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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, The campaign in Georgia-Sherman's March to the sea-war anecdotes-the March on Savannah- investment of Savannah-capture of Savannah (search)
known as the South Side, or Lynchburg and Petersburg Road, then if possible to keep the Danville Road cut. At the same time this move is made, I want to send a force of from six to ten thousand men against Wilmington. The way I propose to do this is to land the men north of Fort Fisher, and hold that point. At the same time a large naval fleet will be assembled there, and the iron-clads will run the batteries as they did at Mobile. This will give us the same control of the harbor of Wilmington that we now have of the harbor of Mobile. What you are to do with the forces at your command, I do not see. The difficulties of supplying your army, except when you are constantly moving, beyond where you are, I plainly see. If it had not been for Price's movements Canby would have sent twelve thousand more men to Mobile. From your command on the Mississippi an equal number could have been taken. With these forces my idea would have been to divide them; sending one half to Mobile and
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Expedition against Fort Fisher-attack on the Fort-failure of the expedition-second expedition against the Fort-capture of Fort Fisher (search)
r Up to January, 1865, the enemy occupied Fort Fisher, at the mouth of Cape Fear River and below the City of Wilmington [North Carolina]. This port was of immense importance to the Confederates, because it formed their principal inlet for blockadea. General [W. H. C.] Whiting of the Confederate army was in command, and General Bragg was in command of the force at Wilmington. Both commenced calling for reinforcements the moment they saw our troops landing. The Governor of North Carolina cal Monroe on the 28th. I telegraphed to the President as follows: City Point, Va., Dec. 28, 1864, 8.30 P. M. The Wilmington expedition has proven a gross and culpable failure. Many of the troops are back here. Delays and free talk of the object of the expedition enabled the enemy to move troops to Wilmington to defeat it. After the expedition sailed from Fort Monroe, three days of fine weather were squandered, during which the enemy was without a force to protect himself. Who is to bl
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Sherman's March North-Sheridan ordered to Lynchburg-Canby ordered to move against Mobile-movements of Schofield and Thomas-capture of Columbia, South Carolina-Sherman in the Carolinas (search)
ber. It is rumored, through deserters, that Wilmington also has fallen. I am inclined to believe tCaswell, and that on the 18th Terry moved on Wilmington. If Wilmington is captured, Schofield wiWilmington is captured, Schofield will go there. If not, he will be sent to New Bern. In either event, all the surplus forces at the t will have fourteen thousand against you, if Wilmington is not held by the enemy, casualties at Fortmarch. We already had New Bern and had soon Wilmington, whose fall followed that of Fort Fisher; asross over to the island south of the city of Wilmington. A large body was sent by the north side tory [17th], and Foster garrisoned the place. Wilmington was captured on the 22d. Columbia and Cherarom Cheraw with letters to General Terry, at Wilmington, asking him to send a steamer with some suppt him with the troops which had been sent to Wilmington. Sherman was no longer in danger. He hapied the harbors. He had a railroad to both Wilmington and New Bern, and his flanks were thoroughly[3 more...]