Southern Storm (88 page)

“found roads or ground”: Byrne, Diary and Journal, RU.

“teams at bad holes”/“The crackers”: Byrne,
Uncommon Soldiers,
279.

“overflowed the road”: Kittinger, Diary, MHI.

“swelling at so rapid”: Grunert,
History
, 141.

“Everyone wet”: Byrne Diary and Journal, RU.

“We have not”: Bradley,
Star Corps
, 204.

“A large number present”: Ames, Diary, MHI.

“burning the ties”/“a very poor country”: OR 44:172.

“No forage”: Holmes,
52d O.V.I.,
18.

“Rebs make their appearance”: Clark, Diaries, LHS.

“too much demoralized”: OR 44:409.

“After some parleying:” Angle,
Three Years,
345.

“General Kilpatrick”: Hunter,
Eighty-second Indiana
, 140.

“to prepare for a fight”:
National Tribune
, 12/8/1887.

“So many cavalry in line”: Angle,
Three Years
, 345.

“in order to accomplish”: OR 44:618.

“a splendid defensive position”:
New York Herald,
12/22/1864.

“Come on now”: Ibid.

“We moved up”: Tomlinson,
“Dear Friends,”
174.

“grinding out the shot”: Swedberg,
Three Years,
234–35.

“I ordered my bugler”: Hamilton,
Recollections,
163.

“Away we went”: McKeever, “Atlanta to the Sea,” WRS.

“landed lengthwise”:
National Tribune,
4/9/1891.

“At the word of command”:
National Tribune,
2/12/1891.

“We could see an officer”:
National Tribune,
5/17/1883.

“Now for a name”: OR 44:392.

“had to form”: Robertson,
Michigan in the War,
712.

“fog and smoke”:
National Tribune,
11/17/1887.

“was knocked from his horse”: OR 44:397.

“I was glad I did not kill him”: Quoted in Lee, “Tangling with Kilcavalry,” 175.

“and pumped their Spencers”:
92nd Illinois Volunteers,
191.

“I’m shot”:
Toledo Daily Blade,
1/24/1865.

“He never spoke”: More,
Soldier Boy,
308.

“made several counter-charges”: OR 44:365.

“Col. Heath”:
National Tribune,
9/20/1893.

“They rode over”:
New York Herald,
12/28/1864.

“The charge by our cavalry”: Johnson, “March to the Sea,” 327.

“had to retreat”: Miller, Diary, IHS.

“Between us and Waynesboro”:
National Tribune,
Nov. 26, 1903.

“flanks [were] so far extended”: OR 44:365.

“No body of men”: OR 44:380.

“moved rapidly”:
National Tribune
, Nov. 26, 1903.

“our whole line”: Miller, “We Scattered,” 48.

“enjoyed the sweetest draught”: Jordan, “Civil War Letters,” PAH.

“whipped”:
Lancaster Daily Evening Express,
1/3/1865.

“Through the streets”:
National Tribune,
11/26/1903.

“were so warmly pressed”: OR 44:410.

“Kilpatrick stopped”:
National Tribune,
4/15/1920.

“rushing around like a child”:
National Tribune,
11/26/1903.

“I seen one old Reb”: Miller, Diary, IHS.

“woman [who] was kneeling”: McNeil,
Personal Recollections
, 62.

“amused themselves”:
Lancaster Daily Evening Express,
1/3/1865.

“They made me play”: Quoted in Lee, “Tangling with Kilcavalry,” 175.

“alive with women”: Miller, Diary, IHS.

“as there was no minister”:
Atlanta Constitution,
5/16/1926.

“For the memory”: OR 44:627.

“upwards of 200”: OR 44:635.

“the rebel cavalry”: Woodard,
Civil War Letters,
24.

“A cavalry fight”: Angle,
Three Years,
345.

CHAPTER 19. “SPLENDID SIGHT TO SEE COTTON GINS BURN”

“No trouble”: Carter,
Story,
309.

“entering the swampy country”:
Lancaster Daily Evening Express
, 1/3/1865.

“Good water”: Berkenes,
Private William Boddy,
157.

“receive every attention”: OR 44:635.

“Kilpatrick is the most vain”: Angle,
Three Years,
348.

“Two or three plantations”: Emmons, Diaries, UIA.

“All our bed clothes”: Rosenow,
Pen Pictures,
110.

“The number of negroes”: Emmons, Diaries, UIA.

“They were a motley crowd”: McCain,
Soldier’s Diary
, 43.

“However they do not”: Emmons, Diaries, UIA.

“Streams or water swamps”: Trego, Diary, CHI.

“much of the road”: Boyle,
Soldiers True,
267.

“The wagons often get stuck”: Wagoner, “From Wauhatchie,” 123.

“scarce”: Johnson, “‘Make a Preacher Swear, ’” 35.

“sweet potatoes”: Chapman, “Civil War Diary,” 105.

“Stop at house”: Morrow, Diary, MHI.

“three foraging teams”: OR 44:323.

“Uncultivated land”: Trowbridge, Papers, UMC.

“such fires”: OR 44:633.

“Seen far in advance”: Fleharty,
Our Regiment,
121.

“Trampled by day”: Byrne, Diary and Journal, RU.

“After considerable maneuvering”: Jackson,
Colonel’s Diary
, 170.

“of course was pleasant”: Brockman, “John Van Duser Diary,” 232.

“concluded that they”: Clark,
Downing’s Civil War
, 234.

“We got a number”: Christie, Family Papers, MHS.

“tied by thumbs”: Jamison,
Recollections,
285.

“splendid sight”: McMillan, Papers, WHS.

“Sat waiting”: Howe,
Marching with Sherman,
144–45.

“we must move in concert”: OR 44:628.

“seemed to favor us”: Sherman,
Memoirs
, 2:193.

“Negroes swarmed to us”: Kellogg,
Army Life,
332.

“a negro on the place”: Trimble,
Ninety-third Regiment,
149.

“gentle Milly”: Kellogg,
Army Life,
332.

“have kept the enemy”:
Augusta Daily Chronicle & Sentinel,
12/7/1864.

“Sherman’s campaign”: Quoted in
Philadelphia Inquirer
, 12/9/1864.

“We are…hopeful”: Miers,
Rebel War Clerk’s Diary
, 456.

“Before going into camp”/“There is nothing new”: Byrne, Diary and Journal, RU.

“Were delayed much”: OR 44:318.

“Stopped at the home”: Noble, Papers, UMB.

“woman under such a trying ordeal”: Ross, Diary, ALL.

“Yam, yam, yam”: Emmons, Diaries, UIA.

“the worst of swamp water”: Fahnestock, Diary, KNP.

“waiting for a long swamp”: OR 44:275.

“We are on what”: Wagoner, “From Wauhatchie,” 123.

“I got a rebel paper”: Miller, Diary, IHS.

“make a good deal of smoke”: OR 44:647.

“covered with blood”:
National Tribune,
5/24/1883.

“that her children could say”: Kellogg,
Army Life,
25.

“There is a considerable”: Daniels, Diary, HL.

“As we are performing”: Sharland,
Knapsack Notes
, 41.

“plenty of sweet potatoes”: Clark,
Downing’s Civil War
, 235.

“danger of having”: Cryder and Stanley,
“War for the Union,”
61.

“the inevitable Yankee”: Pittenger, Diary, OHS.

“I have been dividing”: Howe,
Marching with Sherman
, 148.

“100 horses”: OR 44:638.

“in order to keep you”: OR 44:647.

“I used to be”: Howe,
Marching with Sherman,
150.

“When we got there”: Corbin,
Star for Patriotism
, 160.

“While they were out”: Utterback, Diary, SHI.

“Upon arriving at the river”: OR 44:120.

“press well on the enemy’s left”: OR 44:934.

“all that could be”: OR 44:931.

“Since the last annual message”: Quoted in Basler,
Collected Works,
8:148, 154.

“Well I’ll be hanged”: Quoted in Marszalek,
Sherman’s March,
102–3.

“I have no good news”: Quoted in Basler,
Collected Works,
8:148, 154.

“Draw saber”: McKeever, “Atlanta to the Sea,” WRS.

“He is very proud”: Sloan, Diary, TSL.

“bespattered with mud”: Otto, “Civil War Memoirs,” WHS.

“badly obstructed”: OR 44:181.

“We were aroused at 11:30”: Hight and Stormont,
Fifty-eighth Regiment,
430.

“He said he was too weak”: Overmyer,
Stupendous Effort
, 158.

“in places”: Noble, Papers, UMB.

“distributed along”: OR 44:284.

“quicksand”: Schwab, “Civil War Letters,” CIN.

“we had to pry”: Short, Diary, WHS.

“looking like so many stranded”: Byrne, Diary and Journal, RU.

“a poor looking”: Wheeler, Letters and Journal, ALL.

“white flags flying”: Trego, Diary, CHI.

“An almost endless variety”: Fleharty,
Our Regiment,
122.

“All were in a wild state”: Darnell, “Reminiscences,” UDC.

“a very wet swampy”: Daniels, Diary, HL.

“had to build four or five”: Clark,
Downing’s Civil War,
235.

“Stopped often”: Anderson,
Civil War Diary,
181.

“about 2,000”: Bargus, Diary, MHI.

“some poor fellow’s”: Howe,
Marching with Sherman,
153–54.

“McLaws’ division”: Sherman,
Memoirs
, 2:194.

“We hear that the enemy”: OR 44:652.

“indications now point”: Brockman, “John Van Duser Diary,” 233.

“All the way”: Arbuckle,
Civil War Experiences,
112.

“about ½ mile”: McKee, Diary, SHI.

“charge over an open”:
National Tribune,
6/19/1919.

“They took the cars”: Gore, Diary, MHI.

“At Black Creek”: OR 44:121.

“There they come”: Grecian,
History,
64–65.

“An apparently small trifle”:
Augusta Daily Chronicle & Sentinel,
12/11/1864.

“We are camped here”: Prior, Letters, GSA.

“small road branching off”: OR 44:276.

“the lusty black”: Bryant,
History
, 289.

“the worst roads”: Saylor, Letter, WHS.

“cussing mad”: Trego, Diary, CHI.

“Captain, corduroy it good”: Brant,
History of the Eighty-fifth
, 83–84.

“had raised ‘Hail Columbia’”: Otto, “Civil War Memoirs,” WHS.

“Like a flash of lightning”: Hight and Stormont,
Fifty-eighth Regiment,
431.

“Our Brigade just got over”: Porter, Diary, OHS.

“The curiosity of all”: Widney, Diary and Letters, KNP.

“I dare say the captain”: Miller, Diary, IHS.

“We had our dinner ready”: Dresbach, Letters and Reminiscence, MHS.

“The Rebels said”/“The negroes come into our lines”:
92nd Illinois Volunteers
, 196.

“Up to this time”: Miller, Diary, IHS.

“The groups gathered”: ORS, 7:636.

“Trees had been felled”:
National Tribune,
6/13/1901.

“A good deal of corduroy”: Force, Papers, UWA.

“The army has been advancing”: Nichols,
Great March
, 59.

“We don’t draw ours”: Howe,
Marching with Sherman,
156–58.

“General very much provoked”: Ibid.

“had washing done”: Engerud,
1864 Diary,
51.

“We sent our forage”: Glossbrenner, Diary, MHI.

“Our camp was in a pine woods”: Saunier,
History
, 360.

“built works”: Corbin,
Star for Patriotism
, 160–61.

“moved without supply trains”: Chamberlin,
History,
152.

“not sufficiently serious”: OR 44:126.

“Around us are magnificent”: Burton, Diary, EU.

“Went in swimming”: Roe, Papers, KNX.

“This is an important point”: Howe,
Marching with Sherman,
159.

“inform the naval commander”: OR 44:658.

“two days [before]”: OR 44:160.

“against the destructive”: Quoted in Stewart,
Reward of Patriotism
, 195.

“injury to the service”: Beauregard, Papers, DU.

“Having no army of relief”: OR 44:940.

“thirty-two days”: Jones,
Siege of Savannah,
107.

“Detached field works”: Ibid., 78.

“overflow”: OR 53:381.

“consisted of detached works”: Jones,
Siege of Savannah
, 80.

“The boys were marching along”: Morhous,
Reminiscences,
145.

“occupy the attention”: OR 44:218.

“with instructions to advance”: OR 44:218.

“swamp just at the left”: Wagoner, “From Wauhatchie,” 124.