. The patriotism of Illinois. A record of the civil and military history of the state in the war for the Union, with a history of the campaigns in which Illinois soldiers have been conspicuous, sketches of distinguished officers, the roll of the illustrious dead, movements of the sanitary and Christian commissions . onger tohave the opportunity to swing his armies, as upon a pivot, nor tomove upon interior lines and crush, at will, our armies. The policyof the Lieutenant-General is best indicated in his own sententiouslanguage: I therefore determined first, to use the greatest number of troops
. The patriotism of Illinois. A record of the civil and military history of the state in the war for the Union, with a history of the campaigns in which Illinois soldiers have been conspicuous, sketches of distinguished officers, the roll of the illustrious dead, movements of the sanitary and Christian commissions . onger tohave the opportunity to swing his armies, as upon a pivot, nor tomove upon interior lines and crush, at will, our armies. The policyof the Lieutenant-General is best indicated in his own sententiouslanguage: I therefore determined first, to use the greatest number of troops practicableagainst the armed forces of the enemy, preventing him from using the same forcesat different seasons against first one and then another of our armies, and the possi-bility of repose for refitting and producing necessary supplies for carrying onresistance. The anaconda of the earlier stages of the war was remembered,but was no longer to be in a state of torpor, but lithe an 1 strangelyterrible. The armies East and West were to be one, and under onemind. .Sherman, with the-brave veterans of the West, should goagainst and thrugh the army of Johnston ; Grant, himself, would gowith Meade and the army of the Potomac against Richmond; Sheridan should sweep the Shenandoah and Butler operate upon. I J -IE,
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