Chapter 28:
- Grant at City Point -- simplicity of camp life -- traits of President Lincoln -- personal character of Grant -- wife and children at City Point -- military family -- preparations for Sherman's march -- Sherman falls back from Atlanta -- pursuit of Hood -- escape of Hood -- reinforcement of Thomas -- anxiety of government -- orders for Sherman's march delayed -- orders renewed -- harmony of Grant and Sherman -- supreme responsibility of Grant -- Hood moves to Tennessee river -- Sherman's misgivings -- Presidential election -- political position of Grant -- views in regard to soldiers' vote -- efforts of enemy at the North -- re-election of Lincoln -- Sherman starts for the sea -- change of military situation -- preparations of Grant to meet Hood -- geography of Tennessee -- character of Thomas -- relations of Sherman and Thomas -- difference of character between Grant and Thomas -- Grant and Sherman direct concentration in Tennessee -- Thomas delays to concentrate -- Hood crosses the Tennessee -- Forrest moves into West Tennessee -- forces of Thomas -- danger of Thomas -- reinforcement of Thomas by Grant -- situation on the Tennessee -- Grant visits the North -- reception in New York and Philadelphia -- recommends dismissal of useless generals -- character of Stanton -- relations of Stanton and Grant.
At City Point Grant lived a life of great simplicity. After his arrival there in June, his Headquarters' camp was pitched on a bluff, overlooking the junction of the Appomattox and the James; but when it became certain that the winter must be passed at this spot, tents were exchanged for log huts, in which fires could be built. Grant's cabin was divided by a partition of boards, so that it might be said to possess two rooms, but in no other
