, 1865-04-07
KOW TIE REBEL GENERALS
COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER,
10 Johnston Criticised by
Hood
Extract from Hoods Gmc5al
Report.


THE ARMY nEEoRE uooD TooK IT. =.
To appreciate tho operations OF the Arm,
OF Ienneset e. 1t Is necessary TO 1ook ati. y his
tory curing 1he three mouths preceding th.
day on WHICH Was ordered to Its omm4nd
u do this, II IS necessary c!th-5 to state in
this report I'LL the facts wbica IAustra'e tny
entire Gptrc :isns Of the Army OF Tennessee
IN the recent campaign, or to write supple.
mental CT ccomPanJ!ng report. Iaeem the
1o1mcl mere app,opfaae, and will therefore
submit IN s'ngee puper ait 1he infe1ma,lo ION
which secms to me should be- co1nnrn :cat.tl
10 fh- Government.
| Tn the oh If M.y. 1854, the army hay at
and NEAR Dalton, awaiting the adyapce d the
I eIe1ly. Ntver has so ia,ge Confederate a--
my been assembled in the West. S-ssnty
thousand t70,0 ,0o0) etiecti9e men were within
the easy dhgct!on oi single commander,
whcsr good fortune it rms to be able to give:
succsss'ui battle and redeem the Losses of tie
past. Extraordinary / tt0s IL had been used to
secure easy victory. The South had bccr
d'atcet OF troops to fill the strength Of the
Amy Of Tennessee. Mississippi and Ala
b,ma we're without 1o!litsly support,
in the mountains II g orgis- The vast
! forces Of the Enemy we're accnmuta* ing In the
+ Eust, md, to rctaid then advance OF confuse
l. lhelf plans, uuch was .xIected.by . counter
| monument hy us IN the West. The desires Of
the Government expressed to the Corie,lsi atc
Eopmsndor in the IVES . were to assume the
oEtns:yc. fAa,ly nll thu MT q and resources Of
| The SCrth were placid ut hta disposal for the
! l;utEosc. Til. men amounted TO the nutnpcr
already stated, aud the es .utces o- thci- sap
pts1t Etre equal TO The demand. The resrforce-
Dt1ts were wi:hin supporting distance. TIE,
troops telt stroug in heir Increased numbers,
saT' he means sna arrangements 10 iCeye for
sEn.d, und recover, not abandon, our own ter.
'ito1y, aid believed hat victory might b.
achieved. 10 such condition was thu splendid
amy wht n the active campaign tully opsuel.
The enemy, but little superior In number,
nune,n, 0, gan za!ion and discipline, Inferior
In EF11lt 21,d coLAdence, commenced hi. al-
yuicc. The Confederate forces, whose faces
and ropes were to the North almost simulta-
neousfy- commenced to retreat. They coon
ieachcd positions favorable for resistance.
Great ranges OF mountains running
Ecrote~ the line of mach, aud deep
rivers, ere stands from which q xcll.directtd
army ia not eaaisF driven or tuned.
At each ADVANCE OF: the enemy, the Confeder-
ate army, without serious resistance, fell:
back 10 The next Iauge or liver IN the rcat,
+ This tshtt to Fetreat sonn became q routine
OF The Amy, and Taa substituted for the
hope an1eonfdence NTH which the campaign,
oIened. The enemy soon perceived this,
With pe'fect security he divided his forces,
usiDE one column to menace in front and one
t1e&t, net 70 strike in detail, was Issued and
obtyed. These retreats wore always at
nght. The day. was continued in
haId labor. Daily temporary works
we're thrown up. behind which it Was nev-
er Intended to fight. Phe men became trav-
e1ers b snsgAt and lebuters By day. lhey
were Ct saisg 70 be so.aiess by tbs disuse Of
Il lits1y. duty. 1hus for seven.y -four {74)
days IND CHS that noble n my which, If
ordered to resist. no 5opce that tie enemy
. BATH tieid, continued % to abandon don
their country, 10 see their trcngth departing,
and Their fag waving only In rctrcat OF ID
partial engagements. At the end OF that
time, alter descend rs. f,om the mountains,
ahsnaeatd, and camping, Without aa fogt1acas Sas
tions, on the open pl: rs Of Georgia, the army
had lost twenty-five thousand sewn hundred
and fny (2o, $50, Of its best, soldiers.
Nearly. one third was gone, no
ahAnd, Md, Two Others uncovc,ed, and the
organization and efficiency of every COM
nand, by loss of officers, men and tone se- |
1lautts diminished. These things we're thu |
inevitable result of the st'ategy adopted. II |
is 'u~ ss'blc for large a11ny to retreat in /
fate. In a retreat the losses are constant |
ant.rerrnapent. 9.ragc1crs arc oyertaken. I
thc:'atigned fall blythe wayside aud are gath. /
tIed up b. the advancing euemy. 'Ese'y po:
eition by the rear quad, if taken, ylelda its,
wannced to-the visitors. The soldiers always /
t'nue the re1tcat, leave many Of their I
comrades oslecn in the trenches. THIS is |
the time for assertion. The losses Of
single day are nat large. Those Of seventy |
four (75} days wall embrace the ssrcngth pf an
amy. If battle Is to be fought and the field
the loss will be less than to retreat ii the |
face Of an enemy. There will be no strag- |
gle's. Dcscf.ions are in retreat i: rarely, If |
ever on the field Of battle. The. wounded /
al gathcrtd to the rear and soon recover,
hnd in q fsv weeks the cntire: loss con-.
disabled which :. IL one-afth Of The
lpss on the night Of. the battle
lie e1eny IL checked, his plans deransed,
territory saved, the campaign suspended OF
won. If retreat still be necessary, It can then
6e done Nth no enemy pressing. and no | ,ss
ing but lia killed and permanently disabled.
Nvi1lcr st'agglers nor descrters thin Its
rankF. It renches the end Of lts march +
strcrger for battle tban wnen it started
The a'sty commanded oy Gen. sic man and
thu commanded By Gen. Johnston, not
greatly unt aual at the commencement Of the
Illustrate WhnL l have written.
General Slrrnan, IN his cticlal report,
states that his forces, When they entered At
1t Era, were renily TIC same in number as
!" hen they left Dalton. The Army of Ten
nessce lost twenty-five thousand seven hun
ot It's ST. ength. I have nothing to say OF thu
statement Of losses made By General Johnston
IN hts official report, except to state lh.t by |
.wn figures he UNDERSTANDS his losses somp
Ftonsande, that ho excludes the idea Of any
pEls ontrs, although his previous official re-
IN ns show more than seven Thousand &, ,0oO)
unaer the head Of "8bsent without 1eave!;'s
ard that the returns OF the army while he /
was In command, corrected and Increased by
The records Of the army which has net BEEN
.ully reported to the Government, and the
return signed by me, but mede up under him,
IS SION as ! assumed command, show the
losses Of the Amy Of Tennessee 10 be what
have stated ard cnretni examination Of the
returns with the army will show the losses to
bc more than s1eted,: /
r1IE MEANS He HAD 70 RETRIEVE DISASTER.
This stats ment If the previous conduct Of.
lhe camFagnI y necessary, 50 as, to show
the past. Amt if the results are not such as
70 bring JOY to the country, It Is not the first
time that the most faithful efforts Of duty
we're unable to repair the injury done By
otng1s. II, as is untRly charged, the Army
of Tennessee ceased to exist under my COM
DaHd, 1t is aaco true that 1t received It's NOR
tai wound when it turned It's back in retreat
u the mountains in Georgia; aud, under DIFF
etent management, 1t fingered much longer
Than 1t would have done with the same daily
!, = 50 occurring, when it was placed under my
The my was turned over to me, by order
2f thu President, at Atlanta, on the 18th Of
July, 1864. Its effective strength was In
antIy, thlrt y-tbtee thousand seven hundred
and fifty. (S3, $50 j artillery, three thousand
aTe hundred, 5000 cavnlrY ten thousand.
lo,0G0;} with one thousand five hundred
aeoIgla militia, commanded BY Major Gene
al u. ". Smith, making 8 total effective
orce Of foitJ-eignt Thousand seven hundred
md fifty (48, ,750l men. The army was in b.
'onac south Of The Chattahoochle r17e-, be-
'Ween Atlanta and that river. The Federal
lrny had crossed 'he river and WAS advane-
pE The right near Pacc's Ferry, and the left
aear Roswell.
lG. neral Hood here goes into q full history
j movements doWn to the time he had got
he main portion Of his men back to Colun-
rus, hflef their dlsa8lr roua defeat-by Thomas |
front Of Nashville.
Norel, but Good.
from tic Cincinnati Gaz .tte.l
The President of the First National B1nk
ece1ved letter yesterday from the Colonel
# thc 11Gth y: 5. Colorcd Infantry, covering
remittance 70: seventy 7.So bonds, Of fifty
follars zach. This was on account Of seventy
i his men who had been slaves. They saved
he money from their pay, md being unable
o send It safely to their friends, they wisely |
included to invest In Government bonds.
This goes TO disprove the assertion THAI fserd-
nen are not calGufa cd to provide fer them.
elv' .. It Is ntlo one Of many cases showing
o what a vast extent tie bonds OF the United
'tates are passing into tho haads Of the