The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-26
Generals Sherman, Steele, Logan,
and blair.

a correspondent OF the New York Times
furnishes sketches OF the personal appear
ance and characteristics of GRANT and his
subordinate Generals. With GRANT our
readers are already familiar, and we ap-
pend, therefore, only what is said of the
subordinates above named:
Almost the exact opposite in every fea-
ture of our taciturn, unsmiling chief, is
Major General Sherman. Tall, loosely
built, narrow chest, sandy hair and beard,
light-grey eyes, glancing necessarily in
every direction, smiling mouth and rapid
utterance, he forms character as oppo-
site Grants as Zenith is to Nadir. Grant
goes about like piece OF marble, endowed
with just sufficient vitality for purposes of
locomotion, Willie Sherman, whether walk
ing, talking Or laughing, walks, talks and
laughs call over;" Grants soul is crusted
over with rigiuity-Sherman' bursts out
at every pore; every agitation of his inner
man produces a corresponding agitation of
his physical machine Soul and body seem
attuned in such harmony, that chord
struck upon the former communicates its
Socially he is pleasant man, atfable to
his interiors and engaging to his equals,
with mood that changes with the rapid
ty of the barometer in the tropics. With
an utterance rapid almost to incoherency,
he at one instant is relating some laugh
able incident, the next unfolding the de-
tails of some mastery plan, and the next
hurting fierce imprecations upon the head
of some offender.
Like Grant, he has courage and endur-
ance in abundance-like him, lie will ride
into storm of bullets, and sit there and
watch anil order as unconcernedly as the
air were filed with roses instead of kissing
messengers of death. Of his ability, there
is in the army but one opinion, and that
is, that among the ablest men that this
war has produced, he is entitled to no Sec
ond rank. His ability is not confined to
any speciality; he is equally at home wheth-
er drilling company or division, inspect
ing quartermaster's accounts, arranging
the details of battle, making an advance
or ordering retreat; in short, he seems
to be, and is, familiar not only with the
practical details of war, but the principles
which underlie this most intricate and
comprehensive art.
Next to Sherman, not in rank, but expe-
rience and ability, comes Major General
Fred. Steele, who, like Grant and Sher-
man, originated in that much quarreled
about institution, West Point. Were l
attempting philosophical examination Of
these gentlemen, instead of superficial
portraiture of a few externals, l could get
along with General Steele much more cas-
lily. Like Geneva watch, he presents
but little surface-his merit, the fine ma
chinery and exquisite balance are all with
in. A small and well-knit man of thirty
eight, with hand delicate and white as a
lady's, light complexion, only preserved
from effeminacy by flowing beard, eyes
of light blue, and a full, compact fore
head, dress rich, elegant, with touch Of
velvet about the cuffs and cellars, always
free from dust, and as clean as if Just step
ping out for dress parade at his -Alaaa
Nader, West Point. These are the out
ward peculiarities of Gen. Steele. With
out ever being over-dressed, hei is, think,
the best dressed and best mounted man in
the army. His prevailing trait is quietness
"a gentlemanly sort Of repose- (which he
carries with him, undisturbed, whether