Daily journal of a general staff officer during Sherman's march through the Carolinas, written in a clerical hand from the original, titled "Campaign Through the Carolinas from Beaufort to Goldsboro."
N.p.: c. 1870?]. 165 pp., written recto and verso, small folio (374 x 223 mm). Signed at the end by Strong and inscribed: "The above and foregoing is an accurate copy of my daily journal from original manuscript written during Genl. Sherman's campaign through the Carolinas from Beaufort to Goldsboro." Numerous holograph corrections and emendations in Strong's hand including lightly penciled cross-outs on each page, presumably by Strong as he checked and annotated the manuscript. Brown pebbled cloth with title in gilt on front cover. Condition : some soiling and chips; front cover nearly detached, many leaves detached. [With:] Two autograph manuscripts by Strong, each a draft in pencil with cross outs and corrections. "Approaching Columbia." Big Scotch Pen Creek: 13 February 1865 [but c. 1870?]. 2½ pp. on two sheets. [And:] "The Burning of Columbia." Columbia: 18 February 1865 [but c. 1866]. 6 pp. on three sheets. The two on the same paper as the above and laid in. a masterful description of sherman's destructive march through the carolinas with a vivid and an important account of the burning of columbia south carolina . Strong was an officer on the staff of General Oliver O. Howard who commanded the Army of the Tennessee. He began keeping a daily journal of his military experiences in May 1861, and continued through the war. Strong led men at First Manassas and at Vicksburg where he was given the honor of raising the flag over the city on July 4, 1863. Strong then served as James McPherson's Inspector General, and following the latter's death at Atlanta, he joined Howard's staff. Howard and Strong served as Sherman's right wing during the March to the Sea and the Carolinas Campaign. Following the war Strong had all of his journals transcribed in bound volumes such as the present copy. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library holds four manuscripts by Strong, including a narrative of the war and manuscripts titled "The Death of James B. McPherson," "Campaign Against Vicksburg," and "The March to the Sea." The present journal includes a calligraphic title page identifying it as Volume 8, part 2; though whereabout of the other volumes and parts are unknown and presumed lost. The present volume of Strong's journal provides a daily account of the Carolinas campaign, from the beginning of the march in Beaufort, South Carolina, on 19 Jan. 1865, to the army's arrival in Goldsboro on 24 March 1865 following the battle of Bentonville. Strong records detailed information on the organization, location, and activities of Sherman's army. He likewise proffers numerous comments on the lagging left wing, and reports on the positions of Confederate forces. Strong provides vivid descriptions of the difficult conditions encountered along the way but does not neglect to the beauty of the South Carolina countryside. He also gives lucid commentary on the work of 'bummers' (foragers) the illicit, but widespread pillaging of homes along the route; the destruction of railroad; and the swath of destruction left in the army's wake. Strong describes numerous skirmishes with the Confederate cavalry with a particularly good description of Wade Hampton's forces that stood to defend Columbia. It is at Columbia that the journal is particularly vivid and provides a superb example of Strong's descriptive prowess. After Sherman arrived in Columbia on 17 February, he gave command of the city to O. O. Howard. As Howard's chief of staff, Strong was in an excellent position to observe what would become one of the most controversial episodes of the war: the burning of Columbia. After describing the shelling of Confederate troops in the city on 16 February, he writes: "The wind is blowing a perfect hurricane tonight, and I fear that Columbia is doomed. A fire has been burning for some time, and though it has been partially checked, yet the wind is so high that I am fearful, should a fire get well started, no human power could stop it." He then records events of the da
Daily journal of a general staff officer during Sherman's march through the Carolinas, written in a clerical hand from the original, titled "Campaign Through the Carolinas from Beaufort to Goldsboro."
N.p.: c. 1870?]. 165 pp., written recto and verso, small folio (374 x 223 mm). Signed at the end by Strong and inscribed: "The above and foregoing is an accurate copy of my daily journal from original manuscript written during Genl. Sherman's campaign through the Carolinas from Beaufort to Goldsboro." Numerous holograph corrections and emendations in Strong's hand including lightly penciled cross-outs on each page, presumably by Strong as he checked and annotated the manuscript. Brown pebbled cloth with title in gilt on front cover. Condition : some soiling and chips; front cover nearly detached, many leaves detached. [With:] Two autograph manuscripts by Strong, each a draft in pencil with cross outs and corrections. "Approaching Columbia." Big Scotch Pen Creek: 13 February 1865 [but c. 1870?]. 2½ pp. on two sheets. [And:] "The Burning of Columbia." Columbia: 18 February 1865 [but c. 1866]. 6 pp. on three sheets. The two on the same paper as the above and laid in. a masterful description of sherman's destructive march through the carolinas with a vivid and an important account of the burning of columbia south carolina . Strong was an officer on the staff of General Oliver O. Howard who commanded the Army of the Tennessee. He began keeping a daily journal of his military experiences in May 1861, and continued through the war. Strong led men at First Manassas and at Vicksburg where he was given the honor of raising the flag over the city on July 4, 1863. Strong then served as James McPherson's Inspector General, and following the latter's death at Atlanta, he joined Howard's staff. Howard and Strong served as Sherman's right wing during the March to the Sea and the Carolinas Campaign. Following the war Strong had all of his journals transcribed in bound volumes such as the present copy. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library holds four manuscripts by Strong, including a narrative of the war and manuscripts titled "The Death of James B. McPherson," "Campaign Against Vicksburg," and "The March to the Sea." The present journal includes a calligraphic title page identifying it as Volume 8, part 2; though whereabout of the other volumes and parts are unknown and presumed lost. The present volume of Strong's journal provides a daily account of the Carolinas campaign, from the beginning of the march in Beaufort, South Carolina, on 19 Jan. 1865, to the army's arrival in Goldsboro on 24 March 1865 following the battle of Bentonville. Strong records detailed information on the organization, location, and activities of Sherman's army. He likewise proffers numerous comments on the lagging left wing, and reports on the positions of Confederate forces. Strong provides vivid descriptions of the difficult conditions encountered along the way but does not neglect to the beauty of the South Carolina countryside. He also gives lucid commentary on the work of 'bummers' (foragers) the illicit, but widespread pillaging of homes along the route; the destruction of railroad; and the swath of destruction left in the army's wake. Strong describes numerous skirmishes with the Confederate cavalry with a particularly good description of Wade Hampton's forces that stood to defend Columbia. It is at Columbia that the journal is particularly vivid and provides a superb example of Strong's descriptive prowess. After Sherman arrived in Columbia on 17 February, he gave command of the city to O. O. Howard. As Howard's chief of staff, Strong was in an excellent position to observe what would become one of the most controversial episodes of the war: the burning of Columbia. After describing the shelling of Confederate troops in the city on 16 February, he writes: "The wind is blowing a perfect hurricane tonight, and I fear that Columbia is doomed. A fire has been burning for some time, and though it has been partially checked, yet the wind is so high that I am fearful, should a fire get well started, no human power could stop it." He then records events of the da
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