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The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman
Vol. II.

CHAPTER XXIV
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His predecessor, General A.S.Williams, the senior division commander present, had commanded the corps well from Atlanta to Goldsboro', and it may have seemed unjust to replace him at that precise moment; but I was resolved to be prepared for a most desperate and, as then expected, a final battle, should it fall on me.
I returned to Goldsboro' from Newbern by rail the evening of March 30th, and at once addressed myself to the task of reorganization and replenishment of stores, so as to be ready to march by April 10th, the day agreed on with General Grant.
The army was divided into the usual three parts, right and left wings, and centre.

The tabular statements herewith will give the exact composition of these separate armies, which by the 10th of April gave the following effective strength: Infantry ...................

80,968 Artillery ..................

2,448 Cavalry ....................

5,587 Aggregate ............


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