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[CIVIL WAR]. [ATLANTA CAMPAIGN, 1864]. HASCALL, Milo Smith (1829-1904), Brigadier General, Union Army. Autograph manuscript signed ("Milo S. Hascall"), a draft copy of the official report of the 2nd Division, XXIII Corps's operations during Sherman's 1864 Atlanta Campaign, Decateur, GA., 10 September 1864. 43 pages, folio, 7½ in Hascall's hand, the rest in the hand of an aide-de-camp but with numerous corrections and emendations by Hascall, in fine condition.
[With]: Merrill, William E. Two lithographed military maps of Northern Georgia (Part of Northern Georgia -- Maps #2 and #3), depicting the land between Atlanta and Cassville. Topographical Engineers Office, Headquarters, Department of the Cumberland, [1864]. Each 21 x 14½ inches, printed on linen, some minor dampstaining and browning.
A DETAILED DIVISIONAL REPORT OF THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN, WITH RARE HEADQUARTERS MAPS
A remarkably detailed, extensive account of the climax of the Atlanta Campaign, launched on May 1, 1864, by a massive Union army under the command of William T. Sherman. Seventeen days after the first soldiers began marching south, Brigadier General Milo Hascall took command of the 2nd Division of the 23rd Corps, Army of the Ohio. Here, on September 10, eight days after the city was finally captured, Hascall reports his Division's activities from 19 May to 7 September: "I have the honor to submit the following report...This will be no easy task for me as you are aware that Brig. Genl. Judah commanded the Division until after the Battle at Resaca..." The 2nd Division was integrally involved in all operations of the army as it advanced through Georgia, and fought its first major battle with Hascall in command at Kolb's Farm near Kennesaw Mountain on June 22: "Three times [the Confederates] advanced & at each advance strengthening their line but at each time they were repulsed...the works were but partially constructed...[but] everyone prepared for a stubborn resistance...the artillery opened their fire and in a short time the woods and ridge in our front was cleared of the Enemy." On the morning of June 22nd, Hascall's men approached Atlanta: "My command...soon developed the enemy in strong force within their works immediately about the city of Atlanta and my troops were the first to drive them into their main line about the city. Batteries were ordered to be established as soon as possible to begin the shelling of the city...from each of my batteries one shot every 15 minutes was fired into the city." Summarizing the entire campaign, Hascall writes at the conclusion of the report: "It will be seen that the losses are quite severe but when it is remembered that we suffered very severely at Resaca [fought prior to Hascall's promotion] and have been kept almost constantly operating in the front and on one or the other flank of the army ever since they are not at all greater than might have been expected...we can point to some of the most substantial results achieved by any Division of the Army." (3)
[With]: Merrill, William E. Two lithographed military maps of Northern Georgia (Part of Northern Georgia -- Maps #2 and #3), depicting the land between Atlanta and Cassville. Topographical Engineers Office, Headquarters, Department of the Cumberland, [1864]. Each 21 x 14½ inches, printed on linen, some minor dampstaining and browning.
A DETAILED DIVISIONAL REPORT OF THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN, WITH RARE HEADQUARTERS MAPS
A remarkably detailed, extensive account of the climax of the Atlanta Campaign, launched on May 1, 1864, by a massive Union army under the command of William T. Sherman. Seventeen days after the first soldiers began marching south, Brigadier General Milo Hascall took command of the 2nd Division of the 23rd Corps, Army of the Ohio. Here, on September 10, eight days after the city was finally captured, Hascall reports his Division's activities from 19 May to 7 September: "I have the honor to submit the following report...This will be no easy task for me as you are aware that Brig. Genl. Judah commanded the Division until after the Battle at Resaca..." The 2nd Division was integrally involved in all operations of the army as it advanced through Georgia, and fought its first major battle with Hascall in command at Kolb's Farm near Kennesaw Mountain on June 22: "Three times [the Confederates] advanced & at each advance strengthening their line but at each time they were repulsed...the works were but partially constructed...[but] everyone prepared for a stubborn resistance...the artillery opened their fire and in a short time the woods and ridge in our front was cleared of the Enemy." On the morning of June 22nd, Hascall's men approached Atlanta: "My command...soon developed the enemy in strong force within their works immediately about the city of Atlanta and my troops were the first to drive them into their main line about the city. Batteries were ordered to be established as soon as possible to begin the shelling of the city...from each of my batteries one shot every 15 minutes was fired into the city." Summarizing the entire campaign, Hascall writes at the conclusion of the report: "It will be seen that the losses are quite severe but when it is remembered that we suffered very severely at Resaca [fought prior to Hascall's promotion] and have been kept almost constantly operating in the front and on one or the other flank of the army ever since they are not at all greater than might have been expected...we can point to some of the most substantial results achieved by any Division of the Army." (3)