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France (France) (search for this): chapter 11
1862 cautiously began to operate with large forces in Confederate territory. And it was in New Orleans, the same spring, that the Federal Military Department of the Gulf established its headquarters. Farragut had forced the forts, and the city had fallen. The lower photograph shows the Federal Headquarters at New Orleans, a thousand miles from Cairo. The orderlies on the porch and the flag floating in front of the delicate banquette, of the building, the iron tracery that came over from France, show that the city has passed into Union hands and become the headquarters of the Military Department of the Gulf. The flag can be dimly descried opposite the corner of the building just below the roof. There was evidently enough wind to make it flap in the breeze. Cairo, when the advance began The building used as New Orleans headquarters of the Federal military department of the gulf salt. A three days supply of bread and bacon was issued at intervals to last the soldier ten
Texas (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
Cumberland mountains on the march to Chattanooga—September, 1863 A fourth army corps division at sham battle near Missionary Ridge, 1863 A sentry on the ramparts at Knoxville, Tennessee, 1864 Their field operations, from beginning to end, extended through seven States—Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, in all of which they fought important battles. Some of their divisions and brigades operated in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Operations in the West opened early in 1861, with St. Louis and the Ohio River as primary bases. By the summer of 1862, armies under Halleck in Missouri, under Grant in Tennessee, and under Buell in Kentucky had pushed their way hundreds of miles southward. These operations involved much marching, but, in view of later experiences, were not marked with such peculiar incidents as to claim attention here. In September, 1862, occurred a march which alarmed the North much as did Lee's i
Fort McAllister (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
reakfast, assembly, and forward march. The end of the day's march was reached in the middle of the afternoon or early evening, and the average distance was something more than sixteen miles. The sea was finally sighted at Savannah, Georgia, on the 10th of December. At Chattanooga, where the march began—troops at the Indian mound: scenes at the beginning, middle, and end of Sherman's march to the sea Half-way—Sherman's men resting at Atlanta The sea at last—Federal troops in Fort McAllister just after its capture through Georgia. But this season of feasting was followed by a dismal fortnight of almost famine on the outskirts of Savannah, before entrance to the city was obtained. In the subsequent march through the Carolinas, foraging was resumed as in the interior of Georgia, but, except in a few favored localities, the provisions were neither so plentiful nor so choice. The forager experienced a startling transformation in April of 1865. The war was over. Sherman'<
Springfield, Mo. (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
But the colonel was a politician without military training, and under him the men refused to serve. There was no red tape to cut, for there had been no muster — in for service. So the rejected colonel was sent his way, and a plain, modest man, Ulysses S. Grant by name, was put in his place. Colonel Grant was ordered to Missouri. He declined railroad transportation. Said he, I thought it would be good preparation for the troops to march there. He marched his men from Camp Yates, at Springfield, to Quincy, on the Mississippi River, about one hundred miles, expecting to go as much further, when an emergency order from the War Department required him to take cars and hasten to another field. So early in the war, such a march was phenomenal. It was The Civil War soldier as he really looked. There is nothing to suggest military brilliancy about this squad. Attitudes are as prosaic as uniforms are unpicturesque. The only man standing with military correctness is the off
Jackson (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
ching order known at that time. Wagon trains were reduced to carry only ammunition and indispensable food. No tents were carried except a few for officers. When Grant advanced upon Vicksburg in May, 1863, the army again marched light, and it has been said that the general's only baggage was a package of cigars and a toothbrush. Vicksburg surrendered on July 4th, and the same day, without entering the city, a large portion of the army marched rapidly away to attack General Johnston, at Jackson. The distance was little more than fifty miles, but never did troops suffer more severely. It was a forced march, under an intense, burning sun; the dust was stifling, and the only water was that from sluggish brooks and fetid ponds. In November, 1863, General Sherman marched his Fifteenth Corps from Memphis to Chattanooga, a distance of nearly four hundred miles, over almost impassable roads. When he arrived his men were in a most exhausted condition, yet they were ready to go into a
Memphis (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
n the two armies, on practically parallel roads, with Louisville as the goal. Buell reached the city just in advance of his opponent —both armies footsore and jaded from constant marching and frequent skirmishing. An early march, and one well worthy of remark, was that ordered and directed by General Grant, in the fall of 1862. The objective point was the rear of Vicksburg. His army moved in two columns—one from La Grange, Tennessee, under his own personal command; the other from Memphis, Tennessee, under General Sherman. Their advance reached the neighborhood of Grenada, Mississippi, having marched a distance of one hundred miles. Further progress was stayed by the capture of Holly Springs, Mississippi, in their rear, with all its ammunition stores and commissary supplies, by the Confederate general, Forrest. As a consequence, a retrograde march was inevitable. Protecting the rear for the march to the sea The armed guard indicates that the pick-and-shovel detail is ma
Raleigh (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
ugh Georgia. But this season of feasting was followed by a dismal fortnight of almost famine on the outskirts of Savannah, before entrance to the city was obtained. In the subsequent march through the Carolinas, foraging was resumed as in the interior of Georgia, but, except in a few favored localities, the provisions were neither so plentiful nor so choice. The forager experienced a startling transformation in April of 1865. The war was over. Sherman's men were marching from Raleigh, North Carolina, for the national capital to be disbanded. The citizens no longer fled at their approach, but flocked to the road to see them pass. Among them were scores of Lee's or Johnston's men, still clad in their butternut uniforms. The forager's occupation was gone, and he was now in his place in the ranks, and he stepped out, now and again, to buy eatables, paying out Uncle Sam's greenbacks. Sherman's last two campaigns may be called a march in three acts. The march to the sea began
Savannah (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
h was reached in the middle of the afternoon or early evening, and the average distance was something more than sixteen miles. The sea was finally sighted at Savannah, Georgia, on the 10th of December. At Chattanooga, where the march began—troops at the Indian mound: scenes at the beginning, middle, and end of Sherman's march in Fort McAllister just after its capture through Georgia. But this season of feasting was followed by a dismal fortnight of almost famine on the outskirts of Savannah, before entrance to the city was obtained. In the subsequent march through the Carolinas, foraging was resumed as in the interior of Georgia, but, except in a fbles, paying out Uncle Sam's greenbacks. Sherman's last two campaigns may be called a march in three acts. The march to the sea began at Atlanta and ended at Savannah, a distance of three hundred miles, consuming eighteen days. After a period of rest began the march through the Carolinas, ending at Goldsboro, four hundred and
Meridian (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
undred and twenty-five miles, but the troops were utterly worn out by their forced march in the intensely cold mountain atmosphere. In February, 1864, General Sherman marched a force of twenty thousand men from Memphis and Vicksburg to Meridian, Mississippi, a distance of one hundred and fifty miles. On the march. It was a hot and dusty tramp after Spotsylvania in May, 1864, as Grant strove to outflank Lee. When Grant's men reached the North Anna River, they found that the bridge hrmy commences to drink. On the March—water for the outer and inner man Plantation well. The troops moved in light marching order. The expedition entailed severe labor upon the men in the destruction of the arsenal and supply depots at Meridian, and the practical demolition of the railroad almost the entire distance. Sherman's march to the sea is unique among marches. The army had good training for its undertaking. Its commander had led it from Chattanooga to the capture of Atlant
Europe (search for this): chapter 11
Marches of the Federal armies Fenwick Y. Hedley, Brevet Captain, United States Volunteers, and Adjutant, Thirty-second Illinois Infantry It was said of Napoleon that he overran Europe with the bivouac. It was the bivouac that sapped the spirit and snapped the sinews of the Confederacy. No other war in history presents marches marked with such unique and romantic experiences as those of the Federal armies in the Civil War. It is worth while to note one march which has received little they were wrapped around trees, or twisted with cant-hooks. Pickets seven hundred miles apart. The two picket stations shown in these photographs illustrate the extended area over which the Federal soldiers marched out to picket duty. European wars, with the exception of Napoleon's Russian campaign, have rarely involved such widely separated points simultaneously. Picketing was considered by the soldiers a pleasant detail. It relieved them of all other Camp requirements, such as dri
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