, 1867-03-01
PersonaiRecOIleotlsas Of Distinguished Gen


sst erals
Messrs. Harpers& Brothers have published A
book under the above title, written by Mr.. VIM.
+. u. Shanks, q newspaper correspondent with
the western aFuies during the war. Il ia in
teresting, as al works are, which are devoted
70 "reminiscences Of the war of the rebellion
ana, aside from The criticisms of the author,
wnicn are not always just, will be found very
interesting. foE extracts are appended.
SHERMAN.
General Sherul may be described as hun,
die OF nerves Oh 4rung to their greatest sion
NO woman was wen more painfnlly nervous /;
out there ishSsatng OF tho woman's weakness
/ IN Sherman's restfessness. General Sherman
knows qows how to get work out of his subor>
dInates, as mSy be judged by the following
| When the rebels, in evacuating Reaca, succeeded
In burning the railroad bridge over the Ooste
naula River, be turned to Col. Wright, his en-,
gineer In charge Of railroads, and asked him
how long it would take him to replace that
bridge. Col Wright replied after a short cal,
! culation, during which Sherman showed his
impatience at the delay in the answer, that he
could build it in four days. "Sir," exclaimed
the General, hastily, 81 give you 4s hours or a
position in the front ranks" The bridge was
forthcoming at the proper time Itis recorded
of Sherman that, on witnessing from the ton of
race mill on the Ogeechee River the CAPTURE
OF Fort McAlister by General Hazeu's forces
and the successful termination by that capture
OF the 'march to the sea" be exclaimed imi.
taung the voice of negro, "Dis chile don't
sleep dis night" and buried off to meet Gen
eral Foster and complete the junction of the two
armies. Great difficulty was found in the one.
rations before Corinth in distinguishing the two
Shermans. The soldiers solved the problem by
giving each Sherman a nickname. Z. W. Sher.
man was called "Port Royal sherman" in ais !
I1sion m to his services in South Carolina, while
W. I. Sherman was known by the somewhat
inappropriate title of "Steady- old nerves !" in
contradistinction to the other, who, as before |
stated, was moro tmidy nervous. Mr. Lincoln,
with some reco}itction of this coincidence of |
names in his mind, asked Gen. Grant, on being
introduced to Gen. Sherman, if he was W. T.,
or 7. W, and laughed with boyish glee at the
,Joke on Sherman" During the battle Of Bull
Run, when Gen Sherman commanded brigade,
he was approached by civilian, who, seeing
him make some observations wihoat the aid of
a feld-ghss, proffered aim the Use of his own
Sherman turned to the gentleman and grufily
demanded "Who are you, sir?' any name is
Owen Lovtjoy, and am member of Congress"
:. hat are you doing here? Get out of my
lInes-get out of my lines" Nothing satisfied
Sherman but the immediate retreat of tie mem
Der Of Congress to the rear.
GEN. GEORGE H. TuoMAs.
The best idea of Gen. Thomas is obtained by
him with Sherman, and illustrating
Sherman as great strategist, Thomas as a great ,
- e''~',''7 t1Urough knowIo, theoretical Il
'ules, but one who has iIImsfra+S ,tiedsa, M o~ h
ensive battle-heas, and always with success. I
The two appear every respect in contrast, O
fnd possess no sinilarities. One may be called b
nervous man, Gnd the other II man of nerve q
sherman derives his strength from the momens 4
um resulting from the rapidity with which he O
moves Thomas moves slowly, but with equal 0
esistess power, and accomplishes his power by
heer strength sherman is naturally the DASH a
ng leader of light, flying battalions Thomas F
he director of heavy massed columns. He may Al
)e called heavy ordnance in contradiction to b
Sherman, who my be likened to a whole bat Al
cry of light rihe.guns; or in the language of a
he prize ring, is light weight and quick fgh~
er, while Thomas is a heavy, ponderous pugi- tC
ist, whose every blow is deadly. Thomas has Il
,een christened With dozens of "nick- names" W
When be was at Vest Point and in the regular IL
rmy in Mexico, le was called sold Reliable" Ct
rom his recognized and proverbial ability to q
o the service. During the Mill Spring aud h
Stone River campaigns, he won from his men W
be soubriquet of ''Old Pap Safety" This was al
Loied down into pap Thomas"
" which nam, he is called more frequently
ban by any other. His slow gait, and quiet, I'll
gnihed style of riding gained him the title of ei
f "Old Slow-trot." "Uncle George" and lie
George H." are often used by the in Il
lcetious hours, and the titles always linger on h
be tongues oi the soldiers like sweet morsels. 10
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