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City Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
nd send it to you. Butler also was informed: If the enemy have detached largely, Meade may be able to carry Petersburg. If so, I can send him two corps, using railroads and steamers for the infantry. On account of this attack I want to remain here through the day. I will go to Deep Bottom, however, to meet you, leaving here at five A. M. Before daylight, accordingly, Grant went up the river to Deep Bottom, and finding everything quiet in that quarter, at eight o'clock he returned to City Point, and sent orders to Meade to move out and see if an advantage could be gained. General Butler's forces will remain where they are for the present, ready to advance, if found practicable. . . It seems to me the enemy must be weak enough at one or the other place to let us in. Meade, accordingly, with four divisions of infantry under Warren and Parke, advanced towards Poplar Spring church and Peeble's farm, about two miles west of the Weldon road, while Gregg's division of cavalry moved s
Allatoona (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
le arranges for Sherman's march to the sea attack and defence of Allatoona repulse of rebels Sherman again suggests moving to Savannah, leand cavalry had been seen from Kenesaw mountain, marching north. Allatoona, where more than a million of rations were stored, was evidently s at Rome with a division of infantry, to hasten to the succor of Allatoona, and himself reached Kenesaw early on the morning of the 5th. Bueen Hood and the detachment of five thousand rebels now attacking Allatoona. The remainder of the national army was directed straight upon AAllatoona itself. The signal officer on Kenesaw mountain reported that since daylight he had failed to obtain any answer to his messages to AAllatoona; but while Sherman was with him, he caught a glimpse of the tell-tale flag through an embrasure, and made out the letters C. R. S. Eouses, according to orders; but about two o'clock the smoke about Allatoona grew less and less, and at four ceased altogether; and later the
Weldon, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
Meade, accordingly, with four divisions of infantry under Warren and Parke, advanced towards Poplar Spring church and Peeble's farm, about two miles west of the Weldon road, while Gregg's division of cavalry moved still further to the left and rear. Hancock was left in command of the trenches in front of Petersburg. Warren, s were finally repulsed, losing heavily in their turn. The position carried in the morning was held, and Warren entrenched himself, and extended his right to the Weldon road. As usual, Lee reported his first success, but failed to state that he was finally repulsed, and that the national troops retained possession of one of hi withdrawn to their main line, and refusing battle outside of fortifications. The necessary works were then laid out, and the national line was extended from the Weldon road to the position gained at Peeble's farm. This was a little more than a mile from the Boydtown road, and not more than two miles from the Southside railroad.
Varina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
iver, and the needs of commanders in East Tennessee; to order reinforcements to Sherman, and to consult the Secretary of War about affairs in Missouri and the North-West; at the same time he forwarded the latest news from Sheridan, and wrote an elaborate letter to the government on the subject of the elections in the camps. For this very interesting letter see page 167. Before dawn on the 29th of September, Butler moved from Deep Bottom; the Eighteenth corps, under Ord, marched by the Varina road, nearest the river; and the Tenth, under Birney, by the Newmarket road; while Kautz, with the cavalry, took the Darbytown road, on the right of the army. All these routes run direct to Richmond, only ten miles north of Deep Bottom. The attack by Ord on the left had been ordered for half-past 3; it was not made until several hours later, but was then completely successful. Fort Harrison, the strongest rebel work north of the James, was carried, with fifteen guns, and a long line of
Edgefield (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
upon a single line of railroad, running from Nashville to Atlanta, a distance of two hundred and nipidly advancing towards the railroad between Nashville and Chattanooga, two hundred miles in Shermaorcements from Kentucky, and concentrated at Nashville every man he could spare from the rear, whilst to troops coming up from Kentucky to hold Nashville and forward to Chattanooga. On the 28th, heam therefore glad you have ordered troops to Nashville. The emergency itself inspired him with bol calls that the chief should at once protect Nashville, three hundred miles in the rear, and take AThomas has, and the reserves soon to come to Nashville, and for me to destroy Atlanta, and then marsee, threatening the line between Thomas and Nashville. On the 3rd of October, Hood reached Lost M force when the reinforcements ordered reach Nashville. Grant, however, with his usual desire toeft at home. Hood would probably strike for Nashville, thinking that by going north, he could infl[1 more...]
Columbus (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
My line is so long now that it is impossible to protect it against cavalry raids; but if we can get Montgomery, and Columbus, Georgia, as bases, in connection with Atlanta, we have Georgia and Alabama at our feet. . . . I will be ready to sally fortd, to co-operate with Grant. There was still another possible route for Sherman, running almost directly south, to Columbus, Georgia, from which point communication could be opened by the Chattahoochee and Appalachicola rivers, with the Gulf of Mexenemy's cavalry that swarms around us. . . . If I could be sure of finding provisions and ammunition at Augusta, or Columbus, Georgia, I can march to Milledgeville, and compel Hood to give up Augusta or Macon, and then turn on the other. The countryd strike for Savannah and its river; that General Canby should hold the Mississippi river, and send a force to take Columbus, Georgia, either by the way of the Alabama or Appalachicola river; that I should keep Hood employed and put my army in fine
Selma (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
on to Sherman, and partly to favor the operations of Sheridan in the Valley. On the 1st of October, Sherman reported the advance of Hood, and added: If he tries to get on my road this side of the Etowa, I shall attack him; but if he goes on to Selma and Talladega [due west], why would it not do for me to leave Tennessee to the forces which Thomas has, and the reserves soon to come to Nashville, and for me to destroy Atlanta, and then march across Georgia to Savannah or Charleston, breaking rry out the plan as early as was contemplated. Any considerable force to co-operate with Sherman on the sea-coast must not be sent from here. The question is whether, under such circumstances, Augusta and Savannah would not be a better line than Selma, Montgomery, and Mobile. I think Savannah might be taken by surprise with one corps from here, and such other troops as Foster could spare from the Department of the South. This is my view, but before giving positive orders, I want to make a vi
Alabaha River (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
ow making, result as it may, cannot be influenced by anything that can be done at Mobile, in obedience to orders from here; and on the 10th of September, after Atlanta had actually fallen, and while Sherman was still writing: We must have the Alabama river, Grant telegraphed to him: Now that we have all of Mobile that is valuable, I do not know but it will be the best move for Major-General Canby's troops to act upon Savannah, while you move on Augusta. I would like to hear from you, however, f. In regard to Mobile, he partly adopted the new view of Grant. Now that Mobile is shut out to the commerce of our enemy, it calls for no further effort on our part, unless the capture of the city can be followed by the occupation of the Alabama river and the railroad to Columbus, when that place would be a magnificent auxiliary to my further progress into Georgia. But Savannah, he said, once in our possession, and the river open to us, I would not hesitate to cross the state of Georgia w
Moscow, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
I will watch him, as I do not see what he designs by this movement. He had not long to wait. The rebel President had come from Richmond to the camp of Hood, and all along the road, with extraordinary fatuity, proclaimed the new campaign. At Columbia, in South Carolina, at Macon, and at Palmetto station, he publicly announced that Atlanta was to be recovered; that Forrest was already on the national roads in Middle Tennessee; that Sherman would meet the fate of Napoleon in the retreat from Moscow; and, finally, addressing the army, he turned to a division of Tennessee troops, and exclaimed: Be of good cheer, for in a short while your faces will be turned homeward, and your feet pressing Tennessee soil. This imprudent disclosure of the rebel plans was published in the Southern newspapers, and Sherman was of course forewarned. The speech at Macon was made on the 23rd of September, and on the 27th, Sherman telegraphed it to Washington. Even on the 24th, however, Sherman had said:
Apalachicola (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
er possible route for Sherman, running almost directly south, to Columbus, Georgia, from which point communication could be opened by the Chattahoochee and Appalachicola rivers, with the Gulf of Mexico. Sherman replied to Grant's telegram the same night, promptly conforming his own views to the new conception of his chief: Our ndependence; proposed reinforcements for Meade and campaigns for Canby; glanced at the side movemints of Price and Rosecrans; treated of Hood's army and the Appalachicola river; but nevertheless narrowed itself down to a definite answer to Grant's inquiry and a positive plan for his own army, which did not differ materially from thavannah and its river; that General Canby should hold the Mississippi river, and send a force to take Columbus, Georgia, either by the way of the Alabama or Appalachicola river; that I should keep Hood employed and put my army in fine order for a march on Augusta, Columbia, and Charleston, and start as soon as Wilmington is sealed
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