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73rd Ohio: Maj. Samuel H. Hurst
26th Wisconsin: Lieut. Col. Frederick C. Winkler, 260 engaged, lost 45 (17.3 percent)
Battery I, 1st Michigan Light Artillery: Capt. Luther R. Smith
Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery: Lieut. Jerome B. Stephens
Confederate Forces: 26,000 engaged, lost 2,500 (9.6 percent)
ARMY OF TENNESSEE: Gen. John B. Hood
HARDEE’S CORPS: Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee, 15,000 engaged, lost 1,500 (10 percent)
CHEATHAM’S DIVISION: Brig. Gen. George Maney
Maney’s Brigade: Col. Francis M. Walker, lost 11
1st and 27th Tennessee: Lieut. Col. John L. House
4th Tennessee: Lieut. Col. Oliver A. Bradshaw
6th and 9th Tennessee: Col. George C. Porter
19th Tennessee: Maj. James G. Deaderick
50th Tennessee: Col. Stephen H. Colms
Strahl’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Otho F. Strahl, lost 21
4th and 5th Tennessee: Maj. Henry Hampton
24th Tennessee: Col. John A. Wilson
31st Tennessee: Lieut. Col. Fountain E. P. Stafford
33rd Tennessee: Lieut. Col. Henry C. McNeill
41st Tennessee: Lieut. Col. James D. Tillman
Vaughan’s Brigade: Col. Michael Magevney Jr., lost 122
11th Tennessee: Col. George W. Gordon
12th and 47th Tennessee: Col. William M. Watkins (wounded); Lieut. Col. J. N. Wyatt (wounded); Capt. Joseph Carthell, lost 52
29th Tennessee: Col. Horace Rice
13th and 154th Tennessee: Maj. William J. Crook, 154th Tennessee lost 45
Wright’s Brigade: Col. John C. Carter, lost 122
8th Tennessee: Col. John H. Anderson
16th Tennessee: Capt. Benjamin Randals
28th Tennessee: Lieut. Col. David C. Crook
38th Tennessee: Lieut. Col. Andrew D. Gwynne
51st and 52nd Tennessee: Lieut. Col. John W. Estes
CLEBURNE’S DIVISION: Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne
Govan’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Daniel C. Govan
2nd and 24th Arkansas: Col. E. Warfield
5th and 13th Arkansas: Col. John E. Murray
6th and 7th Arkansas: Col. Samuel G. Smith
8th and 19th Arkansas: Col. George F. Baucum
3rd Confederate: Capt. M. H. Dixon
Lowrey’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowrey
16th Alabama: Lieut. Col. Frederick A. Ashford
33rd Alabama: Col. Samuel Adams
45th Alabama: Col. Harris D. Lampley
32nd Mississippi: Col. William H. H. Tison
45th Mississippi: Maj. Elisha F. Nunn
Polk’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Lucius E. Polk
1st and 15th Arkansas: Lieut. Col. William H. Martin
5th Confederate: Col. James C. Cole
2nd Tennessee: Col. William D. Robison
48th Tennessee: Capt. Henry G. Evans
Smith’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. James A. Smith
6th and 15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col. Robert R. Garland, lost 17
7th Texas: Capt. T. B. Camp
10th Texas: Col. Roger Q. Mills
17th and 18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Capt. George D. Manion, lost 2
24th and 25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Lieut. Col. William M. Neyland
WALKER’S DIVISION: Maj. Gen. William H. T. Walker
Gist’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. States R. Gist
2nd Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters: Maj. Richard H. Whiteley
8th Georgia Battalion: Col. Zachariah L. Watters
46th Georgia: Maj. Samuel J.C. Dunlop
65th Georgia: Capt. William G. Foster
5th Mississippi: Lieut. Col. John B. Herring
8th Mississippi: Col. John C. Wilkinson
16th South Carolina: Col. James McCullough
24th South Carolina: Col. Ellison Capers
Mercer’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Hugh W. Mercer, 2000 engaged, lost 3 killed, 15 wounded, 5 missing, total 23 (1.1 percent)
1st Georgia (Volunteer): Col. Charles H. Olmstead
54th Georgia: Lieut. Col. Morgan Rawls
57th Georgia: Lieut. Col. Cincinnatus S. Guyton
63rd Georgia: Maj. Joseph V. H. Allen
Stevens’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Clement H. Stevens (mortally wounded); Col. J. Cooper Nisbet
1st Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters: Maj. Arthur Shaaff
1st Georgia (Confederate): Col. George A. Smith
25th Georgia: Col. William J. Winn
29th Georgia: Capt. J. W. Turner
30th Georgia: Lieut. Col. James S. Boynton
66th Georgia: Col. J. Cooper Nisbet
BATE’S DIVISION: Maj. Gen. William B. Bate
Finley’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Jesse J. Finley
1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted) and 3rd Florida: Capt. Matthew H. Strain
1st and 4th Florida: Lieut. Col. Edward Badger
6th Florida: Lieut. Col. Daniel L. Kenan
7th Florida: Lieut. Col. Robert Bullock
Lewis’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis
2nd Kentucky: Col. James W. Moss
4th Kentucky: Lieut. Col. Thomas W. Thompson
5th Kentucky: Lieut. Col. Hiram Hawkins
6th Kentucky: Col. Martin H. Cofer
9th Kentucky: Col. John W. Caldwell
Smith’s Brigade: Col. Thomas B. Smith
4th Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters: Maj. Theodore D. Caswell
37th Georgia: Col. Joseph T. Smith
25th and 37th Tennessee: Lieut. Col. R. Dudley Frayser
20th Tennessee: Lieut. Col. William M. Shy
30th Tennessee: Lieut. Col. James J. Turner
ARTILLERY, HARDEE’S CORPS: Col. Melancthon Smith
Cobb’s Battalion: Maj. Robert Cobb
Gracey’s Kentucky Battery: Lieut. R. B. Matthews
Mebane’s Tennessee Battery: Lieut. J. W. Phillips
Slocomb’s Louisiana Battery: Capt. Cuthbert H. Slocomb
Hotchkiss’s Battalion: Maj. T. R. Hotchkiss
Goldthwaite’s Alabama Battery: Capt. Richard W. Goldthwaite
Key’s Arkansas Battery: Capt. Thomas J. Key
Swett’s Mississippi Battery: Lieut. H. Shannon
Hoxton’s Battalion: Lieut. Col. Llewellyn Hoxton
Perry’s Florida Battery: Capt. Thomas J. Perry
Phelan’s Alabama Battery: Lieut. Nathaniel Venable
Turner’s Mississippi Battery: Capt. William B. Turner
Martin’s Battalion: Maj. Robert Martin
Bledsoe’s Missouri Battery: Capt. Hiram M. Bledsoe
Ferguson’s South Carolina Battery: Lieut. John A. Alston
Howell’s Georgia Battery: Capt. Evan P. Howell
ARMY OF MISSISSIPPI: Lieut. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart, 11,000 engaged, lost 1,000 (9.0 percent)
FRENCH’S DIVISION: Maj. Gen. Samuel G. French, lost 19
Cockrell’s Brigade: Col. Elijah Gates, lost 15
1st Missouri Cavalry (dismounted) and 3rd Missouri Battalion Cavalry (dismounted): Lieut. Col. D. Todd Samuel
1st and 4th Missouri: Lieut. Col. Hugh A. Garland
2nd and 6th Missouri: Col. Peter C. Flournoy
3rd and 5th Missouri: Col. James McCown
Ector’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Matthew D. Ector, lost 4
29th North Carolina: Lieut. Col. Bacchus S. Proffitt
39th North Carolina: Col. David Coleman
9th Texas: Col. William H. Young
10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col. C. R. Earp
14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col. John L. Camp
32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col. Julius A. Andrews
Sears’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Claudius W. Sears
7th Mississippi Battalion: Lieut. A. J. Farmer
4th Mississippi: Col. Thomas N. Adaire
35th Mississippi: Lieut. Col. Reuben H. Shotwell
36th Mississippi: Col. William W. Witherspoon
39th Mississippi: M
aj. R. J. Durr
46th Mississippi: Col. William H. Clark
LORING’S DIVISION: Maj. Gen. William W. Loring, 2,550 engaged, lost 1,016 (39.8 percent)
Adams’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. John Adams
6th Mississippi: Col. Robert Lowry
14th Mississippi: Lieut. Col. Washington L. Doss
15th Mississippi: Col. Michael Farrell
20th Mississippi: Col. William N. Brown
23rd Mississippi: Col. Joseph M. Wells
43rd Mississippi: Col. Richard Harrison
Featherston’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Winfield S. Featherston, 1,230 engaged, lost 626 (50.8 percent)
1st Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters: Maj. James M. Stigler
3rd Mississippi: Col. Thomas A. Mellon (wounded); Lieut. Col. Samuel M. Dyer
22nd Mississippi: Maj. Martin A. Oatis (wounded); Capt. J. T. Formby
31st Mississippi: Lieut. Col. James W. Drane (wounded); Maj. F. M. Gillespie (wounded); Lieut. William D. Shaw, 215 engaged, lost 164 (76.7 percent)
33rd Mississippi: Col. Jabez L. Drake (killed); Capt. Moses Jackson
40th Mississippi: Lieut. Col. George P. Wallace (wounded); Maj. W. McD. Gibbens (killed); Capt. Charles A. Huddleston
Scott’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Scott, 1,320 engaged, lost 390 (29.5 percent)
27th, 35th, and 49th Alabama: Col. Samuel S. Ives, lost 33
55th Alabama: Col. John Snodgrass
57th Alabama: Lieut. Col. William C. Bethune, 330 engaged, lost 157
12th Louisiana: Col. Noel L. Nelson, 318 engaged, lost 73
WALTHALL’S DIVISION: Maj. Gen. Edward C. Walthall
Cantey’s Brigade: Col. Edward A. O’Neal, 1,050 engaged, lost 279 (26.5 percent)
17th Alabama: Maj. Thomas J. Burnett
26th Alabama: Maj. David F. Bryan
29th Alabama: Col. John F. Conoley
37th Mississippi: Col. Orlando S. Holland, 210 engaged, lost 48 (22.8 percent)
Sharpshooters: Capt. Sid B. Smith
Quarles’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. William A. Quarles, lost 24
1st Alabama: Maj. Samuel L. Knox
4th Louisiana: Col. S. E. Hunter
30th Louisiana: Lieut. Col. Thomas Shields
42nd Tennessee: Col. Isaac N. Hulme
45th and 55th Tennessee: Col. Robert A. Owens
48th Tennessee: Lieut. Col. Aaron S. Godwin
49th Tennessee: Col. William F. Young
53rd Tennessee: Col. John R. White
Reynolds’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Reynolds, 540 engaged, lost 67 (12.4 percent)
1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted): Lieut. Col. Morton G. Galloway, lost 2 killed, 12 wounded, 2 missing, total 16
2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted): Col. James A. Williamson
4th Arkansas: Col. Henry G. Bunn
9th Arkansas: Col. Isaac L. Dunlop
25th Arkansas: Col. Charles J. Turnbull
ARTILLERY, ARMY OF MISSISSIPPI: (commander unknown)
Myrick’s Battalion: Maj. John D. Myrick
Bouanchaud’s Louisiana Battery: Capt. Alcide Bouanchaud
Cowan’s Mississippi Battery: Capt. James J. Cowan
Lookout Tennessee Battery: Lieut. Richard L. Watkins, lost 15
Preston’s Battalion: Maj. William C. Preston (killed)
Selden’s Alabama Battery: Lieut. Charles W. Lovelace
Tarrant’s Alabama Battery: Lieut. Seth Shepard
Yates’s Mississippi Battery: Capt. James H. Yates
Storrs’s Battalion: Maj. George S. Storrs
Guibor’s Missouri Battery: Lieut. Aaron W. Harris
Hoskins’ Mississippi Battery: Capt. James A. Hoskins
Ward’s Alabama Battery: Capt. John J. Ward
Waties’s Battalion: Capt. John Waties
Croft’s Georgia Battery: Capt. Edward Croft
King’s Missouri Battery: Capt. Houston King
Waties’s South Carolina Battery: Lieut. R. B. Waddell
Notes
Abbreviations
AAS American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts
ADAH Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery
AHC Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia
ALPL Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, Illinois
AU Auburn University, Special Collections and Archives, Auburn, Alabama
BHL-UM University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library, Ann Arbor
CHM Chicago History Museum, Chicago
CHS Connecticut Historical Society, New Haven
CU Cornell University, Rare and Manuscript Collections, Ithaca, New York
CWM College of William and Mary, Special Collections, Williamsburg, Virginia
DPL Detroit Public Library, Burton Historical Collection, Detroit
DU Duke University, Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Durham, North Carolina
EU Emory University, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Books Library, Atlanta, Georgia
FHS Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
GA Georgia Archives, Morrow
GHS Georgia Historical Society, Savannah
GLIAH Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New-York Historical Society, New York
HSP Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
IHS Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis
ISL Indiana State Library, Indianapolis
LC Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.
LMU Lincoln Memorial University, Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Harrogate, Tennessee
LSU Louisiana State University, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Baton Rouge
MDAH Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson
MHS Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston
MSU Mississippi State University, Special Collections, Starkville
NARA National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
NC Navarro College, Pearce Civil War Collection, Corsicana, Texas
NL Newberry Library, Chicago
N-YHS New-York Historical Society, New York
NYPL New York Public Library, Rare Books and Manuscripts, New York
NYSL New York State Library, Albany
OHS Ohio Historical Society, Archives/Library, Columbus
OR War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 70 vols. in 128. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. Unless otherwise cited, all references are to Series 1. OR citations take the following form: volume number (part number, where applicable):page number.
RBHPC Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont, Ohio
SAF State Archives of Florida, Tallahassee
SCHS South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston
SHSM-RCC State Historical Society of Missouri, Research Center Columbia
SHSM-RCR State Historical Society of Missouri, Research Center Rolla
SOR Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies 100 Vols. Wilmington, N.C.: Broadfoot, 1993–2000.
SU Syracuse University, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse, New York
TC The Citadel, Archives and Museum, Charleston, South Carolina
TSLA Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville
UA University of Alabama, W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library, Tuscaloosa
UC University of California, Bancroft Library, Berkeley
UG University of Georgia, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Athens
UH University of Houston, Special Collections, Texas
UI University of Iowa, Special Collections, Iowa City
UM University of Mississippi, Archives and Special Collections, Oxford
UNC University of North Carolina, Southern Historical Collection, Chapel Hill
UND University of Notre Dame, Rare Books and Special Collections, South Bend, Indiana
/> USAMHI U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
USC University of South Carolina, South Caroliniana Library
USM University of Southern Mississippi, Archives, Hattiesburg
UTC University of Tennessee, Special Collections, Chattanooga
UTK University of Tennessee, Special Collections, Knoxville
UTM University of Tennessee, Special Collections, Martin
VHS Virginia Historical Society, Richmond
WHS Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison
WLC-UM University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbor
Chapter 1
1. Sherman to Halleck, September 15, 1864, OR, 38(1):62–63; Castel, Decision in the West, 111, 115, 121.
2. For a good overview of the Overland campaign, consult Grimsley, And Keep Moving On.
3. Sherman to Ellen, May 20, 1864, in Simpson and Berlin, Sherman’s Civil War, 638.
4. Hess, Trench Warfare under Grant and Lee, 205–14.
5. Bearss, “Siege of Jackson,” 55–105.
6. Sherman to Halleck, September 15, 1864, OR, 38(1):69.
7. Castel, Decision in the West, 121–209.
8. Ibid., 217–326; Hess, Kennesaw Mountain, 71–137.
9. Castel, Decision in the West, 261–62.
10. Johnston to Bragg, July 10, 1864, OR, 38(5):873.
11. Howard to Whipple, September 18, 1864, OR, 38(1):200–201.
12. Thomas to Sawyer, August 17, 1864, OR, 38(1):155; Hascall to Campbell, September 10, 1864, OR, 38(2):571; Johnston to Cooper, July 14, 1864, OR, 38(5):879; Connelly, Autumn of Glory, 397–98.
13. Connelly, Autumn of Glory, 398; Williams to Burford, July 10, 1864, 2 P.M.; Kelly to Burford, July 10, 1864, 6 P.M.; and Anderson to Burford, July 10, 1864, OR, 38(5):873–74.
14. Johnston to Wheeler, July 13, 1864, OR, 38(5):879.
15. Landingham to mother, July 14, 1864, Irenus Watson Landingham Collection, AU; J. Walker Coleman to Quintard, July 9, 1864, Charles Todd Quintard Papers, DU; Walker to daughter, July 15, 1864, W. H. T. Walker Papers, DU.
16. Johnston, “Opposing Sherman’s Advance to Atlanta,” 274.
17. Sherman to Ellen, June 30, 1864, in Simpson and Berlin, Sherman’s Civil War, 660; Sherman to Halleck, July 6, 1864, OR, 38(5):66.
18. Cox, Atlanta, 144.
19. Ibid., 145; Joslyn, Charlotte’s Boys, 268; Franklin, Civil War Diaries, 188; William McLeod Civil War Pocket Diary, July 18, 1864, SAF; E. D. Willett Diary, July 18, 1864, ADAH.
20. Cox, Atlanta, 146.
21. Ibid., 144–45.
22. Ibid., 147.
23. Bradley to Mary, July 17, 1864, Luther P. Bradley Collection, USAMHI; Sherman to Halleck September 15, 1864, OR, 38(1):71; O’Connor to not stated, September 7, 1864, OR, 38(2):229–30.