Letter from Gen. William T. Sherman to Major-General H. W. Halleck, December 24, 1864
Title
Letter from Gen. William T. Sherman to Major-General H. W. Halleck, December 24, 1864
Description
An excerpt from this correspondence shows that Gen. William T. Sherman of the Union High Command considers Wilmington, North Carolina a more precious target than Charleston, South Carolina owing to the fact that Wilmington is a "live port."
Creator
Gen. William T. Sherman
Source
The War of Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 44, Series 1, 0798. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/recordview.cfm?content=/092/0798.
Date
1864-12-24
Contributor
York, Robert
Type
Document
Coverage
Wilmington, North Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Original Format
Correspondence
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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Savannah, GA., December 24, 1864.
Major General H. W. HALLECK,
Chief of Staff, Washington City, D. C.:
...then, communicating with the fleet in the neighborhood of Georgetown, I would turn upon Wilmington or Charleston accordingly to the importance of either. I rather prefer Wilmington, as a live place, over Charleston, which is dead and unimportant when its railroad communications are broken. I take it for granted the present movement on Wilmington will fail, because I know that gun-boats cannot take a fort, and Butler has not the force or the ability to take it.
...
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major-General.
In the Field, Savannah, GA., December 24, 1864.
Major General H. W. HALLECK,
Chief of Staff, Washington City, D. C.:
...then, communicating with the fleet in the neighborhood of Georgetown, I would turn upon Wilmington or Charleston accordingly to the importance of either. I rather prefer Wilmington, as a live place, over Charleston, which is dead and unimportant when its railroad communications are broken. I take it for granted the present movement on Wilmington will fail, because I know that gun-boats cannot take a fort, and Butler has not the force or the ability to take it.
...
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major-General.
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Gen. William T. Sherman, Letter from Gen. William T. Sherman to Major-General H. W. Halleck, December 24, 1864, Civil War Era NC, accessed April 20, 2024, https://cwnc.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/782.