Show S. S V V W V 1 to o the Army L J- J Were Were- Named By James C. C Young CAMP SHERMAN CHILLICOTHE OHIO S Perhaps no rio epigram In the world Is Isso f so 60 so famous or so o often quoted as the i three words used by William iam Tecumseh Tecumseh Toc TeV Te- Te V c Sherman in describing the general gen- gen Jeral eral character of war Certainly no noman man m man n had better opportunities to judge for Sherman took part in many of the Civil wars war's most critical events Hi His Hig march to the sea made the vi victory tor at Richmond possible hastening the end of the Confederacy b by several years V Now Isow t the e United States government nt has 1 conferred his name nam on the Hie army campat camp campS S at at Chillicothe 0 O. mobilization base of the third Eighty-third division which Includes inV in- in I V eludes troops from Ohio and West Vest Vir Vir- Vir- Vir ginia 2 Sherman had command of a brigade V at a. the first Battle of Bull Run Afterward Afterward Afterward After After- ward he was sent to Kentucky When asked how many men he would require Sherman answered Sixty thousand to drive the enemy from Kentucky and to end the war in this section V Such an estimate seemed madness to the authorities at Washington So they removed Sherman and put In his place another man But it was Yas not long until Sherman began to be heard from He rendered distinguished service at Shiloh and directed one of the three corps that took VIcksburg Following that event Sherman set about in inflicting inflicting inflicting in- in as much damage upon the Confederacy as possible Ira iro conceived conceived con con- that the winning of the war wr would be hastened by wholesale de- de Wherever his army went stores were burned cities leveled railroads railroads rail rail- roa roads s torn up These t tactics were pursued until the spring of 1864 T Then cn Sherman started to drive a It wedge the Southern stat states s on the seaboard and those of the gulf and beyond He moved southward southward southward south south- ward from Chattanooga the of May commanding about men Before Before Be Be- fore him was the Confederate force Lr led Aby by JosePh K- K Johnston numbering men The defending army fought valiantly to stem the inva invaders ers But they were slowly surely pushed Jack back The process was costly with almost every day bringing a battle at some point Toward the end of August Sherman rt reached inched Atlanta laid siege to that city aId ard carried it ft by storm He lie entered It September 2 2 burned such houses as aa remained standing and pushed on Now the steam roller was working Once it had gained headway its r ress ss was faster The Confederates short in numbers and supplies with many of their best troops lost during the long campaign between Chattanooga Chattanooga Chattanooga Chatta Chatta- and Atlanta c could uld not offer ef effective effective ef- ef resistance The march to the sea ea was really a promenade made in thirty-six thirty days a distance of miles The principal opposition came caine from fromI Wheelers Wheeler's cavalry depleted in numbers but still ready to challenge the invaders imad I ers at every opportunity Sherman rma brushed aside ade such small opposition and reached Savannah He had driven the wedge home Only in I Virginia did the Southern armies still hold out And there Grant was preparing preparing pre pre- p paring to deliver the last stroe e. e I Copyright 1317 1311 by the Press Ire Co The Tho T New fw y World I h q |