. Life and deeds of General Sherman, including the story of his great march to the sea ... iersville about noon, just in time to savethe Sixty-sixth Indiana, Colonel D. C. Anthony, frombeing overwhelmed and probably destroyed by a bodyof Confederate cavalry, some three thousand strongwith eight guns, under the command of GeneralChalmers. Rapid Advances. He reached Corinth that Sunday evening. With-out delay he pushed on to luka. At Tuscumbia, onthe 27th, his advance, under General PVank Blair,came into contact with a Con-federate force some five thou-sand strong, under General Lee. The Co
. Life and deeds of General Sherman, including the story of his great march to the sea ... iersville about noon, just in time to savethe Sixty-sixth Indiana, Colonel D. C. Anthony, frombeing overwhelmed and probably destroyed by a bodyof Confederate cavalry, some three thousand strongwith eight guns, under the command of GeneralChalmers. Rapid Advances. He reached Corinth that Sunday evening. With-out delay he pushed on to luka. At Tuscumbia, onthe 27th, his advance, under General PVank Blair,came into contact with a Con-federate force some five thou-sand strong, under General Lee. The Confederate cav-alry were severely punished,and Lee gave no further an-noyance to the troops on theirmarch. The National troopshad been repairing the roadsas they moved along, in obedi-ence to instructions received from Halleck. On thesame day on which Blair chastised Lee, Shermanreceived a despatch from Grant urging him to discontinue his work on the railroad and hasten forwardwith all possible despatch, with his entire force, toBridgeport. Happily, he had made arrangements with Admiral. ADMIRAL PORTER. 328 GENERAL SHERMAN. Porter to have boats waiting for him at Eastport. Bymeans of these he passed his troops across the Ten-nessee and hurried eastward, Blair covering his rear,and reached Bridgeport on the 14th. On the day fol-lowing he joined Grant at Chattanooga, and the twotogether reconnoitred the ground, Grant explaininghis proposed plan of attack so soon as the Army ofthe Tennessee was forward and ready for action. *Okl Teciimseli there. Sherman arrived at Chattanooga at a most oppor-tune moment. It seemed as if the fates were workingin the interest of General Grant and the army underhis command. The plans of the general commandinghad worked to perfection ; they had been admirablycarried out, and they had been attended, so far, withcomplete success. And now, when Sherman, his trusted right arm,came up with his well-trained veterans, Bragg hadinvited attack by committing a
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