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“After plunging around”: Duncan, Papers, NJH.

“obliged at one time”: Funk, Diary, MHI.

“We waded through a”: Rattenbury,
From Wisconsin to the Sea
, 79.

“not…to fight the enemy”: Clark,
Histories,
2:634.

“Advanced as skirmishers”: Rugg, Papers, CSL.

“most magnificent view”: Short, Diary, WHS.

“The enemy kept blazing”: Bryant,
History
, 290.

“the Johnnies break”: Storrow, Papers, MAS.

“three or four”: Clark,
Histories
, 4:334.

“As I came splashing”:
National Tribune,
1/29/1891.

“the swamp was so deep”: OR 44:250.

“Useless negroes”: OR 44:502.

“I…knew [this] must result”: Angle,
Three Years,
354.

“Some hid in the wagons”: Bruce, Personal Memorandum, ISL.

“As soon as the army”: Pendergast, Family Papers, MHS.

“It was really pitiful”: Miller, Diary, IHS.

“The Negro men constructed”: Reed, “Civil War Diaries,” MHS.

“the raft would carry only”: Rosenow,
Pen Pictures,
112.

“As soon as we were over”: Kerr, “From Atlanta to Raleigh,” 215–16.

“a great many negroes”: OR 44:410.

“opened upon us”: McAdams,
Every-day Soldier Life,
123.

“his usual rashness”: Rogers,
125th Regiment,
109.

“He was literally torn”: Woodruff,
Fifteen Years Ago
, 434.

“order was for”: Saunier,
History
, 361.

“magnificent…railroad”: OR 44:121.

“soon encountered”: OR 44:138.

“breast-works”: OR 44:141.

“The rebels open fire”: Kimmell, Journal-Report, NYH.

“to fire altogether”: OR 44:127.

“The Brigade was too far”: Chamberlin,
History,
153.

“Strong sea breeze”: Jamison,
Recollections,
286.

“We found the enemy”: OR 44:149.

“subterra shells”: Sherman and the torpedoes in Howe,
Marching with Sherman
, 161–62: Sherman,
Memoirs
, 2:194.

“These torpedoes”:
National Tribune,
2/19/1925.

“In the entrance”: Nichols,
Great March
, 86.

“Torpedoes at the entrance”: Howe,
Marching with Sherman,
161.

“This was not war”: Sherman,
Memoirs
, 2:194.

“One of the Rebels”: Cryder and Stanley,
“War for the Union,”
462.

“A Rebel major”: Christie, Family Papers, MHS.

“This is a new mode”: Hunter, Diary, MHI.

“disappeared like a covey”: Jamison,
Recollections,
286.

“was on his horse”:
Cincinnati Daily Commercial,
1/2/1865.

“The event distributed”: Pittenger, Diary, OHS.

“simply a small neat station”: Howe,
Marching with Sherman,
165.

“To-morrow we may expect”: Nichols,
Great March
, 86–87.

“dressed in what may be considered”:
Cincinnati Daily Commercial,
12/21/1864.

“I don’t think”: Duncan expedition in Howard, “Incidents and Operations,” 433–34;
National Tribune,
4/2/1925.

“to defend the city”: OR 53:382.

“The outlook”: Roman,
Military Operations
, 2:313–4.

“The battery that annoyed”:
Quincy Daily Whig & Republican
, 1/6/1865.

“a splendid plantation”: Ladd, “From Atlanta to the Sea,” 11.

“What have you got”: Bircher incident in Bircher,
Drummer-Boy’s Diary
, 147–48.

“We tore up the track”/“made it ‘red hot’”: Miller, Diary, IHS.

“certain what was firing”: Kellogg,
Army Life of an Illinois Soldier
, 37.

“through thick underbrush”: Grunert,
History,
147.

“for he knows”: Storrs,
Twentieth Connecticut,
155.

“I have the honor”: Gildersleeve report in Carmen, Papers, NJH.

“Confederate trash”: Ross, Diary, ALL.

“The weather is cold”: Brown,
History of the Fourth Regiment,
346.

“We then commenced”/“was not hurt”: Glossbrenner, Diary, MHI.

“Every thing is a black muck”: Winther,
With Sherman to the Sea
, 139–40.

“The rebels shelled us”: Fultz, “History of Company D,” 77.

“pell mell through”: Hawley, Diary, WHS.

“In our front”:
National Tribune,
6/13/1901.

“He had dismounted”: Hedley,
Marching through Georgia,
324.

“The boys thought”: Fultz, “History of Company D,” 77.

“loud
rush
”: Howe,
Marching with Sherman,
170.

“I could see”: Sherman,
Memoirs
, 2:195.

“may be considered”: Howe,
Marching with Sherman,
166.

“I was driving out”:
Philadelphia Weekly Times,
11/21/1885.

“enemy is in heavy force”: Hardee statements in Beauregard, Papers, DU.

“some roast pig”: Duncan expedition in Howard, “Incidents and Operations,” 433–44;
National Tribune,
4/2/1925.

CHAPTER 20. “I WAS SOON COVERED WITH BLOOD FROM HEAD TO FOOT”

 

“It was supposed”:
New York Herald,
1/7/1865.

“We found by trial”: Widney, Diary and Letters, KNP.

“noise enough to wake”/“Better keep quiet”: Andrews,
Footprints,
152.

“One man had”: Jackson,
Colonel’s Diary,
172.

“lustily”: Brown,
Signal Corps,
347.

“Rations are very”: McLean, Family Papers, NYL.

“All that was issued”: Cruikshank, “Civil War Letters.”

“Our infantry came round”: Christie, Family Papers, MHS.

“Foraging is played out”: Wilcox, Diary, MHI.

“found the enemy”: Sloan, Diary, TSL.

“As we filed”: Storrow, Papers, MAS.

“found the rebels”: Quint,
Record
, 253.

“crossing was slow”: Bryant,
History
, 293.

“General…gave him”/“very quiet”: Howe,
Marching with Sherman,
173–75.

“every inquiry”: Howe,
Marching with Sherman,
177.

“a plan of Fort McAllister”: OR 44:61.

“about 200 men”: OR 44:690.

“I was thus thrown”: Quoted in Jones,
Siege of Savannah
, 123.

“I have been obliged”: Beauregard, Papers, DU.

“It was a bitter pill”: Heyward-Ferguson, Papers, SHC.

“Sherman was in no condition”:
New York Herald,
1/7/1865.

“battle must certainly occur”: Miers,
Rebel War Clerk’s Diary
, 458.

“Our situation”: Duncan expedition in Howard, “Incidents and Operations,” 433–34;
National Tribune,
4/2/1925.

“Sir: It is my happiness”: Dahlgren message in ORN, 16:127–28.

“The excitement”: Quoted in Lawrence,
Present for Mr. Lincoln,
181–82.

“and the vessels”:
Philadelphia Inquirer
, 12/16/1864.

“the Corps and Division”: Howe,
Marching with Sherman,
176.

“Ambitious Geary”: Parmater, Diary, OHS.


dried beef
”: Brant,
History of the Eighty-fifth,
85.

“one of our boys”: Strickling, Memoir, OHS.

“As soon as it was”: Cryder and Stanley,
“War for the Union,”
463.

“You may judge”: Gross, Journal and Letters, MHI.

“spied a light”:
National Tribune,
3/4/1920.

“As we went along”: ORN, 16:486.

“falling short”: Bradley,
Star Corps
, 210.

“terrific fire”: Text on Georgia State Historical Marker 025-79.

“was struck three times”: ORN, 16:486.

“Turn back, Cap”: Bryant,
History,
293–94.

“the first
naval
engagement”: Howe,
Marching with Sherman,
176–77.

“We were hotly pursued”: Quoted in Jones,
Siege of Savannah,
123.

“a beautiful place”: Eisenhower, Diary, MHI.

“too salty”: Ward, Diary, IHS.

“I determined”: Quoted in Jones,
Siege of Savannah,
123.

“We wanted”: OR 44:10.

“gave me a little map”: Hazen,
Narrative,
330.

“I gave General Hazen”: Sherman,
Memoirs,
2:196.

“not to find myself”: Hazen,
Narrative,
332.

“some time must elapse”:
Augusta Daily Chronicle & Sentinel,
12/13/1864.

“rice-mills to their full capacity”:
National Tribune,
1/29/1891.

“We drove them off”: Hinkley, Papers, WHS.

“covered with mud”: Glossbrenner, Diary, MHI.

“will be found”: OR 44:704.

“There was a general notion”:
Philadelphia Weekly Times,
2/6/1886.

“about two miles”: Hazen,
Narrative,
331.

“While we were going”:
Philadelphia Weekly Times,
2/6/1886.

“The day was bright”: Hazen,
Narrative,
331.

“looking closely”: OR 44:751.

“had reconnoitered the fort”:
Philadelphia Weekly Times,
2/6/1886.

“Have you seen”: Brown,
Signal Corps,
562.

“plainly seen”: Sherman,
Memoirs,
2:196.

“the use of the glass”: Brockman, “John Van Duser Diary,” 236.

“timber in rear”: Harwell and Racine,
Fiery Trail,
71.

“the place looked”: Sherman,
Memoirs,
2:196.

“a careful and close”: OR 44:751.

“This humane and proper act”:
Philadelphia Weekly Times,
2/6/1886.

“and large, black, ugly-looking”:
National Tribune,
2/20/1896.

“believing that it would”: Hazen,
Narrative,
332.

“the feebleness”: Quoted in Jones,
Siege of Savannah,
124–25.

“observed signs”: Sherman,
Memoirs,
2:197.

“by the little round puffs”: Strong, Papers, ALL.

“I…saw”: OR 44:752.

“watch me make”: Saunier,
History,
367.

“out of a detachment”: Quoted in Jones,
Siege of Savannah
, 124.

“position on the left”: Hazen,
Narrative,
332.

“To make the chance”: Ibid., 332–33.

“On being assured”: Sherman,
Memoirs,
2:197.

“south and east”:
National Tribune,
6/14/1900.

“I and others”:
National Tribune,
9/12/1901.

“Keep them down”: Shuttinger incident in Saunier,
History,
366.

“cautioned his men”: Ibid., 372.

“My comrades”:
National Tribune,
2/20/1913.

“Colonel, you know”: Connelly,
History,
137.

“found itself behind”: Quoted in Christman,
Undaunted,
65.

“Look! Howard”:
New York Herald,
12/22/1864.

“Who are you?”: Fisher-McClintock exchange in OR 44:752.

“a big [tree] stump”:
National Tribune,
6/28/1906.

“Is Fort McAllister taken?”: Fisher-Sherman exchange in Sherman,
Memoirs,
2:197.

“To my great surprise”: Hazen,
Narrative,
332.

“The forward movement”/“they all started off”: Saunier,
History,
372.

“There was no firing”:
Philadelphia Weekly Times,
2/6/1886.

“out of the dark fringe”: Sherman,
Memoirs,
2:197.

“a long line”: Nichols,
Great March,
90.

“a single line”:
National Tribune,
2/20/1896.

“The musketry”: Harwell and Racine,
Fiery Trail,
71.

“seemed alive with flame”: Connelly,
History,
137.

“This was the moment”: Brockman, “John Van Duser Diary,” 237.

“When we got up close”:
National Tribune,
3/14/1907.

“One of my company”:
National Tribune,
6/19/1913.

“I had arrived”: Quoted in Christman,
Undaunted,
68.

“Some 50 yards out”:
National Tribune,
2/20/1913.

“I was knocked down”:
National Tribune,
9/12/1901.

“I remember very distinctly”:
National Tribune,
7/11/1907.

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