The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-12-08
THE GREAT GEORGIA RAID.
sberme,,,s Orders for His March,
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GA, Nov. 9, 1864.
4. For the purpose Of military opera
,io,,s tltis Amy Il divided into two wings
VIZ, T'he right wing, NJ jor General
90, Howard commanding, the Fifteenth
anil Seventeenth Corps; the left wing,
Major General II. w. Slocum command
inc the Fourteenth and Twentieth Corps.
II. The habtual order Of marching
wiIl nc. whenever practicable, by four
roads, az nearly parallel % possible, aud
eonyerginR at points hereafter 10 be indl.
Gated in orders. The cavalry, Brigadiof
General Fitzpatrick commanding, will
receive special orders from the Comman-
der-in-Chiof. ,-.,
llI. There will be no genera trains OF
supplies, but each Corps viii nave It's
ammunition aud provision train, distrlbut-
cd hsbitually as follows: Behind eHeh
regime ut shall follow one wagon ana one
ambulance; behind each brigade should
follow a duo proportion Of ammunition
wagons, provision wsgons end amoulan'
ees. 10 case Of danger, each army corps
should change this order OF march Icy
hrv;rs his advance snd rear brigade uu-
encumbcrcd by wheels. The separate
columns will start habitually At seven a..
NJ. and make about fifteen miles per day,
unle.s otherwise fixed in ordors.
Nv. The army will forage iiberdlly on
tkt country during the march. To this
end. each brigade commandE will organ
inc a good aud sufficient forage party,
under the command Of ono or more dis
Greet officers, who will gather near the
route travelled corn or forage of any kind,
meat OF sny kind, vegetables, corn meal
or whatever is needed by the command; /;
aiming al all timcs to keep in the wagon
train. at least Ten days provf'iors for The
con, ,rand and three days forage. Sol.
Si,,s must not enter the dieeiiiHgs OF the
inhabitants or commit any trcspuss; dur
ing the halt or camp they may bo
permitted to gather turnips, potatoes aud
uher vegetables, aud drive ip stock in
front of their camps. To regular forage
ing parties must be entrusted the gather
ing or provisions aud forage at any
distance from the road travelled
V. To army corps commanders is entrnsi-
cd the power 10 dcisroy mills, houses cotton
gin, DC, and for them this general princi-
plo 10 laid down: In districts nni neigh.
borhoods piee the army Is unmoleHed
no destruction Of such property should be
pormittcd; but should gUcrrillus or bush
whuckers molest our march, or should
the inhabitants Turn bridges, oosuucl
roads or otherwise manifest local hostlli
ties, then army corps commanders should
order and enforce derdstdiion more o,
lsH rsHnilsIS, according 20 TIE measure q
,uch hoshiiiy.
vi. As Tor horses, mules, wagons &c.
belonging to tho inhabitants, cavalry AM
artillery may appropriate freely Lnt
without limit; discrm mating, however
between the rich, who are usually hostile,
and the poor or industrious, usually neutral
or friendly. Furaging parties mny also
take mules and horses To replace the Jndcd
animals of their trains, or To s0rvo az
psck mules for regiments or bricndcs. In
all foraging, Of whatever kind, the parties
engaged will refrain from abusive or
threatening language, aud mny, when the
ufliccr in command thinks proper, give
written certificates of the fact, but nj
receipts; aud thcy will cndcuvor to leave
( with each family reasonable portion 81
thcir maintenance.
, .gvH. Negroes rho are able bodied, an,
can be Of use 20 the several columns, ma
be taken along; but oach army commander
will bear in mind that the question oI
supplies is a very important one, and that
his first duty is to sec to those who beaI
arms.
VIII. The organization at once OF q
good pioneer battalion for each corps
composed, IL possible, of negroes, should
be attended TO. This battalion should
follow the advance guard, should repair
roads aud double them il possible, so that
the columns will not be delayed after
reaching bad places. Also, army com'
manders SHOULD study the habit of giving
the artillery aud wagons the road. aht
marching their troops on one side; nnt
also instruct their troops 10 assist wagon,
at s.ecp hills or bad crossings OF streams
TX. Captain o. NJ. Poe, Chief Engin
ecr, will assign to each wing Of tho arm.
spontoon train, fully equipped and organ
ized, aud the commanders thereof viii
see to its being properly protected at al
times.
by order Of
-' Maj. Gen. w. Il. SHrRnix,
l.. NJ. DAYTON, Aid d Camp.