Sunday, March 19, 2017

Second Battle of Dalton - August 14-15, 1864; also McCook-Stoneman Raid

Second Battle of Dalton

(references to):

Official Records, Series 1, Volume 38, Part 1 (Reports), page 162
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146042/m1/179/?q=colored%20troops

Official Records, Series 1, Volume 38, Part 1 (Reports), page 619
Report no.
Report of Col. William Sirwell, Seventy-Eighth Pennsylvania...
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146042/m1/636/?q=colored%20troops%20at%20fort%20whitfield


Wikipedia Article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Dalton

Note: this record also contains an account of the failed McCook-Stoneman raid (Atlanta/Newnan)

Note: Edward M. McCook had received his nomination to brigadier on 2 April 1864. Reference: Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 3, page 220, Letter from Edwin M. Stanton, War Dept., Washington, to Maj.-Gen. Sherman.

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