Sherman's March Through the Carolinas by John G. Barrett

Author:John G. Barrett [Barrett, John G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877)
ISBN: 9780807807019
Google: AzGTAAAAIAAJ
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1956-01-15T04:13:25+00:00

1. OR, XLVII, Pt. II, Ser. I, 1429.

2. Ibid., 1427-28, 1431, 1435.

3. Ford and Ford, Life in the Confederate Army, p. 53.

4. OR, XLVII, Pt. II, Ser. I, 1427. Johnston had ordered Hardee to move from Elevation to Bentonville upon a road not shown on the map. He had learned of the road from the sheriff of Johnston County.

5. General Sherman’s maps were also incorrect. Ibid., p. 885. Major Nichols said all of the Federal maps were of no later date than 1854. Nichols, Great March, p. 262.

6. Johnston, Narrative, p. 385.

7. OR, XLVII, Pt. II, Ser. I, 1428.

8. Ibid., p. 1426.

9. Ibid., p. 885.

10. Ibid., p. 886.

11. Major Nichols thought Johnston led Sherman to believe that he was falling back on Raleigh by moving upon a road to Bentonville which was not shown on the map, and when the Federal reconnaissance units had failed to discover. Nichols, Great March, p. 262.

12. Carlin, “Bentonville,” Mil. Order of Loyal Legion, Ohio Commandery, III, 235.

13. Slocum, Slocum, p. 274.

14. Belknap, “Bentonville,” Mil. Order of Loyal Legion, D. C. Commandery, War Paper No. 12, p. 6.

15. Ibid., p. 5.

16. OR, XLVII, Pt. I, Ser. I, 434, 484-85.

17. Ibid., p. 586.

18. Johnston, Narrative, pp. 385-86.

19. Hampton, “Bentonville,” B and L, IV, 701-2; OR, XLVII, Pt. II, Ser. I, 1430; Orendorff, 103 III., p. 199.

20. See above p. 161.

21. Hampton, “Bentonville,” pp. 702-3.

22. Dougall, “Bentonville,” Mil. Order of Loyal Legion, Ind. Commandery, I, 214.

23. The foragers always left camp several hours before the troops moved.

24. McClurg, “Last Chance,” Atlantic Monthly, L, 390.

25. Belknap, “Bentonville,” p. 7.

26. Carlin, “Bentonville,” pp. 236-37.

27. OR, XLVII, Pt. I, Ser. I, 423.

28. Ibid., XLVII, Pt. II, Ser. I, 908. Later in the day Kilpatrick sent Sherman another dispatch in which he attempted to explain the reasons for his misinformation concerning the location of Johnston’s troops. Ibid., p. 909.

29. Ibid., pp. 908-9.

30. Ibid., XLVII, Pt. I, Ser. I, 25.

31. Johnston, Narrative, p. 386.

32. Brooks and Lefler, Clark Papers, I, 136: Olds, “Last Battle,” Confed. Vet. XXXVII, 51.

33. The remnants of this once proud Confederate army, as it marched into position, was divided into three corps—Stewart’s, Lee’s and Cheatham’s—commanded respectively by Major Generals W. W. Loring, D. H. Hill, and W. B. Bate. Neither General S. D. Lee nor B. F. Cheatham were on the field this day. Lee, severely wounded at the battle of Nashville, had been unable to lead his corps northward from Augusta. General Stevenson had done this for him. Cheatham and his division did not arrive at Bentonville until after the battle was over. The delay was at Salisbury, North Carolina, where, by March 11, men and supplies clogged the rail yard to such an extent that Cheatham’s departure was delayed until March 19. Black, Railroads, pp. 274-78. The troops under Bate’s command belonged to R. R. Cleburne’s and his own divisions, constituting the only part of Cheatham’s corps present on March 19.

34. See above p. 162. With Johnston were four very able engineers to assist in the construction of breastworks.

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