Garrard’s cavalry occupies the reserve side of the old rebel works; they extend about half a mile from the Howard house.
Read MoreFrom Brigadier General William D. Whipple to Major General David S. Stanley – August 13, 1864
Commanding Fourth Army Corps:
GENERAL: General Garrard has been ordered to send a scouting party in the direction of Decatur, for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of those movements the enemy made last night and his apparent intentions, and the m
Journal of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph S. Fullerton, 4th Army Corps – August 13, 1864
1.25 a. m., received dispatch from Brigadier-General Kimball, commanding First Division, stating that a column of the enemy had been passing for an hour and a half in front of Taylor’s brigade, of his division, moving toward our left. (This divisi
Read MoreFrom Major General William T. Sherman to Brigadier General J. McArthur – August 13, 1864
See at once as to who and what force broke the road at or near Acworth. It is, in my judgment, a mere cut, having a bearing on something beyond.
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major-General, Commanding.
BIG SHANTY, GA., August 13, 1864-12.50 p.m.
Major-Genera
From Major General George H. Thomas to Major General William T. Sherman – August 13, 1864
Garrard has already received orders to scout as far as Roswell. He sent a scouting party some distance beyond Decatur, both south and in the direction of Covington, yesterday, but discovered nothing. Have sent orders for Kilpatrick to put down the bridge
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