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 Confederate Major-General Joseph Wheeler’s Cavalry – July 29, 1864
I took my place on the right of the army, skirmishing with the enemy until the 27th. At daylight on that morning, pursuant to orders, I relieved General Hardee’s entire line with my cavalry. While doing so I discovered that the enemy had abandoned their s
Read MoreFrom Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood to Lieutenant Colonel J. S. Fullerton – July 29, 1864
COLONEL: Moore, a scout, whom I sent out on the 26th in the forenoon, returned this p. m. and make the following statement: General S. D. Lee arrived about the 25th instant from Mississippi and brought 3,500 troops with him. These were dismounted cavalry,
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,