, 1866-12-11

arsb!e OF understanding and tsusling In the
tout hearts that wcro In the front.
Mr, S~inton, In his history Of tho cam-
,aigns of the Army OF the Potomac. proiesses
o have been much indebted to the private
rievs of large number Of INSTRUCTED Off
.e,s,n who :,At been With that asrny. And
we're capable ef giving him \ correct mill
iasy appreciation Of Its 'instde history"
BE certainly hsd abundant opportunities for
ga,rang this raost valuable Information, sud
il Is to be regretted that he sceus to have
solicited ae authorities mainly those who
v ere Identified with the feeble sud dilatory
policy OF Mcclellan, md who even justified
The treachery of Porter in the Pope c1m-
paign- Mr. Greeley does not appear 70 have
had even this partial means Of getting infor-
nation. There are few Of his chapters which
betIay bis acquaintance with the mass Of
intelligent opinions held By the best officers
Of our armies, and freely circulating among
them nH.
1fhe had, foriustance, spent but fow days |
among the best officers Of onr Western army,
he would hardly have given such erroneous
impressions ~. he does In regard To several |
carpaigns and battles In the West. This he
does not mainly by mts-statement, but BY a
presentation Of tucts In such q manner az to
Leave out important. elements. Thus he
gives the impression that Rosecrans did all
that he could do. iu the lula campaign, and
that its partial falfuEc was due to the DIS
positions made by his superior, General Grant,
Bnt It u fact that 1t was his conduct In this
camtAign that led to the first difficulty
between himself and Grant, and the
op{nlon Of 'tnstructed officers" Of the
Western Army most certainly sided
with Grant The account Of Sherman's first
unsuccessful assault TN the ontworks OF
Vickeburg omits the verT important fact,
(well known in the Western army that Gen
eral McCleruand WAS at the mouth Of the
Yazoo during the whole Of sherman's op-
| erattons with the order to assume command
of ali the forces there, and had II In his
pocket. We might specify many other in-
etauces where It is evident that Nj. Greeley
has written the history Of military eventA In
about the came manner as he would have
done from day to day In his paper, and
with no more accurate and full compre-
| Aensiou.
But how could We expect much more from
him He says that the present volume was
not contemplated by him until after the
draft riot of 1868, Up to thattime be frank
" admits that he s'hsd not been habitual-
" confident of m ausplcioua imme-
dlate issue from our mouentous
struggle" "Sevcr doubting," says be.
"thAt tho uitimote result would b
such Is to yindlcate emphatically tho pro-
fouudly wise bene1cence OF God, 1t had
seamed to me more probable-in view Of the
protracted and culpahle' complicity Of The
North In whaterar Of guilt or shume, Of la
morality or debasement, was inseparahle
from tho existence and growth Of American
slayery-that q Temporary triumph might
accrue to the Confedcrates." In other word,
for the reAsons we have given aboSe-Mr
Greeley had little faith in the efforts Of oul
soldiers in the field.
Thus terdily aroused to feeling portion
Of the ASSURANCE which oiled every soldier
, breast, Mr.. Greeley undertakes tn
, great task Of narattng th
a achievements of our armies. 1t can rcadil,
, be conceived that writer Of such temper
: ament could hardly be expected to enter
even In imaeir atton, into that tFuc martta
= spirit which upheld and Inspired our soldier
= and sailors. Had he been Of totally dideren
). temperament, there were still many dificul
- tics In the way of successful accomplish
o "en. ~ A'P 'a'A. ~ '1",e Hs.. r..
}. cry Inc 'ast "ass VI ma.es.a4e eossot.s -
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d epen. uuen ',lne ~ pe,sopa. .nqan' "a -
Of oes' iniormeo anu moet tfustHo'tns on4ce
1t VI ou1 Hations oip.es'
N Tue allusiona to President Lincoln IN u
D. volume are 80 lnireqnens ana 80 euta, -
excite su1pfisc. Whatever NJ dfeeley M
think OF the late fresldent, IL IS cesta'n tn
he Alaed Altogether the largest p'aee IN Il
= panorama OF the war. a history wnlea 40
Of not 20 ]nst'ce 10 .nls 1ast rs e'suasiy "l. -