. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . withorders to destroy everythingwhich would feed man orbeast, that there might be nomore raids upon Pennsylva-nia. It was not long before hereported to Grant, If a crowshould want to fly throughthe valley, he would have tocarry his food Avith him. Sheridan was called to Washington, and when he returned toWinchester, he heard firing far away. lie put spurs to his great Sheridansblack horse and galloped on. He met men running to the town. ^^^^ General Early has attacked us, they cried, and we are beaten. Back! ordered Sheridan.
. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . withorders to destroy everythingwhich would feed man orbeast, that there might be nomore raids upon Pennsylva-nia. It was not long before hereported to Grant, If a crowshould want to fly throughthe valley, he would have tocarry his food Avith him. Sheridan was called to Washington, and when he returned toWinchester, he heard firing far away. lie put spurs to his great Sheridansblack horse and galloped on. He met men running to the town. ^^^^ General Early has attacked us, they cried, and we are beaten. Back! ordered Sheridan. We 11 beat them yet. Face about! he shouted to the retreating cav-alry. They did face about. Earlywas driven away, and the disas-ter was prevented. This was the Sheridans ride which thepoem by that name has madefamous. But while Grant was beforeRichmond and Sheridan was in Where wasthe Shenandoah Valley, where Sherman ?was Sherman? He was attack-ing the Confederate forces innorthwestern Georgia. The Con-federate general, Johnston, had not men enough to meet Sher-. SHERMANS ROUTE TO THE SEA 224 OUR COUNTRYS STORY man, but he retreated after the masterly fasliion of Washingtonin New Jersey. Sherman had to leave guards behind him toprotect the railroads, and Johnston meant to continue the re-treat until so many men had been left that the two armies couldfight on equal terms. After two months of this retreating, theConfederate War Department gave Johnstons command to Gen-eral Hood. Hood made bold attacks onSherman, but was obliged to retreat,leaving Sherman in possessionof Atlanta. Then began Sher-mans famous march tothe sea. He marchedsoutheast through thestate in four col-umns, twenty -^^miles apart, cut-ting a swath ^^^sixty miles wide. ^ .He burned At-lanta with its CORDUROY ROADS IN SOUTH CAROLINA mills nnd foundries. He destroyed railroads and bridges, leavinga pitiful ruin behind him. The object of this march was not onlyto cut the Confederacy in two, but to destroy everytli
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