The New York herald., 1864-12-22
REBEL ACCOUNTS.
Hoods Defc aG.
A TERRIBLE TIRADB AGAINST JEFF. DAVIS AND
HOOD

Hoods Defoat
TERRIBLE TIRADE AGAINST JEFF. DAVIS AND
HOOD.
From the Richmond Examiner, Dec. lo.l
Tho accounts from Nashville the statements OF the
enemy and must rece.vs cd with much caution.
bable that the real facts hat coorcd that the
number OF prisoners and captured guns will be dscov.
cred have somewhat smaller han supposed and
the loss OF General Thomas much than he would
like state in bulletin But d1icyk 10 doubt thas
at gaining expensive and north ctctvy at Ffans
lin through The uaor Of his troops, and in spite Of The oH
reckless 9eneralship gesraship Hood has "o'o sSs-
dined defeat before Nashue, here he had ossness
10 90. II 1t be true that bis man we're actus
ally driven their breastworks, 1t Is proof that
they suffered great deterioration in his hands But
there Is In laying blame the troops neects
at neadqusrters now as At Missionary Ridge explain all.
Since Beauregard of stop Sherman with.
troops by his individual the con- Of the
remembered without q shver. Thomas. the renegade
Vrguan is one of the most egent men In the federal
army, while hood only title TO command was the CIR.
cumstsnce that he did not approve the policy OF Gener
Johnston. Until lately Thomas had inferior numbers;
but while Hood has been trencnng be ore Nashville his
opponents ranks were filing and behold the result.
Tnose who could DO surprised any military plans OK
Hood or Davis were surprised at campaign Tor Nsan.
vile aud Kentucky At this late season II that army
could have cleaned Middle and East Tennessee and
regained Chattanooga and Knoxville the condition OF
the Con lederate cause IN the West would have been
better than il has been since the battle Of Murreeebro
But Nashville had fallen ecta, would have heen
the The could bo ned without Ken.
tucky, and campaign 10 Kentucky at this season would
have been certain ruin. The battle OF Nashville appears
to be piece with ,he campaign A., Of Hoods army
engaged except his ~. Where Was Forrest
and his cavalry We do not know bur may be fairly
supposed that they employed as nseler when
Atlanta was evacuated. When Johnston ha tho army
he kept cavalry his Hanks and the funkeys and
parasites OF the government reviled him Tor ing so.
Hood took be OF the cavalry RAID
the enemy rear, aud until the consequences
glory to General Hood for doing t.
But absence OF the cavalry Sherman reach
JOuesDOrO ",
aud Atlanta was thrown away 10 the panic which
Forrest and While we do no. know the fact. i appears
extremely probable that tas thrown away hs ser.
vices Tennessee as he did th Sc Of Wheeler IN Geofss
Viewed by the light Of events now accomplished who
Justify the removal OF Johnston from the head OF
that armys What melancholy significance Is given to
int Of history nv successive event In
the beginning the thai c.osing The enemy
has formed two powerful armies and planned two parallel
campaigns. The goal Of was kichmond q he other
Atlanta To them had Inadequate armies; but
against Grant and sherman had Lee and Jchnston,
Their defence against equally
cessiu and the Incidents the of action
were marked BY IN unccmmon Similarity. The result
was the same, except that Grant reached tue
banks OF the James from the Rapidsn In nnch
less than sherman touched ChsstshOo At
that moment Sharman's campaign great failure
postion. perilous th that NJ Grant Atlanta
was dead lock on the Army o the cumberland not less
enecsus Richmond the Army 81 the fotofnac.
There every human probability In the superstition that
had Johnston, like Lee, retained the command oi his
army Shcrmsns column not forced 10 retreat, would
have neen bad in Northern Georgia ike Mio Ia the
Cioven The Confederate In Atlanta then
fully equal that In Richmond II well organized
confident 10 se and In ts leader - wAw
only too eager battle ~ that all we'll In
the coniede racy No sensible both
Atlanta snd Rchmood would resst all Efforts and that
the conclusion Of the would be rendered msmprable
BY the undeniable failure Of the grestest military e1ot
of tns energy. Unhspp,y and ds4sroasly NJ. DAVIS
mistook the cause that Georgian armsB eutbusasm
Tor clog upon s ecemy He possessed n the notion
that Johnston, who would not fight, taken n, The
government, under the name VI somebody or o,bcrs
just 20 With that tine army. whip sherinaR
minute gather sil the glory 10 sslf aud sratMy ali
It's grudges against thu officer who had itsd u and
him from the depths of despair 50 AL tho nurdy gr-
dies srourd the death o Johnston o three veek
the army bad lost men, in killed ana
wounded than during all the mooth Of Jobn-.
ston's command. IL lost Atlanta without kuowt
ing how Why, and IL retuced 70 tho ensng
helpe.s Generalization In which reachsd
Dato, from Missionary f,ise. Such the immediate
aud direct result OF Johnston's removal. -f.r n.
Then followed the Presidents containing tho
plan Of tbo cawpigu which ~ just uoU coBcludn0
u Savannah and Nashville We nsted sh4
pen make any remarks upon the bsraneues and the
chronicle OF evsns winch painful duty o0mpels Us %
publish day bv day urr shcs Calculation ana comb
mentary which words and will rvai1
Enough IL that fort fed from the SontherQ
STANDARD when Johaston's n1od ws removed from th3
star; and tie evil spirit which had hsunied Bragg ~
turned into the army woen Hood assumed command.