New-York tribune., 1867-09-14
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
LlFE OF PHIL. SHERIDAN.


martial knight In the wars of the Middle Ages we
have been favored by Messrs. Moore Willsfach' %
Baldwin, the publishers of the work. WIN severn
recent advanced sheets from which we take ~"
extracts that cannot fail TO be read with a'ldiy'
SHERIDAN As QUARTERMAsTER
Al last uneasy waiting IN OREGON TIo Icomwission
in the great civil came TO him he M " arrived in the
Es, 81 fbe oIfusoa that followed the removal I Ti a.
mont from command Nothing couG co, oe Saeuty for get
ting the wrong IN the right place Places sgiter Heas
,nas presdent of board aud claims unet to
mont administration He did ,nenf rnT fully satisfied
w ,hat here was good man for routine ana @ clerSa S
sste made s 9@ ~ the Pea Ridge campaign
All this seemed rapid promotion 70 Captain sherldan
%artsnHaster Of himself He sixty Captain
on Of te stan Sheers tes 81 0i n IL hs avor
II needn't avery great while before he might nope TO DC
A. The waeontrains; cut down regimental transp0ra
ton cave fewer for camp furniture ana more or
hard bread and fixed ammunition, established secondary
had not fully estimated the wants Of the army some ONE
inconsistent with the West Point system Of manag9g
fea5om Of eraHee a g a The matter was
passed for few days, but as soon as fe iugo Ms
affairs The first dispense with the further services
Of his Quarteaster, and send him back to st LOUIS III
But inst then educated officers too rare in Missouri
70 be kept long Out oI service on Pd he the Govern
nen fresh work for tins young man 0l -. nv
Sorses The weeping philosopher himself might nave
been embarrassed to refrain rom nuehieI h,S com
,S s S n the S SeaS Nest St s men Ike McccTnand Banks
ttende6 and MSGGSk Sran S9Gs the best Work the Gov
eminent could find was-buylng h0rses IN ,Sna da
arTe nen cS oT me Aed Wishing body of instructed reg
MAR officers him. he thought among Others & OF cur
ss old and ordered him up 10 the army
before Ccrnh Then followed little stsf service ana
ct last in May 1862 the future head OF the oavay got
Yfed on
eisputng with the lawyers about doubtful contractors
m this seems now very unworthy of sheridan but it was
spaT Of his education for the place he was 70 M ana
shall that the familiarity thus acgudsa re Will 'o t
details of supplying an army were TO prove OF service 70
one whose TO be TO command armies anu 10
the energies of those VINO sul4ed then u 'ne "V
THE RATTLE OF STONE RIVER.
sion Of command Sheridan was transferred to MeCooks
uon he found himself fully occupied through the Fall and
carly Winter of 1902 AZ last the army moved Out % a0n
divisions in advance of him through the march untii te
day before the battle Thsn hs ne ss eG to form line
Of battle bring up his artillery to clear ms tr9n @
sn svonacSed in line Of battle They were to wake to
calamity and great S a s se II tf o oSe Rgr the
assigned 10 the right wing TO hold the enemy while
his rear In this right wing Sheridan held the left Else
where along that Informed line were batteries TO WI when en-
tack burst through the gray dawn upon them But there
WAS one division commander Who with or without orders
thereto might be trusted ample vigilance in the face
nf an eneny At two i'm the morning he moving
some Of his regiments strengthen portion Of his line
On which thought the enemy massing at four he
mustered hs division under arms and had every can
When the onset the ready batteries opened at once
The Rebels continued 10 sweep up AT 1fty yafds as
lance the voeys Of sherdan musketry became too muir
acrous The enemy, in massed regiments hesltated t
brigade TO charge upon the retreatlng column Inc Inc
movement was brilliantly exeente1 DH' m tb he charge o.
Presently the enemy rallied and returned AIeady me
rest Of the wing had been hurled back in confgon the
weight OF the victorious foe bore down upon sheIidans
exposed flank and broke It There Was now come me GOn
paniOn division commanders had been crushed Bnt t
hastily drawing back the broken flank he changed the
front of his line 10 meet the new danger ana ordered
brigade charge while under cover OF thls daring on
ssundaSty able hold his ground, which snOno
have formed upon it, were sttl in hasty retreat ne
dashed among themthTeatGnfd, peesea s%CIe: o a
lated aud his right once more turned Moving then ny
front and maintaining his line unbroken tin he secured
connection on the left with Negey Here be was instant
Again Cheaham's Rebel division attacked and again
was driven back Once again the bated enemy swept NJ
70 the onset til his batteries planted within TIVE
hundred yards Of sheTidan's lines The men stood firm
was once more driven. Thus herOically did shendaI
strive to beat back the swift disaster that had befaeI
But now came the orOwning misfortune. When the rest
ammunition train had fallen into the hands of the enemy.
with the overwhelming force on his 'front.' with the bat
slaught Just repused and the mOnenarly growing
more confident Of themselves and of their Gery com
mander, there suddenly came the startling cry that the
Ammunition was exhausted Elk bayOnets then 2, was
the ringing command Under Of the bristlng lines
Of steel the front, the brigades rapidly with
drawn. Presently couple OF regiments fell upon an
around it-then backon the doublequck the
front to aid in the retreat Of the artillery. One battery
brought of. Thus rddled and depleted. with fifteen
hundred from the little division left dead wounded
the dark cedars, but with compact ranks and steady
front. the heroic column out the MurfeesbOrO
Turnpike. Here is all that is left OF US" said Sheridan,
riding up TO Rosecrans to report Our cartrdgeboxes
empty, and so are our musketsW
Thus the right which the battle 10 have hinged,
had disappeared from the struggle Already the enemy
break through the center; and Sheridan supplied with
ammunition, ordered in TO its relief Hechecked the
Rebel advance charged at OnepOin and captuled
and prisoners held his line steady throughout and biv-
euacked upon it at nightfal This final struggle cost
nal in there before got in" the rough but forcble
exclamation Of Rousseau describing afterward hs-own
II when Phil Sheridan. with hat in one hand and
sword in the other fighting If lie were the devil incar
nate, and swearing II ne had fresh indulgence from
Father Tracy every nve minutes
sTORMING OF MISSION RIDGE
In the changes consequent upon the removal OF Rose
Grams Sheridans command considerably enlarged.
He held his part Of the lines through the siege OF Chaa
nOoga when offensive operations resumed his posi-
non determined bis share in the sOrning of Mission
Ridge. All the while Sherman and Hooker on the OppO-
se anks advancing, he lay in line Of battle when
Lookout was carried ne advanced his line IN front OF Mis-
Ridge; there, all the forenoon and till the
nearly half down the western hemisphere he lay watch
ing the batenags Of regiment after regiment marching
up 10 reinforce the Rebel line his front, and awaiting
the "six guns from Orchard Knob" that to his
sgnal for attack At last they came What followed has
been told bya thousand pens and has into history
IS the most brilliant spectacle Of the great
Before Sheridan and the companion divisions stretched
an open space OF mile and eighth 10 the enemys first
line Of repits Above this frOwned steep ascent of
i've hundred yards up which it scarcely likely
fresh rAepts. Sheridan rode along his front
and reconnOitred the Rebel pits at the base OF the
ly be tenabe under the pungn that might then be
uifeetea lrOm the summit lie accordingly sent back