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placed him in the front rank of great |
generals. On Aug. 8, 1861, he was made |
Drlgadler general of volunteers. and |
was sent from the army of the Potomac |
to be second in command to Gen. Robert |
Anderson in Kentucky. Sherman |
succeeded Anderson in command on |
Oct. II. He was then relieved from
this command by Gen. Buell. on Nov. |
y, and ordered to report to Gen. |
Halleck. commanding the department |
OF the West. He was placed i'll conl- |
mand of Benton Barracks. Gen. Ulys-
ses 5. Grant was at this time in COM |
lnand of the force to move on Forts |
Henry and DonelsOn in February, 1862, |
and just after the capture of these |
StrOnghOldS Sherman was assigned to |
tie army OF the Tennessee. 1t con-
sisted of SIX divisions. and Sherman |
was in command of the Fifth. In the |
battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing,
April 6 and Z, 1862, Sherman's men were |
stationed at Shiloh church and the enemy |
was so strong that all the detatchments
were holly engaged and Sherman served |
as pivot. When the Army of the Ohio |
came up during the night Grant had
already ordered Sherman to advance,
and when the combined forces moved,
the enemy retreated rapidly upon Cor
NTH. Sherman's division lost 2,034 men.
He Was Wounded in the Hand,
but did not leave the field. Gen. Grant,
in his official report of the battle, said:
Il feel it duty to gallant and able
officer, Brig. Gen. w. L. Sherman, to
make mention. He was not only with
his command during the entire two
days of the action, but displayed great |
skill and judgment in the management
of his men. Although severely wounded
in the hand on the first day, his place
was never vacant. TO his individual
efforts | am indebted for the success of
that battle" Gen. Halleck declared that
SHERMAN saved the fortunes of the day
on the 9th, and contributed largely
to the glorious victory of the 7th." After
the battle Gen. Halleck assumed COM
mand of all the armies, and Sherman
won praise for skillful work in the adj
vance upon Corinth. Sherman was
made major general of volunteers to
date from May l, 1862. On June 9 he
was ordered to Grand junction, a
strategic point, where the Memphis d
Charleston and the Mississippi railroads
met. Gen. HalIeck was now made gen.
eral-in-chief of all the armies of the |
United States, and Grant was placed in
command of the department of the Ten
nessee. Grant ordered Sherman to
Memphis, which had been taken by the
national flOtIlla June 6. Grants next |
step was to move on Vicksburg, which
was covered by an army commanded
by Gen. Pemberton. Grant moved di-
rect from Grand junction via Holly
Springs, Mcpherson moved his LETT
from Corinth and Sherman his right
from Memphis to Wyatt, turning Penn
bertOn'S left. who retreated to Grenada
behind the Yalabusha. Then Grant de-
bnA Oh raE HI 1,ri
gades
Back to Memphis
to organize sufficient force out of the
new troops there and division at Hell
ena to move in boats. escorted by Adj
mirable Porter's gunboat fleet to Vicks-
burg to capture the place, while Grant |
held Pemberton at Grenada. But this
expedition failed, owing to natural OBJ
stacles and the capture of Holly Springs |
by the enemy. At the same time Pres-
dent Lincoln sent Gen. McClernand to
take command of the expedition, and |
the Army of the Tednessee was divided |
into the Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Six
teenth and Seventeenth corps of which |
Sherman had the Fifteenth. Sherman
bore conspicuous part i'll the capture
of Fort Hindman by assault under Gen.
McClernand, VINO had with his eXpedi-
river. After capturing stores and 5000 |
prisoners the expedition returned to the
Mississippi river. Gen. Grant, in per-
son, gave direction to the operations
against VickSburg from the river, which |
resulted in it's capture with $1,000 pris- |
OnerS on July 4, 1863. thereby open
ing the Mississippi river to navi !
CATION. Sherman was appointed a
brigadier general in the regular !
army to date July q, 1868. owing to
his meritorious work in this brilliant |
campaign. On Oct. Sherman was Or
dered to take his corps, the Fifteenth,
and few other troops toward Chatta- |
nooga. RosecranS in the meantime had |
expelled the enemy from Middle Ten |
nessee. had forced him to evacuate
Chattanooga, fought the bloody battle |
of Chickamauga and fell back into Chat |
tanooga, where he was in precariOuS |
situation. Sher man marched rapidly, |
and at o'clock on the morning OF Nov. |
"a he crossed
On POntOOn Bird GEES.
and by 8 o'clock was intrenched at the |
north end of Mission Ridge. The |
disposal of theUnion troops here in line
of battle was as follows: Sherman on
the left, in front of Tunnel Hill; |
Thomas in the center, at .Ft. Wood and |
Orchard Knob, while Hooker was to |
come up from Wauhatchie, take Look
out mountain and crossing to RoSsville,
advance up the ridge to complete the
organization. Special couriers afforded
communication between these bodies.
ress for the center attack by |
Thomas it was evident that tine enemy's
design was to crush Sherman. Fierce
assaults were made upon him in rapid
succession, but he resisted them sue
ceSSfully, thus drawing the enemy to
his flank while Thomas was making the
main attack upon the ridge, which was
successful. On Dec. 8, under orders
from Grant, Sherman made forced
marches to Knoxville, Tenn, to afford
relief to Gen. Burnside, who was sorely
besieged by Longstreet. After leaving
reinfOrcementS here Sherman marched
back to Chattanooga. In January, 1864,
Sherman returned to Memphis and
Vicksburg, whence, with portions of Nc
PheIson's and Hurlburt's corps, he
marched to Jackson and Meridian and
broke up the Confederate combinations.
Grant was made lieutenant general On
March 2, and on the 18th he assumed
command of all the armies of the United
States. His object was to conduct in
person the campaign of the army of the
Potomac. On March IL ne placed Sner-
man in command of the military diviS-
ion of the Mississippi, made up of the
departments of the Ohio, the Tennessee,
the Cumberland and the Arkansas, with
temporary headquarters at Nashville.
On Feb. 10. 1864, Sherman received the
Thanks of Congress
for his services in the Chattanooga cam
paign. March /, 1864, Grant sent praises
to Sherman for the cooperation and
skill which had contributed so largely
to his own success. Sherman received
his final Instructions from Grant On
April 10 to move against Atlanta. Sher-
man ordered his troops to rendezvous at
Chattanooga. His force consisted of the
armies of the Cumberland. Gen. George
Ii. Thomas; the Tennessee, Gen. James
B. Mcpherson, and the Ohio, Gen. John
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