The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-19
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that time was to return from WASH
ington and lead the armies of Sher-
man, Thomas and Schofield to At
lanta in person. Unforeseen events,
however, changed his intention of
leading the army himself, and forced
him to the East. His campaign,
however, was carried out almost to
the letter, but by other hands.
Grant received his commission as |
Acknowledgement from the hands |
of President Lincoln in the presence
of the Cabinet. On the 10th of
March he was at the front in Vir-
GINA; on the 14th he was back at
Nashville, Tenn, giving instruc-
tions to Sherman. On the 18th he
assumed supreme command of all
the armies, and on the 2Srd he was
at Washington, and at once proceed
ed to make his headquarters in the
field at Culpeper, Va. Heretofore
the campaigns of the different armies
had been conducted without any re-
ference to or relation one with the
other.
Grants intention now was that his
campaign should proceed with one
common end in view. His plan was
simple. 1t was to concentrate all
the available forces of the West and
combine them into one grand army
under Sherman, and the same con-
centration of the armies of the East
under Meade; then by simultan-
eous and persistent advance of these
two grand armies toward common
center. The objective point Of each
to be the enemy in his front, and
the ultimate point to be reached
Richmond. Other points that might
in the meantime become objective to
be operated against as the circum-
stances of the case at the time
should suggest. At the appointed
time for an advance his intention
was that Sherman should move
directly against Johnston, and ham
mer, pound, and follow him until
his army was destroyed or captured.
If neither the destruction nor capt
ure should occur to drive him on to
Mobile and then crush him, or on to
Savannah and back on to Richmond,
and there crush both the armies be-
tween the two great armies of the
Union. At the same time Meade
should advance upon Lees forces
and strike him at every point, and
fight him in every place, wherever
and whenever he should find him,
until he should break his army to
pieces or capture it. Neither of the
armies should hesitate in carrying
out this common purpose. So that
when Richmond should fall the two
great armies of the rebellion should
fall with it. This plan was carried
out, and was success. 1t caused
us to achieve the victories that saved
the Republic. There was but one
failure in carrying it out to the
letter, on both lines; that was when
Hood was permitted TO escape from
Sherman's front from Lovejoy's
Station, back into our rear, march.
ing against Nashville. 1t forced
Thomas's army to return and follow
him while the remainder of the
forces moved without obstruction tC
the sea. This failure was, however
redeemed afteward. In the West
the grand army moved forward
fighting battles at Dalton, Buzzard':
Roost, Snake Creek Gap, Resaca
Lost Mountain, Dallas, Big ant
Little Kenesaw, Peach Tree Creek
and at and around Atlanta. Flanl
movement after flank movement wa
executed, and battle after battle wa
fought upon fields that fairly raj
with blood until our victorious arm,
occupied Atlanta. The Army of TIN
Cumberland under Thomas moved Il
the northward in pursuit of Hood
as before stated, striking and ham
mering him to pieces at Franklin
and Nashville.
The Army of the Tennessee anc
Georgia, under Sherman, marched
through Georgia to Savannah, ane
thence through the Carolinas, driv
ing before them from Savannah TIL,
rebel forces through State aftel
State, marching triumphantly ant
rapidly in the direction of Rich
mond. During this while the grea
Army of the East, under Meade, it.
cavalry commanded by Sheridan, thu
Army of the James cooperating, al
under the immediate command O
Grant, was striking Lees veteran
Army of Northern Virginia wher
ever found. The bloody battles O
the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court
house, the siege of Petersburg, tn
fianking marches and movements, a
we'll as battles in the advance fror
the Rapidan upon Richmond, a
evinced the valor of the Unto
troops, and the skill with which the
were handled, as we'll as that re