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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2, Chapter 31: (search)
railroads, machine-shops, etc. It is also important to get all the negro men we can, before the enemy put them into their ranks. These were the identical views entertained by Grant when he assumed command of the armies the year before, Vol. II., chap. I., passim. and which he had been urging upon all his commanders since. He concluded: Stoneman starts from East Tennessee in a few days to make a raid as far up on the Lynchburg road as he can. Sheridan started this morning from Winchester, Virginia, to destroy the Virginia Central railroad and James river canal, and to get to Lynchburg if he can. Each starts with cavalry force alone. Meanwhile, the same peculiarities which had distinguished Thomas in November and December had become apparent in January and February and March. On the 25th of January, Grant said to Halleck: When Canby is supplied, horses may be sent up the Tennessee, as General Thomas requests, and let him use all exertion to get off during the first favorable