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Missouri (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
sfer of A. J. Smith and Mower's commands from Missouri to Tennessee: If Crook goes to Missouri, he rever they are needed. But the troops from Missouri were slow in coming, and on the 26th of Octobh an officer to see it enforced, should go to Missouri, to send from there all the troops not actualhe said: .. Now that Price is retreating from Missouri, it is believed that the whole force sent to hold him, until reinforcements reach him from Missouri, and recruits. We have now ample supplies atcope with Hood, until the reinforcements from Missouri and elsewhere should arrive. On the 1st of No reinforce him with ten thousand troops from Missouri, and when he reported to Grant the approach oforts to reach Tennessee from the interior of Missouri. But twelve of the new regiments were absorbensive, as soon as I can get the troops from Missouri. You may rest assured, I will do all in my p fragmentary command was still scattered from Missouri to East Tennessee. The very boldness of Ho[3 more...]
Mississippi (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
the movement, but to his own position in it, he said not a word of this to the generalin-chief, but with true soldierly spirit declared: I feel confident that I can defend the line of the Tennessee with the force Sherman proposes to leave with me. . Also, I shall be ready to send Sherman all the cavalry he needs, and still have a good number left. On the 25th, Sherman sent him further instructions. I do believe you are the man best qualified to manage the affairs of Tennessee and North Mississippi. . . I can spare you the Fourth corps, and about five thousand men not fit for my purpose, but which will be well enough for garrison duty in Chattanooga, Murfreesboroa, and Nashville. What you need is a few points fortified and stocked with provisions, and a good, movable column of twenty-five thousand men that can strike in any direction. A copy of this despatch was forwarded to the general-in-chief, who was thus kept fully advised of all preparations and orders. On the 13th of
Minnesota (Minnesota, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
r hundred thousand votes. No election of course was held in the ten Southern states in the possession of the enemy, and the vote of Tennessee was not counted, although given for Lincoln; but of the remaining twenty-five states, all but three,—New Jersey, Delaware, and Kentucky,—cast their votes for the Union. Fourteen states had authorized their soldiers in the field to vote. Those of New York sent their ballots home sealed, to be cast by their friends; the votes of the soldiers from Minnesota and of most of those from Vermont were not received by the canvassers in time to be counted; but the soldiers from the eleven remaining states gave a majority for Lincoln, of eighty-five thousand four hundred and sixty-one; Beyond all question, this majority would have been doubled, had all the soldiers been allowed to vote; but the marvel is that any man in arms against the rebellion could have opposed the re-election of Abraham Lincoln. a proportion of more than three to one. The s
Illinois (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
d of most of those from Vermont were not received by the canvassers in time to be counted; but the soldiers from the eleven remaining states gave a majority for Lincoln, of eighty-five thousand four hundred and sixty-one; Beyond all question, this majority would have been doubled, had all the soldiers been allowed to vote; but the marvel is that any man in arms against the rebellion could have opposed the re-election of Abraham Lincoln. a proportion of more than three to one. The state of Illinois, of which Grant was a citizen, had made no provision to receive the ballots of her soldiers. The general-in-chief was therefore unable to vote. At eleven A. M. on the 10th of November, before the result was known at the Headquarters of the armies, Grant telegraphed to Halleck: I suppose without my saying anything about it, all the troops in the North will now be hurried to the field, but I wish to urge this as of the utmost importance. Sherman's movement may compel Lee to send tro
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
my whole army united for the grand move into Georgia. On the 14th of October, when Sherman was re willing I should undertake to march across Georgia.—Sherman's Memoirs, Vol. II., page 156. Sherto the south-west, drawing me as a decoy from Georgia, which is his chief object. If he ventures nff. Davis's cherished plan of making me leave Georgia by manoeuvring. Thus far I have confined my ten days. If I were to let go Atlanta and North Georgia, and make for Hood, he would, as he did heg siege. I will destroy all the railroads of Georgia, and do as much substantial damage as is possplishing more, and before Thomas started from Georgia, the rebel cavalry had set out to return. Evomptly notified Thomas of the new campaign in Georgia. On the 1st of October, when he first proposrth corps, under Stanley, now on its way from Georgia, could arrive. On the 30th, the Twenty-thires, the most important of which now came from Georgia, since Sheridan had laid waste the Valley. [5 more...]
Delaware (Delaware, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
rdingly ordered to report to Dix, and the force in New York was temporarily increased by five thousand men. The election took place on the 8th of November, and resulted in the success of Lincoln, who received a majority of more than four hundred thousand votes. No election of course was held in the ten Southern states in the possession of the enemy, and the vote of Tennessee was not counted, although given for Lincoln; but of the remaining twenty-five states, all but three,—New Jersey, Delaware, and Kentucky,—cast their votes for the Union. Fourteen states had authorized their soldiers in the field to vote. Those of New York sent their ballots home sealed, to be cast by their friends; the votes of the soldiers from Minnesota and of most of those from Vermont were not received by the canvassers in time to be counted; but the soldiers from the eleven remaining states gave a majority for Lincoln, of eighty-five thousand four hundred and sixty-one; Beyond all question, this maj
Panama City (Panama) (search for this): chapter 4
officers; either in the old army, or at West Point as cadets; and the knowledge of their character he thus obtained was extremely useful to him at this time. He often said of those opposed to him: I know exactly what that general will do; I am glad such an one is in my front; I would rather fight this one, than another. So also with those who were now his subordinates; what he had learned of them in garrison, on the Canada frontier, or at the West, before the Indians, or crossing the isthmus of Panama, in cholera time,— all was of use now. No man was better able to predict what an individual would do in an emergency, if he had known or seen much of him before. The most ordinary circumstance to him betrayed character; and as we sat around our fire at City Point, he told stories by the hour of adventures in the Mexican war, or rides on the prairies, or intercourse with Californian miners, which threw a flood of light on the immense events in which the same actors were now engaged. A
Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
fifty miles from the Memphis and Charleston road, along which the points of importance are Chattanooga, Stevenson, Huntsville, Decatur, Tuscumbia, and Corinth; the last-named place being at the junction with the road leading into Mississippi and Alabama, by way of Meridian and Selma. The Tennessee river runs west from Chattanooga, and south of the railroad, nearly to Corinth; but at Eastport it turns to the north, and passing by Pittsburg landing, Johnsonville, Fort Henry, and Paducah, emptiese of accomplishing more, and before Thomas started from Georgia, the rebel cavalry had set out to return. Every disposition was promptly made to intercept the command, but it was now too late, and on the 5th of October, the raiders escaped into Alabama. During the next two weeks Sherman was following Hood northward, and as the rebel army approached the Tennessee, Thomas disposed his troops so as to reinforce Chattanooga and protect the crossings of the river, thus holding the enemy in front s
Tennessee River (United States) (search for this): chapter 4
nt and Sherman supreme responsibility of Grant Hood moves to Tennessee river Sherman's misgivings Presidential election political positithe trip to the sea-coast can be made, holding the line of the Tennessee river firmly, you may make it, destroying all the railroads south ofening the invasion of Tennessee, while Forrest had crossed the Tennessee river, captured Athens, and cut the Nashville and Chattanooga railroo concentrate a force on Hood, when he presents himself on the Tennessee river. He then proceeded to direct how this force should be accumul and such as General Canby can send, will be used between the Tennessee river and the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. If he goes south, heto Mississippi and Alabama, by way of Meridian and Selma. The Tennessee river runs west from Chattanooga, and south of the railroad, nearly lry had been unable to prevent the crossing of the rebel army. The Tennessee having fallen so low as to be fordable at several points, the e
Cumberland River (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
ich secured our present position. This withdrawal, however, was to be temporary only, and with characteristic forethought, Grant continued: Open to the rear all enclosed works, so that when we want to retake them, they will not be directed against us. Tennessee, however, was the theatre where the interest of the war now culminated; the key-point, at this juncture, of the strategy which enveloped a continent. Nashville, the capital of the state, is situated on the south bank of the Cumberland river, thirty or forty miles from the Kentucky line, and midway between the eastern and western boundaries. It is connected with the North by a single railroad, starting from Louisville, on the Ohio, two hundred miles away. Along this road the principal reinforcements and supplies had passed for Sherman and Thomas since the beginning of April. Southward, two lines run from Nashville to the great railway which connects Chattanooga with the Mississippi—the Memphis and Charleston road. One o
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