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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05747 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | William Tecumseh Sherman to Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, reporting that Confederate General Beauregard has left Georgia |
| Date | 7 November 1864 |
| Author | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Additional authors | Christensen, C. (fl. 1864) |
| Recipient | Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written in the clerical hand of C. Christensen, Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General of the Military Division of West Mississippi. Marked as a true copy. "Cipher" is written at the top. Sherman, commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi, reports that Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard has left Georgia and shifted to Florence, Alabama, threatening to invade Tennessee. Informs Canby, commander of the Military Division of West Mississippi, "We are already for him there and I have still an army with which to go on- I have destroyed Atlanta and marched south- Be prepared with boats to send me supplies from Ponchartrain and have the navy look out for my fire and pocket signals along the east shore of Mobile Bay or high up as old Blakely..." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union General Union Forces Sherman's March to the Sea Codes and Signals Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Military Supplies Navy |
| People | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg (1817-1873) Christensen, Christian Thomsen (1832-1905) Beauregard, Gustave Toutant (1818-1893) |
| Place written | Kingston, Georgia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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