Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-11

the tine making the life and death struggle 10
bold Chattanooga. the capture of which Que
OF the most remsrgabls military achievements OF
the war
IL has not been forgot,sa that the active ope-
ralions Of the great armies Of The East and W est.
Ia the summer Of 1868. elosed during the fret
week Of July Grant took Vieksourg on the fth
Of July. aud from Tat time bad one hundred
thousand men along the Mississippi. al Least
eighty thousand 81 whom we're available for &C.
tive service anywhere else The rrer was 10
possession Of our feet. and ws had steamboats,
ships and cars enough 10 have put Grants army
In the held. EAsl OF West. ~ short notice. lee
was defeated az Gettysburg on the 81 Of July
and gradually retired. without being disturbed
intO Virginia.
The rcbes had one chance ~ retrieve theil
falling fori1nes, ard that VA 10 concentrate and
fall upon Rosecfaus Their armies on tie Mis-
-is.ipp aud IN Pennsylvania bad been defeated
Dut, II lhsy could overwhem tbs army Of Ihs
Cumberland beyond the Tennessee, their lose.
nigh, &c repaired Everybody seems TO hav,
been sensible Of this peril, eTcep, the onicials q
Washington They ldaed away Two months
aud Haileck gave orders for co operation will
Rosecfsns IN September, when lac should hay,
given orders fot biz reinforcement IN july
September found Rosecrans beyond the Ten
neasoo river and Burnside. from whose expedition
into Tennessee much had been promised. stood
there with on independent command, having
driven Buckner's division TO join the rebel mas
accumulated 10 be precpitated upon Roseerans
Grants great army Was still idle on the N issis
sipp. and Hurlbut exercising bis utmost talent
a. Memphis 20 prevsn, reinforeements being sen,
10 Rosocrans.
The Army of the Potomac was in winter
quarters already, and Longstrcet, with HE "a
nous corps, had proceeded west 10 meet Polk
from the Mississippi. and Buckner from Eas
Tennessee, To crush Rosecrans. The rebels had
not quite confidence enough in Halleck's inertia
or they would have made a perfect success OF IL
IL they could have imagined that they had Two
weeks moro to concentrate against Rosecrans
and had used the time with energy. they nigh
still moro have outnumbered Us in the ineyItabl,
battle on tho border Of Georgia.
To battle of Chickamauga was the result u
allowing the rebels, defeated on the wings q
combine on the centre. our victorious armies
East and West. standing in their old tracks
| When IL was over, and what was left of ia,
! Army OF the Cumberland was. In half starveC
condition. at Chattanooga. the War Office shool
of It's lethargy, aud Rosecfans was made The
victim. Two corps were brought West over ia.
railroad ia hot haste, commanded by Hooker
and Grants veterans were hurried up under tn,
impetu0us leadership of Sherman The Score
train. running forty 1--we miles an hour TO mee
Gen. Grant. The question forces itself upor
every one who ventures TO think OF these things
why could not have had this furry OF actor
few weeks soonerl Why wait for disaster be
fore using the forces We bad IN handY
| Suppose tina. by the middle OF July twent,
thousand Eastern troops had been thrown West
ward aud forty thousand of Grants men hat
been put IN motion TO meet them, aud ten thou
sand OF Bernside's army In East Tennessee haC
been pushed along to take orders from Rosecraus
il IL not plain that Atlanta would have beer
"ours and fairly won, !" in 1863 instead OF 1864
Suppose Rosecrans 10 have had at Chckn maugl
the troops that Grant massed at Mission Ridge
is there any doubt az 10 the result
The truth is.the planness OF speech Of Genera
Rosecrans to the Secretary of War aud Genera
Hsleck had offended them. aud they were guilt,
OF criminal neglect 10 co opeeate with him: o
they stupid In an almost superhuman de-
gree. and failed 10 see danger aud their duty
While we are settling the accounts of tho war
we might az well.look to IL that others than tn
| favorites Of the War Office have Justice dom
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