. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . oint of view, therefore, this failure was ofimportance. Beauregard had suggested to theGovernment a bold and rapid concentration ofa portion of Lees army with the forces that hewas then assembling, in order to try a supremeand decisive blow against Sherman, and, if suc-cessful, then to concentrate all forces upon Grant. or plank-road leading into South Carolina, and I knew thatHardee would have a pontoon-bridge across the river. Onexamining my maps I thought that the division of J
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . oint of view, therefore, this failure was ofimportance. Beauregard had suggested to theGovernment a bold and rapid concentration ofa portion of Lees army with the forces that hewas then assembling, in order to try a supremeand decisive blow against Sherman, and, if suc-cessful, then to concentrate all forces upon Grant. or plank-road leading into South Carolina, and I knew thatHardee would have a pontoon-bridge across the river. Onexamining my maps I thought that the division of John , belonging to General Fosters command, might bomoved from its then position at Broad River, by water, downto Bluffton, from which it could reach the plank-road, fortifyami hold it, at some risk, of course, because Hardee couldavail himself of his central position to fall on this detachmentwith his whole army. To carry out the purpose Sherman went to HiltonHead, and on the way back was met with the announce-ment that Hardee had evacuated Savannah.— Editors. - „ _ ,. -V ■ ■ ■• ■ t | -\. ! S?v:-;-: .&«wJ - rfie»*i ass* *»,•?! ADVANCING UNDER DIFFICULTIES. SHERMANS MARCH FROM SAVANNAH TO BENTONVILLE. BY HENRY W. SLOCUM, MAJOR-GENERAL, XT. S. V. GENERAL SHERMANS army commenced its march from Atlanta tothe Sea on the morning of November 15th, and arrived in front of thedefenses of Savannah on the 10th of December, 1861. No news had beenreceived from the North during this interval except such as could be gleanedfrom Southern papers picked up by the soldiers on the line of our fleet was in Ossabaw Sound with supplies of food and clothing, and animmense mail, containing letters from home for nearly every one in thearmy, from the commanding general down to the private soldier. All thatblocked our communication with the fleet was Fort McAllister on the OgeecheeRiver. This fort was captured by Hazens division of the Fifteenth Corpson December 13th,
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