. The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War . CAMPAIGNS OF SHERMAN. AND THOMAS IN 1864 Nashmlle 327 was frequent skirmishing, but little waste of life,except at Kenesaw Mountain, June 27. Onthat occasion, mindful of his primary object, Sher-man tried the effect of an assault, but desistedwhen he saw that he was losing faster than theenemy. The Union army lost 3000 men, the Con-federates scarcely 500. In this sort of campaign, despite Shermans rareskill and resourcefulness, the element of time wasworking against him and in favour of victorious advance southward was daily length-ening
. The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War . CAMPAIGNS OF SHERMAN. AND THOMAS IN 1864 Nashmlle 327 was frequent skirmishing, but little waste of life,except at Kenesaw Mountain, June 27. Onthat occasion, mindful of his primary object, Sher-man tried the effect of an assault, but desistedwhen he saw that he was losing faster than theenemy. The Union army lost 3000 men, the Con-federates scarcely 500. In this sort of campaign, despite Shermans rareskill and resourcefulness, the element of time wasworking against him and in favour of victorious advance southward was daily length-ening Shermans line of communications and short-ening Johnstons; and as the former was weakenedby the necessity of detaching men to guard thelong line, so the latter was more and more relievedfrom such a necessity. Apparently, then, thetime was approaching when the Confederate gen-eral might no longer think it worth while to de-cline battle. The experience of Fair Oaks, inMay, 1862, showed that Johnston could strikequickly and heavily when the occasion offered it-se
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