. History of the Seventh Indiana cavalry volunteers, and the expeditions, campaigns, raids, marches, and battles of the armies with which it was connected, with biographical sketches of Brevet Major Genral John Shanks, and of Brevet Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Browne, and other officers of the regiment; . O o o ^> ** *V ^r S MissingPages ^ \ * 0 f V r \ U. O o o <V J- £ * S S MissingPages 90 efiVEHTH INDIANA UAVALK*. General Sherman fulfilled to the letter his part of the cam-paign. He attacked Polk so vehemently, that he had no rest till he was driven across the Tuinbigbee, at Dem
. History of the Seventh Indiana cavalry volunteers, and the expeditions, campaigns, raids, marches, and battles of the armies with which it was connected, with biographical sketches of Brevet Major Genral John Shanks, and of Brevet Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Browne, and other officers of the regiment; . O o o ^> ** *V ^r S MissingPages ^ \ * 0 f V r \ U. O o o <V J- £ * S S MissingPages 90 efiVEHTH INDIANA UAVALK*. General Sherman fulfilled to the letter his part of the cam-paign. He attacked Polk so vehemently, that he had no rest till he was driven across the Tuinbigbee, at had given out on his line of march that Mobile was Ins ob-jective point. Not only Polk, but also Johnson in front of , believed that that was the point he was aiming for, andthe latter sent a detachment to assist the former in defendingMobile. On the 20th, the day on which Gen Smith was driv-ing Forrest before him to West Point, Gen. Sherman was movinga part of his command northward purposely to cooperate withhim. On this day it was known, even to the private soldiers ofGeneral Smiths force, that the rebel General Polk had b^mdriven across the Tombigbee. Gen. Smith ought to have knownthat Gen. Sherman would so maneuver his command as to ren-der him all possible aid. When Gen. Smith commenced his retreat on the morning ofof the 2
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