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Hey Bummers,
I want to post some statistics or estimated records by Gen. O. O. Howard:
"In the campaign just closed, together with the Atlanta campaign, this army had covered more than one-third of the State of Georgia. General Sherman estimated the damage to the state at one hundred millions of dollars, one-fifth of which had been of use to his army, and the remainder absolute waste and destruction. He said: "This may seem a hard species of warfare, but it brings the sad realities of war home to those who have been directly or indirectly instrumental in involving us in its attendant calamities." It is beyond dispute, that the campaign was a most effective blow to the Confederacy. The quantities of supplies and forage captured and used by the army were enormous, almost beyond belief. And the destruction of property was even more fabulous. The statistics given in the reports of General Howard and Slocum are inserted here, as the only adequate means of showing how great they were. General Howard's report, for the right wing, contained statistics as follows:
Negroes set free, (estimated number) ............ 3,000
Prisoners captured--By Fifteenth Army Corps:
Commissioned officers ................... 32
Enlisted men ............................ 515 547
By Seventeenth Army Corps:
Commissioned officers ................... 2
Enlisted men ............................ 117 119
Total prisoners captured .................. 666
Escaped Federal prisoners:
Commissioned officers: 6
Enlisted men ............................ 43
Bales of cotton burned:
At Ocmulgee Mills ........................ 1,500
Spindles and large amount of cotton cloth
burned, value not known.
Subsistence captured:
Namely, bread-stuffs, beef, sugar and coffee, at
government cost of rations at Louisville $283,202
Command started from Atlanta with head
cattle ................................... 1,000
Took up as captured ..................... 10,500
Consumed on the trip .................... 9,000
Balance on hand December 18, 1864 ...... 2,500
Horses captured:
By the Fifteenth Army Corps .............. 369
By the Seventeenth Army Corps ........... 562 931
Mules captured:
By the Fifteenth Army Corps .............. 786
By the Seventeenth Army Corps ........... 1,064 1,850
Corn taken:
By the Fifteenth Army Corps lb............. 2,500,000
By the Seventeenth Army Corps lb.......... 2,000,000 4,500,000
Fodder taken:
By the Fifteenth Army Corps lb............. 2,500,000
By the Seventeenth Army Corps lb.......... 2,000,000 4,500,000
Miles of railroad destroyed ...................... 191"
Hope you boys enjoy!.... AND LETS RAISE HELL!!!!!:baring_te
I want to post some statistics or estimated records by Gen. O. O. Howard:
"In the campaign just closed, together with the Atlanta campaign, this army had covered more than one-third of the State of Georgia. General Sherman estimated the damage to the state at one hundred millions of dollars, one-fifth of which had been of use to his army, and the remainder absolute waste and destruction. He said: "This may seem a hard species of warfare, but it brings the sad realities of war home to those who have been directly or indirectly instrumental in involving us in its attendant calamities." It is beyond dispute, that the campaign was a most effective blow to the Confederacy. The quantities of supplies and forage captured and used by the army were enormous, almost beyond belief. And the destruction of property was even more fabulous. The statistics given in the reports of General Howard and Slocum are inserted here, as the only adequate means of showing how great they were. General Howard's report, for the right wing, contained statistics as follows:
Negroes set free, (estimated number) ............ 3,000
Prisoners captured--By Fifteenth Army Corps:
Commissioned officers ................... 32
Enlisted men ............................ 515 547
By Seventeenth Army Corps:
Commissioned officers ................... 2
Enlisted men ............................ 117 119
Total prisoners captured .................. 666
Escaped Federal prisoners:
Commissioned officers: 6
Enlisted men ............................ 43
Bales of cotton burned:
At Ocmulgee Mills ........................ 1,500
Spindles and large amount of cotton cloth
burned, value not known.
Subsistence captured:
Namely, bread-stuffs, beef, sugar and coffee, at
government cost of rations at Louisville $283,202
Command started from Atlanta with head
cattle ................................... 1,000
Took up as captured ..................... 10,500
Consumed on the trip .................... 9,000
Balance on hand December 18, 1864 ...... 2,500
Horses captured:
By the Fifteenth Army Corps .............. 369
By the Seventeenth Army Corps ........... 562 931
Mules captured:
By the Fifteenth Army Corps .............. 786
By the Seventeenth Army Corps ........... 1,064 1,850
Corn taken:
By the Fifteenth Army Corps lb............. 2,500,000
By the Seventeenth Army Corps lb.......... 2,000,000 4,500,000
Fodder taken:
By the Fifteenth Army Corps lb............. 2,500,000
By the Seventeenth Army Corps lb.......... 2,000,000 4,500,000
Miles of railroad destroyed ...................... 191"
Hope you boys enjoy!.... AND LETS RAISE HELL!!!!!:baring_te
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