CHAPTER XXIII.

SHERMAN'S ARMY.

Review of Sherman's Campaign. -- Jeff Davis's dislike of

Johnston. -- Appointment of Hood. -- Davis's Speech to Hood's

Army. -- Sherman contemplates a Movement to Savannah. -- Grant

authorizes it. -- Organization of Sherman's Army. -- Comments

of Rebel Press on his March to the Sea. -- Complaints of

Sherman's Inhumanity. -- He is compared to Attila. -- His

Vindication of Himself. -- The Bummers. -- Their Humanity to

Union Refugees. 391

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