Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-02-20

I'm the cut the upward curves show the gen.
eral line of march of TIE Twentieth corps, the
reversed curves that of the Seventeenth corps,
the broken black line that Of the Fourteenth
corps, and the unbroken line that of the Fiji
teenth corI>, while the stars show the pre-
scrbed range of the cavalry; but it is tn be
noted that the cavalry swept over IA large
breadth, and thanking bodies Of the infantry
often departed from the main line-l
plaudits of his countrymen, feeling that
they might at any moment be turned to
blame. Hood, as anticipated, soon APP
peared in Sherman's rear and began to at
tack the railroad supplying the Union
army.
Sherman cast longing eyes on Mobile
and Savannah-anywhe to shorten his
line of supply Meanwhile he sent Thomas
back to Chattanooga to look after Hood
and protect his present line from Atlanta
to Louisville He then conceived the plan
of marching to the sea, there to meet
transports loaded with provisions Gen
Grant strongly advised him to turn and
destroy Hood before entering upon his
proposed move.
Sherman replied that if he could hope to
overhaul Hood he would turn against him
with his whole force, but that he feared
Hood would retreat sOuthwestward with a
view of drawing him from Georgia. "Still' -
said sherman, "if he attempts to invade
middle Tennessee will hold Decatur, and
be prepared to move in that direction; but
unless let 90 of Atlanta my force will not
be equal to his" sherman also added in
another dispatch to Grant, IF | turn back
now the whole effect Of my campaign will
be lost Grant replied ~ do not see how
you can withdraw from where you are to
| follow up Hood without giving up all we
| have gained in territory | say, then, go
on az you prOposo. 50 the great march
was begun.
Sixty thousand men made a holiday
march over the territory lying between At
| ldnta and the ocean. The march to the
sea has doubtless done more to attach fame
| TO the name Of Sherman among the masses
than any campaign he planned or eXecut-
ed. There is something in it so different
| from the ordinary lead and powder and
blood of war. The men were SO happy.
Uncle Billy, | guess Grant is waiting
for us at Richmond" they called out as
| Sherman passed them on the march There
were shots fired, but At sheep and chick
ems; there was blood spilled, but it was the
| blood of November turkeys. 1t was jolly,
FOSTERING, reckless army-an army that
had fought for and won the privilege of
rowing at will over the territory that was
laid open to it. In about thirty days the
advance came to the banks of Ossibaw
sound, where frowned Fort MacAllisJer, but
Gen. Hazen's division formed in line and
walked over the parapets with but little
trouble. Supplies were at hand, sent down
! from the north by sea; the goal was won.
/ Sherman had a new and safe means of
supply, and the moral effect of the move
was tremendous.
! Sherman says in his Memoirs" II con
sidered this march AS a means to an end,
and not as an essential act of war Still
then, as now, the march to the sed was gen
orally regarded as something eXtraordna-
ry, something anomalous, something out
of the usual order of events; whereas, in
fact, | simply moved from Atlanta to Sa-
vannah, as one step in the direction of
Richmond, IA movement that had to be
met and defeated or the war was neces-
sariiy at an end"
Finishing the Struggle.
| On the first day of February, 1855, Sher-
man started with 5000 men in pursuit OF