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Title: The life, campaigns and battles of General Ulysses S. Grant, comprising a full and authentic account of the famous soldier, from his earliest boyhood to the present time ..
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Larke, J. K. (Julian K.) Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns
Publisher: New York, L. Bill Chicago, Ill., C. Bill
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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his divisions crossed Citico Creek, near its mouth, and began pushingnorthward in search of General Sherman. Finding the centre destinedto remain quiet, I pushed towards the left, and found General Howard.The whole of the valley between Mission Ridge and the Tennessee River,and between Citico and Chickamauga Creeks, is one vast corn-field.Through this lay the course of General Howard. Learning that General Shermans position was not over two mles anda half distant, General Howard sent one of his staff on the dangerousmission of trying to find General Sherman alone. The skirmishers werethrown forward until the line became dangerously extended, ard noneof General Shermans troops were found. The staff officer departed onhis mission of danger; but by keeping close to the river succeeded incrossing and recrossing the gap without being captured. GeneralHoward, on receiving his report, ordered the division to push further tothe left, and started out to seek General Sherman. I pursued the samo
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AND HIS CAMPAIGNS. 381 route and soon found General Shermans troops, and was standing ontho unfinished pontoon bridge which General Sherman was building,when General Howard came up. The last boat of the bridge was beingplaced in the centre of the stream as General Howard arrived, and intro-duced himself across the slight gulf between the two. At the moment• of its occurrence this was a meeting of considerable interest to me, butcoming to write about it I find I cannot get up the same amount of en-thusiasm that I then felt at the reflection of these two men, representingthe extreme armies of the country, meeting thus upon the same field.Sherman, on the north end of the bridge, dressed loosely, with a worngum overcoat thrown around him, was directing the completion of thobridge; and, as soon as the boat was put in, sprang over and shook thebaud of the princely Howard. It was exactly at noon. I found on inquiry that General Sherman had at an early hour thrown aportion of one of his div

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