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William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, chapter 16 (search)
, did not come till some days after. These two divisions participated in the whole of General Banks's unfortunate Red River expedition, and were delayed so long up Red River, and subsequently on the Mississippi, that they did not share with their comrades the successes and glories of the Atlanta campaign, for which I had designed them; and, indeed, they did not join our army till just in time to assist General George H. Thomas to defeat General Hood before Nashville, on the 15th and 16th of December, 1864. General Grant's letter of instructions, which was brought me by General Butterfield, who had followed me to New Orleans, enjoined on me, after concluding with General Banks the details for his Red River expedition, to make all necessary arrangements for furloughing the men entitled to that privilege, and to. hurry back to the army at Huntsville, Alabama. I accordingly gave the necessary orders to General McPherson, at Vicksburg, and continued up the river toward Memphis. On our
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, chapter 22 (search)
hopes to secure the city of Savannah before the necessary fleet could be available. All these ideas are given in my answer to General Grant's letters (dated December 16, 1864) herewith, which is a little more full than the one printed in the report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War, because in that copy I omitted the matter concerning General Thomas, which now need no longer be withheld: headquarters military division of the Mississippi, in the field, near Savannah, December 16, 1864. Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, Commander-in-Chief, City Point, Virginia. General: I received, day before yesterday, at the hands of Lieutenant Dunn, your lelpatrick commanding3357120  12013220233 Total1093244041277764771,2611,338 L. M. Dayton, Assistant Adjutant-General. headquarters of the Army, Washington, December 16, 1864. Major-General Sherman (via Hilton Head). General: Lieutenant-General Grant informs me that, in his last dispatch sent to you, he suggested the transfer o