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The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley) 27 27 Browse Search
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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 14: in command of the Army of the James. (search)
ar, in the history of war. On the 30th of April I received from General Grant my final orders, See Appendix No. 23. to start my forces on the night of the 4th of May so as to get up James River as far as possible by daylight the next morning, and to push on with the greatest energy from that time for the accomplishment of thse causes of delay were sources of great anxiety as well to the lieutenant-general as to the general commanding the department. See Appendix No. 25. On the 4th of May the embarkation began at Yorktown, See Appendix No. 26. of the Tenth and Eighteenth Army Corps, under the command of Generals W. F. Smith and Q. A. Gillmore,e was to be lost in attacking Petersburg upon either side of the Appomattox, but Richmond was to be invested on the south side of the James in ten days from the 4th of May, to hold all the troops there from marching to the aid of Lee, and I was to throw my force between Beauregard and Lee, and prevent a possible junction of their
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 18: why I was relieved from command. (search)
believe that it was really the act of his own mind. I was certain that it was not when he assigned as the only cause, except that the corps commanders of the Army of the Potomac did not like to serve under my command, that he thought the administration of the affairs of my department objectionable, and, as he has elsewhere said, on account of my harshness. Now, as I have once before said, I had no personal administration of my department substantially after I had gone into the field, the 4th of May; and, in addition to my being reported upon favorably by the commissioner, Grant himself officially stated in a paper to go before the President that: As an administrative officer General Butler has no superior. In taking charge of a department where there are no great battles to be fought, but a dissatisfied element to control, no one could manage it better than he. I knew very well where the pressure came from, and also whence it got its vitality in the mind of Grant. The press
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Appendix. (search)
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, S. P. Lee, Acting Rear-Admiral, Commanding North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. to Maj.-Gen. Benj. F. Butler, Commanding Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, Fortress Monroe. [no. 23. Seepage 639.] headquarters armies of the United States, Culpepper Court-House, Va., April 28, 1864. Major-General Butler, Commanding Department of Virginia and North Carolina: General:--If no unforeseen accident prevents, I will move from here on Wednesday, the 4th of May. Start your forces the night of the 4th, so as to be as far up James River as you can get by daylight on the morning of the 5th, and push from that time with all your might for the accomplishment of the object before you. Should anything transpire to delay my movement, I will telegraph you. Acknowledge the receipt of this by telegraph. Everything possible is now being done to accumulate a force in Washington from the Northern States, ready to reinforce any weak point. I will instruct