Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-19

of Georgia, who superintended the assem-
bling of the state property. In this letter
General Foster says that while some of
the old papers were left in the state house,
II was only because the time was so short"
He adds THE removal of the furniture
from the executive mansion was the last
work. In looking around the mansion to
see what ought to be taken along, l dis
covered in the garden a fine lot Of cole
worts and I directed old Aunt Celia, the
good old coloTed cook without the knowl-
edge of her master or mistress, to
cut down the coleworts and bring them
near where the wagons were being loaded -
II was not until the governor was eating
dinner next day on the train that he knew
the cabbages were in one of the cars.
General Shermans own story of the
march" lin his Personal Memoir" the
general quotes the word march" to indi-
cate the varying judgment on the great
progress) is full Of detail For instance, he
says that Colonel Poe had provided tools
for ripping up rails and twisting them
after they were heated. But" adds Gen
eral Sherman, "the best and easiest way is
the one I have described, OF heating the
middle of the iron rails on bonfires made
of crossties and then winding them around
venient sapling" This long line of cur
ious, twisted giant watch springs coiled
around bruised trees and wrecked poles
was picturesque, hut to the South it was
eXcruciating. On the matter of foraging,
General Sherman's recollections are sug-
gestive. Daily, each brigade commander
sent out party Of about fifty ''bummers''
or foragers on foot. They started before
daylight. with full knowledge OF the route
of march for the day. Spreading out 1--WE
to ten miles from the route Travelled by
their brigade, they would usually procure
a wagon or family carriage, load II with
bacon, cornmeal, turkeys, chickens, ducks.
and everything that could be used as food
or forage and would then regain the main
road, usually in advance Of their train.
When this came up, they would deliver TO
the. brigade commissary the supplies thus
gathered by the way" Sherman admits
that many acts Of pillage, robbery and vio-
lence were committed, but says they were
exceptional and incidental" He never
heard, however. OF any case of murder or
rape.
Mock Repeal of Secession.
When Sherman reached Milledgeville, he
heard the story Of Governor Browns flight
and reported that while GeOrgia's chief
cAtcullNe got away Win the furnishings oil
the mansion, he left behind muskets am
munition and the public archives. In such
varying fashions as Fosters and sherman'i
is history written. The appeals of the
southern leaders 10 the people OF Georgia
to resist the march OF the federal troops
burn all villages and forage, and leave the
yankees" to starve, amused Sherman's
men, though the south has never quite beer
able 10 see the humor in such proclamat ioni
as General Beauregards or that of Senator
/ Hill More genuinely humorous was the
| fancy Of a number of federal officers e
I hold a mock general assembly In the de-
| serted legislature chamber at Milledgevilit
and gravely repeal the ordinance Of seces
sion There was a spirited mock debate or
! the measure, however, before II was carried
/ Twenty-Five days after leaving Atlanta. OF
December TO- General Sherman reached Sa
vannah. His arrival there, after a com
paratively easy march in good weather
| was really what he expected IL would be.
notification that the south was too helpless
10 continue the war with any hope Of sue
cess. Before arriving at the seaport. Gen
eral Sherman halted the left wing Of hii
army until he heard that the right Wini
was level with IT,
The Modern View.
Referring 70 the modern view OF thu