CHAPTER XXIV.

"MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA."

The "Lost Army"--Speculations, North and South, as to its Doings--Diary of an Officer--Keeping Thanksgiving Day--Howell Cobb's Plantation--The Negroes--A Quaint Philosopher--Strategy of the March--Howard's Brilliant Advance--Investment of Savannah--Capture of Fort McAllister--Fall of Savannah 364