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Showing posts with label Macon GA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Macon GA. Show all posts
Monday, September 23, 2024

Diary of Corporal John Worrell Northrop: Tuesday, May 24, 1864

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Another night cramped up on the cars; another night of painful nipping at napping amidst the roar, the heat and jogging of the train. Everyb...
Monday, August 14, 2023

General Braxton Bragg to Colonel John B. Sale, December 4, 1864—Recived 1 p.m.

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AUGUSTA, December 4 , 1864 .           (Received 1 p.m.) Col. JOHN B. SALE,           Military Secretary, Richmond: The column is moving ...
Sunday, May 7, 2023

Major-General Joseph Wheeler to General Braxton Bragg, November 16, 1864

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GRIFFIN, November 16 , 1864 — 4 p.m.           (Received Richmond 1.10 p.m. 17th.) General BRAGG: Enemy checked this evening near Bear Cre...
Monday, September 21, 2020

Captain Charles Wright Wills: November 24, 1864

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Irwinton, November 24, 1864. Made 12 miles to-day over a rolling but well settled country. This is a nice little 700 county town. I hea...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General William T. Sherman, September 12, 1864

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CITY POINT, VA , September 12 , 1864 .   Maj. Gen. W. T. SHERMAN, Commanding Military Division of the Mississippi: I send Lieutena...
Friday, April 10, 2020

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General George H. Thomas, October 20, 1864

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HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,                         In the Field, Summerville, Ga., October 20 , 1864 . Major-General ...
Friday, April 7, 2017

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: March 13, 1864

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Ran very slow through the night, and are in the vicininy of Macon, Ga. Will reach our prison to-night. Received a pone of corn bread apiece...
Friday, August 19, 2016

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Fessenden Morse: November 3, 1864

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Atlanta, Ga ., Nov. 3,1864. I am now going to let you into some of our mighty secrets, which, probably, when you receive this, will be ...
Saturday, June 11, 2016

Diary of Dolly Lunt Burge: July 29, 1864

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Sleepless nights. The report is that the Yankees have left Covington for Macon, headed by Stoneman, to release prisoners held there. They r...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Francis H. Wigfall to Louis T. Wigfall, September 14, 1864

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Camp near Lovejoy's Station, Sept. 14, 1864. When my last was written Sherman had not developed his intentions, and we were all i...
Monday, October 19, 2015

Louise Wigfall to Charlotte Cross Wigfall, September 4, 1864

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macon , Sept. 4th, 1864. . . . I have no news to give you and must confess that things just at present look rather blue. The intelligen...
Saturday, September 12, 2015

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, November 26, 1864

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The weather is cool but quite pleasant. We lay in camp awaiting the completion of the pontoon bridge. At 10 o'clock we began our march ...
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Wednesday, November 23, 1864

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We started at 7 a. m. and marched twelve miles, when we bivouacked for the night. It is reported that a force of two thousand rebels is in ...
Saturday, September 5, 2015

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, November 19, 1864

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There was some rain last night and the roads today are very slippery, which as the country is so hilly, makes difficult marching. We marche...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut: September 21, 1864

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Went with Mrs. Rhett to hear Dr. Palmer. I did not know before how utterly hopeless was our situation. This man is so eloquent, it was hard...
Saturday, August 22, 2015

Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut: August 23, 1864

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All in a muddle, and yet the news, confused as it is, seems good from all quarters. There is a row in New Orleans. Memphis 1 has been reta...