A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . ls and over six thousand men. Schofield then drewback to Nashville, and Hood advanced to its vicinity andlaid siege to the city. The Battle of Nashville.—For two weeks Thomas laybehind his works, while Hood pressed the siege. The inac- If Hood will go there, I will give him rations to go with, saidSherman. The removal of Hoods army left the way clear for themovement which he contemplated, hut which would have been impos-sible with a powerful army in his front. 398 THE CIVIL WAR. tivity of the Union general gave great
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . ls and over six thousand men. Schofield then drewback to Nashville, and Hood advanced to its vicinity andlaid siege to the city. The Battle of Nashville.—For two weeks Thomas laybehind his works, while Hood pressed the siege. The inac- If Hood will go there, I will give him rations to go with, saidSherman. The removal of Hoods army left the way clear for themovement which he contemplated, hut which would have been impos-sible with a powerful army in his front. 398 THE CIVIL WAR. tivity of the Union general gave great dissatisfaction to theauthorities at Wasliington. Grant ordered him to move,and had started to take command in his place, whenThomas, who had only delayed until fully prepared, fellupon Hood with all his force. For two days the battlecontinued, December 15 and 16. It ended in Hoods utterrout. He lost more than fifteen thousand men, and theremainder of his armywas utterly disorganizedand scattered. It nevercame together again. Thesoldiers made their wayhome. The army was. Shermans March, Atlanta to Raleigh. at an end. The war in the West was of minor importanceafter this signal victory. The Exhaustion of the South.—The South was nownearly exhausted. The heavy losses in battle and the dis-persal of Hoods army had greatly decreased its fightingcapacity, while clothes, food-, and munitions of war weregrowing perilously scarce. The blockade on the coast wasso close that little could be brought in from abroad. The THE FINAL CAMPAIGNS OF THE WAR. 599 capture of Atlanta had cut off one important source ofsupply. Another was soon to be lost, Shermans March through Georgia. — DisregardingHoods northward march, Sherman left Atlanta about themiddle of November, and, cutting loose from all commu-nications, started with his army of sixty tliousand veteran?
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