The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-05-05
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Sherman Prepares for Campaign.

Sherman Prepares for Campaign.
Fifty years ago Col. William II.
Sherman, commanding the Federal d.
vision of the mississippi with head
quarters at Chattanooga. was prepar-
ing his armies for the gigantic con-
!, fiict to open in Georgia with Atlanta
its chief prize.
The asst :a3rGiinsnt 1r the Atlanta
, campaign was to be made in q week
campaign that would conclude only
with tic fall of the metropolis of
northwest Georgia and be continued In
the famed march to the sea-
This was also to be the first of a
remarkable series Of operations which
were to gain Gen. Sherman the title
1.-THE Great Flanker,,' and establish for
, him an tindisputed place among, the
great military genius, of the world. His
rival, Gen. Joseph u. Johnston, pPacti-
cally was to conclude his military Ca
Ifeer In Fthis tnigiityt auceksssion ,iof
, movements Though destined to fail,
he was here to find everlasting fame.
His brilliant leadership ON Georgia
fields later was to bring him the. re-
coGnition he did not then receive. AS
result of his operations :. againat
Sherman backed by his record else
where, military authorities, North and
tScuth. today declare Johnston one
nf the Confederate Generals second
only to Lee, IL not his equal. -
Commands Three srnlles
General Sherman, who on March Is,
! had succeeded Grant in command of
tha military d!yisie. c! The The !a-sI.SS$::Es.p-
,: found himself confronted with, the
handling OF three armies in the field.
There was his own command. the Ar
my OF Tennessee, under General Jas.
b. McPherson,' the Army OF Cumber-
land under General G. H. Thomas, and
the Army OF the Ohio under General
John NJ. Schofield. The first OF these
had been brought east from Vieksburg
| and was resting near Huntsville in
/ Northern Alabama; the second was
concentrated near Chattanooga and
the third was at Knoxville in East
| Tennessee, c. 'sHflssss.s I; 80
Through the itfreless and unceasing
labors of General Sherman and his
/ generals the preparation fol, active
lservice had gone on rapidly. The Ar
my OF the Ohio was brought nearer to
-9EIattanooga with headquarters .at
! Cleveland, 80 miles northeast, and the
Army OF Tennessee closed cup somn-
whatiin the,rear.tEear Stevenson. Ala,
r The rga1iIEasion;yR and strength bi
the Federal army Tor Held duty was
tnow as follows: ,-.,', - - =, Fsrlfi :,
l,':Army or the Cumberland Fourth
Corps fthree dlvisionB3, Gen 20. 20
Howard. .20.53S men; Fourteenth
Corfs tttiffos Giiivii5iioi5ii, GFsn.5 i1iiiiitts
! M. Palmer. 22.698: Twelfth Corps
(three dipisions) Gen. ice Hooker, 90
72i; Cavalry Corps three Idlpisionsl
l Gen. ". L. Elliot s,essSS;; total 72,eSSss
men. d y ,sf15
Army Of Tennessee Fifteenth
Corps {fouE diFisionA) Cen. John a
Logan. IL. .Sl7 Sixteenth Corps jlefi
wing two diyisionaf Cen. Gfenviile
NJ Dodge, 1fs963: total q. $50,
Army df the Ohio setity-thirC
Arnly CoTps Sthree diylssonSl Cen
lschofsfd s;;sTf; T1,ayaipy DetachmSnt
tGen. George Stonengn, 2,S91 total
Thaitosal strength, OF Sherman q s ssf
mics at the opening Of the eampAign
was approximately 10, ,180 men ard
254 guns. 4, fj = q : ~ ssi i,il,
Z Gen. Sherman procured this gfeai
ishostffor the contest b3 strihpine isaoi
Eali unnecessary Fequipmsnt. Each
4 Itliyision and bFigatie waa proFideS
ksFkth q fair pF0poFt.on of agons Sfoi
la ssnpiy train and these were sifeitet
| In their ioadv = He ordered all tn;
sss4ssss 20 BIC ssesE 5ehinE save for tl.s
sick and wnunde.s, and .s...s.-...A lie teni
flor each n ieaiquaE f.In arSlerst q
tset en- example foT his 11enz TO 1ollEw
Cen Sherman saOlE Ss9lsh III.
land ordinary tent fiy. which tgas us,
Inally spread oSsT sspiinGs or on fence
Eails or fnprovisei postss IS e
i On April q. Gen. Grant wrote e
sherman orsilnIEts his plan tef gen
erai campaigns against the Cohfeds-
1 rates. This plan embraces a sffnul.
Famous advance ON the part of The
i;Afzss OK The '6t0Tiiac ia VifEslila psld
t,Shesafanse eefees near Ciattan0
Sherman Z he yeuul bt
FsssIs7Sy ,sn tlissf; md 1afsF when Grant
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