I have sent a brigade of infantry with Colonel Garrard’s cavalry to make a detour to the left and threaten the enemy’s extreme right, reconnoitering all the roads to the east and south. I will also keep up activity along my front.
Read MoreReport from Major General William T. Sherman about Stoneman’s Cavalry Raid – July 29, 1864
Having, therefore, sufficiently crippled the Augusta road, and rendered it useless to the enemy, I then addressed myself to the task of reaching the Macon road, over which of necessity came the stores and ammunition that alone maintained the
Read MoreFrom General John B. Hood to General Howell Cobb – July 28, 1864
Let the militia remain at Andersonville for the present. Raiders reported across South River; one column moving toward McDonough.
Read MoreFrom W. Y. C. Humes to Major E. S. Burford – July 28, 1864
MAJOR: Your dispatch of 10.10 a. m. just received. I have halted my command on the McDonough road, three miles from Doctor Avery’s where it will await orders.
Respectfully, &c.,
W. Y. C. HUMES,
From Brigadier General Francis A. Shoup to Major General Joseph Wheeler – July 28, 1864
Commanding Cavalry:
Your dispatches of 5.35 and 7.05 received. The general approves your determination to guard the railroad. Take such steps as your best judgment prompts.
Very respectfully,
F. A. SHOUP,
Chief of Staff.
HEADQUA
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