National Republican., 1875-06-25

The alternative mentioned In your letter Of oe-
tSSeF is Tiii be prepared for oy boats At Hiiton
| to any point where required.
The letter Of General Sherman OF November o,
to General Grant, referred to in his Memoirs as
stated in the earlier part Of this letter, but not
| pie this:
The only question in my mind Is whether ought
doing would play into his hands by being drawn
vance. '-''''
And again. he argues for a movement on Pensa-
cola and Mobile as follows:
Admitting this reasoning to be good that such a
movement ito he sea) per be right, still there
smother There are three from XsanssDsoGtheast, Sn
south and southwest-an open, with no serious
& The tTss wSnId carry me across the only east and
would be destroyed, and thereby the commiunica- %
tloRs bet Ween the armies Of Lee AMI Beaureg ard
depots at Macon and AuEIsts, and feacR @ These tie Sea-
@ @sh4re at Charles on OF savannah, from either OF
ginia.
following substantially the valley Of Flint river,
TniGh Is TeIy ~ fertile and well supplied and fetch
cola destroyi route the same railroad, taking
up the prisoners OF war stll at Andersonytlle,
L4Co.oe) bales of cotton near Albany and Fort
This, however, would leave the army in bad Do
.nG TS %SS % SeSs s 70 oRst,
Bayou, in Communication with Fort Morgan.
Bile, suo occupation OF the line Of the GisSams.
IN :ee6na
woIlhd be the safest Sf exc ItioI; but the third
own command, and have direct bearing upon ny ny
6esss further M from SGs
IGss nss e ts. turn my yS1
GIffin, to BaTaesvie; that bresT nm tSe road sId
between Columbus and Macon cool: and then, II
6G5 aEs
Bay or Pensacola.
had started, General HAlleek telesraphed Gen.
| Candy:
Sherman, with four corps. operating in Georgia.
Bis destination is unknown. Possibly ne may
= The following extracts from the final report Of
Gen. Grant, dated Washington, July q, 1885,
Grafton. In describing the combined movements
ordered for the spring OF 1884, he says
Johnston army break It up, and to go into the in
terior ofthe enemy's country as far as he could,
resources. 1.-THE enemy in his front showed % signs
i Of Joining Lee, to fOIl9w him up to the fnll eI-
G. 1tration Of Lee upon him, ifIt was in ihe power
oa Of the Army 96 the Potomac to do so. More Spe-
that had talke1 over with him the plans oft ie
them and would execute them to the fullest eS.
| tent possible.
! And again:
~ was the on ginal design TO mold Atlanta, and
= getting through to the coast, with q garrison
lei. on the Southern railroads, leading east and
We1L through Georgia, to eectually sever the east
/ from the west.
In other words, cut the would-be Confederacy in
possession Of the Mississippi river General sher:
mans plan virtually effected this object.
That part Of Sherman's plan here referred to
being going through as originally designed, but
without holding Atlanta.
The above citations from the official records,
and chiefly from those in General Sherman's
own possession, are quite sufficient to show that
the true history Of the march to the ses is not
given in the Memoirs
There was this important difference, however,
between Grants plan for q march 70 the sea and
SheTman's: Grants contemplated q prior de-
struction OF HOODS army. Shermanis was .
march away from an enemy. But this branch OF
the subject must go over for Q letter upon the
hnai result Of the campaign at Savannah and
Nashville. HV B.