The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-05-28

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MEMOIRS OF WH Y. SHERMAN By
i!IM-Ei.T la $50 yDisi.u, Nv York
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sHFiyHN. ~ C"WsIA-.p uF rUr ARMY cF
THE wEsr.
ON th, 18Th Of March, 1861, General
Sherman, and ia the forty fourth year Of
his ar,., relieved General Grant in the
c"inu.aul "f TIA" Military Division Of the
Mi>>issirPi, and from tIat time forward
lac hccan" next To General Grant. the
conspicuous liSur" Of tie war The Gen
erals who served under him w,r. Srho.
icld, Ti.omis. Mel I'lcrsou and .;...sI. Cen
rr:,l Grant had jas; 'rri nominated to
the cIiicf command "f .II tilr armies of
Union, aud WIS on hi- way "a Richmond
to accept tli- duties Of lis Supr-m" sta
iinn. General Sherman Travelled with
linn rs far ~ Cincinnati for ilc purpose
Of discussing privately EIany little lie
tails and incidents OF his new rank and
the great duties that drvUlvrd upon him.
There is singular story of General
Grant that, when taking command Of
the army, lac was anxious to draw again
into its service thoS,. officers Of note and
influence who had for various reasons
'Irifted into inactivity and discomfort"
among them Generals Buell., Mcclellan,
burnside, McCook, and Fremont. Gencr-
nj EsfTrf,Fsrl44
ii WIS., ami prudent {" giv" All these cfii
GERS appropriate commands that would
enable them tu regain the influence they
| Ind lost, ~ and lac instructed Sherman To
specially look out for Buell., MrCock
| and Crittcudcn. As it was manifest
| that we were 10 lIav" some hard fighting,
he was anxious to bring into harmony
every man and every officer oi skill in
the profession Of arms. The purpose
was only partly realized, and Sherman in
| forms us, Mr.. Stanton, Secretary of War,
''was notoriously viudictivc in his Pr"iu-
dices, AMI would not consent Ia the em-
pIoymcnt Of those high officers. We
mention this fact as one not generally
known in the history Of thr war, and
rejecting credit upon the diScrrmmcnt
and the generosity Of tirant, who h"licv-
ed that to suppress the Rebellion it he
came necessary To Use every ng, ncy that
could be obtained.
TTF MASSACRE OF FORT PILLOW.
Shortly after Shcrnam's taking com
maud General Forrest mad" iiU,t famous
raid Which resulted in ia" raprur,. Of
Fort Pillow The question as tn wh"tL-
cr the troops Of Forrest massacrcd them
gro garrison at Fort Pillow las always
been one of the proLirns Of the war In
allud;n- to- it General Sherman informs
us that he had intended the vacation OF
Fort Pillow ana had So ordered Il, hut
that General iiulhUTt had retained II
. small ga..i>on ito encourage the ci'iist-
mrnt of the blacks - sol,ii"rss, which was
a favorife political policy al That time
Consequently, th" cXp"sur" al "a small
garrison in an unsupported, ,"Uiiy nag fort
and the massacre that followed. arp hot
W u l'4l f'f'AttA sHli' iA4isAi'
As To the massacre, the General now
says that no doubt the troops al ForrcS;
"aclcd like n set Of l.lrbarianS, shooting
down t.., helpless negro garrisuu after
the fort was in their possession. lie
gives Forrest the credit Of stopping the
firing ns soon rs he could, and bears
testimony to the fact that, when Forrest
took Federal soldiers prisoners, lie was
usually Kind 10 them Bat III" had
desperate ;cE of fellow. ,,i,,irr him, and
at that time tlIcrr is no doubt the feeling
of the Southern rr"plc Was frarluliy
savage. on this very point oi our max
ing soldiers out Of their late slaves, ahd
Forrest Inay l:ay- sI,areji this feeling.
YHE DEATH oF M'rHFE-oN.
The officer whose command gay" ri-.'
to so much bitterness Of feeling wir5 the
brilliant young Mcpherson, Who's" deHth
came upon tie country Su gri"vicu>ly at
the outset of the campaign Hood Had
hcvn appointed to command the Amy
of the South iu piare of doe Johnston,
because uf l.is being Il ''Lrtt'r tighter.
McIIrrSun AMI Hood ltti Leon IN the
same clas, at West Point and when 1t
was learned that Hood had br,u given
the command to the opposing army it
was agTceJ that We ought to b" unusual
| ly cautious aih ,r.'plrrd az all Times
l I. 4 . F..s. ( IL
| though not d.cIno,. :iUcl ut "a scholar,
or of grra: n"ntai capaciiy, was un-
doubtrdly a brave determined, aud
! rash man. II was !Eriu- the progress
of "a sally ,ua!,lrul, mad" 10y Hood for
| the prrI,usr uf tnrlinG Shcrman's rear,
that the nobl.. young McPiI.rs0m l".tlis
life. Ii was in the morning, about
| eleven O'Clock. Mcpherson mad called
oil Sllerlnln 10 talk about Ihe prospects
for the dav They walked 6" road, "a
short distance, and sat ,i",vu at thc foot
OF tree 10 study n uap. There waSam
occasional miIskcirv firing and artillery,
but suddenly IN one part 81 tlic liza" an
increased firing began to Er heard. I'VE
took my pocket compass. - says sherman,
swhich always carried with ne, AMI 10y
noting the direction Of the sound we be
came satisfied that the firing was too far
to- onr left rear To- be- explained 10y known
facts. and H. hastily called for hi~ horse,
hi. staff. and hi. ordrrli.s. Mcphersou
was then in his prime, about tliirty-four