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Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea

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by Noah Andre Trudeau


  55th Ohio

  Lieut. Col. Edwin H. Powers

  73rd Ohio

  Lieut. Col. Samuel H. Hurst

  26th Wisconsin

  Lieut. Col. Frederick C. Winkler

  ARTILLERY BRIGADE

  Maj. John A. Reynolds

  1st New York Light Artillery: Battery I Capt. Charles E. Winegar

  1st New York Light Artillery: Battery M Lieut. Edward P. Newkirk

  1st Ohio Light Artillery: Battery C Capt. Marco B. Gary

  Lieut. Jerome B. Stephens

  Pennsylvania Light Artillery: Battery E Capt. Thomas S. Sloan

  CAVALRY DIVISION [5,063]

  Brig. Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick

  FIRST BRIGADE

  Col. Eli H. Murray

  8th Indiana

  Cavalry Lieut. Col. Fielder A. Jones

  2nd Kentucky Cavalry

  Capt. Joseph T. Forman

  Capt. Robert M. Gilmore

  3rd Kentucky Cavalry

  Lieut. Col. Robert H. King

  5th Kentucky Cavalry

  Col. Oliver L. Baldwin

  9th Pennsylvania Cavalry

  Col. Thomas J. Jordan

  SECOND BRIGADE

  Col. Smith D. Atkins

  92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry

  Lieut. Col. Matthew van Buskirk

  3rd Indiana Cavalry

  Capt. Charles U. Patton

  9th Michigan Cavalry

  Col. George S. Acker

  5th Ohio Cavalry

  Col. Thomas T. Heath

  9th Ohio Cavalry

  Col. William D. Hamilton

  10th Ohio Cavalry

  Lieut. Col. Thomas W. Sanderson

  McLaughlin’s (Ohio) Squadron

  Capt. John Dalzell

  UNATTACHED

  1st Alabama Cavalry

  Col. George E. Spencer

  9th Illinois Mounted Infantry

  Lieut. Col. Samuel T. Hughes

  ARTILLERY

  10th Wisconsin Battery

  Capt. Yates V. Beebe

  CONFEDERATE FORCES ROSTER

  [G=Griswoldville, H=Honey Hill, O=Oconee River Bridge, S=Savannah Defenses]

  DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA AND FLORIDA

  Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee

  Hartridge’s (Independent) Command

  Maj. Alfred L. Hartridge [O/S]

  Ashley (South Carolina) Dragoons

  Captain George C. Heyward

  27th Georgia Battalion [detail]

  Maxwell’s Light Artillery Battery

  Lieut. Joseph A. Huger [section]

  FORT MCALLISTER

  Maj. George W. Anderson

  Emmett Rifles

  Capt. George A. Nicoll

  Clinch’s Light Artillery Battery

  Captain Nicholas B. Clinch (w)

  1st Georgia Reserve Regiment: Company D

  Capt. George N. Hendry

  1st Georgia Reserve Regiment:

  Company E

  Capt. Angus Morrison (w)

  GEORGIA STATE TROOPS

  FIRST DIVISION GEORGIA MILITIA

  Maj. Gen. Gustavus W. Smith

  UNATTACHED

  Factory and Penitentiary Guards [O]

  Williams’s (Militia) Company of Infantry

  Talbot’s (Militia) Company of Cavalry

  FIRST BRIGADE GEORGIA MILITIA [H/S]

  Brig. Gen. Reuben W. Carswell

  1st Georgia Militia Regiment

  Col. Edward H. Pottle

  2nd Georgia Militia Regiment

  Col. James Stapleton

  3rd Georgia Militia Regiment

  Col. Q. M. Hill

  SECOND BRIGADE GEORGIA MILITIA [G/S]

  Brig. Gen. Pleasant J. Philips

  Lieut. Col. Dexter B. Thompson

  4th Georgia Militia Regiment

  Col. James M. Mann

  5th Georgia Militia Regiment

  Col. S. S. Stafford

  6th Georgia Militia Regiment

  Col. J. W. Burney

  THIRD BRIGADE GEORGIA MILITIA [S]

  Brig. Gen. Charles D. Anderson

  7th Georgia Militia Regiment

  Col. Abner Redding

  8th Georgia Militia Regiment

  Col. William B. Scott

  9th Georgia Militia Regiment

  Col. J. M. Hill

  FOURTH BRIGADE GEORGIA MILITIA [G/S]

  Brig. Gen. Henry K. McCay

  10th Georgia Militia Regiment

  Col. C. M. Davis

  11th Georgia Militia Regiment

  Col. William T. Toole

  12th Georgia Militia Regiment

  Col. Richard Sims

  GEORGIA STATE LINE BRIGADE [G/H/S]

  Lieut. Col. Beverly D. Evans (w)

  Lieut. Col. James Wilson

  GEORGIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, CORPS OF CADETS [O/S]

  Maj. Francis W. Capers

  ARTILLERY

  14th Georgia Light Artillery [G/S]

  Capt. Reul W. Anderson

  Pruden’s Battery [O/S]

  Capt. William H. Pruden

  Pulaski Artillery [S]

  Lieut. R. H. Brown [section]

  Hamilton’s Battery [S]

  MCLAWS’S DIVISION

  Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws

  BAKER’S NORTH CAROLINA BRIGADE [S]

  Brig. Gen. Lawrence S. Baker

  10th North Carolina Battalion

  Maj. Willon L. Young

  36th North Carolina

  Maj. James M. Stevenson

  40th North Carolina

  Maj. William A. Holland

  50th North Carolina

  Lieut. J. C. Ellington

  77th North Carolina

  Col. Washington Hardy

  LEWIS’S KENTUCKY MOUNTED INFANTRY (“ORPHAN” BRIGADE) [S]

  Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis

  2nd Kentucky Mounted Infantry

  4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry

  9th Kentucky Mounted Infantry

  Worthen’s North Carolina Battalion

  3rd Battalion Georgia Reserves

  1st Regiment Georgia Reserves

  ARTILLERY

  Capt. J. A. Maxwell

  Daniell’s Light Artillery Battery [S]

  Capt. Charles Daniell

  Abell’s Light Artillery Battery [S]

  Capt. Henry F. Abell

  Barnwell’s Battery [section] [S]

  German Artillery Battery [S]

  Capt. F. W. Wagner [section]

  WRIGHT’S DIVISION

  Maj. Gen. Ambrose R. Wright

  MERCER’S BRIGADE

  Brig. Gen. Hugh W. Mercer

  Athens Local Defense Battalion [G/H/S]

  Maj. Ferdinand W. C. Cook (k)

  Augusta Local Defense Battalion [G/H/S]

  Maj. George T. Jackson

  Nisbet’s Local Defense Regiment [S]

  Brook’s Foreign Battalion (paroled Union prisoners) [S]

  JACKSON’S BRIGADE

  Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson

  Columbus Local Defense Units [S]

  Colonel Leon von Zinken

  Dismounted Cavalry Brigade [S]

  Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Ferguson

  (also see Wheeler’s Cavalry)

  ARTILLERY

  Capt. John W. Brooks

  Guerard’s Light Artillery Battery [S]

  Capt. John M. Guerard

  Maxwell’s Battery [section] [S]

  Barnwell’s Battery [section] [S]

  Terrell Light Artillery Battery [S]

  Capt. John W. Brooks

  Hanleiter’s Light Artillery Battery [S]

  Capt. Cornelius R. Hanleiter

  CAVALRY CORPS

  Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler

  ALLEN’S DIVISION

  Brig. Gen. William Wirt Allen

  CREWS’S GEORGIA BRIGADE

  Col. Charles C. Crews

  1st Georgia Cavalry

  Col. Samuel Davitte

  2nd Georgia Cavalry


  Col. George C. Looney

  3rd Georgia Cavalry

  Col. Robert Thompson

  4th Georgia Cavalry

  Col. Isaac Avery

  6th Georgia Cavalry

  Col. John R. Hart

  HAGAN’S ALABAMA BRIGADE

  Col. James Hagan

  1st Alabama Cavalry

  Lieut. Col. David T. Blakey

  3rd Alabama Cavalry

  Col. Josiah Robins

  4th Alabama Cavalry

  Col. Alfred A. Russell

  7th Alabama Cavalry

  Capt. George Mason

  19th Alabama Cavalry

  Capt. Warren S. Reese

  51st Alabama Cavalry

  Col. M. L. Kilpatrick

  HUMES’S DIVISION

  Brig. Gen. William Y. C. Humes

  HARRISON’S BRIGADE

  Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Harrison

  3rd Arkansas Cavalry

  Col. Anson W. Hobson

  4th Tennessee Cavalry

  Lieut. Col. Paul F. Anderson

  8th Texas Cavalry

  Lieut. Col. Gustave Cook

  11th Texas Cavalry

  Col. George R. Reeves

  ASHBY’S BRIGADE

  Col. Henry M. Ashby

  1st Tennessee Cavalry

  Col. James T. Wheeler

  2nd Tennessee Cavalry

  Capt. William M. Smith

  5th Tennessee Cavalry

  Col. George W. McKenzie

  9th Tennessee Cavalry

  Capt. W. L. Bromley

  IVERSON’S DIVISION

  Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Iverson

  FERGUSON’S BRIGADE

  Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Ferguson [S]

  2nd Alabama Cavalry

  Lieut. Col. John N. Carpenter

  56th Alabama Cavalry

  Col. William Boyles

  9th Mississippi Cavalry

  Col. Horace H. Miller

  11th Mississippi Cavalry

  Col. Robert O. Perrin

  12th Mississippi Battalion

  Col. William M. Inge

  LEWIS’S KENTUCKY MOUNTED INFANTRY (“ORPHAN” BRIGADE) [O/S]

  Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis

  2nd Kentucky Mounted Infantry

  4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry

  9th Kentucky Mounted Infantry

  Worthen’s North Carolina Battalion

  3rd Battalion Georgia Reserves

  1st Regiment Georgia Reserves

  ANDERSON’S CONFEDERATE BRIGADE

  Brig. Gen. Robert H. Anderson

  3rd Confederate Cavalry

  Lieut. Col. John McCaskill

  8th Confederate Cavalry

  Lieut. Col. John S. Prather

  10th Confederate Cavalry

  Capt. W. J. Vason

  12th Confederate Cavalry

  Lieut. Col. Marcellus Pointer

  5th Georgia Cavalry

  Col. Edward Bird

  DIBRELL’S TENNESSEE BRIGADE

  Brig. Gen. George G. Dibrell

  4th Tennessee Cavalry

  Col. William S. McLemore

  8th Tennessee Cavalry

  Lieut. Col. Paul F. Anderson

  9th Tennessee Cavalry

  Capt. James M. Reynolds

  10th Tennessee Cavalry

  Maj. John Minor

  11th Tennessee Cavalry

  Col. Daniel W. Holman

  YOUNG’S BRIGADE

  Brig. Gen. Pierce M. B. Young

  10th Georgia Cavalry

  20th Georgia Battalion

  Cobb’s Legion Cavalry Battalion

  Phillip’s Legion Cavalry Battalion

  Chapter Notes

  Note: Complete information for material cited in the chapter notes can be found in the bibliography. All references to Series I of The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies are here designated OR, followed by the volume and number of the series. Similarly, all references to Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies are abbreviated ORN, and to the Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, ORS. Other frequently used source abbreviations appearing herein are as follows: AAS (American Antiquarian Society), AHC (Atlanta History Center), ALL (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library), BHS (Bureau County Historical Society), CHI (Chicago Historical Society), CHS (Chemung County Historical Society), CIN (Cincinnati Historical Society), CSL (Connecticut State Library), DU (Duke University), EU (Emory University), GHS (Georgia Historical Society), GSA (Georgia State Archives), HFL (Henry Ford Library), HL (Huntington Library), IHS (Indiana Historical Society), ISL (Indiana State Library), IU, (Indiana University), KNP (Kennesaw Mountain National Park), KNX (Knox College), LHS (Lancaster County Historical Society), LOC (Library of Congress), LSU (Louisiana State University), MAS (Massachusetts Historical Society), MCA (Fort McAllister Historic Park), MHI (United States Military History Institute), MHS (Minnesota Historical Society), NA (National Archives), NJH (New Jersey Historical Society), NYH (New-York Historical Society), NYL (New York State Library), OHS (Ohio Historical Society), PAH (Pennsylvania Historical Society), RU (Rutgers University), SHC (Southern Historical Collection), SHI (State Historical Society of Iowa), TSL (Tennessee State Library), UDC (Georgia Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy: Confederate Reminiscences and Letters, 1861–1865), UGA (University of Georgia, Athens), UMB (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan), UIA (University of Iowa), UMC (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan), UWA (University of Washington), WHS (Wisconsin Historical Society), and WRS (Western Reserve Historical Society).

  CHAPTER 1. A GATHERING OF EAGLES

  “view to judging”: Davis, Rise & Fall, 2:478.

  “sovereignty of the State”: Quoted in Parks, Joseph E. Brown, 219.

 

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