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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Sherman's Meridian expedition and Sooy Smith's raid to West point. (search)
ing it was impossible, as such an expedition had no objective point which could hurt the Confederacy, excepting Mobile or Selma, and a march over the country could not benefit or advance the cause of the Federals. He further said a concentration near Selma or Mobile (by virtue of interior lines) could readily crush such an ill-advised movement should it be attempted; and to these views he steadily adhered. It was soon apparent that the spies had reported correctly. Adams' brigade of cavalryinforced. He determined to let Sherman expend himself in the piney woods, unless he moved to the Tombigbee river towards Selma, or towards Mobile, in which case he expected to receive assistance from Johnston's army in Georgia, and to crush Shermanhe Rebels. While Sherman, to cover his discomfiture, protests in his book that he never had any idea of either Mobile or Selma, but, as on a previous occasion (December, 1863, at Chickasaw bayou), he lays all the blame on a subordinate. The two ca
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Hardee and the Military operations around Atlanta. (search)
eneral, and now residing in Baltimore, writes as follows: Baltimore, Md., March 27th, 1880. Colonel T. B. Roy, Selma, Alabama: Dear Sir — In reply to yours of 27th February, I submit the following: I was Cleburne's Adjutant-General, andent command. It is as follows: Beauvoir, Harrison county, Mississippi, 29th February, 1880. Colonel T. B. Roy, Selma, Alabama: Dear Sir — Yours of the 26th instant has been this day received, and I will make such reply to your inquiries as Cleburne, writes as follows: Davidsonville, Anne Arundel county, Maryland, April 6th, 1880. Colonel T. B. Roy, Selma, Alabama: My Dear Sir — Yours of the 21st ultimo received. On the 20th July, 1864, I was ordnance officer on General Hardene and now a leading member of the bar of this State: Montgomery, Alabama, March 15th, 1880. Colonel T. B. Roy, Selma, Alabama: Dear Sir — Yours of the 10th received, in which you call my attention to certain criticisms of General Hardee in