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Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:25 pm to BadLeroyDawg
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:25 pm to BadLeroyDawg
Saturday, 24 September 1864 continued
Riding with Forrest, Campbell counts 24 cannon, not eight. After Campbell counts a cannon and rides on, Forrest's men move it to a new location. Forrest also has campfires lit throughout the countryside to make Campbell think his force is more than 4,500. During Campbell's review, a Colonel James Wheeler, no relation to General Joe Wheeler, rides up to Forrest and Campbell. "General Forrest...saluted him as General Wheeler, and asked how many men he had," writes Ruffin Coleman, a witness to the surrender. "Colonel Wheeler caught on instantly, and in a clear, ringing voice answered, '7,000!' " Campbell thinks General Joseph Wheeler of Lawrence County has his entire cavalry on site. Campbell relates this information to the war council, which still doesn't want to surrender. Campbell tells them, "The jig is up," and orders the flag lowered in surrender. Forrest captures 500 horses and 973 men. He burns the fort and marches his men toward his next objective, the Union fort in Elkmont at Sulphur Creek Trestle.
President Abraham Lincoln appointed Ohio Governor William Dennison to replace Montgomery Blair as postmaster general. Lincoln also approved a measure allowing the Federal purchase of products from states “...declared in insurrection.”
Riding with Forrest, Campbell counts 24 cannon, not eight. After Campbell counts a cannon and rides on, Forrest's men move it to a new location. Forrest also has campfires lit throughout the countryside to make Campbell think his force is more than 4,500. During Campbell's review, a Colonel James Wheeler, no relation to General Joe Wheeler, rides up to Forrest and Campbell. "General Forrest...saluted him as General Wheeler, and asked how many men he had," writes Ruffin Coleman, a witness to the surrender. "Colonel Wheeler caught on instantly, and in a clear, ringing voice answered, '7,000!' " Campbell thinks General Joseph Wheeler of Lawrence County has his entire cavalry on site. Campbell relates this information to the war council, which still doesn't want to surrender. Campbell tells them, "The jig is up," and orders the flag lowered in surrender. Forrest captures 500 horses and 973 men. He burns the fort and marches his men toward his next objective, the Union fort in Elkmont at Sulphur Creek Trestle.
President Abraham Lincoln appointed Ohio Governor William Dennison to replace Montgomery Blair as postmaster general. Lincoln also approved a measure allowing the Federal purchase of products from states “...declared in insurrection.”
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Posted on 9/24/14 at 8:19 pm to BadLeroyDawg
Sunday, 25 September 1864
General John Bell Hood’s devotion to the Confederate cause could not be questioned, as he had left a body part on seemingly every major battlefield which he had fought. Unfortunately, devotion, and even an arm and a leg, was not a substitute for adequate manpower, supplies, and command ability. Hood’s Army of Tennessee had been backing up for months now, and the final straw had been the retreat from Atlanta ahead of the massive, and now, unstoppable, army of General William T. Sherman.
Virtually every defeat Hood had ultimately blamed on a subordinate, for not attacking, not attacking with enough vigor, or attacking with vigor but not winning. The usual target of his ire was General William J. Hardee. Today the feud had escalated to such alarming proportions that President Jefferson Davis himself felt compelled to visit at Hood’s headquarters in Palmetto, Georgia, launching an attempt to mediate matters, as well as discuss the overall military situation. Hood would later ask Davis for permission to relieve Hardee as corps commander.
The USS Howquah, under Acting Lieutenant John W. Balch, USS Niphon, Acting Master Edmund Kemble in charge, and USS Governor Buckingham, piloted by Acting Lieutenant John MacDiarmid, chased ashore and destroyed the blockade running steamer Lynx off Wilmington with a cargo of cotton. The three Union screw steamers were fired upon by Lynx and by shore batteries; Balch reported: "...one 3 pounder percussion shell struck the main rail on the starboard bow, cutting it through, also striking the forward end of the 30-pounder pivot carriage, cutting the breech in two and disabling the carriage, glancing over, striking the main rail on the port side, and falling on the deck (I have the shot now on board). Fortunately this shell did not explode." The Lynx sustained several close-range broadsides and was run ashore in flames, where she continued to burn throughout the night until completely consumed.
In the Shenandoah Valley, Philip Sheridan’s Federals continued burning private property, crops killing livestock and committing other depredations against civilians. Staunton was virtually destroyed, and the railroad track to Waynesboro was completely demolished. Jubal Early’s Confederates withdrew into the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederates raided railroads and captured the Sulphur Branch Trestle in northern Alabama.
Sterling Price’s Confederates fought at Farmington and Huntsville, Missouri.
General John Bell Hood’s devotion to the Confederate cause could not be questioned, as he had left a body part on seemingly every major battlefield which he had fought. Unfortunately, devotion, and even an arm and a leg, was not a substitute for adequate manpower, supplies, and command ability. Hood’s Army of Tennessee had been backing up for months now, and the final straw had been the retreat from Atlanta ahead of the massive, and now, unstoppable, army of General William T. Sherman.
Virtually every defeat Hood had ultimately blamed on a subordinate, for not attacking, not attacking with enough vigor, or attacking with vigor but not winning. The usual target of his ire was General William J. Hardee. Today the feud had escalated to such alarming proportions that President Jefferson Davis himself felt compelled to visit at Hood’s headquarters in Palmetto, Georgia, launching an attempt to mediate matters, as well as discuss the overall military situation. Hood would later ask Davis for permission to relieve Hardee as corps commander.
The USS Howquah, under Acting Lieutenant John W. Balch, USS Niphon, Acting Master Edmund Kemble in charge, and USS Governor Buckingham, piloted by Acting Lieutenant John MacDiarmid, chased ashore and destroyed the blockade running steamer Lynx off Wilmington with a cargo of cotton. The three Union screw steamers were fired upon by Lynx and by shore batteries; Balch reported: "...one 3 pounder percussion shell struck the main rail on the starboard bow, cutting it through, also striking the forward end of the 30-pounder pivot carriage, cutting the breech in two and disabling the carriage, glancing over, striking the main rail on the port side, and falling on the deck (I have the shot now on board). Fortunately this shell did not explode." The Lynx sustained several close-range broadsides and was run ashore in flames, where she continued to burn throughout the night until completely consumed.
In the Shenandoah Valley, Philip Sheridan’s Federals continued burning private property, crops killing livestock and committing other depredations against civilians. Staunton was virtually destroyed, and the railroad track to Waynesboro was completely demolished. Jubal Early’s Confederates withdrew into the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederates raided railroads and captured the Sulphur Branch Trestle in northern Alabama.
Sterling Price’s Confederates fought at Farmington and Huntsville, Missouri.
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