The Great March. The Movements of Howard's Column,—The Fifteenth and Seventeenth Corps.-A Description of the Country through which we marched. The Poor Whites and the Negroes.-How Sherman's Soldiers Fared.-They Lived Sumptuously.-Battle of Fort McAllister.-A Glance at the Fort.-Strength of the Rebels.-The Battle Commences.-The Rebels Fight Bravely.-A Fruitless Struggle.-Severe Engagement.-Heroism of the different Corps.-The Decisive Charge.-Wounded Foes.-Genuine Intrepidity. The First to Bring News to Sherman.-The Grandeur and Results of the March through Georgia.—What the London Times says of it. CHAPTER XVII. The Campaign to the Sea.-Splendor of the March.-Movements of the Left Wing.-Fourteenth and Twentieth Corps.-The Corps and Divisions which Participated in the Memorable March -The First Day's Journey.-Stone Mountain.-A Natural Curiosity.-Third Day Reach Madison.-A Handsome Town. The Residence of Joshua Hill, the Staunch Unionist.-The Miserable Condition of the People.-Milledgeville Reached.-Flight of the Governor and the Legislators.-Pressing on the Capital.-Ludicrous Scenes.-The Jew and the General.-Where is Sherman Gone?-Savannah the Objective Point. -The Bummers. CHAPTER XVIII. Savannah, the Forest City.-The Edifices and Monuments.-Revolutionary Rebels. Review of the Fifteenth Corps.-More Jottings about Savannah.The Advance of Sherman's Army into the Palmetto State.-South Carolina, The Proper Battle-field. CHAPTER XIX The Army on the Sacred Soil of Carolina.-Howard's Wing.--The Grandeur and Significance of the Campaign.-A Sketch of the State.-The Battles and Skirmishes.--The Hangers-on of the Army.-The Capture and Destruction of the beautiful City of Columbia.--Who Burned It?-Sherman or Hamptonn --Frightful Scenes.-Union Soldiers Rescuing the Churches from the Conflagration-The Rebels Paying the Cost.-A Summary of the Expedition.-The Movements of the Left Wing.-Doyle's Account.-The Ravages of War.Full Details of Slocum's Columnn.-Kilpatrick's Great Cavalry Battle. CHAPTER XX. The Army enters North Carolina. -A Sketch of the State.-Tho Cape Fear Region.-State of Affairs.-Disorganized Condition of Johnston's Army.Sherman's Indefatigable Pursuit.-The Great Battles of Avery boro and Bentonville.-Johnston Attacks Slocum.-Severe Fighting.-Howard comes to the Rescue. The Federals Fight Splendidly.-Johnston obliged to yieldA Brilliant Victory.-A Review of the Casualties.-Goldsboro.--The Army Reviewed. CHAPTER XXI. Another Campaign.-Sherman Advances on Raleigh.-How the Views of his Generals were received.-His Army enters the City without opposition.-The Citizens are Loyal.-How Grant was made a General.-Laughable flight of a Rebel Senator. The Conference between Johnston and Sherman.-The Rebellion Collapsing.An Eye-Witness Describes how Breckenridge and Johnston looked during the Conference. CHAPTER XXIII. General Johnston and his Army.-The Paroles.-What Johnston Thinks of the War. CHAPTER XXIV. The Homeward March.-From Raleigh to Petersburg and Richmond.—Incidents of the March.-Reception by the People. CHAPTER XXV. Travelings in Virginia.-Interviews with Lee and Marshall.-Mount Vernon.— Pilgrimage to Washington.-First Sketch of Virginia. CHAPTER XXVI. Sherman's Army at Washington.-History of its organization.-Complete Roster of the Corps as they appeared on the Grand Review.-Brilliant Pageant. Sherman and his Generals.-The Farewell Addresses of Generals Sherman and Logan. CHAPTER XXVII. Sketches of Sherman's Generals.---Logan, Howard, Meagher, &c. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF SHERMAN'S CAMPAIGNS IN GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS. CHAPTER I. En-route to Sherman's Army-Character of Kentucky-Louisville-Amusing Conversation between two Englishmen ---The Foot-prints of War---Nashville -The Eloquent Priest---Incident of the Embargo---The Defences and Forts of Nashville-Sketch of Tennessee. In the fall of 1863, I was commissioned with the rank of Captain, by Governor Tod, of Ohio, having formerly served in the same capacity under General Halleck, in Mississippi. Adjutant General Cowan, an able and faithful public officer, furnishing the necessary passes and transportation, I proceeded to join Sherman's army, then cantoned in and around_Chattanooga. In addition to my professional duties, I acted as war correspondent for two or three prominent journals. En-route to our regiment, we passed through Cincinnati and Indianapolis, two fine cities, which in wealth commercial activity and literary ambition, are behind none of their more ambitious sisters in the West. The citizens of both these cities were greeting with shoutings and hosannahs, returning veteran regiments bronzed, battle-scarred patriots, how proudly they walk the streets, how enthusiastically they are welcomed, and how lovingly and respectfully saluted by every passer-by. The day was beautiful, inviting, the breeze bracing, the sky clear and splendid. We ride at a rapid rate over the country. Onward is the word. A place called Seymour is reached, a mere collection of houses. This part of Indiana is utterly destitute of any handsome towns or villages. To be sure they have them in name, and marked upon the map, but such caricatures are they in fact, that they are only causes of laughter when seen by the eye. The character of the country, the population, their pursuits, their politics, their surroundings, all these furnish one with food for mental digestion. We soon arrive at Jeffersonville, a thriving place, and for this part of the world, probably an improving town. Getting nearer rebeldom, we enter old Kentucky, cautiously, carefully, and circumspectfully. Kentucky is a State for which nature has done everything, and man nothing. Her fertile soil and genial climate, her immense forests of timber and boundless pastures are some of the advantages which might make it the abode of a numerous, prosperous and happy people. The healthiness of the climate is seen in the vigor, robust manhood and physical beauty of its sons. The State is well timbered. The magnolia bears a rich and beautiful blossom, of an exquisite fragrance. Such is the variety and beauty of the blooming shrubs and plants which grow spontaneously in this State, that in the proper season the wilderness appears in blossom: In various portions of the State caves are to be found, amazingly large, in some of which you may travel several miles, under rocks, sustained by extraordinary arches and pillars- whilst Mammoth Cave, with its dark, wild, gloomy caverns, gigantic pits and domes, a splendid group of wonders, crowns the whole. The smile of heaven has fallen nowhere more softly and sweetly than it has fallen upon Kentucky. It rests upon her mountain brows like a crown of glory; the eye lingers rapturously upon the landscape where nature's pencil has left its most delicate touches and tints. In mid-winter over her variegated fields of wild flowers, steals an air "soft and balmy as the perfumed atmosphere of an Arcadian Heaven." In the transparent bosom of the quiet lakes millions upon millions of the finny tribe sport, while along the shady shores the air is often darkened with the wings of the canvass-back and other aquatic fowls, the flesh of which epicureans praise as a delicious delicacy. Fruits, rich in the voluptuous juices that delight the thirsty palate, are indigenous to the soil, and it is there you will find the throne of the vegetable kingdom. In her hill-sides is found every variety of mineral ore. Her rivers are broad and navigable enough to furnish commerce highways, while thousands of her small streams tempt enterprise to speculate in the wasting of her spend-thrift waters. From her mountain-sides mineral fountains gush, the medicinal force of which arrests the attention and attracts the weary footsteps of affliction's weary pilgrims from all parts of the world. Why is it that Kentucky, with her mineral wealth and vast resources, her beautiful woodlands and meadows, does not compare to-day, in population, wealth and enterprise, with her sister States north? Can you give any other reason than that slavery's withering touch has fallen heavily upon this land. Louisville, the largest city in Kentucky, is situated on the banks of the Ohio, and is surrounded by a rich and picturesque region of country. The older part of the city appears to have been huddled together without regard to order, cleanliness or convenience, and, while the modern parts present an appearance of wealth, gaiety and splendor, the older parts exhibit, in many places, the most squalid misery. The public buildings are the admiration of every stranger: the bank edifices and the court house are not excelled in any city of the country, while the postoffice is a chaste specimen of architecture, Among the various places of worship which the city contains, for almost every sect of christians, we can only notice the |