Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-02
ROSECRANS.
Slap at Sherman,snd q Severe One-HO
MBucing of Words with the Com
mander OF the army OF the
Republic.
New York HeTald.l

New York Herald.l
EGAN CANYON, New, June IL
Your esteemed favor reached me by last
mail, having been forwarded from my
home, San Rafael, California. l have to
thank you for the courtesy extended to
me through The columns OF the Herald
for anything l may desire to write on
the war. A Union general who was q
department commander during part Of
that period could hardly fail to become
special possessOr of many facts import
ant to its history. Nor is it much to say
that this possession makes him an in
voluntary trustee for the special benefit
of the public and of posterity. l have
always felt the obligation of this trust
and endeavoreJ 70 discharge it. Official
ly, the public records of my military
and civil administration, il not per-
feet, will, L believe, be found
inferior to no other. Personally,
when relieved from the command
of the department of the Ohio TO
enable the President, by the creation Of
the Mountain department, TO provide
for political exigency; when relieved
from the command of the army Of the
Cumberland, after the campaign Of
Chattanooga, and when relieved from
the command of the department OF Mis-
sOuri, although l abstained from laying
before the public facts due to the truth OF
history because l thought their disc~-
sion would not subserve the interests OF
the nation, then in its struggle for life,
yet placed on official record or public
ly stated enough to cOntrsdict the Off
cial and personal calumuies by which ii
was sought to disguise or justify these
latter removals from command, for
which neither the public press nor
the army could see good reasons.
And, again, when in his annual report
the commanding general OF the army
signed his name to an official statement
respecting affairs in the department OF
Missouri while under my command, in
testimony before the committee on the
conduct Of the war, and in my per-
sonal report to the Sdjutant-general
of the army, l explicitly called
attention to the fslsehoOds contained in
his statement, and gave the opportunity
| tor a. investigation which would have
| vindiCated history. To this extent l
| have discharged the duties, personal and
! official, which circumstances have i'm
| posed upon me; and should the custO-
| dams Of the archives which contain
| tIl0SG TeCOTUS U6 u uli4Iul ~ LuSlA Lluol
! they will in due time come before the
public. Many of them have already
been published, and that 9th sTs are not
known has been owing to circumstances
over which I have had 10 control. The
calumnies contained in BA:eau's "Life
Of General Grant" respecting portions
0fmy military management have passed
unnoticed by me, partly because the
facts to refute them have been scattered
broadcsst by the press or in published
official reports laid before the public
and partly because 1 thought tie time in.
oppOTtune when the eXigencies Of a gov
eruing party rendered it necessary to
prevent truths from becoming known
which would tend to destroy the popu'
larity of leader whOm-Slbeit against
their better instincts-its chiefs have felt
it necessary to set up. These reasons
and the imperious duties of laDOrious
life have compelled me to leave unful'
filled 8 minor portion of what l owe tC
my country. And as they still remain
| shall at present oe unable to avail my
self of the courtesy Of the herald, 10y
contributions through its columns, Il
add details to the history of the war
Remaining very truly yours,
| w s. ROSECRANS,