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T A C W HE RMY IN THE IVIL AR VOLUME X. THE MARCH TO THE SEA—FRANKLIN AND NASHVILLE BY JACOB D. COX, LL.D. LATE MAJOR-GENERAL COMMANDING TWENTY-THIRD ARMY CORPS AUTHOR OF “ATLANTA,” ETC. SUBSCRIPTION EDITION CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK COPYRIGHT BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1883, 1885 TROW’S PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY, NEW YORK. THE ARMY IN THE CIVILWAR THE MARCH TO THE SEA - FRANKLIN AND NASHVILLE VOLUME X. By Jacob D. Cox, LL.D. As Published in 1885 Trade Paperback ISBN: 1-58218-536-0 Hardcover ISBN: 1-58218-552-2 eBook ISBN: 1-58218-568-9 All rights reserved, which includes the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever except as provided by the U. S. Copyright Law. For information address Digital Scanning, Inc. Digital Scanning and Publishing is a leader in the electronic republication of historical books and documents. We publish many of our titles as eBooks, as well as traditional hardcover and trade paper editions. DSI is committed to bringing many traditional and little known books back to life, retaining the look and feel of the original work. ©2001 DSI Digital Reproduction First DSI Printing: June 2001 Published by DIGITAL SCANNING, INC. Scituate, MA 02066 Toll free: 888-349-4443 Outside U.S.: 781-545-2100 www.digitalscanning.com P R E F A C E . THE class of readers which has been most in the author’s mind in preparing the two volumes assigned him in the series, is that which includes the surviving officers and men who served in the late war. His aim has been to supple- ment their personal knowledge by the facts which are within the reach of recent research, and to give unity and sym- metry to the history of the campaigns here told, by examin- ing each in the light of the plans and purposes of the leaders on both sides. The limits assigned to the volumes have made it neces- sary to choose between the narration of incidents which would enliven the story, and that fulness of strictly military detail which seemed necessary to make the several cam- paigns clearly intelligible, and to enable the reader to judge, with some degree of satisfaction, the character of the opera- tions. The former course would perhaps have made the work more popular, but the latter has seemed likely to make it more useful and to meet the wishes of those for whom it has been chiefly written. It is still hoped, however, that the general reader will not find it difficult to follow the movements described, and that the effort to do so will give to such a broader understanding of what the great game of war really is. The maps in both volumes are, with two exceptions, re- vi PREFACE. duced copies of the official surveys made by the engineers of the army. For the originals the author is indebted to the courtesy of General Poe, U. S. Engineers. In reducing them it has not been possible to preserve all the details of the originals; but the effort has been to give accurately what is most essential. The reader is presumed to make reference to an ordinary hand-atlas for the relations of the special theatre of operations to that of the whole war. To have illustrated the text by larger and more elaborate maps would have thwarted the purpose of the publishers to put the series within the reach of all. To General Drum, Adjutant-General, and to Colonel Scott, of the War Records Office, the author is greatly indebted for access to unpublished archives, and for official informa- tion without which it would have been impossible to reach the degree of accuracy which he hopes will be found to mark the more important parts of the narrative: it would be vain to expect to escape all error with our present means of investigation. A still greater debt of obligation, if possible, is due to Major E. C. Dawes, late of the Fifty-third Ohio, who has not only given the use of his valuable collection of books and documents relating to the war, but has thought no personal trouble too great in assisting to verify facts and trace events, and whose zeal in investigation has been a con- stant aid and stimulus. CINCINNATI, September, 1882. C O N T E N T S . PAGE LIST OF MAPS, xi CHAPTER I. PLANNING THE CAMPAIGN, 1 CHAPTER II. THE MARCH THROUGH GEORGIA, 21 CHAPTER III. SAVANNAH, 43 CHAPTER IV. MIDDLE TENNESSEE— PULASKI TO SPRING HILL, 63 CHAPTER V. BATTLE OF FRANKLIN, 81 CHAPTER VI. BATTLE OF NASHVILLE, 99 viii CONTENTS. CHAPTER VII. PAGE T H E P URSUIT AFTER THE B ATTLE— RESULTS OF THE CAMPAIGN, 124 CHAPTER VIII. FORT FISHER, 137 CHAPTER IX. CAPTURE OF WILMINGTON— BATTLE OF KINSTON, 147 CHAPTER X. SAVANNAH TO COLUMBIA, 163 CHAPTER XI. AVERASBORO AND BENTONVILLE — REUNION OF THE G RAND AR M Y, 177 CHAPTER XII. STONEMAN’S AND WILSON’S CAVALRY EXPEDITIONS, 199 CHAPTER XIII. GOLDSBORO TO RALEIGH— SURRENDER OF JOHNSTON’S ARMY, 211 APPENDIX A. FORCES OF THE OPPOSING ARMIES IN TENNESSEE, 219 APPENDIX B. ORGANIZATION OF OPPOSING ARMIES IN TENNESSEE, 223 CONTENTS. ix APPENDIX C. PAGE CONFEDERATE STRAGGLERS, 230 APPENDIX D. BATTLE OF FRANKLIN, 232 APPENDIX E. STRENGTH OF THE OPPOSING ARMIES IN THE CAROLINAS, 239 APPENDIX F. ORGANIZATION OF OPPOSING ARMIES IN THE CAROLINAS, 244 INDEX, 251

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