The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-25

"TheTe Is the line and we must take III
The capture of the fort on the 1ennNasS
river, by the troops led by Grant, fOSoWu'
> Of General Q. f. Smith, he said:
He was q man indeed; all thpOld otncefs
remember him IS q gallant and elegant
officer, and had he lived, probably some oil
Us younger fellows would not have attain
Of tns 6sStIe o. onm0li and PafNcWoliJ
of Sidney Johnston, he said;
Grant was there, and others OF US, all
Young at that time, Tut u enemy was OLD,
and Sidney Johnston, whom all the omcers
remembered rs q power among the old OIL
GERS, high above Grant, myself or any
body elsa, led the enemy on that oattle-
field. and 1 almost wonder how we con-
quered.- -
and the gaining of the line OF the Ialla-
hatchie, he said;
summer overlook US with heat and we
oonld not march. Northern Mississippi
vas dry as ashes; it was impossible Tor
men to live and march from stream to
stream. and to follow the roads that lie be-
tReen these, men would have perlshed
with thirst, been overcome by heat Inere,
fore we delayed until fall, sud late tina fAll
1 met Grant, by appointment, at Colum-
bus. There again We went over the map
and the next thing was to break the line
On the Tallahstchie. Many OF you mere
remember that movement. You citizens
do not understand it at all, for l never
have yet seen a newspaper account OF II
that a~pproximstes to the truth. daughter
Pemberton commanded the army of the
c~onfedersey in our front. We had superior
numbers Our men were scattered, and
we first concentrated on the Tsllahatchle,
below Holly Springs. Grant moved dir
ect on Pemberton, while 1 moved from
Memphis and struck directly into Grenada,
and the first thing Pemberton knew the
depot OF his supplies was almost in the
grasp of q small cavalry force, and he fell
into confusion, and gave the Tsllshstchle
without a battle. But with some people
an object gained without 8 battle Is moth.
inc. But war means success, by any and
every means it is not fighting alone
Bulls do that. and bears, and all beasts
but men attain objects ~byintellect, and the
introduction of physical power moved
upon salient points. And so we gained
the T~allshstchie, and although hardly
gun WE ArvI Et wa gsined a battle equaI
in its results to any other battle On earsh
Of the Vickburg campaign, the Genera
said
went with q small and hastily collected
force, and repeatedly e~ndeaYored to MAXI
a Judgment on the bluff between Vieksbure
and Hsines Bluffs, while General Gran
moved with his main army, 30 as to plsci
himself on the high plateau behind Vicks
burg, but Hman proposes and God dis
poses" and WI failed on that occasion.
nj wont down further, aud then, for ia
fret time, Itook General Blair and HI
brigade under my command. On the yer.
day l agreed to be there 1 was there, an
we swung our TANKS around, and the pres
emit Governor of Missouri fell a prisoner O
that dsy 10 the enemy. We allied
| waited snxiously for q cooperating force
ialsnd and below US, but they did not conn
and after l had msde the assault 1 lesrne
Q that the depot ct Holly Springs had bee
. broken u and that General Grant ha
sent me word not to attempt it. But
, was too late. Nevertheless, although "
T were unable to carry it at first, there Wer
; other very important things to be don
9 The war covered such q vast area thel
I was plenty TO do. 1 thought Of that alta
d At Arkansas Post although others claim
An0 tQeY mhl AhN0 ~ - SJ
: We cleaned them out there, and Gener,
= Grant then brought his whole army.
= Vicksburg, and you in st. Louis rememo'
: well that long winter-hoWW we were
: the levee, with the waters rising Al
: drowning US like muskratsi how We we
. seeking channels through Deer Greek al
!, YAzoo Pass, and how we finally cut q can
4 across the Peninsuls, in front OF WICK
u burg. But all that time the true moVemel
was the original movement and eVel
u thing approximating to it came near
:, the truth. But we could not make 3 retr
q grade movement. Why2 Because yol
L 6eople of the North were too noisy. v
/ could not take any step backward, and, /
that reason, we were forced to run the bs
terjes at V~icksburg, and make q lodgme
on the ridges on some of the bluffs belo
q Vicksburg. 1t is said l protested against
y 1t is folly. 1 never protested against an.
9 thing in my life-never. Laughter. I
the contrary, General Grant rested on n
y probably more responsibility even tn
3 anv other commander under him. For
. wrote 10 me, al want you to move up(
u Haines' Bluffs, to enable me to psss
. the next fort below hate TO ask you,
' the feryor of the North will accuse you
q being repulsed again." Laughter
y love Grant for his kindness L did mai
the teint on Haines' Bluffs, and by tn
3 means, Grant ran the blockade easily
g Grand Gull, and made q lOdgment doV
3 there. and got his army up on the hi
n platesu in The rear of Vicksburg, VIII
YOU people here were beguiled into the
Ct lief that Sherman was again rePulse
:. But we did not repcse confidence in eve
II body. Then followed the movement
rs Jackson, and the 4th of July placed us
" possession of that graf stronghold, Wei
burg, and then as Mr.. Lincoln ssld, u
le Mississippi went unvexed to the sea"