 You I propose to move against Johnston's army, to break it up, and to get into the interior of the enemy's country as far as you can, inflicting all the damage you can against their war resources.  General Johnston - Page 223by Robert Morton Hughes - 1893 - 353 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American essays - 1891 - 1024 pages
...similar. They were laid down clearly by Grant himself. On the 4th of April he wrote to Sherman : " You I propose to move against Johnston's army, to...all the damage you can against their war resources." To the same effect, substantially, he wrote to Meade on the 9th : " Lee's army will be your objective... | |
 | United States. National Park Service - Atlanta Campaign, 1864 - 1942 - 20 pages
...the opposing Confederate force. Grant's instructions to Sherman in the spring of 1864 directed him "to move against Johnston's army, to break it up,...can, inflicting all the damage you can against their resources . . . " Atlanta, a large town for the time, was situated at the juncture of several 5~ rn... | |
 | Freeman Cleaves - Biography & Autobiography - 1960 - 420 pages
...Grant, Personal Memoirs, II, 134—37. to march into Georgia as the Army of the Potomac headed south. "Get into the interior of the enemy's country as far as you can, inflicting all the damage you can."17 The order to Meade showed that Grant was not yet decided whether to move to right or left,... | |
 | Richard M. McMurry - Atlanta Campaign, 1864 - 1972 - 98 pages
...strategical plan for 1864. Sherman's assignment was to break up the Confederate army in north Georgia and "to get into the interior of the enemy's country...all the damage you can against their war resources." To accomplish this mission, he had almost 100,000 men organized into three armies — the Army of the... | |
 | Peter Paret, Gordon A. Craig, Felix Gilbert - History - 1986 - 964 pages
...different. The western general was "to move against Johnston's army, [and] to break it up"; but he was also "to get into the interior of the enemy's country as...far as you can, inflicting all the damage you can upon their war resources."** Sherman's own predilections helped shape these orders, and so probably... | |
 | James M. McPherson - History - 2003 - 947 pages
...point," Grant instructed Meade. "Wherever Lee goes, there will you go also." Sherman received orders "to move against Johnston's army, to break it up,...inflicting all the damage you can against their war resources."9 These two main Union armies would have a numerical advantage of nearly two to one over... | |
 | James M. McPherson - History - 1988 - 952 pages
...point," Grant instructed Meade. "Wherever Lee goes, there will you go also." Sherman received orders "to move against Johnston's army, to break it up,...inflicting all the damage you can against their war resources."9 These two main Union armies would have a numerical advantage of nearly two to one over... | |
 | History - 1988 - 261 pages
...armies by means of deprivation. Grant made this strategy clear to Sherman in early April, directing him "to get into the interior of the enemy's country as...all the damage you can against their war resources." Grant's strategy had a parallel in the strategic bombing in World War II, in which bombers attacked... | |
 | Ulysses S. Grant - Biography & Autobiography - 1990 - 1228 pages
...Ord. His force will be all cavalry, while Ord will have from ten to twelve thousand men of all arms. You I propose to move against Johnston's army, to...all the damage you can against their war resources. I do not propose to lay down for you a plan of campaign, but simply lay down the work it is desirable... | |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - History - 1990 - 1086 pages
...Ord. His force will be all cavalry, while Ord will have from ten to twelve thousand men of all arms. You I propose to move against Johnston's army, to break it up, and to get into the interior of the enemy \s country as far as you can, inflicting all the damage you can against their war resources.... | |
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