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o not deem it necessary to accumulate them in any great quantity until the base to which he is to make his way is secured. Very respectfully your obedient servant, U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General. That General Sherman had heard nothing of the plan for the Spring campaign up to the time of his arrival in Nashville, about the 17th of March, 1864, is quite evident from the following extracts from one of his own letters: headquarters Department of the Tennessee, Memphis, March 14th, 1864. Major-General McPHERSON, commanding, etc., Vicksburg. dear General: * * * * I am summoned by General Grant to be in Nashville on the 17th, and it will keep me moving night and day to get there by that date. * * * * I don't know, as yet, the grand strategy of the next campaign, but on arrival at Nashville I will soon catch the main points, and will advise you of them. * * * * I am truly your friend, W. T. Sherman, Major-General commanding. These various extracts from the