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Markgraf’s Battery of Ohio Volunteer Artillery
1862–1865 In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal government with 260 regiments of men, including infantry, artillery, and cavalry units. Ohioans also served in several other regiments from other states, most notably from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Massachusetts, as well as in federal units. In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal…
McLaughlin’s Squadron of Cavalry
1862–1865 In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal government with 260 regiments of men, including infantry, artillery, and cavalry units. Ohioans also served in several other regiments from other states, most notably from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Massachusetts, as well as in federal units. In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal…
McMullin’s Battery of Ohio Volunteer Artillery
1861–1865 In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal government with 260 regiments of men, including infantry, artillery, and cavalry units. Ohioans also served in several other regiments from other states, most notably from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Massachusetts, as well as in federal units. In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal…
Meridian Campaign
February 3 – March 4, 1864 Union General William T. Sherman's Meridian Campaign served as a modest rehearsal for his later "March to the Sea" in Georgia, and the Carolinas Campaign, by spreading a path of destruction across central Mississippi in early 1864. Following the Federal breakout from Chattanooga in November 1863, Major General William…
Message Assigning Hardee to Command of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
October 28, 1864 On October 28, 1864, CSA Secretary of War James Seddon announced that William J. Hardee was appointed commander of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 257 ADJT. AND JNSP. GENERALS OFFIC1~, Richmond, October 28, 1864. XII. Lieutenant-General Hardee is relieved from duty in the Army of Tennessee,…
Message from Jefferson Davis Instructing Leonidas Polk to Join Forces with Joseph E. Johnston in Georgia
May 4, 1864 On May 4, 1864, Confederate President Jefferson Davis instructed Leonidas Polk to bring his Army of Mississippi to Georgia to join forces with Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee. RICHMOND, May 4, 1864. Lieutenant General L. POLK: The President directs, in consequence of the movements of the enemy in front of General…
Message from Jefferson Davis Relieving William J. Hardee from Duty with the Army of Tennessee
September 28, 1864 On September 28, 1864, Confederate President Jefferson Davis ordered John Bell Hood to relieve William J. Hardee from duty with the Army of Tennessee. WEST POINT, ALA., September 28, 1864. General JOHN B. HOOD, Headquarters Army of Tennessee: Relieve Lieutenant-General Hardee from duty with the Army of Tennessee, and direct him to…
Message from Jefferson Davis to Hood, Hardee, and Stewart Regarding Hood’s Appointment as Commander of the Army of Tennessee
July 18, 1864 On July 18, 1864, Confederate President Jefferson Davis responded to a message from Generals John Bell Hood, William J. Hardee, and Alex Stewart questioning the timing of Hood's appointment as commander of the Army of Tennessee. RICHMOND, July 18, 1864. General Hood: Your telegram of this date received. A change of commanders,…
Message from John Bell Hood Confirming He Had Assumed Command of the Department and Army of Tennessee
July 18, 1864 On July 18, 1864, General John Bell Hood informed Confederate President Jefferson Davis that he had assumed command of the army of Tennessee. ATLANTA, July 18, 1864. General SAMUEL COOPER, Adjutant and inspector General: I have assumed command of the Army and Department of Tennessee. J. B. HOOD. (Same to President Davis.)…
Message from John Bell Hood Regarding His Appointment as Commander of the Army of Tennessee
July 18, 1864 On July 18, 1864, General John Bell Hood sent a message to Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector-General of the Confederate Army, acknowledging his appointment as commander of the Army of Tennessee. ATLANTA, July 18, 1864. General S. Cooper: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of my appointment as general…