The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-07-21

| i've thousand rounds OfammunitiOn
! On the National side three hund-
red and fifteen were killed, eighteen
hundred and twelve wounded, and
two hundred and thirty-two prison
ers and missing; yet the contest was
eighteen thousand against thirty.
i've thousand. 1t has been well said
that such fghting was Homeric
To the losing side the magnitude
of the defeat may be estimated from
the works of the rebel annalist, who
describes 1T as "the great disaster
1 which was to reaction other Theatres
of war, and cast the long shadow OF
misfortune upon the country of the
| West" ta
/ Knowing the exhausted condition
of his troops, and their inferior
numbers, the General, as prudent
i amid the delirium of victory as be
was sheroieunder the crash of disaster,
cautiously felt the retiring foe with
his skirmishers. Then convinced
! that the defeat was assured, he order
ed pursuit. Soldierly Mcpherson
arrived in the nick of time, with
five fresh regiments, and was given
the advance. The enemy tried tC
delay pursuit by flag of truce with
q burial party It was ordered to
| stand aside Van Dorm was inform
ed that his old classmate knew the
rules of war well enough to bury the
dead on the fields he had won. and
the column pressed onward In pur-
suit. Bridges were destroyed the
| pursuerS rebuilt them. The enemy
had eighteen regiments of cavalry I;
the four National regiments every
where drove them. RatiOns were
hurried forward; for three days the
troops that had fought the preceding
TWO pressed on capturing .deserters
and stragglers, forcing the enemies
baggage train to abandon half its
loads, occasionally engaging the
enemy's rear guard, till at midnight
OF the 7th of October, Rosecrans
proudly exclaimed mississippi is
in our hands,"
MORE DEVELOPMENTS OF GRANTS
ENNITY-HE REFUSES REIN
FoRoEMENFS, AND ALLOWS THE
ENEMY TO ESCAPE.
AT this inauspicious moment he
was notified by General Grant that
no aid could be sent that he did re-
gard the eolumn strong enough TO T
pursuit ROsecrans of course, re-
monstrated. His long dispatch
closed. /. 81 beseech you to lend
every thing to push them while they
are broken, weary, hungry, aud Ill
supplied. Draw every thing from
Memphis to move on Holly Springs.
Let us concentrate = = and we can
make a triumph of our start" In
reply, Grant ordered him to stop the
pursuit and return to Corinth.
Rosecrans promptly obeyed, but,
true to his augmentation and in
discreet nature, added that he most
deeply dissented from the policy.
And now began to be seen the first
development or feeling that, grow
Ing with age, was to draw after it an
explanding train of evil. There Is
some reason TO believe that General
Grant had been nettled at the COM
plants, partly official from Rosecrans
himself for more unofficial from
thoughtless staff-officers, who knew
all their General knew" about the
failure to support him at Iuka. The
order to stop the pursuit renewed
this indiscreet chatter, aud whisper
ing tongues were soon poisoning
truth by the reports they made at
Grants head quarters. Grant con-
gratulated the army on its victory
In General Orders, but, passing by
single clause, devoted the most of
the order to extraYagant praise OF
Hurlbut, for the brief onslaught he
had made upon the enemy during
their retreat There was subsequent
~ an effort at exPfaiMing away mis-
understandings both Grant and
Rosecrans profeSSed themselves satls-
fed, and they parted, promising
friendly intercourse in the future;
but it is doubtful If the scars were
ever fully effaeed from the memory
of either till later events came to
brand them deeper with both.
THREATS OF REMOVAL.
After the battle of Corinth, General |
ROsecrans was ordered to take COM
and concentrated his forces at Nash |
work ofreorganization he was annoy
ed by the Richmond |
patriots at Washington, who, for |
urgent political reasons" demand |
ed an advance before his own judg-
ment dictated IT. To these urgent /
political reasons, . Gen. Halleck, |
then communicated Chief Of the /
army, added that he had been re-
quested by the President to desig-
nate successor for General Rosec-
rams. The reply to this was manly /
and testy, as might have been ex- |
pected: ''AEy appointment to the |
command having been made with
out any solicitation from me or my |
ifthe President continues to-
have confidence in the propriety of /
he must permit me to use /
my judgment and be responsible for 4
the results; but If he entertains doDbt, |
he ought at once to appoint cons
in whom he, can confde, |
for the sRrvice and for the country"
BATTLE OF STONE RIVER.
Soon afterWard followed the battle
of Stone River, which so electrified |
the nation and displayed the brilliant |
personal qualities of RoSecrans, both |
as a soldier and q strategiEt. So in |
tensely was the public interest," con-
eentrated upon the battle at the time |
and so Vividly do its incidents yet |
IInger in the public recollection, that |
we content ourselves with extracting |
but one paragraph from Mr.. Reids |
book In this connection t !
Gen. Haleck, lately so dissatisfied 1
and about, Sat the Presidents re-
quest - TO name Gen. RoSeeraus' sue
cessor, could scarcely say too much.
ssThe victory was well earned, and
one of the most brilliant-of the war.
The field of MuRfreesborO is made.
historical, and future generations
will point out the place where SO
many heroes fell glOriously in de-
fense of the Constitution and the
Union. All honor to the Army of
the Cumberland. Scarcely less en-
thusiastic was the President: 'AGod
bless you, aad all with you! Please
tender to all, and accept tor your
aelf the nations gratitude for your
aad their skill, endurance and
dauutless courage"
'IThe country re-echoed the words,
journals dwelr upon the
details Of the Generals personal
through the battle. Men
compared him to that Marshal OF
France to whom. when Napoleon
had said fsI give you, sixty thou
sand soldiers,' and he had replied:
Sire, your Majesty mistaks I have
but forty thOusand.' The great mas.
ter OF war ,rejoined NO, sir,
I do not mistake, j can count you
for twenty thoHsand.'o ~, 5-l
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