The Great Rebellion (Volume 2); A History of the Civil War in the United States (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1866. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... 644 Sherman's Advance. be on the offensive; instead of guessing nt what he means to do, he would have to jruess at my plans. The din'erence in war is lull twenty-five per cent. I can make Savanuah, Charleston, or Hie mouth of the Chattahoochee. Answer quick, as I kuow we will not have the telegraph long. W. T. SHERMAN, Major GmeraL" Lieut. Gen. Grant. City Point, Va., October 11, 1864--11:30 P. M. "Your dispatch of to-day received. If you are satisfied the trip to the sea-coast can be made, holding the line of the Tennessee River tirmly, you may make it, destroying all the railroad south of Dalton or Chattanooga, as you think best. U. a GRANT, Lieut. General' Major Gen. V. T. Sherman. It was the original design to hold Atlanta, and by getting throngh to the coast, with a garrison left on the southern railroads leading east and west through Georgia, to effectually sever the east from the west. In other words, cut the would-be Confederacy in two again, as it had been cut once by our gaining possession of the Mississippi River. General Sherman's plan virtually effected this object. General Sherman commenced at once his preparations for his proposed movement, keeping his army in position in the meantime to watch Hood. Becoming satisfied that Hood had moved westward from Gadsden across Sand Mountain, General Sherman sent the Fourth Corps, Major General Stanley commanding, and the Twenty-third Corps, Major General Schofield commanding, back to Chattanooga to report to Major General Thomas, at Nashville, whom he had placed in command of all the troops of his militarydivision, save the four army corps and cavalry division he designed to move with through Georgia. With the troops thus left at his disposal,4here was little doubt that General Thomas could hold the line of ...