Trivia 5-28-2020 Say What?

[Trivia Master]

"I know the hole he went in at, but I can't tell you what hole he will come out of".

1. Question: Who made this remark ?

2. Question: What was he referring to ?


credit: @warbird43

 

[stuart1861]

1. Abraham Lincoln.
2. William Tecumseh Sherman

 

[ErnieMac]

1. Question: Who made this remark? Abraham Lincoln.
2. Question: What was he referring to? William T. Sherman's March to the Sea.

The Generals and Admirals: William T. Sherman (1820-1891) - Mr. Lincoln's White House

Learn More: Residents & Visitors Family Relatives and Residents Cabinet and Vice Presidents Congressmen Generals and Admirals Notable Visitors Mary’s Charlatans Employees and Staff Senator John Sherman William T. Sherman, “Uncle Billy,” was a Union Army General who served under…Read more ›

www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org

 

[Brenal]

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. He was answering a question from Senator John Sherman about his brother, General W T Sherman's March through Georgia

 

[FarawayFriend]

1) Who made this remark: Abraham Lincoln

2) What was he referring to: the remark was made to John Sherman, brother of William Tecumseh Sherman, who had come to the White House to ask if Lincoln had heard any news from his brother who by then was on his "March to the Sea". Obviously Lincoln had not heard anything, but was not too worried about that.
This is what John Sherman recalls of the incident:

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Source

 

[DBF]

Abraham Lincoln replied to a question regarding where General William Sherman was in November of 1864 during his march through Georgia (aka - March to the Sea or Savannah Campaign). Lincoln knew he began in Atlanta - but was not certain where he would end up.
https://www.americanheritage.com/atlanta-sea

 

[Stony]

1. President Abraham Lincoln
2. General William T Sherman's whereabouts in Georgia

source-
Chicago's Irish Legion: The 90th Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War
By James B. Swan Page 174

 

[captaindrew]

Abraham Lincoln made this comment when asked about Sherman's March to the Sea

 

[Poorville]

"I know the hole he went in at, but I can't tell you what hole he will come out of".

1. Question: Who made this remark ?

2. Question: What was he referring to ?


credit: @warbird43

Q1 the remark was made by President Lincoln
Q2 Lincoln was referring to the destination of General Sherman's March to the Sea

 

[luinrina]

Abraham Lincoln reportedly said that when asked where Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman was heading on his March to the Sea through Georgia. Lincoln knew only where Sherman started, not where the general intended to go.

Sources: https://www.americanheritage.com/atlanta-sea, Sherman: Fighting Prophet, Chicago's Irish Legion: The 90th Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War

 

[Pollaco]

This remark was made by Abraham Lincoln in His referral to Gen. William Sherman's "March to the Sea".

 

[JOHN42768]

1) President Lincoln statement to Ohio Senator Sherman the brother of Gen. W.T. Sherman
2) Gen. Sherman's route through Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean. The route was to remain secretive to prevent any advance notifications to slip out into the Southern newspapers as to what his next destination would be.

 

[Lewis214]

Abe Lincoln

Shermans route through Georgia

https://www.americanheritage.com/atlanta-sea

 

[warbird43]

Thanks for using my question ........

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Abraham Lincoln made this remark when asked the destination of Sherman's destructive March to the Sea.

 

[WJC]

"I know the hole he went in at, but I can't tell you what hole he will come out of".

1. Question: Who made this remark ?

2. Question: What was he referring to ?


credit: @warbird43

President Abraham Lincoln, when asked where General William T. Sherman was heading when he left Atlanta November 15, 1864, to begin what came to be known as his 'March to the Sea', responded "I know the hole he went in at, but I can't tell you what hole he will come out of. "

 

[Michigander]

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Sherman's March to the Sea
Source

 

[kholland]

1 Abraham Lincoln
2 When asked where William Tecumseh Sherman's men were going on their 1864 "March to the Sea"

 

[gentlemanrob]

1. President Abraham Lincoln
2. William T. Sherman and the March South to the Sea

 

[MRB1863]

"I know the hole he went in at, but I can't tell you what hole he will come out of"
-- Abraham Lincoln made this remark when asked the destination of Sherman's destructive March to the Sea
Source: https://civilwartalk.com/threads/soldiers-quotes-from-the-war.1676/page-4