Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-11


feature--of Gen. Sherman's character is
peculiar nervous energy that knows
no cessation /, and which is resistless and
inspiring, 1t gives energy 20 Others.
lie Is untir ing in his efforts, and hest
tates at no amount OF detail. Matters
great and small receive his attention,
and his dec isions are given with the ut
most prom ptitude, and seldom or never
reversed. When Sherman was in com
mand at Memphis, little over two
years ago, n MIR. Duncan, of Louisville,
and his pa rtner, having permit to pur.
chase colt On, called on Gen. Sherman,
asking to De allowed TO exchange salt
for cotton with citizens beyond the lin
Its OF the city, but within our lines.
sherman replied very promptly, No.
Argument We're tried in swain, when
duncan tn ought he would try the old
acquainta ace dodge on the General,
ard began by recalling recollections of
the time Then Sherman was. e banker in
California. Il knew you, General, he
said, whe you Were banking in San
Francisco ; Yes said Sherma1 there's
where lie armed to say no. Ii is a good
school,
"a hard :, earnest worker, Sherman de-
votes but little time to sleep. When
: Sherman assumed command. ct Louis
vile in Is 6l the writer was e. gagged in
the Assoc lated Press office in hat city.
AT that ii me the governmentsyyas using
the cyphe rs Of the Associated Il ress. and
its agents were employed by tn govern
zIlent In tlansposing and transia ling dis
patches, and hence Sherman spent a
aoodly part of his time in Il e press
Office. He would often be in tie office
from 8 O'Clock p. NJ. to 3 O'CLOCK A. NJ.
and then retire to his room ats(1e Gait
sEouse only because the Office was clos
ct. During these hours he woU d pace
] mp and down the floor of the room.
= smoking cigar after cigar, appare ltly in
deep thought and needless Of thee lnyer
sation going on around him.
This popularity of absence OF mind
found an excellent illustra ton ia 4 cir
\ constance which occurred at LIS anon
junction, Ky. Sherman, with two reoi-
mtnts under Col Lovell II. RoHs seau
NOW Major Generar, and detachment
under Lieut.. Col. r. w, Johnston (yho
is cow Brigadier and who ought45ne
ago to have been made a Major GeneI ali,
occupied Lebanon Junction on Sept. II,
1861. While walking up and down he
platform of that place awaiting there
pair of the telegraph line, Sherman's e.
gar gave out. He immediately took
another from his pocket and asked thu
Orderly Sergeant of the Marine Zouavet
for q light. The home guard Sergeant
had Only a moment before lighted his CT
gar, and with a bow. handed IL TO the
General-prObably the first Brisadier he |
had seen during the war Sherman
lighted his cigar carefully took q puff |
or two to assure himself and abstract |
eddy threw the Sergeant's cigar away.
4 short time since, one who saw this
scene, mentioned the matter to General |
Sherman. He conld not recollect it. but
said, ~ was thinking of something else
1t won't do to let tomorrow take care
of itself. Your good merchant dont
think OF the. ships that are in but the
ships that are to come in. The evil of
to-day is irrspGrable. Look ahead to
avoid breakers. You can't when YOUR
ship is on them All you can then do is
to save yourself and retrieve disaster.
| was thinking OF something else when
l threw the sergeant's cigar away"
And then he added, laughing, Did | do
that really 7"
"A short time ago while a regiment
was moving by Shermau's Headquarters
"a tent fly and fence corner near Ken
eSaW mOuntalnS-one Of the soldiers
a Major-Generel lying asleep
BY the roadside. He spoke very loudly
10 his comrades, saying; There is the
way we are commanded-otiice bv
who get drunk and lie
n fence corners" Sherman heard him
md spraBg to his feet, mot drunk,
,oys," he said, "but I've been up ali
light, and I'm very tired and sleepy. -
lie got on his horse, and followed bv
lis staff he rode away I am forcibly
eminded by this incident of seeing Gen. s
'homas lying in q fence corner near l
ohm Ross house at Rossville his fea- q
ures handsome in their repose but look I
ng old from the WEAKNESS of two days' {
leepless fighting, aglow with the light -
f q great fire which had been built near
y. General, lie down on my blanket"
Iajor F. H. Gross had said to him:
you must be weary" ~ am tired"
aid the old man, lying down and fall C
u - 'hSANNP III ~ ~" lliIIlClG>s EOE TWO v
avs and three nights he had not slept II
ut during that sleepless labor he had
aved great army and won undying a
enown as the hero Of Chicamauga. and II
e had doubly earned his right to sleep, c
ut is fact in regard to Sherman,
'hich have never seen published, that :,
en-. Anderson, Of Sumter notoriety, &C .
epted the command of the department y
f Ohio only on the condition that Gen. .
herman were sent with him to com -
land in the field 1t will be remem
cred that Sherman shortly succeeded hi
i'm, and in month or so was relieved SC
, his own request. His reasons for T
skiing TO be relieved were because the N
Var Department was in favor of making ST
10 departments out of that of the Ohio II
I'd prosecuting two campaigns-one
ON Cincinnati, as bar against Knox .,
He, and the other from Louisville as a -
N against Nashville. The former was :, "
} have been under command Of Gen. O. b
!. Mitchell, and the other under SHEER ~
an. The latter preferred being sent .,
sewhere, and was succeeded by Buell " ~