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Union orderly book: primarily from the Atlanta Campaign of 1864 / William Tecumseh Sherman.
American History, 1493-1859 (Module II: Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era, 1860-1945 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sherman, William Tecumseh, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864.
- Manuscripts, American.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 1862-1864.
- Summary:
- Union orderly book primarily from the Atlanta Campaign of 1864, with orders from various army and regimental officers, including General Sherman: "Special Orders No. 62" [issued by Sherman, near September 3, 1864]: "The Genl. Commanding announces with great pleasure, that our troops under Maj. Genl. Slocum occupied Atlanta yesterday at 11 oclock AM. The enemy having evacuated the night before, destroying vast magazines and stores, and blowing up along their route eighty car loads of ammunition which accounts for sounds heard by us on the night of the 1st inst. Your task has been well done."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages) and index.
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