Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sherman” in chapter 2, page 51 of Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3:
...st from Middle Tennessee as a first step, and then do anything else that you may feel your force sufficient for. When a movement is made on any part of the seacoast, I will advise you.
The same day Sherman asked for reinforcements, saying: In Middle Tennessee we are weak. . . . I have already sent one division to Chattanooga and another to Rome. . . .
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