The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . o o M w HS5 OK, OUR COUNTKts ACHIEVEMENTS. 909 Grants movement upon Lee. Shernuui had under his control, theArmy of the Cumberland, of sixty thousand men commanded by Gen-eral Thomas ; the Army of the Tennessee, about twenty-five thousandmen commanded by General McPherson, and the Ami} of the Ohio,commanded by General Schofield, which numbered thirteen had thus a force of near a hundred thousand men, with twu hun-dred and fifty cannon. The Confederate army before him was proba-bly not
The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . o o M w HS5 OK, OUR COUNTKts ACHIEVEMENTS. 909 Grants movement upon Lee. Shernuui had under his control, theArmy of the Cumberland, of sixty thousand men commanded by Gen-eral Thomas ; the Army of the Tennessee, about twenty-five thousandmen commanded by General McPherson, and the Ami} of the Ohio,commanded by General Schofield, which numbered thirteen had thus a force of near a hundred thousand men, with twu hun-dred and fifty cannon. The Confederate army before him was proba-bly not nioi-e than fifty thousand strong, but it was commanded byGeneral Johnston, the array corps being those of Generals Hardee,Hood, and Polk. The reinforcements which Rosecrans had asked in vain, were heregiven to Sherman, who was thus enabled to advance from Chattanooga,over the difficult country before him, and overwhelm his opponents. Johnston lay at Dalton, his front covered by a mountain pass, calledBuzzards Roost Gap, so fortified that no army could force it. Sher-man was too Avise to atte
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