Edna Wiefering - Tennessee Civil War catalog entries in WorldCat

Tennessee Civil War, of interest...

Edna Wiefering - Tennessee Civil War catalog entries in WorldCat ; listed as editor of the William E. Sloan Diary. I noticed some other Tennessee titles in her listing

(Edna Wiefering, editor of various Civil War Sources)

(Bradley County, Tennessee, etc.)

Catalog Reference in WorldCat

WorldCat Search Result on Edna Wiefering
http://bit.ly/Wiefering-in-WorldCat-search-result

Seward, General Thomas' Scout (mention); Red Clay, Georgia, May 1864

This is just my internal note on some references I'm trying to track down. Among other things, I'm looking for references for a scout of staff member, "Seward," who was under General Thomas. This is not Secretary of State, Seward; it's just a scout or department official under Thomas. I'm not sure of all the facts below, either. My comments are from memory.

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Official Records, Series 1, Vol. 38, Pt. 4, Correspondence, etc., pg. 47, Schofield to Sherman, Red Clay, Ga., May 6, 1864.

"Red Clay, Ga., May 6, 1864.
"Major-General Sherman, Ringgold:
  "Your dispatch is received. I will be ready to move to-morrow morning. Could move to-day if necessary. It will take several days to repair the railroad here, but I can get along until it is done. I have frequent communication with Howard.
  "General Thomas' man Seward says Polk's corps gone to Rome.
            "J. M. Schofield,
               "Major-General.

OR, Ser. 1, Vol. 38, Pt. 4, pg. 47

"Howard" would be Gen. Oliver O. Howard. During or after the siege of Chattanooga, and after the slaughter of Federal mules in the supply train at Anderson's Crossroads on Walden Ridge by rebels about October 2, 1863, O. O. Howard, of the XI Corps, Army of the Potomac, was called in as an added reinforcement, to prevent future losses. The letter above is about seven months later, about the time the Federal Army leaves Cleveland, Tennessee, to move South on the Atlanta Campaign. [He is by then commanding the Fourth Corps, Army of the Cumberland, or Dept. of the Cumberland.]

"Thomas' man, Seward" is mentioned. One reference is specific to story. Another reference to Seward shows that it could be a different person than mentioned in story... I don't have the other specific reference to Seward, but I think it was in some correspondence after the Battle of Chickamauga; just not sure!

Oliver O. Howard Reference:

FOURTH ARMY CORPS: OLIVER O. HOWARD
Headquartered at Cleveland, Tennessee, and nearby Blue Springs, Tennessee.
Partial extract of: Official Records, Ser. 1, Vol. 32, Pt. 3, 551.
(from earlier post) http://musescivilwar.blogspot.com/2016/08/fourth-army-corps-oliver-o-howard_22.html

Article on William T. Martin, commanding Martin's Cavalry, Confederate (link)

Chickamauga Blog:

"A Shooting Star: Brigadier General William T. Martin"
Article on William T. Martin (Martin's Cavalry), and Martin's conflict with General Wheeler.
https://chickamaugablog.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/a-shooting-star-brigadier-general-william-t-martin/

Subject: Confederate units, Confederate generals.

James G. Brown and the First Georgia State Troops (First Georgia Volunteer Infantry)

Articles about James G. Brown, of Murray County, Georgia, and his First Georgia Volunteer Infantry Battalion (U.S.), also called The First Georgia State Troops (first organized by James G. Brown in the Spring of 1864, under James S. Steedman, with the approval and recommendation of General Thomas). When the unit did not make, many of the men of the First Georgia Vols later joined the 5th Tennessee Infantry Volunteers.

The unit has a difficult, rather obscure history, and the various articles have conflicting information as to when it mustered, when it disbanded, etcetera. Part of the problem is that, under James Brown, the unit did not enlist enough men to become a regiment or a real battalion. Thomas recommended the unit to the War Department, who nixed the idea, on several counts. Not only did the War Department distrust Home Guard units, but the small battalion had run from battle in Dalton in October 1864. Steedman's criticism of the unit was very harsh.

Articles: 

"Forgotten Union Guerrillas of the North Georgia Mountains,"
Robert S. Davis, Jr., w/Bill Kinsland, asst.
Lumpkin County Genealogy
http://www.lcgen.com/UnionGuerrillas.html

Article in encyclopedia:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (link to article)
"Unionists," in "History & Archaeology: Civil War & Reconstruction, 1861-1877,"
New Georgia Encyclopedia
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/unionists

Mentioned in book:
A Separate Civil War: Communities in Conflict in the Mountain South
Jonathan Dean Sarris
Google Books (short URL): http://bit.ly/James-G-Brown-brief-ref

Mentioned on: "Georgians in the Union Army" (Historic Marker)
http://georgiahistory.com/education-outreach/historical-markers/georgia-civil-war-150/

JAMES G. BROWN IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE DURING THE CIVIL WAR. HE WAS THE CHIEF OF SCOUTS IN NORTH GEORGIA.

Official Records, Series 1, Volume 38

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 38, In Five Parts. 

Vol. XXXVIII, [Serial Nos. 72, 73, 74, 75, 76]  The Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign, May 1-Sept. 8, 1864.
Principal Events:  Rocky Face Ridge, Dalton, Resaca, Adairsville, New Hope Church, Pickett's Mills, Dallas, Marietta, Kenesaw Mountain, Kolb's Farm, Rousseau's Raid, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Garrard's Raids, Ezra Church, Utoy Creek, McCook's Raid, Stoneman's Raid, Wheeler’s Raid, Kilpatrick's Raid, Jonesborough, Lovejoy's Station. See also Supplemental Vol. LII.

Vol. 38, pt. 1 (Reports): Atlanta, Georgia, campaign, May-Sept. 1864, Reports. [Serial No. 72]
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146042/

Vol. 38, pt. 2 (Reports): Atlanta, Georgia, campaign, May-Sept. 1864, Reports. [Serial No. 73]
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146043/

Vol. 38, pt. 3 (Reports): Atlanta, Georgia, campaign, May-Sept. 1864, Reports. [Serial No. 74]
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154634/

Vol. 38, pt. 4: Atlanta, Georgia, campaign, May-Sept. 1864, Correspondence. [Serial No. 75]
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146044/m1/1/

One ref.: June 17, 1864: Lt. How reports intell to Col. W.W. Lowe: Confed. Wheeler is about to raid RR betw. Dalton and Cleveland. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146044/m1/503/

Vol. 38, pt. 5 (Correspondence, etc.): Atlanta, Georgia, campaign, May-Sept. 1864, Correspondence. [Serial No. 76]
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146049/

Vol. 38, Additions and Corrections
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth308997/

Official Records, Series 1, Volume 23 (still need links)

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 23, In Two Parts. 

Vol. XXIII, [Serial Nos. 34, 35]  Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, North Alabama and Southwest Virginia, Jan. 21-Aug. 10, 1863.

Principal Events:  Thompson's Station, Vaught's Hill, Pegram's Raid, Brentwood, Wheeler's Railroad Raid, Franklin, Streight's Raid, Everett's Raid, Sanders' Raid, I-lines' Raid, Tullahoma Campaign, Morgan's Ohio Raid, Scott's Raid. See also Supplemental Vol. LII.  

Need links!

Official Records, Series 1, Volume 26

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 26, In Two Parts. Part 1, [Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889].

Chapter XXXVIII (38). Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana,* Texas, and New Mexico. May 14-December 31, 1863.

Official Records, Series 1, Volume 26, Part 1 
(Reports, Union and Confederate; Correspondence, Union)
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154596/


Official Records, Series 1, Volume 26, Part 2 
(Correspondence...Confederate)
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154601/


Additions and Corrections to Series 1, Volume 26
[Washington: Government Printing Office, 1902]
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth308990/

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About this series (including biblio, citation, description)
http://musescivilwar.blogspot.com/2016/08/official-records-citation.html