Trivia 5-28-2020 Say What?

[Soldier Boy]

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. He made this remark when asked where Sherman was heading.

Source: https://civilwartalk.com/threads/soldiers-quotes-from-the-war.1676/page-4 post #73
https://www.americanheritage.com/atlanta-sea

 

[Pat Answer]

1. Abraham Lincoln...

2. telling Ohio Senator John Sherman that he did not know exactly where his brother (General William T.) was or was headed. After leaving Atlanta on his march through Georgia, General Sherman had cut communications, partly to keep the Confederates guessing about his plans.

Lincoln and the Military John F Marszalek (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014), p. 95

 

[Ole Miss]

1) Abraham Lincoln
2) William T. Sherman's objective
Regards
David

 

[hoosier]

My son, playing the Whack-A-Mole game at an arcade.

 

[nluciani]

1) President Lincoln
2) Gen. Sherman's March to the Sea.

Edit - Correct, nluciani. Welcome to the trivia game.

Hope you'll come back and play again.

hoosier

 

[Crazy Delawares]

Grant talking about Sherman.

 

[lelliott19]

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Lincoln made the statement in reply to Ohio Senator, John Sherman, who asked where his brother, W T Sherman, was headed - during the destructive "March to the Sea"
Source

 

[DukeAllen]

President Lincoln, referring to Sherman's march to the sea.
Lincoln quote

 

[Llewellyn]

Q.1: Remark made by Abraham Lincoln to William Sherman's brother, John.
Q.2: Referring to John Sherman's query about the whereabouts of William Sherman and his armies during the March to the Sea.

 

[sarladaise]

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Sherman's March to the Sea
Lincoln made this remark while discussing Sherman with the General's brother, a US Senator. The President was worried
that the Confederates would trap Sherman in the interior of Georgia.

 

[ami]

Answer: President Abraham Lincoln
Source: Total War Center, http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?176425-War-quotes/page3
Answer: Lincoln made this remark when asked the destination of General W.T. Sherman's army on his March to The Sea.
Source: Total War Center, http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?176425-War-quotes/page3