Events of May 1864, Battle of Rocky Face Ridge (with Dalton and Tunnel Hill), Georgia: Confederate Report, Alexander P. Stewart

Battle of Rocky Face Ridge in The Atlanta Campaign

May 1864

Finding Aid for a Confederate Report in Official Records

Report no. 654 by Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart, Confederate States Army, commanding division, of operations May 7-27.

Report Date: 5 June 1864 (from):

Headquarters Stewart's Division, Hood's Corps, Army of Tennessee,
In the Field, Paulding County, Ga.

Events, 7-27 May 1864

• Description of skirmishes around Mill Creek Gap, Tunnel Hill Ridge, etc.
• Position of Confederates entrenched on the ridges
• Mention of the entrenchments and breastworks (breast-heights)

(and more)

Official Records, Series 1, vol. 38 (in five parts), Part 3, page 816-818.

Report no. 654 by Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart, C.S. Army
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154634/m1/833/

[Finding Aid, Link]

Citation for this page provided by Texas History (site):

United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 38, In Five Parts. Part 3, Reports., book, 1891; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154634/m1/833/: accessed August 14, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

The battles are referenced different ways in different correspondence; below are some of the terms that might help when searching these battles:

Confederate References: Battle of Rocky Face Ridge, Mill Creek Gap, Crow Valley, Tunnel Hill, Varnell's Station

Union References: Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia ; Ringgold, Varnell's Station, Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost ; Rocky Face Ridge (or) Rocky Faced Ridge

Subsequent Movement: Union troops moved through Snake Creek Gap toward Resaca, Georgia, leading up to a battle there.

Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia, Feb. 22-27, 1864: Link to Source Material in O.R.

Demonstrations on Dalton, Georgia

Link to source material.

Series 1, Volume 32, Part 1, page 417

This is only a link to some of the source material in Official Records. The section, "Feb. 22-27, 1864: Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia, starts on page 417 of Series 1, Volume 32, Part 1 (Chapter 44). 

Footnotes for that report also reference these pages in the same volume: 

Pages 9-11, General Thomas's report:

General Thomas's report, page 9

Itinerary of the Dept. of the Cumberland, page 23

Link to Itinerary of the Dept. of the Cumberland, page 23

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152618/m1/44/

Itinerary of the Dept. of the Cumberland, page 30

Link to Itinerary of the Dept. of the Cumberland, page 30

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152618/m1/51/

Itinerary of the Dept. of the Cumberland, page 37

Link to Itinerary of the Dept. of the Cumberland, page 37

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152618/m1/58/

(Minty mentions Buzzard Roost; prev. piece mentions Calhoun, Tenn., as headquarters of the Second Brigade)

Itinerary of the Dept. of the Cumberland, page 38
Link to Itinerary of the Dept. of the Cumberland, page 38
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152618/m1/59/
(Rf.: Col. Eli Long, Col. Edward M. McCook, Gen. Elliott. Mentions hdqrs. at Calhoun, Tenn.)

More on Dalton...
https://musescivilwar.blogspot.com/2016/08/first-battle-of-dalton-official-records.html

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Links to all three parts in this volume:

War of the Rebellion series ("Official Records"), Volume 32

Volume 32, Chapter 44.
Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and North Georgia. January 1-April 30, 1864.

Part 1. Reports. Page 1-703.
Part 2. Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc., Page 1-833.
Part 3. Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc., Page 1-879.

Official Records, Series 1, Volume 32, Part 1 (Reports).
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152618/

Official Records, Series 1, Volume 32, Part 2 (Correspondence, etc.).
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152633/

Official Records, Series 1, Volume 32, Part 3 (Correspondence, etc.).
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152650/

Volume XXXII, Chapter XLIV. Courtesy of Texas University