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Title: The life of General Ulysses S. Grant. Containing a brief but faithful narrative of those military and diplomatic achievements which have entitled him to the confidence and gratitude of his countrymen
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot), 1805-1877
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Publisher: Boston, B.B. Russell Cincinnati, White, Corbin, Bouvé, & co. (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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otatoes, and rice from the plantations. Five thousandhorses and four thousand mules were impressed for thecavalry and trains. Three hundred and twenty miles ofrailway were destroyed, by burning every tie, twistingevery rail while heated red hot over the flaming piles ofthe ties, and laying in ruins every depot, engine-house,repair-tank, water-tank, and turn-table. Thus the com-munication between the Confederate armies in Virginiaand in the West was effectually severed. General Sher-man estimated the damage done to the State of Georgiaat a hundred million dollars. Of this, twenty milliondollars inured to our advantage. The remainder wassimple waste and destruction. Such is war. These dreadful blows were necessary tobring the wicked rebellion to an end. The discipline ofthe army was well maintained. After the capture ofAtlanta, General Sherman considered it a military neces-sity to dismantle and destroy the city, before he cut loosefrom his base of supplies, and commenced his perilous .
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Shermans March £rom. atiamtfato SWAM NAK GRANTS BATTLES AND SHERMANS MARCH. 295 march where for nearly a month his army would belost from all communication with the North. The wonderful march from Atlanta to Savannah wasaccomplished in four columns, each masked in all direc-tions by clouds of skirmishers. From the time the armyleft Atlanta until its arrival before Savannah, — abouttwenty-four days, — not a word of intelligence respectingit was received by the Government, or by the people ofthe North, except through Confederate newspapers. Somany points were threatened by General Sherman, andeach with such force, that it was impossible for the enemyto decide whether Augusta, Macon, or Savannah were hisimmediate objective. The march was magnificently accomplished. We havenot space here for its thrilling details. On the 25th ofDecember, President Lincoln received the followingtelegram from General Sherman: — I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city ofSavannah, with a hu

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