15JAN1864: MG Gillmore, the Fire-Bomber of Charleston, and Inventor of using Human-Wave-“Negro” attacks in South Carolina is running a bit short on resources. He writes a letter to Secretary of Warmonger Stanton and requests that “Negro” regiments “formed and being formed in the north be sent to this department … [as] … I have in contemplation the occupation of Florida, on the west bank of the Saint John’sRiver, at a very early day, and I want these new regiments to garrison the post from which I draw the troops for the expedition.” The New York Times writes “It is indeed astonishing that men in the North, who never saw a slave, and who have not a dollar’s worth of interest in the institution, are so much more concerned for the fate of Slavery than they in whose social system it had closely interwoven itself, and who had property in it to the extent of hundreds of millions.” MG Grant and MG Sherman have plans for the ruin and destruction of Mississippi and Alabama … two States full of Strong-willed citizens who dare to suggest and believe that the States created the Federation and that the latter must answer to the former. These two states must be decimated, ruined and destroyed. The first key to bringing these States down is to ruin their country-sides, and to eradicate all sources of their supplies. Thus MG Grant tells MG Sherman that Atlanta and Mobile must be their objectives. These two resource and supply centers must be destroyed. MG Sherman writes in to Lincoln’s General-In-Chief Major General Halleck: “Sherman has gone down the Mississippi to collect at Vicksburg all the force that can be spared for a separate movement from the Mississippi. He will probably have ready by the 24th of this month a force of 20,000 men …” Sherman adds “I shall direct Sherman, therefore, to move out to Meridian with his spare force (the cavalry going from Corinth) and destroy the roads east and south of these so effectually that the enemy will not attempt to rebuild them during the rebellion. He will then return unless the opportunity of going into Mobile with the force he has appears perfectly plain.” Meanwhile General Joseph E. Johnston, commanding the valiant Men of the CS Army of Tennessee is becoming increasingly surrounded, and feels his force is in danger at its present location … and feels that natural urge, once again, to retreat toward civilization like he previously did with Richmond … jeopardizing both his army and any such nearby city. President Davis, however, has already anticipated that General Joe would be feeling such an urge about now, and telegrams Joe that if he is considering retreating … he’d better think again, adding “I trust you will not deem it necessary to adopt such a measure.”
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