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Showing posts with label Congaree River. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Congaree River. Show all posts
Monday, May 27, 2024

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: February 16, 1865

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This morning we move our camp and shift around more to the left. Brisk skirmishing is now going on along the river, with some cannonading. I...
Sunday, March 17, 2024

Diary of Malvina S. Waring, February 20, 1865

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The adulation we receive in this city is enough to turn our heads completely. But for this dreadful suspense I believe it would. The most ap...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

Major General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, probably April 6-7, 1866.

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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,           IN THE FIELD NEAR COLUMBIA, S.C., Feb. 16, 1865. Special Field Orders,} N...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Major Charles Wright Wills: February 16, 1865

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February 16, 1865, 7 a. m. The Johnnies shelled our bivouac all night, but hurt no one, but induced us to extinguish our fires, and killed...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, February 18, 1865

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Columbia was almost completely destroyed by fire last night. Only a few houses in the outskirts are left standing, and many people are with...
Friday, January 8, 2016

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Wednesday, February 15, 1865

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It rained all night, and this morning is quite cool. By 8 o'clock we were again on the move and covered ten miles in pushing the rebels...

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Thursday, February 16, 1865

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Early this morning cannonading was begun in front of the Fifteenth Corps, followed by some lively skirmishing, and the rebels were routed f...

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Friday, February 17, 1865

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The Seventeenth Army Corps remained all day on the south bank of the Congaree river, near the Saluda cotton mills, while the Fifteenth Corp...