's raid to South River, with skirmishes at Snapfinger Creek (27th), Flat Rock Bridge and Lithonia (28th). July 2 of the Twentieth Army Corps. Aug. 29, 1864.Skirmish near Red Oak. Aug. 30, 1864.Skirmish near East Point. Action at Flint River Bridge. Aug. 31, 1864.Skirmish near Rough and Ready Station. Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 1864.Battle of Jonesborough. Sept. 2, 1864.Union occupation of Atlanta. Sept. 2-5, 1864.Actions at Lovejoy's Station.
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley), chapter 5 (search)
in the capture and occupation of the city of Atlanta. On the 14th day of March, 1864, at Memphttahoochee, and as I had begun to maneuver on Atlanta, I gave the requisite notice, and General Roul the armies had closed in, converging toward Atlanta, but as a gap existed between Generals Schofished parapets of the enemy and closed in upon Atlanta until we occupied a line in the form of a geny and musketry to satisfy me the enemy was in Atlanta in force and meant to fight, and had gone to of the wagons belonging to the rebel army in Atlanta. These he burned to the number of about 500,ce and using it against the communications of Atlanta instead of against its intrenchments. All thno other hypothesis than of a night attack on Atlanta by General Slocum or the blowing up of the enor the army to prepare to move back slowly to Atlanta. On the 5th we drew back to the vicinity of dent on receipt of the news of the capture of Atlanta: Executive Mansion, September 3, 1864. T[44 more...]
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley), No. 2: organization of the Union (field) forces, commanded by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, in the Atlanta campaign, May 3-September (search)
No. 2: organization of the Union (field) forces, commanded by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, in the Atlanta campaign, May 3-September Zzz 115 Addenda Abstract from returns showing the effective strength of the army in the field under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, during the campaign against Atlanta, Ga., 1864. Compiled mainly from tri-monthly returns. Zzz Effective strength of the army under Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, &c.-Continued. Zzz Effective strength of the army under Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, &c.-Continued. Recapitulation. Zzz
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley), chapter 7 (search)
. Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, Comdg. Military Division of the Mississippi. Hdqrs. Military Division of the Mississippi, Atlanta, Ga., September 10, 1864. General: I have the honor to report that during the recent campaign resulting in the capture of Atlanta, the health of the troops has been remarkably good. This is a noteworthy fact, when the severe labor and privations endured by most of your army during the autumn and part of the winter are taken into consideration. For more than four mo U. S. Army, Comdg. Military Division of the Mississippi [Indorsement.] Hdqrs. Military Division of the Mississippi, Atlanta, Ga., September 12, 1864. This report has been examined, and I take pleasure in bearing testimony to the general intellif transportation. This report will be forwarded to the War Department, along with my official report of the campaign of Atlanta. W. T. Sherman, Major-General, Commanding. Inclosure. Tabular statement of sick and wounded in the Milita
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley), chapter 8 (search)
, Chief of artillery. Hdqrs., Mil. Div. Of the Mississippi, Atlanta, Ga., September 10, 1864. General: I have the honor to make the foeorgia during the summer of 1864, which resulted in the capture of Atlanta: On the 20th of March, 1864, the date of my appointment as chigle exception of some special service during the operations before Atlanta, for which eight 4 1/2-inch rifled siege guns were brought by rail Resaca, Kenesaw, and amid the varied and bloody operations before Atlanta, it sustained its appropriate share of the work most creditably. the Cumberland5603720818274246 Of these, 4 at Resaca and 20 at Atlanta were abandoned by the enemy to the whole army, though they were tary. [Indorsement.] Hdqrs. Military Division of the Mississippi, Atlanta, Ga., September 17, 1864. I have examined the foregoing interestin Kilpatrick. Of the remainder, 34 were found in Resaca, Rome, and Atlanta, and were the equal fruits of all the armies, but the Army of the
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley), chapter 9 (search)
e Corps, U. S. Army, Chief of ordnance. Hdqrs. Military Division of the Mississippi, office of Chief of ordnance, Atlanta, Ga., September 18, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith a list of ordnance and ordnance stores captured by ay. It was very unfortunate to be taken prisoner just at the close of the campaign, when our army was marching to occupy Atlanta, the object and result of its four months operations. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, T. G. Baylor, Capef of Ordnance, Mil. Div. of the Mississippi. Hdqrs. Military Division of the Mississippi office of Chief of ordnance, Atlanta, Ga., September 17, 1864. [Indorsement.] Respectfully forwarded. Captured guns in Resaca, Rome, and Atlanta, thance, Atlanta, Ga., September 17, 1864. [Indorsement.] Respectfully forwarded. Captured guns in Resaca, Rome, and Atlanta, though credited to General Thomas, belong equally to all the armies. W. T. Sherman, Major-General, Commanding.
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley), chapter 10 (search)
of less than a dozen men, but between us and Atlanta, our objective, were still the three serious mberland, on the right, via Buck Head, toward Atlanta. The left wing and the center crossed Nancy'along the road leading from Judge Peyton's to Atlanta, and soon encountered the enemy intrenched. stacles already referred to as between us and Atlanta. July 21, we steadily pressed forward alolanta. It is about six miles southwest from Atlanta. This movement he hoped would either result done, that he intended to gain possession of Atlanta by operating upon the enemy's lines of communtrick started upon a raid to the southward of Atlanta. August 18 and 19, the troops kept hard aahoochee bridge for the purpose, marched into Atlanta. In describing these operations I have goating the entire campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta. I have also forwarded to the Bureau, a compjected upon the map illustrating the siege of Atlanta. For continuation of this report, see Vols. [17 more...]
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley), chapter 12 (search)
Director's office, Dept. Of the Cumberland, Atlanta, Ga., October 11, 1864. Sir: The report of thand ending with the capture and occupation of Atlanta, is made from personal knowledge beginning ondvance on Tunnel Hill until the occupation of Atlanta. This campaign has in former years had no pattanooga to Acworth is mountainous, thence to Atlanta high and rolling, densely wooded, with but a er be found than between the Etowah River and Atlanta. The health of the troops when entering uetween the objective point of the campaign (Atlanta, Ga.) and Chattanooga, appeared to be a proper prear. Those from the actions in the front of Atlanta to the same hospital at Vining's Station, or Jonesborough were brought from that place to Atlanta in ambulances, and were, and are at present, the Cumberland, medical Director's office, Atlanta, Ga., September 15, 1864. Maj. Gen. G. H. Thomasr, Surg., U. S. Army, Medical Director, Dept. of the Cumberland. Atlanta, Ga., September 15, 1864.[5 more...]
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley), chapter 13 (search)
nan, U. S. Army, Chief of Ar tillery. Hdqrs. Chief of Artillery, Dept. Of the Cumberland Atlanta, Ga., September 14, 1864. General: I have the honor to transmit the reports of corps chiefs of ery arm of the service in your army during the campaign resulting in the capture of the city of Atlanta: In forwarding these reports I will bear witness to the efficiency and valuable services pey the enemy: Four 6-pounder iron guns at Resaca, May 16, 1864; 20 guns of different calibers at Atlanta, September 2, 1864; 10 guns of different calibers at Rome. A consolidated report of casualtn in the artillery of the Army of the Cumberland during the campaign ending with the capture of Atlanta. Zzz J. M. Brannan, Brig. Gen., Chief of Artillery, Dept. of the Cumberland. Hdqrs. Chief of Artillery, Dept. of the Cumberland, Atlanta, Ga., October 1, 1864. I have the honor to forward a report of the number of horses received by the artillery of the Army of the Cumberland, during
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