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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 8: Civil affairs in 1863.--military operations between the Mountains and the Mississippi River. (search)
s, 236. Forrest's raid into Tennessee, 237. Sherman's March across the State of Mississipp, 238. tions in Central Mississippi, 239. effect of Sherman's invasion, 240. operations in Northern Geors counsel and the prestige of his name; while Sherman, who was appointed to succeed Grant in the copi River, and beyond that stream. When General Sherman was ordered to the assistance of Rosecranlma, Alabama; also in a march upon Mobile. Sherman left Vicksburg on the 3d of February with fourty there. We staid at Meridian a week, said Sherman in a dispatch to General Grant, March 10. anf tenfold more injury. Without that cavalry, Sherman did not think it prudent to go farther, nor rred and seventy-one men. During that raid, Sherman destroyed a vast amount of property, and spreo General D. Maury, commander at Mobile, that Sherman was marching from Morton on that city, when ttoward the close of January, to accompany General Sherman in his expedition to Meridian, and these [16 more...]
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 9: the Red River expedition. (search)
, and such other force as should be assigned to this duty from General Sherman's command, in such a manner as to expel the enemy from Norther of armored gun-boats and transports, carrying ten thousand men of Sherman's old army, under General A. J. Smith, and, passing up the Red Riv, and First and Fourth Divisions of the Seventeenth Army Corps. of Sherman's army, under General A. J. Smith, and the Marine Brigade, under G account of low water in the Red River, General Banks had told General Sherman, at New Orleans, that the troops under Smith might be spared f of Shreveport would occupy ten or fifteen days more time than General Sherman gave his troops to be absent from their command, he must send the letter from General Grant, already alluded to, concerning General Sherman's troops, See page 255. and he determined to go on to Alexase up the campaign against Shreveport as speedily as possible, for Sherman's troops were wanted eastward of the Mississippi. Hunter was sent
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 10: the last invasion of Missouri.--events in East Tennessee.--preparations for the advance of the Army of the Potomac. (search)
i with about six thousand troops, infantry and cavalry, destined to re-enforce Sherman in Northern Georgia, to be halted there, and, with his command, be sent to St.lley of East Tennessee, while on our journey, in May, 1866, from the scenes of Sherman's Atlantic campaigns, into Virginia, to visit the theater of the simultaneous ign against Richmond. Having visited the principal places of conflict between Sherman and Johnston on our way to Atlanta from Chattanooga, we now journeyed back witorgia between Dalton and Atlanta, which was yet in the desolate state in which Sherman and Johnston had left it. At Knoxville we were the guests of Governor Brownnd of it; and General Kilpatrick was assigned to the command of the cavalry of Sherman's army in Northern Georgia. General Pleasanton was ordered to report to Generaurselves, victory, under God's blessing, must and will attend our efforts. and Sherman, to operate against the rebellion, in accordance with a plan which his view of