Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1891-02-28

On the cut the upward curves show the gen.
| eral line OF march OF the Twentieth corps, the
| the broken black line that Of the Fourteenth
corps, and the unbroken line that Of the Fiji
teenth corps. while the stars show the pre-
sc,ioed range OF the cavalry; but 1t Is to be
breadth, and thanking bodies Of the infantry
often departed from the main Hne-l
plaudits of his countrymen, feeling that
they might at any moment be turned to
blame. Hood, as anticipated, soon ap-
peared in Shermanis rear, and began to at
tack the railroad supplying the Union
army.
Sherman cast longing eyes on Mobile
and Savannah-anywhere 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 IL 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 1 will hold Decatur, and
be prepared to move in that direction; but
unless let go 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 VIII
be lost" Grant replied: az do not ZEE how
you can withdraw from where you are TO
follow up Hood without giving up all we
have gained in territory. l say, then, go
on as you propose" So the great march
was begun.
Sixty thousand men made holiday
march over the territory lying between At
lanta 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 50 happy.
Uncle Billy, | guess Grant is waiting
for us at RichmOns," they called out as
Sherman passed them on the march. There
were shots fired, but at sheep and chick
ems; there WIS blood spilled, but it was the
blood of November turkeys. 1t was a 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 Osibaw
sound, where frowned Fort MacAnister, 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 tho moral effect Of the move
was tremendous
Sherman says in his Memoirs" Il coz
sidered this march rs a means to an end,
and not as an essential act Of war. Still
then, as now, the march to the sea was gen
orally regarded as something extraordins-
~, something anomalous, something cut
Of the usual order Of events; whereas, in
fact, / simply moved from Atlanta to Sa-
vannah, as one step in the direction of
Richmond, a movement that had to be
met and defeated or the war was neces-
sarily at an end"
Finishing tho Struggle.
On the first day of February, 1895, Sher-
man started with 6, 0oe men IN RarsuiE OF