Major General William T. Sherman, and His Campaign |
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... communications between Corinth and Northwestern Tennessee . The siege of Corinth , may be said to have com- menced on the 30th of April . The Union com- manders were continually sending out reconnois- sances , and on the 8th of May , we ...
... communications between Corinth and Northwestern Tennessee . The siege of Corinth , may be said to have com- menced on the 30th of April . The Union com- manders were continually sending out reconnois- sances , and on the 8th of May , we ...
Page 108
... communication . The plan was for Grant to threaten an attack by way of Jackson , while Sherman assaulted the defences of Walnut Hill , by way of the Yazoo River . On the 20th of December , General Sherman embarked his forces at Memphis ...
... communication . The plan was for Grant to threaten an attack by way of Jackson , while Sherman assaulted the defences of Walnut Hill , by way of the Yazoo River . On the 20th of December , General Sherman embarked his forces at Memphis ...
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... Arkansas River , from which hostile detach- ments were constantly sent to obstruct the navi- gation of the Mississippi River and thereby our communications . The forces landed at Notril's farm , on the left 112 MAJ . GEN . W. T. SHERMAN ,
... Arkansas River , from which hostile detach- ments were constantly sent to obstruct the navi- gation of the Mississippi River and thereby our communications . The forces landed at Notril's farm , on the left 112 MAJ . GEN . W. T. SHERMAN ,
Page 128
... communications with our supplies . On the 21st , orders were issued for a general assault upon the whole line , to commence at 10 A. M. on the 22d . All the corps commanders set their time by that of the commanding general , that there ...
... communications with our supplies . On the 21st , orders were issued for a general assault upon the whole line , to commence at 10 A. M. on the 22d . All the corps commanders set their time by that of the commanding general , that there ...
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... communications with our supplies , all attest his great merit as a soldier . The siege of Vicksburg and last capture of Jackson and disper- sion of Johnston's army , entitle General Sherman to more credit than usually falls to the lot ...
... communications with our supplies , all attest his great merit as a soldier . The siege of Vicksburg and last capture of Jackson and disper- sion of Johnston's army , entitle General Sherman to more credit than usually falls to the lot ...
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Adairsville advance Altoona army artillery assault Atlanta attack Augusta battery battle of Resaca bridge brigade camp campaign captured cavalry Charleston Chattahoochee Chattanooga Colonel column command Confederate Corinth Creek crossed Davis Decatur destroyed dispatch enemy enemy's eral field Fifteenth Corps fight fire flank forage force Fort McAllister front Georgia Goldsboro Government Grant gunboats guns Hardee Hardee's hill Hood Hood's horses Howard hundred infantry intrenched Johnston Jonesboro Kenesaw killed Kilpatrick line of battle loss Macon Major-General McPherson miles Milledgeville Mississippi Morgan L morning moved movement negroes night North o'clock officers Ogeechee Ogeechee River Ohio ordered Ossabaw Sound pontoon position prisoners railroad rear rebels reënforcements regiment repulsed Resaca retreat ridge rifle-pits right wing river road Savannah Schofield sent Sher skirmishers Slocum soldiers South SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS supplies surrender Tennessee thousand tion troops Twentieth Corps Vicksburg W. T. SHERMAN wagons wounded Yankee Yazoo River
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Page 232 - War is cruelty and you cannot refine it, and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace. But you cannot have peace and a division of our country. If the United States submits to a division now it will not stop, but will go on until we reap the fate of Mexico, which is eternal war.
Page 220 - Negroes who are able-bodied and can be of service to the several columns may be taken along; but each army commander will bear in mind that the question of supplies is a very important one, and that his first duty is to see to those who bear arms.
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Page 212 - ... should scorn to commit their wives and children to the rude barbarians who thus, as you say, violate the laws of war, as illustrated in the pages of its dark history.
Page 216 - GENTLEMEN — I have your letter of the llth, in the nature of a petition to revoke my orders removing all the inhabitants from Atlanta. I have read it carefully, and give full credit to your statements of the distress that will be occasioned by it, and yet shall not revoke my order, simply because my orders are not designed to meet the humanities of the case...
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