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made ready 10 mo7e against Joaeph e. Johnston.

toward comnon oeutre, 10 reading this letter
OF Gen. GrHpt to Gen. Sherman, Written April 4,
1864. sc ttnd the purpose Of Grant vas % aght
only the Southern armies Banks vas IN honisl-
astroua Red-River expedition. s!gei: Ess 10
Hest Virginia projecting the ralIcxds. Graut
did not saticipate much from s1gcl. bnt, as he
oua1.tt;y axpreascd il in his letter 10 Shernaan.
while soms one else s21ns." His only instrnc-
tiona to Gen. Sherman we're ITO move agatnBt
see0'a ses iuta = tho '' interior Of the enemy:s
Country ~ far as you cao. int1:cting all
tbs you esn v,stan On ha 9TH of
Apr.l, 1864 demonstrates clearly that Grant had
no idea at that tizne OF what 1t was possible for
Sherman to do tha: be had not conceived either
the pyobkbla fall Of Atlanta or that brilliant
march through Georgia to tho SOS which has
given immortality to ahermAn'a name. Hher-
man, in replying to this letter week later, int-
mated that hc might possibly attack Atlanta !;
but tho best he could hope for was to march into
Georgia. " Georgia" he writes, ~ has million
OF inhabitants. II they can i've We should not
ceesfut, With the feeling that beef and salt are
MI that II absolutely necessary to life, and that
parchad corn onca fed Gen. Jackson'a army On
that refy ground" Grxnt replied &dmonishing
Sherman to beware, lest the enemy, ln fit OF
desperation, might abandon Richmond and fall
that ii John atom ''shows signs Of joining fellow
hiQa to the full extent Of ynus ability. will
prevent The concentration Of Leo upon your
front il it Is in the lower Of this army to do il"
So instructed, hhzrm1n set forth upon tho 5th OF
May On his campaign into Georgia. the day ar~
pointed By Grant fur his own campaign in Vlr
gnia- His army waa in light marching trim; Le
himself had less accommodation than ~ ordi-
nary brigade com;nande:, dcsiring> as lie did, to
set tho army an EXAMPLE OF being :" able to start
ut moments notice, and to subslst on tho
Rcautleas food" He had obtained records OF the
ceusus tables, showing the popoia:lon and sta
tistic4 Of every county In Georgia, the number OF
horses and Cattle, aud tho probable agricultural
resources-s wiae prccaution, consldartng that
he meant TO llga ou The couatty. mcPhsraon,
he thinks, could have taken 1sesacs on tha 11th
OF May, but he fell back. *.Sueh an opportu~
nifty, Sherman says, '.dces not occur twlcs 10 .
a,ug.o life, bu. at critical NOM ut 5fcPtcrson
seems to have been uttlo tiuid; st1ll be was
perfectly justified by his orders" -.
" plssEnB1oxs IN THE REBEL ARa-T.
The question las often beea asked, why it
was that the Coa,cderats army dld not light
pitched battle in tho nolghboraood Of ,Cassy1lie.
Hhor1uao ni1nsetf found It Casayillo al the
features Of preparation tor grand battle, and
among them long hne OF fresh lutre!chments.
JOHNSON had under his command threo ARMY
cons, those Of Eood. POLK, and Hardee. nu1n-
boring in all about ca. .6u3 men. After The War,
he saTs, be 1aet Gen. Johnston, Rad they talked
their battles over At the friendly catd-table.
Johnston said tlat he intended to Sight hhes-
msn at Caesyil1e, and the action was to begin IN
tie morning While At Buppert bowever, Gen.
uood informed him that l1ls army Haa eatilaA,ed
BY tue Uniou artlllery-:n op.nion confirmed by
Con. Polk and othez Of his commanders Hood
aud Polk both fesred shsg could not lold their
uoeu+ Gen. Jouns:on, sxys Sherman, was
provoked, accgsed then, OF having kcen in con-
terence, with being beaten b-1ore battle and
adued that he was unwilling to engage in
critical baltic with an army SO superior to his
own IN hunters, with t'aa OF biz thee corp.
commanders dissatisfied with tie ground aud
posit1oua assigned tt1eu" Consequently he re-
close Of afaJ left Sherman in command Of t;lfs
rsuge aui opened up the way to tho Ranss4W
Mountains. ->.--.
TIE DEATH or GEN. Fo1E. !.
Sherman kept pushing Es WAY down tcMasd
Atianta- Il vas 10 this campaign that the Aebel
Gen Leonidas Po!k, who had been Bshop OF
Tho Southern Episcopal Church, LOST his life.
The story Of his uextA is one of the dramatic IN
cidents OF tho War, reminding us of 1ha death OF
the famous French General, Mo1eau4 who was
Liied By shot from battery which had been
fred b, the special order Of Napoleon. On jane
IA, Con. Sherman, in conyszsatlon with Gen.
Howard, observed, At the distance Of au0 yards,
= grou;, Of Confederate officers. evidently watch
ing the Federal Goops through glasses. snet-
man caIled Gen.. Hovard'a: attention 10 this
group and ordered him to compel it to Keep be-
hind it's cover. Howard npsu cred .nat blu orders
from Gen. Thomas were to"spara artillery am
nuniion. t'Ihat was right according to the
general policy" says Sherman ~ explained
to him that ua must keep up the morale o. tue
bold offensive that be rnust use hin artillery
to .fo1ca tho enemy to remain Oh The timid
defensive and ordered him to cause battery
close by to fire three soleya." One OF THESE
vofIe7s Killed Gen. Polk Gou. johuaton after
wards explained to Gon4 Sherman the c1zct
n. Ifrfn aofh lA had Ff1
to Pine Mountain, accompanied by Gems. Har~
dos and Polk He noticed the prepatations st
6perrnan's battery to fire, mud caused tha eoi-
diers to scatter. "1hey did 40, says johnston,
's and he likewise burned behinh tho parapet,
from which be had IN equally good view Of the
corpu!en., wa1keJ s1ow owly, not wishing 10 appear
too hurried OF cautious in the presence Of the
uan, and was struck across the breast by an
exploded she'll which ka1led him instantly
:. 1t has been CHARGED eye shesman naa d 'n thst
knew it was directed against that General. The
fact Is, that at that distance ws could not even
tall that the group ware officers II all / waa on
horseback couple OF hundred yards Oh before
my orderb to tire were executed. and hsd no 1oea
that our ehot had taken effect"
1HoCRlE WITH HOOKER
1t La noted that In this campaign Gen. shor.
man took pains to never so into camp without
insraocning. He had special service OF men
for thus Work, 8u4 QuT1ng kQ6 cAulpa!Eu Aua"
dreds, and perhaps thousands, OF udes Of ln-
traucnments wste built By both armies, and. "as
= rule, whichever party attacked that one got
the woras Of it."' It rained noas Of the tune.
Rain, according to Sherman, having favorable
effect on troops in action and on tho march, but
not in tia woods. On ono OCCASION Hooker,
who after his failuro in the East bad been given
another opportunity in the West snd com
manded corps in the army OF Thomas, tele-
eraphed to Sherman, ignoring Thomas. that he
had practically won . victory: Sherman was
annoyed Ut this action Of Hooker. "den.
Thomas had, before this occasion" he eass.
complained to him Of ."1en. Hooket's
dispos,tion to switch OF. leaving vide
Eas in his Ines, so ~ to BE- tnde-
pendent, and to mako glory on his own aocount-
/ therefore resolved not to ororIook this breach
OF discipline and propriety." Riding over to
Hooker'a quarters Sherman showed the dlspatcn
1nd tho injustice it hsd done to Gen. Sehohoid
slso, and there were high words between the two
Generals, schofeld aod Hooker. "As We rode
away from that church," says Sherman, "Gen.
Hooker WIS by my side, and ! told hlua such =
thing must not occur again. In otheE words,
him. more gently than the occasion de-
mapded, and from tbat time he began to sulk-
Con, Hooker had come from the East, with great
fame rs fighter, and Ut Chattanooga be waa
rlorifcd by his battlo above the Clouds which, |
fesr, turned his head He seaned Jealous Of Ill