Bursts of blind ardour.
ON WAR, CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ, 1780-1831
Grant's first flow became to employ his chief lieutenant, General William Tecumseh Sherman, to command the Union forces in Georgia. When Sherman arrived on the scene, he found out that any try and take Dalton become doomed from the start. The Confederate commander, General John Johnston, become a grasp at shielding warfare. With mountains to his rear and a stable function to his the front, Johnston may want to virtually stay put. A siege would take too long, and a frontal attack might be too pricey. The state of affairs appeared hopeless.
Sherman determined, then, that if he could not capture Dalton, he might take preserve of Johnston's thoughts, placing worry in a man notorious for being conservative and cautious. In May 18
