Inasmuch as we have postponed our movement till Thursday night I think it would be well for General Garrard to send out the brigade that did not go with General Kilpatrick out to Stone Mountain to-morrow, and let it break up another five miles of road to
Read MoreReport of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Klein about Kilpatrick’s Raid – August 23, 1864
At 11 p. m. of the 18th instant, with my command of 13 officers and 292 men, I left the main column at Stevens’ farm, seven miles from the railroad at Fairburn. Agreeably to instructions, I tore up a portion of track and telegraph wire, and at 2 a. m. 19t
Read MoreFrom Colonel Eli Long to Captain Robert P. Kennedy – August 23, 1864
CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report the part taken by this brigade in the late expedition of General Kilpatrick in the enemy’s rear. In pursuance of orders received on the evening of the 17th, I furnished my command with rations for five days, and moved f
Read MoreReports of Lieutenant George I. Robinson, Chicago Board of Trade Battery – August 23, 1864
SIR: I have the honor to report to the brigadier-general, chief of artillery, the following general summary of the part taken by my battery in the recent operations under
Read MoreFrom Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick to Brigadier General W. L. Elliott – August 23, 1864
GENERAL: I learn from Lieutenant-Colonel Klein, and from prisoners, taken by him, that the impression at headquarters that he had done but little damage to the railroad is erroneous. He informs me that he effectually destroyed 3 miles of the road below Be
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