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Showing posts with label Decatur AL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Decatur AL. Show all posts
Sunday, July 7, 2024

Diary of Private Richard R. Hancock: Tuesday, March 18, 1862

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McNairy's Battalion drew five months' pay, from the 1st of August to December 31st, 1861. Each private drew twenty-four dollars per ...
Friday, April 12, 2024

Diary of Private Richard R. Hancock: Tuesday, March 4, 1862

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Johnston dispatched thus to the Secretary of War from Shelbyville: My army will move beyond this to-day on the road to Decatur. One brigad...
Thursday, April 11, 2024

Diary of Private Richard R. Hancock: Wednesday, March 12, 1862

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The battalion moved only about six miles and went into camps. The artillery moved on still further in the direction of Decatur. SOURCE: Ri...

Diary of Private Richard R. Hancock: Thursday, March 13, 1862

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Our battalion crossed the Tennessee River on the railroad bridge at Decatur, and went into camps about one mile west of town. The artillery ...
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Official Reports of the Campaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee, November 14, 1864-January 23, 1865: No. 257. — Report of Col. Alfred A. Russell, Fourth Alabama Cavalry, of operations October 26, 1864-January 17, 1865.

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No. 257. Report of Col. Alfred A. Russell, Fourth Alabama Cavalry, of operations October 26, 1864-January 17, 1865. HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ALAB...
Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Official Reports of the Campaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee, November 14, 1864-January 23, 1865: No. 205. — Report of Maj. Thomas G. Williamson, Tenth Indiana Cavalry, of operations December 28, 1864-January 6, 1865.

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No. 205. Report of Maj. Thomas G. Williamson, Tenth Indiana Cavalry, of operations December 28, 1864-January 6, 1865. HEADQUARTERS TENTH IND...
Friday, April 10, 2020

Major-General William T. Sherman to Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, November 2, 1864

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HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,                         In the Field, Rome, Ga.., November 2 , 1864 . Lieut. Gen. U.S. GRA...
Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Official Reports of the Campaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee, November 14, 1864 — January 23, 1865: No. 180. Report of Col. Benjamin Harrison, Seventieth Indiana Infantry, commanding First Brigade, of operations November 29, 1864—January 12, 1865.

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No. 180. Report of Col. Benjamin Harrison, Seventieth Indiana Infantry, commanding First Brigade, of operations November 29, 1864--Ja...
Friday, October 25, 2019

Major-General George B. McClellan to Brigadier-General Don Carlos Buell, February 7, 1862 — 7:15 p.m.

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HEADQUARTERS ARMY, February 7 , 1862 — 7 . 15 p. m.   Brig. Gen. D. C. BUELL,   Louisville, Ky.: Why not take the line of the Tenn...
Thursday, October 24, 2019

Major-General George B. McClellan to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, February 7, 1862 — 7:15 p.m.

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HEADQUARTERS ARMY, February 7 , 1862 — 7 . 15 p.m. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, Saint Louis, Mo.: Dispatch received. I congratulate y...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General Don Carlos Buell, March 14, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSPPI,          Saint Louis, March 14 , 1862 . Major-General BUELL, Nashville: A diving-boat wi...

Major-General Don Carlos Buell to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, March 15, 1862

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NASHVILLE, TENN., March 15 , 1862 . Major-General HALLECK: Your dispatch of yesterday received this morning. Undoubtedly we should...
Thursday, April 5, 2018

Captain Charles Wright Wills: January 9, 1864

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Scottsboro, Ala. , January 9, 1864. We have settled down into fully as monotonous a monotony, as I ever experienced. The powers pretend...
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant to Edwin M. Stanton, October 13, 1864 – 3:30 p.m.

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CITY POINT, VA., October 13, 1864 — 3.30 p.m.   (Received 6 p.m.) Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War: On mature reflection...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Wednesday, May 25, 1864

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We packed our knapsacks and sent them by rail to Rome, Georgia. The advance of our corps started early this morning for Decatur, Alabama, b...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Major General Ulysses S. Grant to Mary Frances Grant, August 19, 1862

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Corinth, Mississippi, August 19th, 1862. Dear Sister: Julia and the children left here on Saturday last for St. Louis where they ...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

St. Louis Budget of News and Rumors

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ST. LOUIS, Feb. 19. – Accounts from every camp in the State represent the joy of our troops over the Donelson victory unbounded. – At Pilot ...
Monday, March 5, 2012

Bridge over the Cumberland River Destroyed

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ST. LOUIS, Feb. 19. – A Union scout who has been operating up the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers reached here this morning and reports one ...
Monday, April 11, 2011

From St. Louis

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From St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Feb. 19. Accounts from every camp in the State represent the joy of our troops over the Donelson victory unbound...
Thursday, March 31, 2011

Bridge Destroyed

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ST. LOUIS, Feb. 19. A Union scout who has been operating up the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers reached here this morning, and reports that...