Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index.
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Sherman's transformation -- The plan -- "We whipped him handsomely" -- "A miss is as good as a mile" -- Meridian falls -- "One of the most pestiferous nests-- in all the limits of Dixie" -- An opportunity lost -- "Meridian-- no longer exists."
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The rehearsal for the March to the Sea. With the fall of Vicksburg to Union forces in mid-1863, the Federals began work to extend and consolidate their hold on the lower Mississippi Valley. As a part of this plan, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman set out from Vicksburg on February 3, 1864, with an army of some 25,000 infantry and a battalion of cavalry. They expected to be joined by another Union force moving south from Memphis and supported themselves off the land as they traveled due east across Mississippi. Sherman entered Meridian on February 14 and thoroughly destroyed its railroad.
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Title
Sherman's Mississippi campaign.
International Standard Book Number
9780817315191
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Sherman, William T., (William Tecumseh),1820-1891-- Military leadership.
Sherman, William T., (William Tecumseh),1820-1891
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Strategy, Case studies.
Command of troops.
HISTORY-- State & Local-- General.
Military campaigns.
Strategy.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Meridian (Miss.), History, Military, 19th century.
Mississippi, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns.
United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns.