, 1881-06-06
THE MARCH TO THE SEA.


THE MARCH TO THE SEA.
Who Was tho Originator Of T.sat Cnlla-
paIEMl
tt,tshaoton Correspondence Cincinnati Gasttit.
Gen. nAtlcalt, In his ts,!rl volume, treatsof
the n'arcl TO tho sca suul credits Gen. Gratlt
only with tic Inception Ut tho plan. 11o
says:
"As to tle original idea Of the march, the
germ. WIS undoubtedly ura',t's, but Sior-
mans march wis u far different ol,e from
tlmt whlcl. Grant haa contemplated. The
ticneral-l.t-Chief. as hns been shown, meant
ut thu start to upen Il line from Chattanooga
to Mnl'fe but hu did not ut tlle slurt iropUsu
:" .h. ab"'N!on ti!e rairoa'|s, md l,s nsyyr
III siie,ay III ill., Ill., rtsr: "t:shi shstuan ~ ''id iii
euncrlye his peculiar mnrrl'. .lrstroy-
t1sx Atlanta. rs C0rtez burned his sltns.
a!t nbaiululltnE tllu railroad as Grant did the
M,'ssSsipl IT, Vlrksb1'rK; ,.t e,r1nt a eo.
tltst ur0pflstHl tllnt Sherman ahuiAti ll,oyo t.,
Savannah whenever Cnnby WIS rrntly to
nPet lifIil, but tilLs Is tho greatest n1t lnost
n';tis'rio1's ''; part of sl!cr'ha.,'s concenton at!
ln0ye tn tho sea after llu k1iew TINT Grnnt
eDnlA helI!l ii0 forces to meet him. ll9 tln-
stEuyeA lifs communicating fur l1u miles to
t,!e rear. Y,H ,e l'''l '.ono for o miles to tlle
tnrtni,, wlnti,cr nj lila t.lnsr in w"m1,I tinI
FREUD Or ftr. xii this WIS Sllerl1I,,iis avn
suggestion. TlserU r!l,s By l'D, .leprecintlng
Tl,ms thnt ,mrtin,, ri thu ninn svh,rh con,
tg,illnlett tltoyi1,y through from AtjunfH TO
tho culst without trains l;un, I}Ntlvu,l ytrils
tn Gen. s!lerna.l, Tlle hitter, IN lis Memoirs,
ll;llt tic march 10 tic sua In hls nIlli's ava.
K itttlr. cl,snr se,lrnl, a,,li,ng Tin ra,snr!,s ria
which wcru Mi 1T the cui,trOI Of Gril.
i rlIli tor /. l,,arel froln naitoil. BY VIZ Of
Atluntu. 10 tiIs sta. t,isu witfu,lt trnlns ut1ti
brulil,E dNtc Il ycnr earlier thnn t;cn' Mir.
man rGtluls 10 flnyu tlt,,Ivlt III s,trll n mnvo.
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