Identifier: abrahamlinco2104nico (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln : a history
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905, joint author
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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chof railroad track, and capturing some mules andhorses; but this movement, comparatively success- iua., p. 199.ful as it was, produced no effect whatever uponShermans general plans. He ordered John New-tons division to Chattanooga and John M. Corsesdivision to Rome, and adopting what measuresseemed to him expedient for the repairing andfurther protection of the roads, pushed his forcessteadily on by the right flank. He even tookadvantage of the absence of Wheeler to throwJudson Kilpatrick with a large force of cavalryupon the Macon road. Kilpatrick, with celer-ity and with what efficiency a mounted forcecould bring to bear upon such an object, per-formed the task allotted to him, and came backreporting that he had destroyed three miles ofrailroad about Jonesboro; that he had foughta division of infantry and a brigade of cavalry,had captured a battery and a few prisoners.He thought he had rendered the road useless forat least ten days; but his calculations were, as 282 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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OUTLINE MAP OF OPERATIONS IN NORTH GEORGIA AND ALABAMA. ATLANTA 283 usual in these cavalry raids, wide of the mark, and chap. xii.his report was hardly in before the rattle andwhistle of the trains from the south were heardagain in the National intrenchments. Sherman, after a month of more or less unsuc-cessful experiments, now made up his mind defi-nitely that cavalry could not or would not workhard enough to disable a railroad properly. Hewrote to Halleck on the 22d of August after Kil- lse*.patrick returned, I expect I will have to swingacross to that road in force to make the mattercertain; and having adopted that resolution, he lostnot a moment in putting it into execution. Wheelerwas up near the Hiawassee wearing out his horsesin a useless raid. The damage he had done to therailroad about Resaca and Dalton had been re-paired. Sherman rode down to the Chattahoocheebridge on the 24th, and satisfied himself that itcould be defended by a single corps left there forthat purpose, by t

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