Life of Wm Tecumseh Sherman .. . will havefrom 10,000 to 12,000 men of all arms. You I propose tomove against Johnstons army, to break it up and get intothe enemys country as far as you can, inflicting all thedamage you can against their war resources. I do not propose to lay down for you a plan of cam-paign, but simply to indicate the work it is desirable tohave done, and leave you free to execute it in your ownway. Submit to me, however, as soon as you can, yourplan of operation. As stated, Banks is ordered to commence operationsas soon as he can ; Gill more is ordered to report at FortressM
Life of Wm Tecumseh Sherman .. . will havefrom 10,000 to 12,000 men of all arms. You I propose tomove against Johnstons army, to break it up and get intothe enemys country as far as you can, inflicting all thedamage you can against their war resources. I do not propose to lay down for you a plan of cam-paign, but simply to indicate the work it is desirable tohave done, and leave you free to execute it in your ownway. Submit to me, however, as soon as you can, yourplan of operation. As stated, Banks is ordered to commence operationsas soon as he can ; Gill more is ordered to report at FortressMonroe by the 18th, or as soon thereafter as practicable;Sigel is concentrating now. None will move from theirplaces of rendezvous until I direct, except Banks. I wantto be ready to move by the 25th instant, if possible;but all I can now direct is that you get ready assoon as you can. I know you will have difficulties toencounter in getting through the mountains to wheresupplies are abundant, but I believe you will accomplish MAJOR-GENERAL SCHOFIELD, U. S. A. A WORD OF CAUTION. 309 And ten days later he added : What I now want more particularly to say is that, ifthe two main attacks, yours and the one from here, shouldpromise great success, the enemy may, in a fit of despera-tion, abandon one part of their line of defence and throwtheir whole strength upon a single army, believing adefeat with one victory to sustain them better than adefeat all along their whole line, and hoping, too, at thesame time, that the army, meeting with no resistance, willrest perfectly satisfied with its laurels, having penetratedto a given point south, thereby enabling them to throwtheir force first upon one and then on the other. With the majority of military commanders they mightdo this ; but you have had too much experience in travel-ling light, and subsisting upon the country, to be caught byany such ruse. I hope my experience has not been thrownaway. My directions, then, would be, if the ene
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