...hattanooga with a considerable force, and on the 29th of September Sherman telegraphed the condition of affairs to Halleck, saying, among other things, I prefer for the future to make the movement on Milledgeville , Millen, and Savannah. On that day (October 1) he telegraphed Grant:. * * * * Why will it not do to leave Tennessee to the forces which Thomas has, and the reserves soon to come to Nashville...