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Identifier: mississippivalle00fisk (find matches)
Title: The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Fiske, John, 1842-1901
Subjects: Mississippi River Valley -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Southwest, Old -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns
Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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AND THOMAS IN 1864 Nashmlle 327 was frequent skirmishing, but little waste of life,except at Kenesaw Mountain, June 27. Onthat occasion, mindful of his primary object, Sher-man tried the effect of an assault, but desistedwhen he saw that he was losing faster than theenemy. The Union army lost 3000 men, the Con-federates scarcely 500. In this sort of campaign, despite Shermans rareskill and resourcefulness, the element of time wasworking against him and in favour of Johnston.The victorious advance southward was daily length-enino^ Shermans line of communications and short-ening Johnstons ; and as the former was weakenedby the necessity of detaching men to guard thelong line, so the latter was more and more relievedfrom such a necessity. Apparently, then, thetime was approaching when the Confederate gen-eral might no longer think it worth while to de-cline battle. The experience of Fair Oaks, inMay, 1862, showed that Johnston could strikequickly and heavily when the occasion offered it-

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