Author: Edwin Forbes

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-14

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 9781333590529

Excerpt from The Army Sketch Book: An Artist's Story of the War When Sherman marched to the sea' his orders were, The army 'will forage liberally on the country during the march. T 0 this end each brigade commander will organize a good and sufficient foraging party under the command of one or more discreet Officers, who will gather near the route traveled, corn or forage of any kind, meat Of any kind, vegetables, corn-meal, or whatever is needed by the command, aiming at all times to keep in the wagons at least ten days' provisions for his command and three days' forage. Soldiers must not enter the dwellings of the inhabitants, or commit any trespass; but during a halt or camp they may be permitted to gather turnips, potatoes, and all vegetables, and to drive in stock in sight of the camp. T 0 regular foraging parties must be intrusted the gathering of provisions and forage at any distance from the road traveled. How well the troops obeyed this order, their good condition on their arrival at Savan nah bore evidence. General Sherman relates that although the foraging was attended with much danger and hard work, there seemed to be a charm about it that attracted the soldiers, and they thought it a privilege to be detailed on a party. He said that he was Often amused at the strange collections that were secured of mules, horses, and even cattle, packed with Old saddles and loaded with hams, bacon, bags Of corn meal and poultry. While walking up to a house on a plantation where a bivouac was made, General Sherman passed by a soldier who had a ham on his musket, a jug of sorghum molasses under his arm and a big piece of honey in his hand, from which he was eating. Catching Sherman's eye he remarked 50t to a comrade, Forage liberally on the country! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.