The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-03

Measured hy events, il hes been a gre,
while since The oio1iy battle or Franklin
aud vet according 10 The almanac, the fr,
Z anniversary q thai remarkable encsrenien
Z vas yesterday, November 50: and tome q.
I those who stenmfd the rebel torrent on fhi
banks Of tue Hsrfeth, but ysar ago. yer,
yesterday eelebrailaE the vieiory, and en
loying a haPPy reunion ia our midst, %
eitiEen clothes, The var triumphsntly
over, aud gentle peace returned.
The battle Of Franklin VIII rank as oae ol
the most decisive combats 81 the war. Sher-
man had marched fr the sea. leaving
Thomas with large force badly scait-reii.
70 take care Of our ccnquests I'M The West.
What Thomas needed was time % couces-
trate and organize his troops, AMI Hood. in-
stead Of FOL owing Sherman, advaucea ran
idly and boldly uorthWard, hoping b.
strike decisive blow before Thomas conil
b ready Nashville was our point OF con
eeutration There Schodeld and smith and
sieadman aud Wilson wcra Co meet, and.
under Thomas, make up great army.
Hood pressed hard ailcr Schofelf, who
was retreaiing Tor Nashville, and hai 30
opportunity to strike blow at Spring HH.
but missed 10, it Is said, BECAUSE one oil his
corps commanders was drank. Our army
trains were immense, snd, at Franklin, Il
was necessary 70 Gght or abandon them.
Schofeld decided % eight. Hood. infdrit-
ted - many disappoinimcnis, thought his
hour Of success had come, and hurled his
columns forward with uuexampied impetu-
osity. meeting with Just success enoagh az
the INST onset 90 encourage repclted a.
tempts 20 break our lin s. beyond which, be
told his ioildiers, there vas nothing % stop
their msrch 10 the Ohio
Umfrn e.. fh. ~,.s4ssaH.-a asaA-.-. .F
rebels 10 exposing themselves 10 the With
ering ere with which our troops steadily re
eeivsd them, they were cut down Ia great
numbers, nearly hteen hundred hcing
killed on the spot, and, among them, the
best oibeer IN their Western army, Pat Gle
ourne, whose "bully division gave cur
boys many q hard rub. but, which, losing
ts chief and its choice spirits at Franknn,
vas no mOre hcsrl Of. On our siie.
he gailHnt stanley rendered essential ser
vice at crit cal moment in restoring our /
Inc, had his horse killed under hlm. and I
vas severely wounded.
WhsBher Thomas could have held Na5h I
lille, if Schodeld had been defeated 81 /
franklin, is problem that it is vain to /
rouble ourselves with. His task would 4
lave been most difficult, and Hood might
ave made hs-wsy into Kentucky, ana /
zen on tue banks of the Ohio as soon a.
herman reached the ocean. Il was Sher-
aan's success and Hoods failure combined,
hat broke the rebel heart.
How well we ell remember the momou-
ary feeling OF dismay following the news /
has, notaithst indng the repulse OF Hood 4
{ Franklin, be haa adyanced close upou I
'ashyille, aud the Impotence, that was
.lt BY the uninfsrmed because Thomas did I
OF 20 out at once and crush him, and which
as only subdued in the masses By tie ge
ral cnuhdenee telt in the hero OF so many
atJes, whose sterling eharactes had deeply I
impressed itself upon the pablic mind.
lhomss knew better than Others IN or cut
the War Ohice when and how 90 strike,
nd IL is one Of the most nioriifyinE rccol-
etiOns Of the war 10 know that be was i'm
,ssantly aud ignorantly urged 10 sirike q
low By the Secretary of War, before b.
Is prepared 20 Do it efiecmally, aud that,
hile be was knocking Ho0ds army ia I
ecss, oa the hill bevond Nashville. Geu- |
al John A. Logon was at Louisyl e with
B order IN his pocket % take c0mmand Of Z
ie army that WHs covered with glory under
Ie leadership Of Tn ma.
The battle Of Franklin was fought By the
u and 4th corps, aud they alec advanced /
the assault OF Hoods lines q ifont Of
q few weeks aiiersard, as hrmly | s
they had resisted The Jury Of his advance.
'e have with ua an assemb age of gallant
ldieri Of the 23d, and IL becomes "a com-
unity whose cause isr gratituda ls so an-
e Is ours, 10 welcome them with an the (
7nors.--Cin. C0ut.