American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-09
= Confederate "Reminiscences.

\ correspondent of the Atlantic
&. Constitution" gives the following
war incident:
General Sherman with his SPLEEN
7LidlY equipped amy, Ok 100000
! .nen. wanted to g!ye General John
ss,cu, ui.h his :il.Ey OF $4,000 vetc
'r.tutS. battle i'll t;ie month OF May.
;.tha~,Di tool. toward Atlanta lac
}became stronger. Johnston WAS al
5Dalton, VITA his advance at Ling
lr0id: his line o. supplies, as well as
3of rciIeat, the Western and Allan
HE Railroad. Sherman conceived
sthe idea OF ilaniliu% Johnston by
ssendimy Mcpherson, with his
I wcnty four Thousand men, around
5throu.h SNAKE Geek Gap 10 Res
,va, or any other point north @:
,OJstanauI;'. river, with orders IA
I seize the railroad, hold i, and burn
.the bridge at I;e>ara at all hazards,
lMcauu lille he would keep the Con
deliberate army ut Rocky Face Ridge
.buSy. General Thomas doubted the
'SucceSs of the plan, bacaGse he sait.
'isou. Johnston WAS too good IL sol
;dier 70 leave Snake Creek Gap an
fortified. BuG Sherman was bound
!, o try it. and 50 lie started AlcPi.er
son, with de army OF he Tennessee.
'on a mission, which, if carried oul :,
would result i'll rs great an achIve
'ment as ever WAS gained by armed
men. Johnston would be snrvOun-
dea-hrmmed in by the OoStanau-
II and ConaSau%a rivers o.; thesoui h,
and east. by Johns Mountain oni
the west, he would have 10 surrtn-'
der or fight against fearful odds.
double his force attacking i'll front
and rear. On Ike Sih and Oh of
Mav. Sherman hammered away at
Rocky Face Ridge and BuZzard's'
Roost a. Il fearful rate; and during;
the night OF The 1OtiI: Il courier iraln.
Mcpherson arrived al Sherm2u'Ss
with the infoimati0ns
lhat Mcpherson and his army hadt
passed through Snake Creek Gap.s
and were within Il mile Of the r.,il
road This WAS great news for.
He immediately called
for horses and escort, and rode los
General Thomas quarters, over NJ
miles away Bursting in upon
General Thomas quarters, over az
mile away. Bursting in upon Gen 4
nal Thomas, he shouted: "I%
Old you So, Tom ~ Tin ianiiiara
Intercourse he always called GeneE 3
Il Thomas TOMB "AIcPherso! 4
,lssed through the Gap, and by tliisss
inc has h railroad, and has burn b
Il the bridge. Eye got Joe John
ton dead! I've got him dead - % 4
curse Thomas WAS ovelInNed. theyE
on ORA iuldted themselves on ending &
he campaign at lis cotsincncCment.E
70 90 down to Atlanta. and from s
here 20 Savannah would be h"tI n
.ay work. \ daylight a general i
dvauee would be made. McPher 8
on shall hear our guns before night =
-ictoyvl Before daylight amos; her
ouIirr came and his message WaSs
hat Mcpherson had met a cOnsid &
rabla force, and considered it pgu
eut to iaIi back to the west end and 3
,Iti.v. Then Sherman stormea.
ie SAID ..Ihe grand opportunity Is !.
vcr-oh ii had only sent OStcr 3
aus or Charley Wood, or Somebody
ho would have done as / ordered,
pc Johnston would have been
iue before f0rty-cighJ LonrS.'e
herman at once put his army III
otiun for ReSaca, via Snake Greek
ap, hopiIg to get through before
piInaton could get away, leaving (,
owar;l's corps to watch BuzZard &
COST. But that willy chleftaln had 1,