Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-04-02
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MILITARY SPIRIT AND GENIUS or
TErE WnEEH


Major D. H. HilL Of the North Carolina
Military Institute in bis eloquent ESSAY on
Military Education,' delivered at Wilmington,
Norh Carolina before the State educational
convenuun, thus illustrates the military spirit
enc genius q TIE southern people.
The armies Of the Revolution were COM
handed BY Washington, a southern general
The officers, who distinguished themselves in
an especial manner in the war Of 1912, were
sauthern-5oTn add soutbeIn-bred, Jackson,
Nuuce, Harrison, Scott, and Gaines. The
commanding generals in the Mexican war,
scott and Taylor, were both OF Virginia. The
chick OF ordinances under General Scott, and
ne ueNt most important officer, was Huger, Of
s1uil Carolina. The chief Of engineers was
lee, II Virginia, the only man the army ae-
knnNledges to be fit to be the successor to
General Sect. The chief leaders In sklrmishes
were Lane, Of North Carolina, and Hays, Of
Tennessee. The light batteries Of artillery
which did such wonderful execution at Palo
Alto, Rssaca de IA Palma, Monterey, Buena
Vista, and 10 the Valley Of Mexico, were gen.
orally unoer command Of southern men, Ring
gold RidgeAsY, Bragg, Washington, SteptOs
and Maeruder. The heavy ordnance was
under the control Of Huger. Of South Carolina,
and LaidlysotATginia- The battery Of noun
esiH Rreeteo oy keno, OF an-
ginl# 2rge Of cavalry al Res
acRf Wen as afebss a world-wide rep
utlp place OF MMsy, Of Washington
Ct srs viii nsant affair was witness
ed icsn soldiers drawn
up ~ 80 leach at Vera Cruz,
ann mon and ID Spanish vessels Of
war whose ~ little steamer, armed
with tSoHf~R ordnance and manned
by some twenty sailors, pushed up under the
very wallis Of Vera Cruz, with its four hundred
pieces Of artillery, and within easy range Of
The formidable Castle Of San Juan D'UllOa,
and from that position bombsrded the city for
half an hour. Projectiles OF enormous weight
and size fell thick as hail-stones around the
little vessel, any one Of which must have sunk
her. The interest Of the spectators was pain
ful in the extreme, bat the very insignifcance
Of the steamer proved an efficient protection ;
she was too small a mark 10 be bit. and az she
came back bearing her gallant crew, all dress
ed m their red jackets, the very earth shook
with the ten thousand eXulting voices on the
beach. The officer in command was Tatnali,
or Georgia the same who, at the risk OF bis
lie, interpesed last year and rescued the de-
feated British at the Peiho Forts. in China.
During tue siege Of Fort Brown fhe pulley
Of tbe flag got d~ersnged, so that It could not
be raised. An officer climbed the staff, and In
the midst of a terrible tempest OF shot aad
shell, calmly and deliberately arranged hal
YARDS Hgbted the pulley, and hoisted the flag.
HE exploit Of Jasper at Fort Moultris was
nothing, IN comparison with this daring deed.
That othcer was Hanson, Of Washington City,
a descendant Of John Hanson, Of Maryland,
president OF the frst Congress, and Of Colonel
John Hanson Harrison, one Of the most dis
unguished Of WsshinEion's aids. Years be-
fore the siege OF For Brown, General Worth
had pronounced bin the brapest man in the
army. He was gentle and modest as a girl,
kind and courteous 70 all, a devoted and eathu-
siastic Christian, a gentleman in the highest
UmHnmHnHHan 90 Hhm mwa~M IT. nEEm- a. -
OF Contreras, a rude litter, with a dead officer
on Il, was borne BY. Sergeant, what officer
Is thar r "CapL Hanson, Of the It'll infantry,
SIR" The soldier had fallen on the fel6 OF
honor. Two gallant brothers, Capt. Weight
nan K Hanson, Tth infantry, the most enter
prising young officer Of the Florida war, and
Passed Midshipman john Hanson, both also
fell In the service Of their country. Santa
Anna made the fatal mistake at Csrro Gordo,
Of leaving Telegraph Hin unfortihsd. Gen.
scott discovered It, and sent up a young off,
GER with some seventy men to siezs It. An
immense force Of Mexicans came to dislodge
him.
He threw bis men behind rocks and trees,
and sent for suceor. TIE rife regiment came
up and found themselves, hotly pressed, and
would have been driven back bot for the timely
arrival OF the ID infantry. During all this
time that gailantlieltensnt held his position,
and had be lost IL, the battle Of Cerr0 Gordo
never would have been won. The intrepid
nan was Gardner, Of Washington City. The
storming column against the main work on
Cerro Gordo Hill was led by that tried vete-
ran, Harvey, Of Georgia.
Major Hill adds that the South has not
merely eEinced military spirit on the field, but
IN authorship. The books in use on infantry
tactics were prepared By Scott, Of Virginia,
and Hardee, Of Georgia. The manual OF ar
tHiery tactics in use is by Major Anderson, Of
Kentucky. Tie only works in the country on
wnce Of artillery, written in the Eng
LalFusge, are BY kingsbury and Gibb0n,
o. ~ Carolina, and the only books on mil
cheering, by Mshsn, Of Virginia.
~Thstrblished experiments Of Mordscai, Of
h1uErolina, convey all our Information Of
The = 9Th o. g%unpowdsr and OF cannon, and
The 1ber tests for their trial.