contained 11,183 infantry, 679 artillery, and 1,679 cavalry; total, 13,541, and 28 guns. The grand aggregate number of troops was 98,739, and 254 guns.

We learn, from General Sherman's report, that these numbers were maintained during the campaign. The men constantly returning to the army, whose furloughs had expired, together with those from various hospitals, about compensated for the loss in battle and from sickness.

Sherman estimated the enemy, General Johnston's force, under Generals Hardee, Hood and Polk, at about 50,000 troops. General Hood has since reported the number 70,000.

On the morning of the 6th of May, the forces under Sherman were placed as follows: The Army of the Cumberland was at and near Ringgold; that of the Tennessee at Gordon's Mills, on the Chickamauga; and that of the Ohio near Red Clay, on the Georgia line, north of Dalton.

At this time the enemy occupied a strong position at Dalton, on the railroad, about forty miles south of Chattanooga, which could not be successfully assaulted in front, as it was covered by an inaccessible ridge, between which and Dalton is the famous pass of Buzzard Roost, well obstructed by abattis and flooded by the water from Mill Creek. Sherman resolved to compel the evacuation of that

"Badge?" he quickly replied. "Forty rounds of ammunition in our cartridge boxes; sixty rounds in our pockets; a march from Chattanooga; a battle and pursuit; another march to Knoxville; and victory everywhere. That is badge enough for us."

It is needless to add that he passed the sentinel without further questions.

CHAPTER VIII.

SHERMAN'S GREAT CAMPAIGN FROM CHATTANOOGA TO ATLANTA.

SHERMAN APPOINTED THE SUCCESSOR OF GRANT

TOUR

OF INSPECTION AND PLAN OF THE CAMPAIGN -COMMENCEMENT OF THE CAMPAIGN -STRENGTH OF THE ARMY -THE STRENGTH OF THE ENEMY-POSITION OF OUR FORCES ON THE SIXTH OF MAY-THE ENEMY FLANKED OUT OF THEIR POSITION AT DALTON -THE BATTLE OF RESACA-THE RESULT INCIDENTS.

After General Grant had been commissioned lieutenant-general and commander-in-chief of the Armies of the United States, General Sherman was appointed his successor of the Grand Division of the Mississippi. This appointment was made on the 12th day of March, A. D. 1864; but Sherman did not receive notice of it until the 14th, two days afterwards. The States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, and all the troops in these several States, were included in this military division.

As soon as Sherman had made some very important improvements in the means of transportation, and felt perfectly secure in regard to a sufficiency

of supplies, he immediately set out on a tour of inspection. He visited Athens, Decatur, Huntsville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and other military points of his new command. In this preliminary tour of observation, he had interviews with Major General McPherson, commander of the Army of the Tennessee, at Huntsville; with Major General Thomas, commanding the Army of the Cumberland, at Chattanooga; and with Major General Schofield, commanding the Army of the Ohio, at Knoxville. In the interviews which Sherman had with the lieutenant-general, and the various subordinate army commanders, a general programme of the campaign was arranged.

On the 27th of April, all the troops organized under Sherman's command moved towards Chattanooga, and on that day he was there in person.

On the 1st of May, the effective strength of the several armies combined for offensive purposes was about as follows: The Army of the Cumberland, under command of Major General Thomas, contained an infantry force of 54,568 men; artillery, 2,337 men; cavalry, 3,828; total, 60,733, and 130 guns. The Army of the Tennessee, under command of Major General McPherson, contained 22,437 infantry, 1,404 artillery, and 624 cavalry; total, 24,465, and 96 guns. The Army of the Ohio, under command of Major General Schofield,

contained 11,183 infantry, 679 artillery, and 1,679 cavalry; total, 13,541, and 28 guns. The grand aggregate number of troops was 98,739, and 254 guns.

We learn, from General Sherman's report, that these numbers were maintained during the campaign. The men constantly returning to the army, whose furloughs had expired, together with those from various hospitals, about compensated for the loss in battle and from sickness.

Sherman estimated the enemy, General Johnston's force, under Generals Hardee, Hood and Polk, at about 50,000 troops. General Hood has since reported the number 70,000.

On the morning of the 6th of May, the forces under Sherman were placed as follows: The Army of the Cumberland was at and near Ringgold; that of the Tennessee at Gordon's Mills, on the Chickamauga; and that of the Ohio near Red Clay, on the Georgia line, north of Dalton.

At this time the enemy occupied a strong position at Dalton, on the railroad, about forty miles south of Chattanooga, which could not be successfully assaulted in front, as it was covered by an inaccessible ridge, between which and Dalton is the famous pass of Buzzard Roost, well obstructed by abattis and flooded by the water from Mill Creek. Sherman resolved to compel the evacuation of that