Scouting in Murray County, Georgia: near Waterhouse's Farm and Sumac Creek, March 1864

Official Records, Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 3 (Correspondence, etc.), 101.
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152650/m1/110/

A.P. Campbell, 21 Mar. 1864, Cleveland, Tenn., to Brig.-Gen. William D. Whipple

"One of my scouts left Sumac Creek south of Waterhouse's farm at 12 o'clock last night, and reports having heard drums in a southwest direction from there in the evening."

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Citation:

United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 32, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc., book, 1891; Washington D.C.. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152650/m1/110/?q=Sumac%20creek%20south%20of%20Waterhouse%27s%20farm: accessed August 26, 2017), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

The following site has a text extract. The site references the Serial Set instead of the O.R. books, which makes it hard to find elsewhere; but it is searchable over a series of the official records.
https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/059/0101

Scouting, South of the Connesauga River - Murray County, Georgia, December 1863

(U.S. Scouting, Murray County, Georgia) "The country south of Connesauga River is infested by small parties driving off the stock and hunting conscripts."

15 Dec. 1863, Cleveland, Tenn., O.O. Howard to Major-General Sherman
Series 1, Vol. 31, Part 3 (Correspondence), p.416
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152608/m1/425/

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Citation: 

United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 31, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc., book, 1891; Washington D.C.. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152608/m1/425/?q=Connesauga%20River%20is%20infested: accessed August 26, 2017), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
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Note: The name of the river in modern times is Conasauga River.

Burning of Mr. Southerland's house, Spring Place, Georgia (Feb. 1864)

Official Records, Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 2, page 375 

Reference to burning of Mr. Southerland's house in Spring Place, Georgia. Also, problems at Red Clay (Georgia or Tennessee).

D.S. Stanley to W.D. Whipple

12 February 1864

Ref: Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia, 1864

To take and hold the railroad at or east of Cleveland... (Quote by Lincoln)

The Papers and Writing of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 6
(Project Gutenberg eBook)

Above book is the original source for quote about the importance of Cleveland, Tennessee, in the Civil War. It has been quoted by many authors, including Melba Murray (Bradley Divided).

Quotations: 

"The Chattanooga expedition must not on any account be given up." (Stanton to Halleck)

"To take and hold the railroad at or east of Cleveland, in East Tennessee, I think fully as important as the taking and holding of Richmond." (Lincoln to Halleck)
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Other volumes by Lincoln at Project Gutenberg
Link to Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3

Official Records, Series 1, Volume 40, Part 2 (links, partial)

Post incomplete - need complete title, description of series, etc. Here are quick links.

Quick links --

War of the Rebellion, Series 1, Volume 40, in Three Parts

Official Records, Series 1, Volume 40, Part 1
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145052/?q=war%20of%20the%20rebellion%20series%201%2C%20volume%2040.

Official Records, Series 1, Volume 40, Part 2
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146046/?q=war%20of%20the%20rebellion%20series%201%2C%20volume%2040.

Official Records, Series 1, Volume 40, Part 3
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146047/?q=war%20of%20the%20rebellion%20series%201%2C%20volume%2040.


NOTE: I think there are "Additions and Corrections" for this volume, as well!

Official Records, Series 1, Volume 39, in Three Parts

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 39, In Three Parts. 

Vol. XXXIX, [Serial Nos. ?????]
Need serial nos. and description of this series. Approx. date begins around Sep. or Oct. 1864 and includes North Georgia....

Vol. 39, pt. 1 (Reports), 1864, Reports. [Serial No. ? 77 ?]
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154635/

Vol. 39, pt. 2 (Reports), campaign, May-Sept. 1864, Reports. [Serial No. ??]
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/??????*

Vol. 39, pt. 3 (Correspondence),  1864, Reports. [Serial No. ??]
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146045/

Includes Reports of Battles/Skirmishes in Dalton, Georgia, October 1864

Vol. 39, Additions and Corrections
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/ ??????????*


*These links are incomplete-- still searching for Part 2 and for Additions and Corrections, which I think I saw earlier!

James G. Brown Scouting Reports in O.R.

Some scouting reports made by James G. Brown in Nov. 1864 are in Official Records.

Selected James G. Brown scouting reports - one mentions Murray County, Georgia

November 1864
Official Records, Series 1, Volume 45, Part 1 (Reports, Correspondence, etc.), 947
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth142228/m1/979/?q=fort%20hill,%20dalton


January 1865
Official Records, Series 1, Vol. 45, Part 2 (Correspondence, etc.), page 601
A report from Robt. H. Ramsey to Maj.-Gen. Steedman mentions communications from James G. Brown, Dalton.
(Elsewhere indexed as serial 094).