IN THE FIELD,
GOLDSBORO, N. C.,
March 31, 1865.
. . . I have already been to see General Grant and am back before
the enemy or newspaper spies revealed it. I have a clear view of another step
in the game, and think I am on the right road. It does seem to me that one or
two more such chasms in our enemy's ranks and resources will leave him gasping
and begging for quarter. It is perfectly impossible for me in case of failure
to divest myself of responsibility as all from the President, Secretary of War,
General Grant, etc., seem to vie with each other in contributing to my success.
You need not fear my committing a political mistake, for I
am fully conscious of the fact that I would imperil all by any concessions in
that direction. I have and shall continue to repel all advances made me of such
a kind.
I would like to see my family occasionally, but it seems
impossible. It is manifest I am in the rapids and must go on till the cataract
is passed and the boat in smooth water.
SOURCE: M. A. DeWolfe Howe, Editor, Home Letters of
General Sherman, p. 337-8
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