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Fort McAllister (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
pter 41: the march to the sea; capture of Fort McAllister and Savannah General Sherman charged mherman directed Kilpatrick to try to take Fort McAllister right away, as the garrison probably did eral Hazen commanding, to proceed against Fort McAllister and take it. By order of Major Generalood in the same relationship to capturing Fort McAllister as General Terry did to the taking of Forected Hazen's division to proceed against Fort McAllister and take it. This does not in any way deing at daylight, and reached the vicinity of McAllister about eleven o'clock. Hazen captured a consiin abundance which had been placed within Fort McAllister for safety. The morning in which Hazenmunication with Hazen's signal officers near McAllister at the time of our arrival. The battery of d us down the Ogeechee to the vicinity of Fort McAllister. Shortly after landing we saw an ambuljourney, the Dandelion pushing us up as near McAllister as was safe from torpedoes. On landing from[1 more...]
Saint Helena Island, S.C. (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
I visited five colored schools, where I found the children sparkling with intelligence, the teachers noble women who had devoted their strength to this work. One school bears the look of our best New England schools; the order, the reading, the arithmetic, and the singing strike you with wonder. The America and Rally round the flag, boys, ring out with such heart and harmony as to imbue you with enthusiasm. You can't help saying, That is not the stuff of which to make slaves. On St. Helena's Island Miss Towne and the three Misses Murry, who were wealthy ladies, devoted themselves and their income to this work. After describing the completeness and convenience of the structure for the school, I added: They sing on the right, then on the left, and then together; and such singing! Little ones about three feet high sing away in perfect time and with great zest and joy. Mrs. General and Mrs. Captain Saxton took me to ride yesterday afternoon, and they said it was done to tak
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
! Little ones about three feet high sing away in perfect time and with great zest and joy. Mrs. General and Mrs. Captain Saxton took me to ride yesterday afternoon, and they said it was done to take me away from official duties. We went to visit two negro schools on Beaufort Island in full operation. We found the children quite as far advanced as white children of the same age. There are two white teachers, one for each school; a Miss Botume, of Boston, and a Miss Danby, also from Massachusetts . . . The weather is cool, but not cold; really delightful. These old trees are green (in January) and luxuriant. Mrs. Saxton is a lovely lady, and wants to see Mrs. Howard. General Saxton has taken me personally right to his house, given me a room, and allowed me to enjoy the luxuries of his table. One Sunday I addressed a little negro Sunday school. As I was about to close, I asked if any little boy or girl could tell me who was the Saviour of the world. One bright lad held up h
Pocotaligo (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
e to move on through the Carolinas as soon as possible. He had a map of the coast in his hand. Opening it he showed me Robertsville in South Carolina, and also Pocotaligo Junction, on the Savannah & Charleston Railroad. It was not far from Pocotaligo that the Confederates, including G. W. Smith's Macon contingent, had met Foster's and Saxton's Union men and defeated them while we were on the march from Atlanta to the sea. Sherman said that he wanted me to move my wing of the army by water over to the Island of Beaufort, S. C., and go thence northward, cross an arm of the sea, secure a landing, and then proceed to Pocotaligo. I must time myself so as to get there by January 15th (inst.). Can you do it There were too many elements in the problem presented to be solved offhand. After, Yankeelike, asking some questions, I said that the time was rather short, but we would do the best we could. He assured me that General Foster's quartermaster would give me all the water transp
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
to what troops had gone first into Savannah. Gerry's division of Slocum's army at last carried off the palm. General Sherman took up his headquarters with an English gentleman, Mr. Charles Green, who had very generously tendered his home for this purpose. Sherman had hardly reached the city and become settled in his temporary home before he sent to Mr. Lincoln the dispatch which was so widely published, viz.: Savannah, Ga., December 22, 1864. To His Excellency, President Lincoln, Washington, D. C. I beg to present to you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with 150 guns and plenty of ammunition; also about 25,000 bales of cotton. W. T. Sherman, Major General. I took up my headquarters and then wrote home: I want to see the loving faces, yours and the children's, so much that I am really homesick. I went to General Sherman and told him: Now let me off. I don't ask but two days at home. He answered: General, I would give a million of dollars, if I had it, to be wi
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
lling to work night and day. I am held responsible by my command for these things. My only alternative is to apply to you. I do not wish to oppose you, but to assist you in every way in my power. Easton acted quickly and well. I felt in the outset in view of the Carolina campaign that it was to be the most trying of any which we had hitherto undertaken. Our enemies would increase as we advanced northward. Food and forage would be destroyed before us, the swamps would be worse than in Georgia, and other troubles would multiply. And, surely, it was hard to commence a sea voyage with only vessels enough at best to take over to Beaufort a tenth of my army at a trip. About this time I received the following letter from my friend, the distinguished Rev. E. B. Webb, D. D., of Boston, written the day before Christmas: How glad we were when your scout (Captain Duncan) arrived down the river and communicated with the fleet We followed you daily with our prayers, and yet we can har
Hardeeville (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
ith the rules of civilized warfare, and I should deeply regret the adoption of any course by you that may force me to deviate from them in the future. As soon as Hardee's reply reached Sherman he let us go on with our preparations for assaulting the works. Slocum pushed a command across to an island in the Savannah River which more closely threatened the last of Hardee's communications. Then next, on the 19th, he landed a brigade on the South Carolina shore. Hardee's dispatch from Hardeeville, December 21st, to His Excellency, Jefferson Davis, explains the result. He says: On the 19th the enemy forced a landing on the South Carolina side, so near my communications that to save the garrison it became necessary to give up the city. Its evacuation was successfully accomplished last night. .. . Speaking of his force Hardee adds: Summed up, it was over 9,089. Truly it was a small force to have given us so much trouble; but Savannah almost defended itself by its bays, bogs, and
Whale Branch (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
d so many supplies, and felt themselves at last on South Carolina soil, that a lawless spirit came over them and many complaints came to me of their doings. They were just then inclined to make forced loans and to live on the country. The Northern civilian immigrants to the Sea Islands seemed to be most hurt, but the negroes for the most part would give them anything they asked for. With Blair's corps, at about twelve o'clock midnight (January 13, 1865), we set out for what we called Whale branch. One brigade of Logan's command followed Blair's. It was an all-night march. Blair, now habitually using canvas boats, sent his pontoon bridge and a guard ahead, and so, when we arrived, we found that some of his men had rowed across the branch, captured the Confederate pickets, and built a bridgehead to protect the men while they were laying the bridge. I wrote to Sherman: Our bridge was so poor, on account of the rotten canvas, that many delays occurred in the crossing and closin
Resaca (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
demanding the surrender; he would wait a reasonable time for Hardee's answer before opening with heavy ordnance. He offered liberal terms, but if these were rejected he might resort to the harshest measures. He said that he would make little effort to restrain his army, burning to avenge a great National wrong, which they attributed to Savannah and other large cities so prominent in dragging our country into civil war. He finished by inclosing a copy of Hood's demand for the surrender of Resaca, where Hood promised no quarter. Hardee's reply, of the same date, is dignified. He showed Sherman's idea of complete investment to be incorrect, for there was one channel beyond the Savannah, leading to Charleston, not yet closed. Your demand for the surrender of Savannah and its dependent forts is refused. He closed with these words: I have hitherto conducted the military operations intrusted to my direction in direct accordance with the rules of civilized warfare, and I should deepl
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
al and Mrs. Saxton gave me a sweet home and cordial welcome with them for a few days. I visited at Beaufort, St. Helena, and other neighboring inlands the first colored schools that I had seen. Some of them were excellent. Of these schools at that time I wrote: Yesterday (January 19, 1865) I visited five colored schools, where I found the children sparkling with intelligence, the teachers noble women who had devoted their strength to this work. One school bears the look of our best New England schools; the order, the reading, the arithmetic, and the singing strike you with wonder. The America and Rally round the flag, boys, ring out with such heart and harmony as to imbue you with enthusiasm. You can't help saying, That is not the stuff of which to make slaves. On St. Helena's Island Miss Towne and the three Misses Murry, who were wealthy ladies, devoted themselves and their income to this work. After describing the completeness and convenience of the structure for the sc
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