, 1874-04-18
Military biography

Military biography
oonNw4h.is oirsssr, Colonel IN lilo British ARMY
md Liensonant-Coloncl III tho Royal Engineers. II
no., pp. 398. Now York: 1Ionry Holt Go.
II is well worth any ono's while to road this
collection Of esHays, ii for no othor purpose than
to enjoy tho maglauimous spirit of tho writer.
It ia 30 seldom tint wo tiud high ordor OF tal-
ont broadened and dcopenod by culture, and
Wooded to Boul Of equity, candor, nnd veraoi-
ty. Whom We do moot tho marvel, tho finest
qualities Of our nature are oxcitod to enthusi-
ann. It iB o revelation OF tho divinity In mon,
only loas inspiring mud onnobling than royola-
tion Of Divinity itsolf
Tho frat four ossays occupying ono-half tho
volume, relate to tho recent Civil War In
America and every render, North and South,
capable OF generous emotion, will feel an I'M
pulse to take tho hand of tho writor and thank
him gratefully for tho fair, kind aud truo
words he has spoken Of every incident connect
ed with our terrible Atrifo which ho has alluded
to. Coming from MI Englishman. this ungrudg-
Ing Justice touches lla moro nearly thpn II 1t
sprang from tho representative Of any othor
race. We can moro cordially love and hate
tho mother-nation than any people on tho
face Of tho earth. Dispute it as VIC may, VIC foel
the tic Of blood that unitoB uB; wo recognize
the likeness there is botwoon us; ITO acknowl-
edge our inheritance Of character aud language;
and it cuts ua to lncot With wrong, injustice,
misunderstanding, from thoso so noar of lin,
from whom wo have = right to expect the appro,-
Of conBangninity. Thus 1t gratifics us moro
than any other praiso to have q grcat-souled
Eng1ishman, with capacity largo enough to take
In our motives and circumstances, and trAnsac-
tlons, pronounce upon them with indisputablo
Tho subjects of tho four essays in question
are Tho Military lifo Of Con. Grant; A Memoir
Of Gen. Leo Almiralu Farragut and Porter aud
the Navy Of the Union ; aud A Northern Raider
III the Civil War Zurich Dahlgren). Familiar as
wo may be, from current newspaper accounts
md subsequent histories, with tho whole course
Of tho War, and with tho conduit Of tho officers
and soldiory, we Gnu scarcely know DO much, or
hayo HucIa broad aud exnct views Of tho gigantic
ronm aud bravery Of tho other, as not to bo ir~
st1ucted by the testimony Of theBe csBays. They
will help the reader, abovo oil, to lay aside
tho last remnaut Of political bias and partisan
eugagel on either side Of the late tremendous
conflict, with q full mcaaure Of horror aud I'd
lniration.
To Gen. Grant aa to Gen. Loo, to AtrniraIs
Fnrrhgut and Porter, to each individual officer
distinguished under their command. and to tho
body Of troops they led on laud and sou, Col.
Cheanoy docs ampo and refined justice. uo ias
studlod the management OF the War by Unionists
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nvc ia on;n;oneH tI,o lirhcst aatnnr;tyl Yhnn'
ht,opoforo @ 1i'oan onin;ona nra wormjv favnroHlo
- ,ha ab;,itr su md painoncv of thn ;mnrovisnd
armies < who fought 80 tenacously M and 80 heroic.
S5 ar5,ar;,o, -. c;yan has ca,,so ~ In 1rond an ,ln
Of l. tic @ Communication. ' ~ r WV ''''>' ''''1
In couple Of eBaays entitled stDr Fczensac's
W., Iarant = norn,sn soid;er ~ t,a T;rgt IN.
,ra ri osnau qavowa thn ,lito iii ~ aa,,;,,a
1 ,.,ston, ~ Nnn9,oon Th;a IL sn,joset has
snn sn.d III nttara n,ost cn1t ~ "n Eus,;. u
n, ~ ~ trcat wit farncaa Tnt ,,s .ee ~ ysat
a,,;r;t t,'o ,rrtar annrnonsu Il Fn,1v .tanrn ~
In tba lorinninr7 Tho moti,n nv which he will ho
royorno1:
This in to loy astae. as fas "a NAV bo. oil pronoa
session for nyann. the nun. md look only at what
the aemcra. u1 Iaso mong ~ ior granted 10 "has,
cept 10 onosdeI statement from any nationai stor-
an who rejects whas y dtsaseful to bis authorities
that any man ever lived ho il so ar and ncepas
science war, had tho gift of infsl|IbIlty Gather
carefully from actual Witnesses. nigh nnu LOW. SUCH