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Sevier drove down upon the Hiwassee towns, meanwhile proclaiming that those among the tribe who were friendly might send their families to the white settlement, where they would be fed and cared for until a sound peace should be assured.
On the 1st of May Schofield was at the Hiwassee River in touch with the left wing of Thomas's army, whilst McPherson was closing in on the right. The certainty that Grant was in Virginia had brought the Confederate government to the conclusion that Lee must be reinforced by Longstreet and by whatever troops Beauregard could spare.
Rutherford, who marched to Pleasant Gardens, where he was joined by other forces. From that place Major Forney marched into the Nation with a detachment under Col. William Sharpe as far as the Hiwassee river, where they met with a portion of Gen. Williamson's army from South Carolina.
Until a better line could be opened, Burnside was allowed to concentrate most of his forces in the vicinity of Loudon, where he guarded the whole valley. His cavalry connected with Rosecrans on the north side of the Tennessee, and also held the line of the Hiwassee on the left. This was what Halleck had seemed to propose.
Fresh reports of Longstreet's advance They are unfounded Grant's wish to rid the valley of the enemy Conference with Foster Necessity for further recuperation of the army Continuance of the quiet policy Longstreet's view of the situation His suggestions to his government He makes an advance again Various demonstrations Schofield moves against Longstreet My appointment as chief of staff in the field Organization of the active column Schofield's purposes March to Morristown Going the Grand Rounds Cavalry outpost A sleepy sentinel Return to New Market Once more at Morristown Ninth Corps sent East Grant Lieutenant-General Sherman commands in the West Study of plans of campaign My assignment to Third Division, Twenty-third Corps Importance of staff duties Colonel Wherry and Major Campbell General Wood Schofield and the politicians Post at Bull's Gap Grapevine telegraph Families going through the lines Local vendetta The Sanitary Commission Rendezvous assigned by Sherman Preliminary movements Marching to Georgia A spring camp on the Hiwassee The Atlanta campaign begun.
Now that the Cherokees were ostensibly pacified, that is, exhausted, decimated, their towns burned, their best and bravest slain, their hearts broken, the fugitives from this settlement on the Eupharsee River, as the Hiwassee was then called, gathered their household gods and journeyed back to Blue Lick, to cry out in the wilderness that they were "home" once more, and clasp each other's hands in joyful gratulation to witness the roofs and stockade rise again, rebuilt as of yore.
Having compelled the submission of the Otari and Hiwassee towns, yet finding that depredations still continued, Sevier determined to invade the group of towns hidden in the mountain fastnesses near the headwaters of the Little Tennessee where, deeming themselves inaccessible except by their own trail, the Cherokees freely plotted mischief and sent out raiding parties.
The bridge over the Hiwassee at Calhoun, he said, could be finished in ten days, and the steamboat at Kingston would soon be completed and ready for use. All this promised better means of supply at an early day, though at present "twenty-odd cars" were all the means of moving men or supplies on the portion of the railroad within his control.
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