The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-01-20
bhermaa'5 Unprecedented" Strategy
and Victory His MOilFesROW Under
stood In England.

bhermST8 Unprecedented Strategy
and Victory His Motives now Under
stood In England.
From the London Post IgDvert organ.,l DC. 90
Whether the rumor Of The fall Of
Savannah is founded on fact or not,
Sherman has already done enough to
establish his fame as a skilful, original
and above al, a successful General
However the war may terminate, and
however singular may be the episode
which il viii yet furnish to history, the
grand march of the Federal army
through the heart Of Georgia in the
winter OF 1864 must ever possess an al
most paramount claim to remem-
bnuce. Viewed strategicaliy, General
Shermans tactics may be said to be
unprecedented in the annals Of war
fare, because in the only instance Of q
parallel nature which can be discover
ed the motives dictstingso hazardous q
movement we're different. If Sher-
mans communications had been cut
of when he was in occupation Of At
lanta, aud If any serious obstacles had
opposed themselves TO his Tetracing his
steps through Tennessee, then in self,
defense, he might as a sole chance of
snVing his army, have pushed his way
toward the sea But this was not So
Hood, 10 is true, Yves enabled at times,
with the forces under his command IN
Tennessee, to threaten the federal lines
Of communications but for all practi-
cal purposes the Northern general was
Always able 10 obtain eve y hing of
which he stood in need, anu was free
10 move his army in any direction he
desired. His advance through Geor-
gia was therefore purely voluntary, and
was, so far as we are able to Judge, die
tated by the hopes of capturing the
principal towns on his line of march,
Of devastating the country, and finally
Of being able, with the sea as a base of
operations, to employ h 5 army TO bet.
tel advantage than he could have done
by remaining IN Georgia The risks
which he incurred yyere considerable.
and indeed such as would have DETER
ed most men from uudeIt king such an
enterprise Abandoning his base ut
operations, be was obliged to provide
his army with supplies sufficient for a
march Of probably six weeks, and was
compelled 10 guard as best he could.
against any of those thousand contin-
gencies which might compel him to
abandon his undertaking, and once
more turn his face toward the North
Ignorant Of the country he was tray
erse, and Of the force which his oppo
nents might he able to employ against
him, he had to trust principally to the
supposed superiority of his army and
70 the good fortune which pfoyerbially
attends the enterprising. His antici-
patlOns, and ms aspirations have both
been realized; and now, after march
occupying just four weeks. and, as it
would seem, without having encoun- /
tered any serious opposition, he has es-
tablished the much desired commuui, \
cation between his army and the fed 4
eral feet
The details of Shermans late opera
tons are before us, and dissmissinR "a
unreliable, the report Of the fall of
Savan b. II If established beyond douht
that Gu the llth OF the present month.
the Federal army had taken nm
strong position on the southwest of the
town, and had captured an important
tort on tho Ogechee river. six mIss
from the point where 10 falls into the
yea Advancing along the left bank Of
he river Sherman was enabled, appar-
sntly without opposition 10 extend the
eft wing OF his army until il must have
loosely approached to the Savannah
liver, and by this means secured the
ommanI of ali the communications {
nth the town from the North and
est Three lines OF railways leave
aVannab, one passing in westerly
ERECTION 10 Albany, and crossing The
.gechee river at Fort McAlister The I
.cond Is the Central Georgian Railway
hich follows the left bank Of the Oge.
nee till it reaches Millen and the
iird that winch leads TO Charleston
he first two Of these lines are in the
.nds OF Sherman and as the third L