New school history of the United States . time nothing was heard of him. Generals Thomas andSchofield were sent to oppose him in Tennessee. A severeskirmish took place at Columbia. A victory w^as gained byI 16 Dec ^^^^ Franklin, and he pushed on to the heights^5) I q£ Nashville. Here a decisive action occurred. The Confederates were utterly routed, and the scattered rem-nants of that army never reassembled. SHERMANS MARCH TO THE SEA. 68. Sherman returned to Atlanta before Hood turnedaside to Alabama. He resolved to force his way to the At-lantic coast. The inhabitants of Atlanta were driven ou
New school history of the United States . time nothing was heard of him. Generals Thomas andSchofield were sent to oppose him in Tennessee. A severeskirmish took place at Columbia. A victory w^as gained byI 16 Dec ^^^^ Franklin, and he pushed on to the heights^5) I q£ Nashville. Here a decisive action occurred. The Confederates were utterly routed, and the scattered rem-nants of that army never reassembled. SHERMANS MARCH TO THE SEA. 68. Sherman returned to Atlanta before Hood turnedaside to Alabama. He resolved to force his way to the At-lantic coast. The inhabitants of Atlanta were driven out andthe city destroyed. Sher-man moved southwardsby easy marches, leavingdesolation behind himover a breadth of eightymiles. No force op-posed him. One attackwas made by Wheelerscavalry. It producedlittle effect. The Con-federates withdrew intothe lines of wereopened with the UnitedStates fleet. Fort Mc-Allister, which commanded the Ogeechee, was was occupied in little more than five weeks after. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN. ?? General Sherman characterized the March to the Sea as our rather Vandalicmarch. 256 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, the departure from Atlanta. It was offered to PresidentLincoln as a Christmas Rift. The shrunken 21 Dec. territory of the Confederate States was again cut m two. CONFEDERATE DISASTERS ON SEA AND COAST. 69. The Confederate disasters on the sea and alongthe coast corresponded with the misfortunes on land. The • noted cruiser Alabama was shattered and sunk 19 June. Kearsarge^ off Cherbourg {shairboorg), in France.* The Florida was seized by the Wachu setts^ in the ^ ^ neutral harbor of San Salvador, in Brazil. It wasV Oct conveniently run into by a United States vessel, andsunk in Hampton Roads. The harbor of Mobile was gainedand closed by Admiral Farragut, with a Federal Confederate ram Tennessee was disabled, and reduced to2 2 Dec Fort Fisher, at the mouth of the 24) 25 ec. ^^p^ -p^^j. River, wa
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