User:Mojoworker/Third Battle of Dalton

The Surrender of Dalton occurred October 13, 1864, "On the 13th one corps of Hood's army appeared in front of Dalton, and a summons to surrender, signed by Hood in person, was sent in to Colonel Johnson, Forty-fourth U. S. Colored Troops, commanding the garrison. Colonel Johnson, being convinced of the uselessness of contending against so overwhelming a force of the enemy, and knowing [reinforcements could not arrive in time to help], complied with the demand."

On October 15 US General John Schofield barely escaped by rail before the Confederates surrounded the town. CS Major General William B. Bate's soldiers the garrison, 751 men of the U. S. 44th Colored Infantry

http://www.whitfieldcountyga.com/History/CivilWar/dalton_iii_october_13.htm

commanded by US Colonel Lewis Johnson. They paroled the officers and returned some of the African American soldiers to slavery.

The two regiments skirmished, but the 44th was surrounded by Hood and outnumbered, so their commanders surrendered. no quarter. The blacks were immediately separated from the whites, stripped of shoes and uniforms and made to serve as slaves. they were emancipated soon after. African Americans of Chattanooga: A History of Unsung Heroes By Rita L. Hubbard Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: The History Press (December 17, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1596293152 ISBN-13: 978-1596293151 p. 56-7

p 175 Approximately 600 black soldiers, along with some whites, surrendered. On Nov. 15th, Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and second Bishop of Tennessee, saw a number of the blacks in Artesia (12 miles fro Columbus) I saw a number of Negroes captured at Dalton — some in the most distressing condition — evidently dying. ... States Colored Infantry were surrendered to Hood at Dalton on October 13, 1864, along with miscellaneous white troops. "As near as I can come at the numbers, the force was as follows: First, Forty-fourth U. S. Colored Infantry, about 600 enlisted men, 26 commissioned officers; second, Company F, Fifty-seventh Illinois Volunteers, about 50 enlisted men, 2 commissioned officers; third, Company B, Seventh Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, about 50 enlisted men, 3 commissioned officers; fourth, one section Twentieth Ohio Battery, about 20 enlisted men; total, 751 men. Total number of muskets in command, 650."