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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—the siege of Chattanooga. (search)
city was to be the theatre. Sherman's orders are promptly issued, and no less promptly executed. Blair, suspending all work commenced on the railroad, brings back his two divisions from Tuscumbia as far as Iuka, while the two others cross the river. On the 31st the arrival of a steam ferryboat and of two transports renders this operation a quick and easy one. On the ensuing day it was nearly accomplished, and Sherman, leaving to Blair the care of the troops in the rear, overtakes at Florence the head of Ewing's column. Released from his orders to follow and repair a railroad, and protected on the south by the course of the Tennessee, Sherman can now hasten the step of his soldiers, and will have no other difficulties to overcome except the bad condition of the roads, the depth of the rivers, and a scarcity of provisions. Johnston has not been able to make any opposition to the crossing, for if he commands over the most extensive territory, it is, of all the Confederacy, the
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the war in the South-West. (search)
ee, on the 7th of February. On the side of the Confederate cavalry they are preparing to resume the offensive on the first opportunity. General Roddey, whose brigade has been reinforced to almost the strength of a division, gathers boats below Florence and sends detachments down the river from this town on the right bank of the Tennessee. On the 26th one of these detachments encounters a Federal regiment at Blue Water, and is compelled to retreat after a brisk skirmish. On the other hand, Jos army than by fighting at random far from the great battlefields, was not long in recalling Roddey to the vicinity of Dalton. It is true that scarcely has the latter arrived when an order from Richmond requires him to return to the vicinity of Florence. Nearly one month has thus been lost by this going to and fro. During this time the severity of the weather renders the least operation impossible in the upper valleys of the Alleghanies. The Confederates have experienced it. General Vance,