I will order Kilpatrick’s cavalry down on the other bank of the Chattahoochee to being as crossing at Sandtown. As soon as I learn where Kilpatrick is I will tell you where its effect may be felt. It seems to me a part of the Fourteenth Corps could be spa
Read MoreFrom Lieutenant David F. How to Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick – August 8, 1864
The enemy’s cavalry on the south side of the Chattahoochee threatens General Schofield’s right flank on or near the Sandtown and Atlanta road. The general commanding directs that you make a demonstration opposite to and below Sandtown as if you intended t
Read MoreFrom Colonel Eli Long to Captain Robert P. Kennedy – August 8, 1864
CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report, for the information of the brigadier-general commanding, that I sent a scouting party of one battalion of McAfee’s Bridge at an early hour this morning. Lieutenant-Colonel Patten, First Ohio Cavalry, was in charge of t
Read MoreFrom Major General William T. Sherman to Brigadier General J. McArthur – August 7, 1864
Your dispatch received. General Garrard’s cavalry on our left frequently patrols up as far as McAfee’s Brigade above Roswell. The dust may have been his cavalry. Still I know the enemy will attempt by his cavalry to strike our road, and I want you to keep
Read MoreFrom Major General William T. Sherman to Major General Henry W. Halleck – August 7, 1864
GENERAL: In order that you may have a proper understanding of the recent cavalry operations form this army that terminated somewhat unsuccessfully, I will explain. On the 25th of July I had driven the enemy to his inner intrenchments of Atlanta, and had b
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