“Such is his treatment of rebels. He receives no apology nor has any circumlocution. He strikes with his battalions; he strikes with every word he utters, whether from pen or lips. The secessionists of Georgia and South Carolina believe he’ll do what he threatens. “Said the rebel colonel who had placed the torpedoes in the Savannah River, when ordered to take them up, ‘No! I’ll be d——d if I do any such drudgery.’ “‘_Then you’ll hang to-morrow morning_; leave me,’ said the stern commander. The torpedoes were removed. “In this way, by his words, his manner, his personal presence, his threats with their literal execution, and the swift and utter destruction in the track of his army on their late march, he has struck terror to all hearts. Though thoroughly secretive, he is strangely frank. “‘Give me your pass, General?’ said I; ‘I’ll meet you again on your march.’ “‘You don’t know where I am going,’ said he, with emphasis. “‘I think I do, General, if I can catch you.’ “‘_Where?_’ “‘At Charleston.’ “‘I’m not going to Charleston.’ “‘Then, at Wilmington.’ “‘I’m not going to Wilmington.’ “‘I’ll see you, I think, in Richmond.’ “‘I’m not going to Richmond. You don’t know where I’m going. Howard don’t know.’ “But he gave me the pass; I, at least, know where he was not going. “The country may well honor and admire General Sherman. His personal presence is an army of itself. His army is duplicated by the spirit with which he inspires it. Such a man wields destiny. God will guide his way. May He sanctify him. We shall hear more of him hereafter.” General Sherman’s character from childhood has been above reproach, and his honor unsullied. His amiable wife is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, while he, as has been intimated, usually attends the Episcopal service. Besides the death of his son recorded in these pages, within a year he has lost a child he had never seen—born while he was in the smoke of battle; the young spirit went to heaven before the father’s eye could rest on its earthly greeting to him through the smile of infancy. But a nation sympathizes with him in his sublime self-denial and his griefs, and in the language of our beloved President, “follows him with its prayers.” * * * * * * Transcriber note: Misspelled words and printer errors have been corrected. Where multiple spellings occur, majority use has been employed. Punctuation has been maintained except where obvious printer errors occur. Some illustrations were moved to facilitate page layout.