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1st Lieut 1st Sergt 2d Lieut Absalom Baird advance Albert army artillery Atlanta Atlanta campaign battery battle battle of Chickamauga battle of Perryville Bragg brigade Buell camp campaign Capt Captain captured cavalry Charles Chattanooga Chickamauga Colonel command Company Confederate corps Creek crest Cumberland Cumberland Gap Cumberland river Died disability division duty enemy enemy's engaged enlisted Federal field fight fire flank forage force front George George W Georgia guns halted Henry hundred infantry James John July 12 July 26 June Kentucky Killed Kingsville Academy lieutenant Lookout Louisville miles Missionary Ridge Munfordville Murfreesboro Muster Nashville Nelson night officers Ohio Paroled Perryv'e Perryville picket position Private railroad RANK rear regiment Regt REMARKS river road Savannah Sergeant Sherman skirmish Smith soldier Tenn Tennessee Thomas Thousand troops wagons William H woods wounded
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Page 348 - Thomas into the count, as it should be taken, it is indeed a great success. Not only does it afford the obvious and immediate military advantages ; but in showing to the world that your army could be divided, putting the stronger part to an important new service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole, — Hood's army, — it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light. But what next?
Page 347 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 317 - The national thanks are tendered by the President to Major-General William T. Sherman, and the gallant officers and soldiers of his command before Atlanta, for the distinguished ability, courage, and perseverance displayed in the campaign in Georgia, which, under divine favor, has resulted in the capture of Atlanta. The marches, battles, sieges, and other military operations that have signalized the campaign must render it famous in the annals of war, and have entitled those who have participated...
Page viii - Confederacy and the peace which now dawns upon us must be judged by others, not by us, but that you have done all that men could do has been admitted by those in authority, and we have a right to join in the universal joy that fills our land because the war is over and our government stands vindicated before the world by the joint action of the volunteer armies and navy of the United States.
Page vii - The general commanding announces to the Armies of the Tennessee and Georgia that the time has come for us to part. Our work is done, and armed enemies no longer defy us. Some of you will go to your homes, and others will be retained in military service till further orders.
Page viii - Your general now bids you all farewell, with the full belief that, as in war you have been good soldiers, so in peace you will make good citizens ; and if, unfortunately, new war should arise in our country, Sherman's army...
Page 348 - Many, many thanks for your Christmas gift, the capture of Savannah. When you were about leaving Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful; but feeling that you were the better judge, and remembering that " nothing risked, nothing gained,
Page 351 - As to the rank and file, they seem so full of confidence in themselves, that I doubt if they want a compliment from me; but I must do them the justice to say that, whether called on to fight, to march, to wade streams, to make roads, clear out obstructions, build bridges, make " corduroy," or tear up railroads, they have done it with alacrity and a degree of cheerfulness unsarparsed.