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Compiled by the National Archivists before
the microfilming of the Civil War records. |
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Entries in blue are references
and my additions
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Lemuel Pratt Grant was born in
Frankfort, Maine in 1817. At age 19, he left the farm and village
store to become a rodman in the Engineer Branch of the under
construction Philadelphia & Reading RR. In only one year, he had
made his way up to become an assistant engineer for that company. |
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In 1840, he was hired as an
assistant engineer by the building Georgia RR. His party located the
line between Madison and Atlanta, some 65 miles. He did a 2-year
stent with the Central (of Georgia) RR, then returned to the Georgia
RR. Grant appears to have committed himself to Atlanta as early as
1844, when he began buying large tracts of land in the future city. |
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Grant continued railroad
construction with the Montgomery & West Point RR for three years,
then back to the Georgia RR as resident engineer until 1853, but
also spending 2 years as Chief Engineer of the building Atlanta &
West Point RR. From 1853 - 1860, he was engaged in RR construction
in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, and road surveys and locations
of proposed roads in Alabama and Georgia. |
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After the war, he was General
Superintendent of the Atlanta & West Point from 1866 - 1881. For
part of that time, he was also President of the Georgia
Western RR (Atlanta to Birmingham). |
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Grant married Laura Loomis
Williams in 1843. The couple had at least 4 children before she died
in 1879. In 1881, he married Mrs. Jane L. Crew and they had one
child. |
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Grant is shown in the 1860 census
in Atlanta as a Civil Engineer, 42 years old, with $65,000 Real
Estate and $6,500 in Personal Estate. |
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After the war, Grant became a
leader in Atlanta, advocating a public school system and becoming a
member of its first Board of Education. In 1883, he gave over 100
acres of land to the city for a park (Grant Park) for all the
people. He died in 1893. |
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Grant is on this site because of
his connection to the Blue Mountain RR, the repairs of several
bridges in East Tennessee and the repairs of post-Sherman railroads
in Georgia. He also designed and supervised the construction of the
city defenses for Atlanta and Augusta. |
| October 13, 1862 |
Appointed from Georgia as Captain Engineer
Corps, to rank from October 10, 1862 and to report to Engineer
Bureau |
| October 22, 1862 |
Addressed as Captain Corps of Engineers at
Atlanta, Ga.
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| October 22, 1862 |
Commission forwarded
from Engineer Bureau
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| Grant's Blue
Mountain RR orders
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| October 31, 1862 |
Information on
contractors sent to him
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| November
1, 1862 |
Accepted commission
as Captain of Engineers
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| Reported his
acceptance of his appointment and assignment
|
| November 2-5, 1863 |
Travel to Kingston
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| November 6-12, 1863 |
Travel from Blue
Mountain and Montgomery
|
| November
11, 1862 |
Bureau forwarded
Blue Mountain RR documents
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| November
13, 1862 |
Discussed job with
contractor
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| Reports condition of
Blue Mountain RR
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| November 14, 1862 |
Asked for
information on several branch RRs
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| November 17, 1862 |
Raised Rome to
Dalton connection and iron questions
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| November 24, 1862 |
Responded to
Engineer Bureau regarding Blue Mountain RR project
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| November 28, 1862 |
Bureau informed him
of desire for the Government to provide bolts for Blue Mountain RR
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| December
3, 1862 |
Reported the roads
in the west that should be considered for removal for iron
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| Asked if it was ok
to resume grading on the Blue Mountain RR
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| December 4, 1862 |
Wrote looking for
construction tools
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| December 5, 1862 |
Asked RR if a
contract with the rails not addressed was acceptable
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| December 6, 1862 |
Reported the status
of the RR
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| December 11, 1862 |
Reported receiving
Blue Mountain RR letters
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| Ordered to
investigate Alabama salt potential
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| December 20, 1862 -
January 5, 1863 |
Traveled
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| December 14, 1862 |
Started Alabama saline project
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| December 16, 1862 |
Offers contract for Blue Mountain RR
construction
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| December 17, 1862 |
Asked for help in filling out expense forms
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| December 25, 1862 |
Reported on saline project
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| January 1, 1863 |
Signed Letter of Agreement for the construction
of the Blue Mountain RR
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| January 5, 1863 |
Reported progress on Blue Mountain RR and
contracts
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Ordered to repair 2 bridges
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| January
6, 1863 |
Suggested Wadley select the railroads to give up
iron for Blue Mountain RR
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About to leave for East Tennessee bridge site
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| January 8 - 12, 1863 |
Travelled
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| January 9, 1863 |
Reported on repairs for East Tennessee &
Virginia RR bridges
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| January 13, 1863 |
Required return of cars improperly held
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| January 21, 1863 |
Reported funds allocated and pig iron prices
stated
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| January 14, 1863 |
Reported status of salt work
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| January
17, 1863 |
Bureau gave Grant contract for any iron needed
for bridge repairs
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Informed that Blue Ridge RR documents had
arrived in Richmond
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| January 22, 1863 |
Hired Dexter for bridge reconstruction
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| January 24, 1863 |
Reported on best bridge pattern
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| January 27, 1863 |
Coordinated repair of bridges
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| January 28, 1863 |
Dealt with difficulty getting iron for castings
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| January 29, 1863 |
Bureau provided various status
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| January 30, 1863 |
Asked for help drilling Alabama saline wells
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| February 3, 1863 |
Informed delay in funds is in the Treasury
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| February 10, 1863 |
Reported on some of his projects
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| February 11, 1863 |
Wrote Haydon regarding bridge repairs and visit
to Atlanta
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Bureau informed the need for a larger mortgage
for Blue Mountain RR money
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| February 12, 1863 |
Requested tools from Nitre & Mining Bureau
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| February 13, 1863 |
Issued orders to Civil Engineer for Saline
construction
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| February 16, 1863 |
Returned mortgage to Alabama & Tennessee River
RR for changes
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| February 17, 1863 |
Bureau asked how many slaves needed for salt
works
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| February
19, 1863 |
Paid for iron for castings
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Planed meeting on Blue Mountain RR documents
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| February 20, 1863 |
Asked for guidance on Blue Mountain RR contract
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Bureau looked for provisions for salt works crew
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| February 22 - 24,
1863 |
Travelled
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| February 23, 1863 |
Informed Maxwell of charges regarding iron use
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| February 25, 1863 |
Informed no tents for salt works
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| February 27, 1863 |
Status of bridge repairs
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| February 28 - March
11, 1863 |
Travelled
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| March 4, 1863 |
Bureau gave him a status report
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| March 7, 1863 |
Received bill of timber of Watauga and Holston
bridges
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| March 12, 1863 |
Reported status of Salt work project
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| March 13,
1863 |
Requested status of Maxwell's bridge repairs and
orders timbers
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Advised the owners that the Blue Mountain RR
contract was delayed until iron had been identified
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| March 17, 1863 |
Bureau sent advise on salt works
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| March 19, 1863 |
Asked Haydon for bridge dimensions for spare
bridges
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| March 23, 1863 |
Bureau instructed in the collection of scrap
iron
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| March 24, 1863 |
Ordered work force to Alabama salt works
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| March 25, 1863 |
Paid $10,000 to Maxwell
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| March 26, 1863 |
Bureau provided salines suggestions
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Grant travels 3/25 - 3/26
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| April 3, 1863 |
Provided status report on his projects
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| April 10, 1863 |
Gilmer wants Grant to not resign and plan for
the coming campaigns
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| April 18, 1863 |
Gilmer informed Grant of the necessity of
producing salt
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| April 20,
1863 |
Notifies Walker that Blue Mountain RR loan is
available, but Government will not furnish the rails
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Wrote Maxwell regarding Depository's refusal to
cash Grant's check
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| April 23, 1863 |
Wrote to start Alabama salt work project
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| April 28,
1863 |
Reported salt project status and requested
status of loan for part of Blue Mountain RR
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Arranged passage for lumber for spare bridges
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Ordered to hire counsel for Maxwell-Haydon case
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| April 30, 1863 |
Sent to Montgomery to consider connecting roads
in the town
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| May 1, 1863 |
Wrote Maxwell about bridge costs
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| May 2, 1863 |
Wrote to arrange duplicate bridge lumber
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Ordered to consider hiring a local map maker
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| May 3, 1863 |
Wrote regarding Nashville & Chattanooga RR
bridge
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| May 4-8, 1863 |
Travel to Selma
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| May 5, 1863 |
Gilmer asks Secretary of War if Grant should
make a loan for part of the Blue Ridge RR's construction
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| May 6, 1863 |
Informed of importance of the labor for the salt
works
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| May 12 - 14, 1863 |
Travelled
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| May 13, 1863 |
Authorized hiring and movement of 200 slaves and
supplies to
salt works
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| May 15, 1863 |
Submitted proposal to connect the Montgomery
railroads
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| May 19, 1863 |
Funds for Capt. Haydon
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| May 18, 1865 |
Bureau informs Grant of details of loan for Blue
Mountain RR
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| May 19, 1863 |
Informed that mortgage is accepted
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| May 23, 1863 |
Informed of Iron for the Georgia
side of the Blue Mountain RR
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| May 26, 1863 |
Provides money to Capt. Haydon
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| May 27, 1863 |
Notified Georgia portion of Blue Mountain RR
that their loan was approved
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| May 27 - June 5, 1863 |
Travel
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| May 28, 1863 |
Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
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| June 6, 1863 |
Provided status of his projects to Engineer
Bureau
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| June 12, 1863 |
Commissary support for salt works
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| June 17, 1863 |
Bureau notified that mortgage was under
consideration
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| June 20, 1863 |
Notifies RR that second mortgage was acceptable
for part of Blue Mountain RR
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| June 22, 1863 |
Ordered to rebuild bridge on East Tennessee &
Virginia RR
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| June 23, 1863 |
Gilmer explained his reasons for Grant's
promotion
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| June 25 - 28, 1863 |
Travelled
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| July 1, 1863 |
Received funds
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| July 7, 1863 |
Duplicate bridges approved
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| July 9, 1863 |
Refused promotion
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| July 11, 1863 |
Ordered supplies for salt works
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| July 22, 1863 |
Ordered to start Atlanta defence works
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| July 29, 1863 |
Received entrenching tools
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| August 13, 1863 |
Ordered to visit Gen. Johnson and recommend
fastest way to replace Pearl River bridge for the collection of
abandoned RR material
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| August 14, 1863 |
Dealt with the removal of some hands from the
salt works
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| August 15, 1863 |
Contracted for a duplicate bridge
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| August 17, 1863 |
Recommended the salt works be closed and
reported on status of Atlanta defenses
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| August 18, 1863 |
Received camp materials
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| August 19, 1863 |
Sought a detail for Atlanta defenses
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| September 1, 1863 |
Ordered salt works closed and hands, tools and
supplies disposed of
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| September 3, 1863 |
Informed that Confederacy cannot give labor
credit to states for slaves used
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| September 5, 1863 |
Ordered inventory of bridges on Western &
Atlantic RR
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| September 9, 1863 |
Bureau addresses various administrative matters
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| September 15, 1863 |
Wrote regarding administrative matters
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| September 20, 1863 |
Ordered a round trip from Atlanta to Montgomery
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| September 22, 1863 |
Bureau asked Grant to visit Richmond
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| September
28, 1863 |
Sent bill for slave gang
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Arranged to send papers for pig iron
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| October 15, 1863 |
Instructed on how to make claims for damages
caused by Atlanta defense works
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| October 16, 1863 |
Bureau asked for status of Blue Mountain RR and
prospect with large force
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| October 19, 1863 |
Returned hands who could not do the required
work
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| October 28, 1863 |
Arranged payment for slaves hired from one
county
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| October 30, 1863 |
Wrote Gilmer regarding Atlanta defense plan
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| November
4, 1863 |
Explained his Atlanta defense plan to
Chattanooga Engineer
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Reported the death of a slave to his owner
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| November 7, 1863 |
Received Lieut. Nichols to receive lumber for
Atlanta defenses
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| November 9, 1863 |
Sent accounts to the Bureau in Richmond:
duplicate bridges stored
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| November 10, 1863 |
Arranged for transportation of slaves from one
county to Atlanta
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Delivered shovels
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| November 12, 1863 |
Asked for help in returning run away slaves
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Informed of effort to collect slaves for
transportation
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| November 16, 1863 |
Worked with Augusta for tools
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| November
20, 1863 |
Ordered detail private to report for his detail
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Completed arrangements to send slaves to Atlanta
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| November 25-26, 1863 |
Round trip to Augusta
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| December 3, 1863 |
Shipped shovels to Augusta
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| December 4, 1863 |
Requested a detail
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Asked where to meet Gilmer on the 6th
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| December 5, 1863 |
Bureau telegraphs to Gilmer at Atlanta
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| December 7, 1863 |
Replied to accounts questions; escorted General
Gilmer on the fortifications
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| December 15, 1863 |
Requested signature correction on a voucher
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| December 17, 1863 |
Made slave travel arrangements
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| December 21, 1863 |
Reported cost of iron for 2 East Tennessee &
Virginia RR bridges
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| December 28, 1863 |
Assistant Surgeon wrote for position
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Officer assigned to Grant
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| December 29, 1863 |
Maxwell reported on the sources of timber for
bridge rebuilds
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| January 1, 1864 |
Addressed various accounting & personnel issues
| AHC, LPG
1-1-64 |
| AHC, LPG
1-9-64 |
| AHC, LPG
1-12-64 |
| AHC, LPG
1-12A-64 |
| AHC, LPG
2-1-64 |
| NA, ENG
2-9A-64 |
| AHC, LPG
2-14-64 |
| AHC, LPG
3-16-64 |
| AHC, LPG
3-18-64 |
| AHC, LPG
3-19A-64 |
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| January 8, 1864 |
Was instructed to have Hardee impress the iron
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| January 12, 1864 |
Recommended a promotion
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| January 18, 1864 |
Requested by Bureau to assist in constructing a
pontoon train for the Army of Tennessee
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| January 21, 1864 |
Ordered report of defense ideas for RR bridge in
West Point, Ga.
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| February 24, 1864 |
Answered query regarding changing the gauge of
the Montgomery & West Point RR
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| February 27, 1864 |
Arranged for slave travel to Atlanta
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| March 1, 1864 |
Questioned regarding use of slaves from one
county
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| March 6, 1864 |
Recommended an officer
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| March 7, 1864 |
Notified of a group of negroes ready for
transport to work on Atlanta defenses
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| March 8, 1864 |
Wrote for permission to impress hands for
Atlanta defenses
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| March 9, 1864 |
Expenses for collecting hands
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| March 12, 1864 |
Discovered competing calls for slaves
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Requested to join Gen. Johnston on inspection of
fortifications on next day
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Had his map of Atlanta's fortifications approved
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| March 16,
1864 |
Detail of a draughtsman offered
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Maxwell wrote regarding bridge voucher
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| March 17, 1864 |
Ordered to deposit all his funds for credit
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| March 18, 1864 |
All records to date show him as Captain
Engineer Corps, Atlanta, Ga. |
| March 28, 1864 |
Bureau asks his opinion on making bridges for
East Tennessee RRs
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| March 29, 1864 |
Report on Atlanta defense line required
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| April 4, 1864 |
Reported duplicate bridges being prepared for 4
RRs
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| April 6, 1864 |
Asked for additional funds
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| April 15, 1864 |
Informed of missing receipt by Haydon
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| April 16, 1864 |
Asked what to do with certain hands
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Special requisition
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| April 19, 1864 |
Informed of the date some hands had arrived in
Macon
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| April 25, 1864 |
Requested to aid Lt. Glenn in establishing an
Engineer depot for Army of Tennessee in Atlanta
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| April 26, 1864 |
Ordered to make duplicate bridges for Western &
Atlantic RR
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List of slave enrollers
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| April 29,
1864 |
Transportation requested for hands for Atlanta
fortifications
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Bureau responded to injured slave case and money
case
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| May 2, 1864 |
Informed of rules for injured slave
reimbursement
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| May 3, 1864 |
Information on duplicate Western & Atlantic RR
bridges requested
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| May 6, 1864 |
2nd Lieutenant Harrell assigned to Grant
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| May 7, 1864 |
Bureau informed Grant of proper accounting
procedures in a particular case
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| May 11, 1864 |
Asked for funds to pay Maxwell for a bridge
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| May 17,
1864 |
Property costs established for defensive works
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Ordered assigned bridges duplicated on Western &
Atlantic RR
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| May 23, 1864 |
Maxwell's duplicate bridge making stopped
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Is assigned a new officer
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| May 30, 1864 |
Ordered to bring Atlanta defence maps to
conference
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| June 2, 1864 |
Ordered duplication of Atlanta & West Point RR
bridges
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| June 6, 1864 |
Requested credit for money never drawn
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| June 8, 1864 |
Ordered a negro force returned home with an
overseer
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| June 9, 1864 |
Funds requested to pay Maxwell for earlier
bridge rebuilding
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| June 11, 1864 |
Damaged slave sent home
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| June 14, 1864 |
Received money
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| June 16,
1864 |
Received reports of deaths of slaves
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Made emergency call for slaves and overseer
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| June 20, 1864 |
Ordered to settle 2 of Maxwell's accounts
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| June 30, 1864 |
Returned an Engineer officer to the Army of
Tennessee
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| July 25, 1864 |
Private assigned to Grant
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| July 26, 1864 |
Grant ordered to Montgomery to help repair
Montgomery & West Point RR
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| July 27, 1864 |
Grant ordered to prepare to replace Georgia and
Central (of Georgia) RRs bridges
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| July 28, 1864 |
Reported to the Bureau from Athens, Ga.
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| July 28, 1864 |
Captain Engineer Corps at Athens, Ga.
(Personal Papers) |
| July 31, 1864 |
From Augusta, asked if he should start
rebuilding bridges on Georgia and Central (of Georgia) RRs
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| August 5, 1864 |
Reported his status
to Engineer Bureau
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| August 6, 1864 |
Bureau reported receipt of his Blue Mountain RR
work
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| August 7, 1864 |
Funds had been sent to Atlanta Depository July
23 for Grant
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| August 9, 1864 |
Requested the detail of his son
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| August 17, 1864 |
Hired hands, requested tools, money and rope
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| August 19, 1864 |
Reported he had duplicates of some Western &
Atlantic RR bridges
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| August 21, 1864 |
Grant to determine minimum amount of iron needed
to repair Georgia RR
|
| August 19, 1864 - April 26, 1865 |
All records covering these dates show him
as Captain Engineer Corps, Augusta, Ga. |
| September
8, 1864 |
Funds received -- send more
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Reported regarding defensible position in
Greensboro, Ga.
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| September 9, 1864 |
Informed of funds for his use
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| September 11, 1864 |
Instructed by General Smith to obtain or make a
map for planning Augusta's defenses
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| September 12, 1864 |
Looked for AOT Chief Engineer
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| September 13, 1864 |
Hardee reported he was looking for Grant's
family and would help them to Macon
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| September 15, 1864 |
Reported use of a duplicate bridge over a river
on the Georgia RR
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| September 22, 1864 |
Grant's Augusta defense orders
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| October 1, 1864 |
Accounting of funds
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| October
2, 1864 |
Told to speak to Cobb to get negroes for labor
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Told to keep Lt Hancell
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| October 3, 1864 |
Hood's engineer wrote regarding making redoubts
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Recommendation
|
| October
5, 1864 |
Requested a man be assigned as his clerk and
assistant
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Assigned to Augusta
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| October
6, 1864 |
Moved bridge carpenters
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Requested shovels
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| October 7, 1864 |
Bureau reject his proposal of a man for Engineer
Captain
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| October 17, 1864 |
Requested a doctor be assigned to the slaves
working on the Augusta defenses
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| October
18, 1864 |
Reported a requirement of 500 rations per day
for 4 months for the Augusta defenses labor crew
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Received tools
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Reported men employed by him
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| October 19, 1864 |
Bureau acknowledged
receipt of quarterly accounts
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| October 20, 1864 |
Needed funds
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| October 24, 1864 |
Reported hands at
Augusta
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| October 28, 1864 |
Requested procedure
for reimbursement of expenses
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| October 29, 1864 |
Submitted property
returns
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| October 31, 1864 |
Proposed a plan to
make a duplicate bridge of the Central (of Georgia) RR
|
| November 4, 1864 |
Instructed on certain
forms
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| November 7, 1864 |
Beauregard: Any
duplicate bridges for Western & Atlantic?
|
| November
8, 1864 |
Informed Maxwell that
funds had not arrived and other admin matters
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| Informed that he is
desired to oversee 35 miles of Georgia RR; asks for an assistant and
one is hired
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| Ordered to delay
Georgia RR bridge
|
| November
11, 1864 |
Reported only one
detailed man reporting to him
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| Ordered lumber cut
for the Augusta defenses
|
| November 12, 1864 |
Reported shortage of
hands for defensive works
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| Instructed on Returns
|
| November
15, 1864 |
Told Maxwell that he
could now pay for a bridge job
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| Told Stone to bring
his horse
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| Instructed Slave
Enroller to send hands to Augusta
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| Sent funds
|
| November 16, 1864 |
Requested a detail to
provide lumber
|
| November 18, 1864 |
Ordered to add rifle
pits to Augusta defenses
|
| November 19, 1864 |
Reported assignment
of Stone and receipt of some funds
|
| November 20, 1864 |
Allowed to order an
officer to assist him
|
| November 21, 1864 |
Get the people to
assist in obstructing the enemy's approach on Augusta
|
| November 22, 1864 |
Reported that General
Fry was doing all he could to delay the enemy's approach
|
| November 24, 1864 |
Grant ordered to do
all in the defense of Augusta
|
| November
25, 1864 |
Moved funds to clear
accounts
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| Ordered certain
lumber lengths
|
| November
26, 1864 |
Slave owner ordered
the return of his slaves
|
| November
28, 1864 |
Ordered to change
part of the Augusta defense line
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| Ordered to save the
bridge timbers collected at Millen
|
| November 29, 1864 |
Ordered to make a
catalogue of bridges in the Department (Georgia, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Northern Alabama) so that duplicated bridges can be
prepared if required
|
| November 30, 1864 |
Informed Bureau that
Bragg has ordered Georgia RR repaired
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| Received report of
hands and tools on Augusta defenses
|
| December 1, 1864 |
Survey of Georgia RR
track after Sherman (document date estimated)
|
| December 2, 1864 |
Request for
permission to purchase medical supplies from the Medical Purveyor
granted
|
| December
6, 1864 |
Ordered production of
cross ties
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| Ordered an Engineer
to work on the track and a bridge
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| Ordered a man for
commissary and labor duties
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| Requested 50 kegs of
RR spikes
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| Requested Western &
Atlantic RR road force assist in rebuilding of Georgia RR
|
| Ordered a detailed
man forward
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| Ordered the
production and delivery of cross ties
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| Hired a man to frame
the Alcovy River bridge
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| Hired a man to buy
lumber for the Alcovy River bridge
|
| December 11, 1864 |
Informed the Bureau
of details of work on the Georgia RR and the need for funds
|
| December 12, 1864 |
Ordered detailed
survey of rails needing repair or replacement
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| Issues reported from
the Georgia RR repair work
|
| December
14, 1864 |
Conscripts requested
for RR repair
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| Requested impressment
power be given on line of Georgia RR
|
| December 15, 1864 |
Bureau will find
funds for Grant
|
| December 16, 1864 |
Reported to the
Bureau the status of Western &Atlantic RR
|
| December 19, 1864 |
Shipment of tools
sent to Athens
|
| December 20, 1864 |
Asked if Augusta
defense line hands could be shifted to RR repairs
|
| December 22, 1864 |
Force ordered to work
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| Authority to impress
teams and wagons
|
| December 24, 1864 |
Beauregard ordered
Grant to push repair of Georgia RR
|
| December 30, 1864 |
Ordered to take
charge of all RR repairs in Georgia
|
| December 31, 1864 |
Paid voucher to
Maxwell
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| Gilmer sent
instructions to Grant regarding repair of Georgia RRs
|
| January
2, 1865 |
Tools provided
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| January
3, 1865 |
Requested more funds
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| Hazlehurst ordered to
review the status of RR repair work and report to Grant
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| Ordered start of
production of cross ties
|
| January 4, 1865 |
Grant now in charge
of repair to RRs in Georgia, with Hazlehurst and Glenn as Assistants
|
| Received tools
|
| January 5, 1865 |
Asked Bureau who will
decide which roads give up rail for repairs in Georgia
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| Shifts workers
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| Asked for details of
men, hands and teams
|
| January 6, 1865 |
Asked permission to
keep an officer who was with him
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| Offers to settle for
work done at Atlanta
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| Ordered to have Gen.
Beauregard impress the required rails as a military necessity
|
| January 7, 1865 |
Forwarded his plans
for iron removal and use
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| Adjusted delivery of
cross ties
|
| January 8, 1865 |
Reported status of
repairs
|
| January
9, 1865 |
Ordered issues of
picks and shovels
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| Ordered report of
Macon & Western RR and movement of hands
|
| January 11, 1865 |
Informed that
Charleston & Savannah RR iron will be sent to him
|
| January 13, 1865 |
Ordered medical
supplies for repair crews
|
| January 16, 1865 |
Rails designated by
Grant will be impressed by Beauregard
|
| January 17, 1865 |
Asked for decisions
on supply of rails for repair of RRs
|
| Ordered to detail an
shoe makers from the impressed hands
|
| Gilmer asked for
repair report
|
| January 18, 1865 |
Reported status of
repairs on Georgia RRs
|
| Shiped tools
|
| Fort Gaines Branch RR
to be taken up for Atlanta & West Point RR
|
| Asked for any funds
available
|
| An Engineer officer
assigned to him
|
| January 19, 1865 |
Reported his
situation to Gen. Smith
|
| January
20, 1865 |
Requested an officer
to impress teams for Georgia RR repair
|
| Requested 300 shovels
for RR repairs
|
| January
21, 1865 |
Accepts a resignation
|
| Receipt and
assignment of slaves
|
| January 25, 1865 |
Labor for wagon road
|
| January
26, 1865 |
Issued instructions
for rail removal on the Augusta & Savannah RR
|
| Asked Hardee to
return Georgia RR cars to assist road repairs
|
| Reported insufficient
force to Bureau
|
| Impressed train for
rail removal
|
| Explained retention
of an officer
|
| January
27, 1865 |
Requested assignment
of a recommended surgeon to the Georgia RR repair force
|
| Forwarded returns
|
| January 28, 1865 |
Ordered to provide
spikes for removal of cotton
|
| Informed to turn over
any impressed negro show makers to the QM Depot
|
| January 30, 1865 |
Georgia railroads
repair project given to Major General Smith -- Grant to assist him
|
| February 1, 1865 |
Grant to turn over 3
kegs of RR spikes to complete temporary track to remove cotton
|
| February 3, 1865 |
Reported Myers
arrival and gives status report
|
| February
4, 1865 |
Reported the status
of the Milledgeville RR and labor required in Georgia
|
| Requested a detail
|
| Asked how many men
and negroes Grant needs for RR repairs
|
| Wrote letter
supporting James Crew
|
| February
6, 1865 |
Beauregard reported
Grant as slow in his repairs
|
| Control of RR repairs
in Georgia transferred to Major General Smith
|
| Bureau received
accounts
|
| February
7, 1865 |
Informed Maj. Myers
that the repairs of the Georgia RR would be delayed in a mile of
track was not delivered this week
|
| Ordered changes in
the Georgia RR repairs
|
| February 8, 1865 |
Requested suspension
of conscription of men working on the Georgia RR repairs
|
| February 10, 1865 |
Requested the detail
of the cross tie contractor
|
| Informed of voucher
problems
|
| Spikes requester for
Washington Branch RR
|
| Would supply iron for
repair of Washington Branch of Georgia RR
|
| February 11, 1865 |
Ordered the receipt
for bridge building material
|
| Discussion of
priority of iron for certain repairs
|
| February 13, 1865 |
Tried to get more
hands
|
| February 15, 1865 |
Requested a
replacement officer for iron removal
|
| February 24, 1865 |
Gilmer asked for
complete status of repairs of Georgia railroads
|
| February 25, 1865 |
Was on trip to Athens
and head of the road
|
| March 18, 1865 |
Bureau wanted status
of Georgia RR repairs
|
| March 23,
1865 |
Bureau sent comments
on his accounts
|
| Given additional duty
as Disbursing Officer supporting the Slave Claims Board
|
| Ordered to use all
methods to get Georgia RR repairs completed
|
| Bureau again urges
immediate completion of the Georgia RR
|
| April 25, 1865 |
Wrote for money from
Depository
|
| May 8, 1865 |
Captured Athens, Ga. |
| January, 1893 |
Obituaries
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