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Story of the Great March

Story of the Great March


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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: EVACUATION OF SAVANNAH. 95 CHAPTER X. EVACUATION OF SAVANNAH RY THR RERELS—ITS OCCUPATION RY SHERMAN — INTERVIEW RETWEEN SECRETARY 8TANTON AND THE COLORED CLERGYMEN — TALKS WITH THE PEOPLE. Savannah, December 20th.—The fall of Fort McAllister has been quickly followed by the evacuation of this great commercial city, which we gain without a battle. I have already written of the nature of the obstacles which confronted us, and the life-blood which must of necessity have been shed had we been forced to capture it by assault. I most devoutly thank God that, through the splendid strategy of our General, the lives of our brave soldiers are spared to their wives and homes, and for future use to dear old fatherland. Two events combined to insure this important result: first, the capture of Fort McAllister by direct assault, a feat which seems to have impressed the Rebels in a manner which can only be appreciated by talking with the deserters who constantly come into our lines in squads, and who assert that the soldiers in Savannah did not hesitate openly to declare that it was a useless sacrifice of life to defend the city. This terror was shared by the citizens in a magnified degree; and now we know for a certainty that the mayor and alderman, with a large body of citizens, waited upon General Hardee and insisted upon the surrender of the city. The second reason was a flank movement, which was inprocess of operation. In two days more we should have had a division operating with Foster upon Savannah by way of Broad River, which would have rendered escape impossible. Practically, all avenues to the city were closed up by our army, which stretched from the Savannah to the Ogeechee rivers, and by Foster's troops, which covered the Savannah and Charleston Railroad. The path ...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781429015295
  • Publisher: Applewood Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Applewood Books
  • Height: 231 mm
  • No of Pages: 400
  • Series Title: Civil War
  • Sub Title: From the Diary of a Staff Officer
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1429015292
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 584 gr


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