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John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XIII (search)
hville to relieve Thomas in command of the Army of the Cumberland, without thought, as he has said, of the question whether Logan or myself should command the combined armies of the Cumberland and of the Ohio. Grant had reached Washington from City Point, and Logan had gone as far as Louisville, when the report of Thomas's victory of December 15 made it unnecessary for either of them to proceed farther. The following letters from Grant to Logan are interesting as explaining the reasons and mothed history of subsequent operations, and the orders sent to Thomas by General Grant and the War Department during that time: (Unofficial.) Columbia, Tenn., December 27, 1864. lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, Commanding U. S. Armies, City Point, Va. General: My corps was sent back to Tennessee by General Sherman, instead of remaining with him on his march through Georgia, according to his original design, for two reasons, viz.: first, because General Thomas was not regarded strong e
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XVI (search)
ormation and instructions to Thomas: Sherman to Grant. Cartersville, Ga., October 10, 1864, 12 M. . . . Hood is now crossing the Coosa; twelve miles below Rome, bound west. If he passes over to the Mobile and Ohio road, had I not better execute the plan of my letter sent by Colonel Porter, and leave General Thomas with the troops now in Tennessee to defend the State? He will have an ample force when the reinforcements ordered reach Nashville. Grant to Sherman. City Point, Va., October 11, 1864, 11 A. M. Your despatch received. Does it not look as if Hood was going to attempt the invasion of middle Tennessee? . . . If he does this, he ought to be met and prevented from getting north of the Tennessee River. If you were to cut loose, I do not believe you would meet Hood's army. . . . Hood would probably strike for Nashville, thinking by going north he could inflict greater damage upon us than we could upon the rebels by going south. If there is any way
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XVIII (search)
ready to move, the latter alleging that he had ample force to take care of Lee as soon as the necessary preparations were made and the roads would permit him to move. It was this important difference of plan that occasioned Sherman's visit to City Point, where he hoped to gain Grant's acquiescence in his own plans. The result was the movement ordered by Sherman on his return to Goldsboroa, which was substantially the same as that which Grant had before proposed. Grant's immediate army provedenough this view of the case; hence his undeviating bent toward the final object of his march, disregarding all minor ends—to take part in the capture of Lee's army. During General Sherman's interviews with the President and General Grant at City Point, his mind must have been absorbed with this one idea which was the sole reason of his visit. Terms of surrender and the policy to be pursued toward the conquered South must have been referred to very casually, and nothing approximating instruc
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
g, 233. See also military telegrams, etc. Citizenship, necessity of training for, 356; the duties of, in time of war, 539, 540 Citizen soldiery, a, 366 City Point, Va., Sherman's visit to Grant at, 347, 348 Civilians, the military arm obstructed by, 169 Civil war, the horrors of, 364, 365 Civil War, the, approach of7, 347, 348, 357, 358, 443, 479, 543; modesty, 337; credits Sherman with his plans and achievements, 337; military genius, 337, 344, 524; Sherman's visit to, at City Point, 347, 348; the president's instructions to, March 3, 1865, 348; approves the Sherman-Johnston negotiations, 352; contrasted with Sherman, 357; discussions on hiruction of Hood. 343; plans junction with S. at Goldsboroa, 346; at Laurel Hill, 346; battle of Bentonville, 346; arrives at Goldsboroa, 346; visit to Grant at City Point, 347, 348; ambition to share in capture of Richmond, 347; his movements auxiliary to those of Grant and Thomas, 348; attacks on his integrity, 349, 350; as a p