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William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 9: (search)
ore vigor, mathematically, I would have put the head of George Thomas' whole army right through Johnston's deployed line, on ct from the Memoirs quoted above, there is a slur upon General Thomas, which deserves notice. Says General Sherman: Spoint (Fulton) about ten miles below Marietta. * * * * General Thomas, as usual, shook his head, deeming it risky to leave t no excuse. The following is the telegram from Sherman to Thomas, proposing this very move to the latter: headquarters, June 27, 9 P. M. General Thomas: Are you willing to risk the move on Fulton, cutting loose from our rail-road? It the first place, as General Sherman communicated with General Thomas upon this subject by telegraph and in cipher, it is evident that Thomas could not have shaken his head through that medium; and second, while a figurative shaking might have beenn of dissent was wholly wanting, but that on the contrary, Thomas approved the plan in the following exceedingly suggestive