116 Series I Volume XLVII-II Serial 99 - Columbia Part II
| Page 116 | OPERATIONS IN N. C., S. C., S. GA., AND E. FLA. Chapter LIX. |
should start with five days' issued, and from 200,000 to 250,000 rations stored in the holds of the vessels. This will give a supply that will last until more could be got to them. As soon as transports for a division are ready they might be sent to Fortress Monroe to report by telegraph for orders.
U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-General.
WASHINGTON, D. C., January 23, 1865-3. 50 p.m.
Lieutenant-General GRANT,
City Point:
Some time since orders were sent to General Thomas to forward to Savannah, via New York, all fractions of regiments, &c., belonging to the corps under General Sherman. General Meagher telegraphs to-day from Pittsburg that he has 7,000 men and wants transports ready in New York, but General Van Vliet says that he cannot furnish them if he sends transports here to meet Schofield's corps. To which shall be transports be given first? If Meagher's command stops in New York it is feared that very many will desert, and there are no quarters for them on Governor's Island. Please reply immediately.
H. W. HALLECK,
Major-General and Chief of Staff.
CITY POINT, January 23, 1865-7 p.m.
(Received 7. 30 p.m.)
Major-General HALLECK,
Washington:
Order Meagher to Alexandria. We will send Schofield's corps first, and add this detachment to it until such time as it can be got to Sherman. It is too late now for it to reach Sherman form Pocotaligo.
U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-General.
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Beaufort, S. C., January 23, 1865.Colonel POE,
Chief Engineer, Savannah:
General Sherman directs that you join him via this place and order the First Michigan Engineer Regiment to follow you in like manner. Apply to General Easton for such transportation as may be required.
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Beaufort, S. C., January 23, 1865.Bvt. Colonel O. M. POE,
Chief Engineer, Military Division of the Mississippi:
COLONEL: By direction of Major-General Sherman I have telegraphed you to join him via this place, and now repeat the instruc-
| Page 116 | OPERATIONS IN N. C., S. C., S. GA., AND E. FLA. Chapter LIX. |
- Confederate President Jefferson Davis calls for March 27 to be a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer.
- Following the Underground Railroad Route By Bicycle
- March is Women's History Month! Read the fascinating accounts of women spies hiding coded messages in women's hair, conductors of the Underground Railroad, soldiers disguised as men, surgeons, and advisors to the President!
- Teachers tackle race, economic disparity and history
- The President's Hymn: 'Give Thanks All Ye People'
- Thanksgiving Day during the Civil War
- Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation in a divided time: ‘one heart and one voice by the whole American People’
- What Abraham Lincoln found reading the Book of Job amid civil war
- Civil War stories on display at Lincoln Highway museum in Unity
- Who was Henry Benning, for whom Fort Benning in Columbus was named?
- Fort Gordon Army Base: Who was John Brown Gordon?
- From the Civil War to the football field, we have been celebrating the wrong values
- History and Healing: Removing Controversial Artifacts from the Civic Landscape
- How to Reframe the Civil War in the Classroom
- Man scores Abraham Lincoln autograph in box of trading cards
- Native Americans' role in the Civil War
- Abraham Lincoln Healed a Divided Nation. We Should Heed His Words Today.
- An escaped slave was the 'Florence Nightingale’ of Indiana's Civil War regiment
- A Southern Democrat survived impeachment trap and came to be in charge of Reconstruction
- New Statue Unveiled In Response To Richmond's Confederate Monuments