Life of Wm Tecumseh Sherman .. . umns. Until now Davis and Kilpatrick have been a cover andshield to the real movements. At no time has it been pos-sible for Hardee to interpose any serious obstacle to theadvance of the main body of our army, for our left winghas always been a strong arm thrust out in advance, readyto put in chancery any force which might attempt to getwithin its guard. The rebel councils of war appear to have been com-pletely deceived, for we hear it reported that Bragg andLongstreet are at Augusta with ten thousand men, made upof militia, two or three South Carolina regiment
Life of Wm Tecumseh Sherman .. . umns. Until now Davis and Kilpatrick have been a cover andshield to the real movements. At no time has it been pos-sible for Hardee to interpose any serious obstacle to theadvance of the main body of our army, for our left winghas always been a strong arm thrust out in advance, readyto put in chancery any force which might attempt to getwithin its guard. The rebel councils of war appear to have been com-pletely deceived, for we hear it reported that Bragg andLongstreet are at Augusta with ten thousand men, made upof militia, two or three South Carolina regiments, and aportion of Hamptons Legion, sent there for one month. Itis possible, now that the curtain has been withdrawn, andas it may appear that we are marching straight for Savan-nah, their generals may attempt to harass our rear. The work so admirably performed by our left wing, sofar as it obliged the rebels in our front constantly to re-treat, by threatening their rear, now becomes the office of 388 NO POSSIBILITY OF FAIL URE,. NEARING SAVANNAH. 389 the Fifteenth Corps, our right wing, on the right bank ofthe river. Its two columns are moving one days march inadvance of the main body of the army, marching down thepeninsula between the Savannah and Ogeechee rivers. Thenecessity and value of these flank movements first of theright wing with Kilpatricks calvary, then of Davis and Kil-patrick on the left, and now of Howard on our right, is be-cause we cannot run over and demolish any and all theRebel force in Georgia. They could not for a momentstand before this army upon any ordinary battle-ground, buta very small force of infantry or calvary at a river could de-lay a column half a day, and perhaps longer, and as our sol-diers have got tired of chickens, sweet potatoes, sorghum,etc., and have been promised oysters on the half shell, oys-ters roasted, stewed, etc., in short, oysters; they dont careto be delayed. The right, Blair and Logan, found a sparse populationand rather meag
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