and companies are here now. The only troops reported last August of which I have lost track are the Fifth Georgia Infantry and some companies of the Thirty-second Georgia Infantry. More recent and specific information having been received with regard to the batteries, garrisons, &c., of Sullivan's Island, Mount Pleasant, and Fort Sumter, I herewith inclose the reports of Captain Luttwitz, of my staff, on these three points. I also inclose the report of Colonel Kozlay, commanding post of Folly Island, on the new batteries erected on John's Island, near Stono River. These latter have all been armed since Colonel Kozlay's report. From intercepted signal messages I have the following given as the armament of the city batteries: Battery Ramsey, one 122-inch Blakely gun, one 11-inch Dahlgren, three 10-inch columbiads, one 42-pounder rifle, one 11-inch Brooke; Battery Waring, two 10-inch columbiads; Calhoun Street Battery, one 8-inch rifle; Lawrence Street Battery, one 10-inch columbiad; Blakely Gun Battery, one 122-inch Blakely gun; Vanderhorst's Wharf Battery, one 42-pounder rifle, one 10-inch columbiad; Castle Pinckney, three 10-inch columbiads, one 8-inch Brooke rifle. Another message states that 1,100 Austrian rifles have been drawn for the Second South Carolina Artillery. Another message speaks of 500 Enfield rifles and 150 Springfield rifle muskets being drawn for the First South Carolina Artillery. I have the honor to be, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. SCHIMMELFENNIG, Brigadier-General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA, Maj. Gen. W. T. SHERMAN, Savannah, Ga.: MY DEAR GENERAL: I have just sent a letter to Admiral Porter, giving him the information you ask for in your letter to Admiral Dahlgren of the 7th instant. When you get into this State, where I think you will be joyfully received by the mass of the population, I hope to be able to assist in some way. My force in this district is some 9,000. and of these scarcely more than 6,000 effective. Everything that could be spared was sent to Virginia. I can worry the rebels on the railroad between Wilmington and Goldsborough, if you think that advisable. Do you wish that road destroyed? I have 1,000,000 rounds of small ammunition and a good supply of other. When you get near me I can furnish you supplies. Please suggest to me, if you have time to do so, what you would like to have me do and what preparations you would like to have me make here for you. If you wish the railroad put in order I must have iron and workmen, &c. If you are going to need supplies I must prepare for that, and if more cars or engines, or more river transportation, &c., is to be needed I would like to know it. I hope you will find time to write to me. We are all throwing up our hats for Sherman and his army, and the whole country is rubbing its hands over you. Ever sincerely yours, I. N. PALMER, 4 R R-VOL XLVII, PT II SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS, HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI, January 14, 1865. It being represented that the Confederate army and armed bands of robbers, acting professedly under the authority of the Confederate Government, are harassing the people of Georgia and endeavoring to intimidate them in the efforts they are making to secure to themselves provisions, clothing, security to life and property, and the restoration of law and good government in the State, it is hereby ordered and made public: I. That the farmers of Georgia may bring into Savannah, Fernandina, or Jacksonville, Fla., marketing, such as beef, pork, mutton, vegetables of any kind, fish, &c., as well as cotton in small quantities, and sell the same in open market, except the cotton, which must be sold by or through the Treasury agents, and may invest the proceeds in family stores, such as bacon and flour in reasonable quantities, groceries, shoes, and clothing, and articles not contraband of war, and carry the same back to their families. No trade stores will be attempted in the interior, or stocks of goods sold for them, but families may club together for mutual assistance and protection in coming and going. II. The people are encouraged to meet together in peaceful assemblage to discuss measures looking to their safety and good government and the restoration of State and National authority, and will be protected by the National army when so doing, and all peaceable inhabitants who satisfy the commanding officers that they are earnestly laboring to that end must not only be left undisturbed in property and person, but must be protected as far as possible, consistent with the military operations. If any farmer or peaceable inhabitant is molested by the enemy, viz, the Confederate army or guerrillas, because of his friendship for the National Government, the perpetrator, if caught, will be summarily punished or his family made to suffer for the outrage; but if the crime cannot be traced to the actual party then retaliation will be made on the adherents to the cause of the rebellion. Should a Union man be murdered then a rebel selected by lot will be shot, or if a Union family be persecuted on account of the cause a rebel family will be banished to a foreign land. In aggravated cases retaliation will be extended as high as five for one. All commanding officers will act promptly in such cases and report their action after the retaliation is done. By order of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman: L. M. DAYTON, Assistant Adjutant-General. [JANUARY 14, 1865.-For Howard to Sherman, reporting advance to Pocotaligo, &c., see Part I, p. 192.] VII. The following movement of the army is directed for to-morrow: Major-General Blair will intrench a division strongly confronting Pocotaligo, and with the other two divisions make a detour to turn the enemy's left. The brigade of the Fifteenth Corps now near Garden's Corners will move to near Stony Creek and be ready to support the division in front of Pocotaligo. In case the enemy is gone in the morning General Blair will secure some point on the railroad and communicate with General Hatch on the Coosawhatchie. Rations and forage will be brought forward for the troops this side of Port Royal as fast as they can be procured at Beaufort and transported. By order of Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard: SAML. L. TAGGART, SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Near Pocotaligo, S. C., January 14, 1865. Brig. Gen. M. D. Leggett, commanding Third Division, will at once proceed to intrench the position he now occupies and to-morrow will attract the attention of the enemy and annoy him as much as possible. At 7 a. m. to-morrow General G. A. Smith will move his command out on the road just in rear of the Third Division, running in a northeast direction. Maj. Gen. J. A. Mower, commanding First Division, will follow the Fourth Division. The intention of the movement is to strike the railroad north of Pocotaligo, and further directions will be given for the movement to-morrow. Ten ordnance teams and ambulance train will accompany each division; the remainder of the train will be parked in rear of the Third Division. By command of Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair: C. CADLE, JR., Assistant Adjutant-General. SPECIAL ORDERS, Į HDQRS. THIRD DIV., 17TH ARMY CORPS, Port Royal Island, January 14, 1865. J. C. DOUGLASS, Assistant Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Brig. Gen. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Armies, present: GENERAL: I have the honor to request respectfully that the following-named officers may be brevetted for gallant conduct on the field of battle, viz: Col. A. S. Hartwell, Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteers (colored), to be brevetted brigadier-general for gallant conduct at the engagement of Honey Hill, S. C., December 30, 1864. Capt. George E. Gouraud, aide-de-camp, to be brevetted major for gallantry in the engagement of Honey Hill, S. C., December 30, 1864. Colonel Hartwell gallantly led his brigade against the enemy's works and fell pierced with three wounds, his horse being shot under him. Captain Gouraud was much exposed and very efficient during the engagement, and upon the fall of Colonel Hartwell rallied and reformed his regiment. Both are earnestly recommended for the above promotion as an act of justice to their merit and a reward for their gallant conduct. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, Major STRONG: Beaufort, S. C., January 14, 1865. (Of General Foster's staff.) MAJOR: My bridge is laid and the forces are crossing, but the canvas is rotten. I want your bridge, boats and all, sent me by water as soon as possible by Broad River and Whale Branch to Port Royal Ferry. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, O. O. HOWARD, HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Brig. Gen. JOHN P. HATCH, GENERAL: The following dispatch has just been received from the major-general commanding, dated Savannah, Ga., January 13, 1865: Send word to General Hatch at once that he will keep all his force with him and prepare to move on the offensive in co-operation with General Howard as soon as a forward movement is made. It is not the present purpose to withdraw General Hatch and his forces from their present position. If the regiment that was to go to Florida has not gone detain it where it is. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. L. M. BURGER, Assistant Adjutant-General. SPECIAL HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI, FIELD ORDERS, I. Commerce with foreign nations or in an enlarged sense cannot be permitted or undertaken until the National authority is established to an extent that will give the necessary courts and offices to control and manage such matters. Trade will be confined to a limited barter and sale proportioned to the necessary wants of the army and of the inhabitants dependent on it for the necessaries of life, and even that trade must be kept subject to strict military control or surveillance. II. Trade stores will be permitted at Beaufort, Hilton Head, Savannah, Fernandina, Saint Augustine, and Jacksonville, in all articles of clothing and food, groceries, ladies' and children's goods generally, and articles not contraband of war. III. To trade is a privilege, and no person will be allowed to buy and sell for profit unless he be a citizen of the United States, and subscribe to any legal oath or obligation that is or may be prescribed by law, and at points threatened by an enemy the officer commanding may further exact as a condition that the trader shall himself engage to serve in some military capacity to aid in defense of the place. IV. Persons desiring to trade will apply to the commanding officer of the post and obtain his written consent, specifying the kind, nature, and extent of the trade, and when he requires importations from Northern cities he will in like manner apply for his permit. The commanding officer of the post may appoint some good officer to supervise these matters, who will frequently inspect the stores, and when there is not sufficient competition will fix the prices of sale. These stores will in like manner be subject to the supervision of the commanding general of the Department of the South by himself or an inspector-general. V. In order that purchases may be made with economy the commanding officer of each post will make reports of his action in regard to trade, with the names of traders, amounts of goods desired for sale, &c., to the commanding general of the department, who will in like manner make full report to the Secretary of the U. S. Treasury, to the end that he may instruct the collectors of ports from which shipments are expected as to the necessary permits and clearances. It being utterly impracticable that a general commanding military operations should give his personal attention to such matters, it is desirable that as much power as possible should be delegated to post commanders, and they should be held to the strictest account that no trade is permitted injurious to the military interests of the United States. VI. Sales of cotton will be restricted absolutely to the U. S. Treasury agents, and no title in cotton or bill of sale will be respected until after the cotton is sold at New York. Country people having small lots of cotton are permitted to bring the same in to be exchanged for food and clothing for their families. The quartermaster will set aside a store or warehouse to which each wagon bearing cotton will, after entering the military lines, proceed direct, where an agent of the Treasury Department will receive and weigh the same and pay for it the price fixed in the eighth section of the act of Congress, approved July 2, 1864, viz: Three-fourths the value of cotton as quoted in the New York market; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby requested to make appointments of agents to carry out the provisions of said act at the posts of Hilton Head, Savannah, Fernandina, and Jacksonville. VII. In order that the duties hereby imposed on commanding officers of posts may not be neglected or slighted by the changes incident to rank and changes of troops, the commanding general of the Department of the South will appoint a special officer to command at each of said posts, with a small garrison, not to be changed without his order; and when other troops, commanded by a senior are added or arrivé the command of the post will not change, but the additional troops will be encamped near by and act according to special instructions. By order of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman: L. M. DAYTON, Assistant Adjutant-General. |