The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1865-03-31

hhioIl VI pEN, JVStth Z. I4nAslON.
We hud IN Our exchanges the Report
o. Gen. Joitfn T. Joassros, ron the
period he took Nn,n~od 0! tic army o,
Tennessee, At A'ri sna'y Ridge. until he
was relieved before Atlsl,a. II contains
detailed statement OF III, camp agn EN-
hracins what Nanspired each day W.
sne below che Concluding por,iea Of it,
which embojes ali thu, IL material 20 =
ccrrec: understanding Of one Of the most
bFiiiau, campaigns in the snnsl- Of war,
The ,eport - written with modtsty ard
IA admirable taste The plain statement
81 the facts, constitute . most powerful
dewnce, and shows conelusively how much
this great nun has been wronged aud the
conniry Injured by bis removal It ia to
lc hoped, however that this act hoseyer
much !, may he deplorcd, will not be
without an a,ouiug good, Is a recompense
for the evil II has wrought. Presiden,
DAVIS. whose whole soul Is in cur cause
will learn that he nus, lean more than he
has been doing upon the judemen, u the
intellectual men around Lin, aud /, will
also tosch him, the Congress, the Army sud
the country, to lend their united assis-
,abec and energy TO sustain such CON.
mnndcrs in the field
L. transferring the command 10 Gen.
Hood / explained my plans TO him srs'
to attack the Federal army y bile crossing
PeAchtfec Greek. n We wer- success
lGl. graf results might b. hoped for, ~
1 BE- enemy aolll haze both the creek and
d. f.ver 10 inlcrcept hts reirea'. Second.
u unsuccessful, TO keep back the enemy
by ln'rcuchiug. 20 give time FOR the Assem-
bling OF STATE troops. promised rs Coz
Brown 10 garrison Atlanta WITH these
u.ofs and when the Federal nrnv ap
y cached the town. attack It on the mos,
exposed flank with al the Confederate
troops
Iltst troops who had been for seventy
fmr dits m te immediate prcsrncc of
the enemy, lshoiinr aud fighting daily.
Hndrr ~ toll, eApwur', and Danger With
tq1ai ehoer'Hlue,-. wprc confident and
AIR spirited than Nh,u the Union army
;rHt|H.li itself oear Dalton. wprp ,hen
30 trar 30 llur who ever served 'ic Con
Icdvpcy
Under the CAud,ut administration oil
Gen Ilnckan. Chiofuf = All, the
'rVrs were Vol equipped AID abnndan,!y
'ugp'i'd The draughl animals of he
artillery and quartermas'crs department
Scr' 90 h,tt,r condition on ~ lrth VI
! uiy tan on the 9TH OF MAJ We lo~t
no inarptlal ia the retreat except tho
ieu- Geld pieces mentioned ~ thr accom-.
pauyirI report OF General Hood.
| commenced the campaign with o,n.
BHg.e army Of Missionary Rid.r, with
one brigade added Mercers mil two
Bhru away BeldWin's ana pgaslgs's
That opposed 10 MS Wa jran,s army ~
Missionary Ridge, then estimated NJ
80 900 by orr principal officers, increased
~ ! have stated Ivy two corps division
aud -evsrel iaCHsaui recruits. 10 all Of
,ga-l 1000 men The cavalry OF that
arni was estimated by Ng Gsl, WLe,ltr
AZ A.00e.
The le iuiurctmcnts which ,ulac,i .ug
army amounted tofliton thousand Infantry
AVID artillery and four Thousand cavalry
Our scouts reported much greater mum
Deus joining the United States army -
garrison aud bridg, guarb from Tcune,
49, and Kentucky relieved by one bun.
drcd day men" md the seventeenth corps.
- III two Thousand cavalry,
The i,ss Of oar infantry and artillery from
the tenth Of May Lad been abou, ten thou-
md IN killed and wound. i. ana 4 zoo from
al o,her causes, nn'ny slight sickncss pro.
do ed by heavy cold rnins which prc
vslled TO HE latter half Of June The.
aud tue eighty Wounded were beg uaius
t" rjo'c their regiments Fer want Of n.
ports ] AN unable to give the lcss OF the
services OF the cavalry which was l,s. IN.
der my G. thsn the rest nf tie army
Tie i'tciire -ueaxth was increased by
about tao thousand during 'hs. csmpaign
he elective forcc transferred I, uer
Hood was about 40 900 iBAu,ry ard ar.
tillety, aud 10000 cavalry.
According to the opinion NJ our most
experienced officers, daily reports Of pris
oners, and statements or Northern papcrs.
the enemy's loss 10 action could not have
been |, Is than siyc time, "a great ~ ours
IT. the eases iu which We had the mems
nf ,.sfutafty4, - 30 r.Ns.j fr.,, ..V.n o.
Vpe to ninety oho TO Que, coDpard wi'h
ours. and averaged thirteen to oae The
Union prisoners concurrcd In snyirg tha,
their heaviest los occurred in their daily
: lseAs made 10 line oi battle. upon our
-Aimishers in their rife pits. Whe,her
they succeeded In dislodging our skirm
ishcfs or not, their loss was heavy and
ours almost nothing
At Dalton The numefic,s' superiority o.
the enemy made the chances II battle
much against US, and ever If beaten. they
had safe reiuge behind tbe Coz tilted pass
OF Rlnfgold. and in the iortre~ Of Cha',a
noogA Our refuge, in case Of defeat. va,
Atlanta, ono hundred miles on. with three
rivers Intervening Therefore victory for
Us could not have been decisive, while de
feat would have been utterly disastrous
Ret sccn Dalton aud Charraho~chie we
coud hay. given battle Only by Atiaesi ing
,he enemy eatrcuohod or SO near eu,tench
meats that the only result of srceess TO IA
would have been his fahin. back into
them. while defat would have been our ruin
Ia thu course pursued, our troops. 81.
ways lighting nnd,r cover, had very 'siilipg
Io~ses compared with ,ho.e they inflicted
FOO that the enemy's numerical superiority
wa. reduced jals .nd rapidly, and Ne
.lutd reasonably have expected to cope
u d The tuior army On equel ground by
Dr. tine the Chaiiaheochee was paced
Aclea, on this side Of the river would have
necn it, distinction We. If tsoaien, had
a place OF feluge ia Atlanta loo strong N
b, .a.resGlioJ, aud too extensive to b. IN.
vested. l bad hoped al.o that by the
breaking Of ih. railroad in iss rear Inc