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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Introduction (search)
and thrown back, with great losses, into his works at Atlanta. Sherman soon followed Hood's lead by making another flank movement, which evacuating the place and moving to the west and north, threatening Sherman's line of supplies. Sherman followed Hood for a while, but it wasSherman followed Hood for a while, but it was soon decided to detach part of the troops under him, to concentrate them at Nashville, in Tennessee, so as to prevent an invasion of the Normy, and to abandon the lines of supplies to the rear; and then for Sherman to push on to the sea, cutting through Georgia, living off the cound gathered its food. Hood followed one of the detachments from Sherman's army, and penetrated as far north as Nashville, where, in Decembduce the size of this circle until the Confederacy was crushed. Sherman turned north, marching through the Carolinas. Part of the troops heridan's troopers, to join Johnston, and so possibly to overpower Sherman's army. Sheridan succeeded in heading Lee off and in forcing him
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), chapter 4 (search)
e with Lee's magnificent veterans, and here above all other places he had chosen to be in person. Profiting by the experience of Halleck, he avoided Washington. Sherman pleaded in vain with him to come out West. Grant had recognized the most difficult and important task to be the destruction of Lee's army, and therefore had detet and West, the concentrated forces were to participate as much as possible in one simultaneous advance to strike the vitals of the Confederacy. The movements of Sherman, Banks, Sigel, and Butler were intended to be direct factors in the efficiency of his own mighty battering on the brave front of Lee's army. All along the line fthe West. Grant's immediate objects were to defeat Lee's army and to capture Richmond, the latter to be accomplished by General Butler and the Army of the James; Sherman's object was to crush Johnston, to seize that important railroad center, Atlanta, Georgia, and, with Banks' assistance, to open a way between the Atlantic coast a
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d to the entrenchments in front of Petersburg. Sherman's final campaigns W. T. Sherman on Horsebaautumn, 1864. After the capture of Atlanta, says Sherman, all the army, officers and men, seemed to relax moaphs, taken a few minutes apart, tells the story of Sherman's order evicting the inhabitants of Atlanta, Septemaphs, taken a few minutes apart, tells the story of Sherman's order evicting the inhabitants of Atlanta, Septemlast train of refugees was ready to leave Atlanta. Sherman outlined very clearly his reasons for ordering the n, with no women boring me every order I give. Sherman's order evicting the inhabitants of Atlanta, Septemof cars stands empty beside the railroad station. Sherman's order evicting the inhabitants of Atlanta, Septem appear on some of the same cars as in picture 1. Sherman's order evicting the inhabitants of Atlanta, Septemse careers it rudely upset. As early as September, Sherman, with Atlanta on his hands, had deemed it essential
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Sherman's final campaigns W. T. Sherman on Horseback. Waiting for the march to the sea: Camp of autumn, 1864. After the capture of Atlanta, says Sherman, all the army, officers and men, seemed to relax moaphs, taken a few minutes apart, tells the story of Sherman's order evicting the inhabitants of Atlanta, Septemaphs, taken a few minutes apart, tells the story of Sherman's order evicting the inhabitants of Atlanta, Septemlast train of refugees was ready to leave Atlanta. Sherman outlined very clearly his reasons for ordering the n, with no women boring me every order I give. Sherman's order evicting the inhabitants of Atlanta, Septemof cars stands empty beside the railroad station. Sherman's order evicting the inhabitants of Atlanta, Septem appear on some of the same cars as in picture 1. Sherman's order evicting the inhabitants of Atlanta, Septemse careers it rudely upset. As early as September, Sherman, with Atlanta on his hands, had deemed it essential
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es were moved by deep emotion and that tears streamed down their bronzed and scarred faces. Their general in broken accents admonished them to go to their homes and be as brave citizens as they had been soldiers. Thus ended the greatest Civil War in history, for soon after the fall of the Confederate capital and the surrender of Lee's army, there followed in quick succession the surrender of all the remaining Southern forces. While these stirring events were taking place in Virginia, Sherman, who had swept up through the Carolinas with the same dramatic brilliancy that marked his march to the sea, accomplishing most effective work against Johnston, was at Goldsboro. When Johnston learned of the fall of Richmond and Lee's surrender he knew the end had come and he soon arranged for the surrender of his army on the terms agreed upon at Appomattox. In the first week of May General Dick Taylor surrendered his command near Mobile, and on the 10th of the same month, President Jeffer
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Appomattox (search)
es were moved by deep emotion and that tears streamed down their bronzed and scarred faces. Their general in broken accents admonished them to go to their homes and be as brave citizens as they had been soldiers. Thus ended the greatest Civil War in history, for soon after the fall of the Confederate capital and the surrender of Lee's army, there followed in quick succession the surrender of all the remaining Southern forces. While these stirring events were taking place in Virginia, Sherman, who had swept up through the Carolinas with the same dramatic brilliancy that marked his march to the sea, accomplishing most effective work against Johnston, was at Goldsboro. When Johnston learned of the fall of Richmond and Lee's surrender he knew the end had come and he soon arranged for the surrender of his army on the terms agreed upon at Appomattox. In the first week of May General Dick Taylor surrendered his command near Mobile, and on the 10th of the same month, President Jeffer
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Engagements of the Civil war: with losses on both sides: May, 1864--June, 1865 (search)
j.-Gen. McPherson-Division of the Mississippi, Maj.-Gen. Sherman; Confed., Army of Tennessee, Gen. J. E. Joh Smyrna, Ga. Union, troops under command of Maj.-Gen. Sherman; Confed., Gen. Johnston's command. Lossed not been the result of any Federal attack, but of Sherman's advance through the heart of South Carolina. On every man that could possibly be summoned to oppose Sherman. The Fort that never surrendered: Sumter from nth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth, and Twentieth Corps of Sherman's army; Confed., Gen. W. J. Hardee's command. ve with an increased devotion. The pictures are of Sherman's troops marching down Pennsylvania Avenue. The hor. Little over a year before, they had started with Sherman on his series of battles and flanking marches in thacks in both front and rear. They had marched with Sherman to the sea and participated in the capture of Savanand its approaches from the North while the rest of Sherman's army was engaged in attacking Hood's retreating c