GeneralGeorgeH。Thomas，whostillremainedatNashville，wasnotpleasedwiththesechanges，forthetwocorpswithGeneralSlocum，viz。，theFourteenthandTwentieth，uptothattime，hadremainedtechnicallyapartofhis\"ArmyoftheCumberland;\"buthewassofaraway，thatIhadtoacttothebestadvantagewiththetroopsandgeneralofficersactuallypresent。IhadspeciallyaskedforGeneralMowertocommandtheTwentiethCorps，becauseIregardedhimasoneoftheboldestandbestfightinggeneralsinthewholearmy。Hispredecessor，GeneralA。S。Williams，theseniordivisioncommanderpresent，hadcommandedthecorpswellfromAtlantatoGoldsboro’，anditmayhaveseemedunjusttoreplacehimatthatprecisemoment;butIwasresolvedtobepreparedforamostdesperateand，asthenexpected，afinalbattle，shoulditfallonme。
IreturnedtoGoldsboro’fromNewbernbyrailtheeveningofMarch30th，andatonceaddressedmyselftothetaskofreorganizationandreplenishmentofstores，soastobereadytomarchbyApril10th，thedayagreedonwithGeneralGrant。
Thearmywasdividedintotheusualthreeparts，rightandleftwings，andcentre。Thetabularstatementsherewithwillgivetheexactcompositionoftheseseparatearmies，whichbythe10thofAprilgavethefollowingeffectivestrength:
Infantry……80，968
Artillery……2，448