Life of Wm Tecumseh Sherman .. . ief objectof the campaign. With it we acquire all the forts and heavyordnance in its vicinity, with large stores of ammunition,shot and shells, cotton, rice, and other valuable products ofthe country. We also gain locomotives and cars, which,though of little use to us in the present condition of therailroads, are a serious loss to the enemy; as well as foursteamboats gained, and the loss to the enemy of the iron-clad Savannah, one ram and three transports, blown up orburned by them the night before. Formal demand having been made for the surrender,and having be
Life of Wm Tecumseh Sherman .. . ief objectof the campaign. With it we acquire all the forts and heavyordnance in its vicinity, with large stores of ammunition,shot and shells, cotton, rice, and other valuable products ofthe country. We also gain locomotives and cars, which,though of little use to us in the present condition of therailroads, are a serious loss to the enemy; as well as foursteamboats gained, and the loss to the enemy of the iron-clad Savannah, one ram and three transports, blown up orburned by them the night before. Formal demand having been made for the surrender,and having been refused, I contend that everything withinthe line of intrenchments belongs to the United States; andI shall not hesitate to use it, if necessary, for public pur-poses. But inasmuch as the inhabitants generally havemanifested a friendly disposition, I shall disturb them as lit-tle as possible consistently with the military rights of pres-ent and future military commanders, without remitting theleast our just rights as RESULTS OF THE MARCH. 417 After having made the necessary orders for the disposi-tion of the troops in and about Savannah, I ordered Cap-tain O. M. Poe, Chief Engineer, to make a thoroughexamination of the enemys works in and about Savannah,with a view to making it conform to our future uses. Newlines of defenses will be built, embracing the city proper,Forts Jackson, Thunderbolt, and Pulaski retained, withslight modifications in their armament and rear the rest of the enemys forts will be dismantled anddestroyed, and their heavy ordnance transferred to HiltonHead, where it can be more easily guarded. Our base ofsupplies will be established in Savannah, as soon as the verydifficult obstructions placed in the river can be partiallyremoved. These obstructions at present offer a very seri-ous impediment to the commerce of Savannah, consistingof crib-work of logs and timber heavily bolted together,and filled with the cobble-stones which former
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