The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-12-13

leglanee. A. long ~ Virginia rrmain.
el ln the Union lgll Officers relaD,ed
lllHlF commissions and I'D their luty.
~ soon as Virginia seeded holh 10.
plgnea uielr commissions aud haslelled
W. place ihelr services Rt the dlspnsal of
lllflf state General Joseph lnhnsnn
had been the senior in rank in the
lhlied states army, At the time nf
lls resignation he was uuariarmaslnr
general, win the commission uf a
pflgaller general whereas Ice WAS
| only lieutenant colonel. But on Juhu-
sons arrival IN ,Rlohmond be lpnnd
wat Lees hhl ,ten appdntfd lpm-
llander,ln'ehlef Of the army Of ihe
SLATE Niuh HE rank VI major general.
Jphnhoh was " 0noe given tile same
rank, aud entrusted with the training
~ the slate leVles, On the ar0HssiOll
OF Virginia TO the confederaoy, how
eVer, General Johnson entered the con-
fedefate service, aud received from
l'rehldent phvia tine command VI liar.
pers-FerFyr while Genefal Beauregard
was appointed tq lhsSopfsderate com'
pand AZ ApiprrAs, Wee lllTQaaRlng
Ia the lpdrWcA Of NirgfhhL' The first
serloqs, Attack was made by1he'fcderal
army nader Geneghl Mcdowell against
Manassas. Johnston, at once hurled
t0 the rellefof BeapreJlrd with u por-
tion of his army leaving the remnln-
der 10 hurry attef him as qultltly ~ II
could, He arrived in time 10 consult
with Beauregard, aud agree toille plan
suggested by lhe latter, npi befotp the
plan could DO carried out, tie federal
general attacked, ahd Buli lAnf was
the result This great victory secured
| Virginia nom Invasion for tliefomaln,
der of theyear, Mcclellan was appoint
| cd 10 the command Of the northern ar
my, and he devoted the autumn aud
Winter To the work OF properly organ
Rlng and discipllning A. Early Ia the
following spring he moved his forces
by water 10 Fortress Monroe, aud
thence advanced up the peninsula 10
invest Richmond. General Johnston
assumed the direction Oftho operations
undertaken against him. Johnston
strongly urged upon President Davis TO
fall back upon Richmond, collect there
the whole military force Of the oOnied-
eracy, allow Mcclellan TO approach the
city, aud then, when he was at u dis
tl6ce from bis bqho, fail upon him, and
nlllct such n BLOW rs Would decide The
war ~ once Nv favor Of the south,
A council 81 war was held, ut which
Lee was present, and, mainly by LeGs
advice, az Johnston states, The plan Of
the latter was set aside. Under these
circumstances General Johnston de-
termined to delay the advance OF the
enemy by every means In his power,
without, however, bringing on u gem
eral engagement too soon. Accord
ingly he occupied in force defensive
line constructed by General Magruder,
which stretched from Yorktown TO
Warwick Court House. The line was
too long, and besides admitted OF being
turned, but the federal general sat
down before II, and erected siege bat
teries. When they We're ready, the
coniederates retired. AT Williamsburg
Longstreet's and HIPS division, to nj
low time for the removal Of the bag
gage and ammunition, engaged por-
ton of the federal army, and inflicted
loss twice MS great ~ these divisions
suffered themselves, npd then the
army once more fell back slowly 70 the
neigh borhood OF Richmond.
McClellan's forces in their advance
were divided into two parts by the
Chickahominy. Johnston took advant-
age of the separation to direct twenty
three out Of his twenty-seven divisions
against the Federal left wing, consist
ing of two corps, or about two'litths OF
the entire federal force. The battle OF
Seven Pines, which ensued, wasunde'
cisive, as night fell before the confed'
crates could prove the advantage they
gained and General Johston having
received severe wound, was nevel
able to resume the contest A few
days later General Lee was appointed
TO his comnRnd. Before, JQhnstQn
had completely recovered, he MAS or
| iered to the west to superiptend opera
tons in Mississippi aud Tenn essee, but
want of means compelled him to look
OH helplessly while General Grant re-
duced 1Nieksburg and aPembertoil's
army. Hihi 91oW h1t'a ~ ag,''4 %.
q The disasters experienced BY General
Bragg next summonedhim to the COM
mand Of the arny'of Tennessee. lna
campaign of seventy. days, opposed tt
an army under Sherman more than
Twice as numerous, Johnston boasts
and the boast Is corroborated by two o
Il his his corps commanders. that con
4 stantly fighting, partial engagements
Il and diminishing day aiterday, ne new
or lost an action, though he abandon
I ed much territory, and handed owe
/ the army to his successor improved III
4 morale and effectiveness. He adds ,tha
he had brought Che enemyto the neigh
-borhood of the position where he hat
intended to make q final stand, whert
they would not be able to avail them
selves of their superiority of numbers
! where, if defeated, they would he tai
from their base, and where, If he him
! self suffered a reverse, he had strons
Position to fall back upon. However
the government was dissatisfied be
i. cause he retired Iersistently befor
, sherman, and he was removed iron
, the command. Heretired into privat
life, whence he did not again emerg
until the army of the Tennessee haC
been shattered to pieces under Hood
j and Sherman had penetrated to TIT
heart of the confederacy. Then h'
, was once again summoned into tn
field. but it was only to have the mel
! ancholy honor of being the last south
: ern general who surrendered an arm
to the conQueror.
2 - Ia. .e ..
J aNarratiye of Military Operation
e directed during the late War hetwee
| 1.-The states. BY Joseph z Johnstql
: General G. S. A. New York ApWt
5 ton q Co. London: Frubner1 d CO.