. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . the fleeing legislators. Howard continued tomarch along the road from Macon to Savannah. Hefound some opposition at the bridge over the Oconee,but he quickly overcame it. Slocums columns now converged toward Howardsline of march, and on the 27th, the two wings met atSandersville on the Macon and Savannah this point the Federals moved in the direction ofMillen, the place where the railroad from Macon to Sa-vannah is intersected by the railroad from Augusta toSavannah. Wheeler, the chief of the Confederate cav-alry, who was attempti
. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . the fleeing legislators. Howard continued tomarch along the road from Macon to Savannah. Hefound some opposition at the bridge over the Oconee,but he quickly overcame it. Slocums columns now converged toward Howardsline of march, and on the 27th, the two wings met atSandersville on the Macon and Savannah this point the Federals moved in the direction ofMillen, the place where the railroad from Macon to Sa-vannah is intersected by the railroad from Augusta toSavannah. Wheeler, the chief of the Confederate cav-alry, who was attempting to hinder the advance as muchas possible, was made to think that the Federals wereaiming at Augusta; and when he marched his mentoward Augusta, the Ogeechee River was left free forSherman to cross without molestation, which he didmost successfully. The whole Federal army now movedstraight on Millen, and when it reached this point, itswung around to the south, and struck out for Savannah,leaving the Confederate cavalry behind it in the direc-. Shermans march through Georgia 265 tion of Augusta. It was now the 3d of December, butthe weather was good and the men were in good healthand high spirits. The march was from this point downthe tongue of land lying between the Ogeechee and Sa-vannah Rivers. The Confederates now for the first timediscovered the true destination of the Federal Hardee was in command at Savannah, and hadsome twelve or fifteen thousand men. The Confederatesundertook to make a stand at the canal which connectsthe two rivers, but they were quickly beaten back, andthe canal promptly bridged and passed over. The Confederates now retreated into the works aroundthe city, and on the 10th of December the city was fairlyinvested on the north and west. Both the TiiG invest- Savannah and Charleston Railroad and the ment of sa-Savannah and Gulf Railroad were held by theFederals, who were now stretched around the city fromthe Savannah River to the Savannah a
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