Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-27
FROM EUROPE

What the British think Of Sherman-He is
General ssof no Common Order"
The foreign mails by the Canada have ar
rived. The London papers had received the
news of the capture OF Savannah, and the
Times pays this tribute to General Sherman:
General Sherman's campaign in Georgia
will undoubtedly rank hereafter with tAe most
memorable operations Of modern war. His
principal enterprise, 1t is true, proved unex-
pectedly easy and practicable, bat that only
reflects credit on the discernment which could
forecast the result, and it must also be added
that NO slight portion Of this remarkable sue.
cess is due to the military skill with which the
great march was planned and conducted 1t
should be remembered in estimating the tactics
employed that Sherman really commenced his
advance, not from Atlanta, but from Chatta.
n0oga, and the resistance which he encoun-
tered between these two points, when compared
with the impunity which has attended his
subsequent operations, appears to show that
the strategy Of Gen Johnston, the commander
originally opposed to him. deserved more ap-
prevail than it obtaned. From Chattanooga to
Atlanta the distance is only 90 mi es; but in
trayersing this distance the Federal general
consumed upwards Of ten weeks, and lost, tits
said, nearly 10000 men. From Atlanta to Sa.
vannah the distance Is about $50 miles, and yet
sherman has now marched from the former
city TO the latter in o days without any lass
worth recording. OF course, the chief ex-
portion OF the campaign the advance of the
Federal army was obstinately contested, while
in the latter portion it was unopposed; but
Sherman owes his security in great part to his
own foresight and science"
The Times recites the particulars of Sher.
mans march, and continues:
"1t thus appears that though there was no
army In Georgia competent to encounter Sher.
man on equal terms, there were forces suffici-
emit to have given him considerable trouble had
ne not evaded them by his skillful dispositions
He deserves, too, no slight credit for his acute
appreciation OF the work before him. It is re-
markable that the New York journals, in Civ
Ing descriptions Ofhfs famous march, in troduce
their readers to the statistics, geographical
conhguration and natural features of Georgia.
exactly as IL 1t were a foreign country, I'M.
known to American citizens, and 1t speaks
well for Sherman's discernment and resolution
that ne could plunge into such q region
with unwavering confidence. At the same
time the circumstances were strongly in
his favor. He had left far behind him the only
army capable OF opposing his movements, and
ne TOOK with him the army which had already
marched from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and
was familiarized with such expeditions He
traversed the richest parts of Georgia, and es-
capped the swampy and thnly settled districts
OF the South Still the great fact that, after
marching nearly one hundred miles from Chat
tanooga to Atlanta. he should then have
marched two hundred and fifty more, and
brought his army, after all, in good condition
and efhciency to the seacoast, is a testimony to
professional qualities OF no common order"