The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-23
A Female Strategiss.

Auc We" AoIA 1FoH1e says, euitoflai-
ly: "Thi. year. MS for several years past,
Miss Anna Ellen Carroll CONES before Con-
gress with, Asr claim for. cnmp- aSstion Tor
services r.ndered during the civ! war. For
a. whie tAis cr'p Was laughsd at on gen
eral principles, because Mas Carroll was a
.omap. Afterwards i was fro~ned upon
as disrespec,ful in its essence to some Of
our great captains, Bat it gathered
strength and, consistency aA the while un.
ii! at last it obtained the s,,Rrages of many
congressman and the favorable repnrt Of 4
committee. !. is by no means impossible
that IL may Yet be reco ynized by c1nsider-
able parties IN both houses, aud even that
it may yet be recognized BY considerable
parties in both houses, and even that Miss
Carroll may some day obtain the compen
sa,iop she axis. Her clnip is certainly an
sumes to prove that she originated and
suggested to lac goasgpmens the plan for
opening the Mississippi and breaking the
rebel power in the sopgthwest, which WAS
hn'tIlS alop ed aud carried out. She claim.
To- have made out detailed plan of the
cappnign il which our armies a-qendei the
fepnessee river to tie decisive position
which they occupied on the he,pphis and
Ci'as+eAtan ra lroal. SHE qIail,s further to
have written AN importan. series oi papers
on the Rebellion, FOR viii tie war depars.
Inebt promisei her a compensation which
she has nut received. The latter claim is
not so serious, and will scarcely hold. but
the proofs she brings n sustain her asser-
tons in relation To the Tennessee carppaigns
are of il character which it Is almost equal
ly difficult to admit or deny.
"The HIN. Thomas A., Scott, assistant
secretary of war, cersihes to she business OF
the claim in the most positive aud unqaali.
lied manner. Ills statement is worth CIV
ing in hi. cwo words:
"PnILADELrHIA, June "a, IS{0.-On
ar chou. the 30th ef November. 1861, Miss
Carroll, as stated in her memorial, called
on me, as assistant secretary OF war, and
suggested the propriety OF abandoning the
which MAS then preparing to
dcscsnd the Mississippi river, aud to adart
instead the Tennessee river, and handed to
me the plan of campsign, AZ appended to
her memorial, which plan / submitted to
the secretsry Of war, and its general ideas
were adopted. On my return from The
southwest in 1862, Uniformed Miss Carroll,
~ she states 10 her memorial, that through
the adoptian Of this plan the Country had
been saved millions. and tina. is entitled
Der to the kind consideration Of con .res.
"THoXAs A. ScorT." i
Col. colt repeats this unreserved dec!ara
tim in two or three different furms. The
Hon. B. Wade is equally emphatic. lie
says that Presiispt Lincoln and Mr.. Stan.
ton both informed him that the credit of
the Tennessee camprisn was due to Miss
S"ithh. ho iAo"- VI II: Dto H'hS, ScHh
tor from Illinois. gives the same evidence
with rqu,l dissnctness. CHG Justice Evans,
Of the supreme court Of Texas, goes further
into details, giving the case Of the memorial
lat far more faily and strongly ttsn she pre-
sents it herself, The venerable Elisha Whit.
tlesey joins in the came represen ntions.--
Such legal authosities as Revcrdy Johns ~
andrrumsI Smith say that the eyider ce is
in her favor. Finally, the military
committee Of ME Senate in the Forty -Gr,t
Congress, latter maturely weighing the case,
through their chairman. Senator
FORWARD, of Michigan, that Miss Carroll
had established her claim.
The case thus supported is one Of tbs
most remarkable ones WHICH haze ever
come before the national legislature. The
decision is OF importance to more than toe
memorialist. IT it is in her favor, the
country will, of course, give her ungrudg-
ingly the compensation she deserves.
although others have already he, munif-
Gently paid in money and glory for the
work she claims to have done"