The daily gazette., 1875-05-22
The Daily Gazette
c. P. JOHNSON. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
WILMINGTON. DEL, MAY 2e, 1875
General Sherman's Book.


since his election to the Presidency,
General Grant has seemed to monopo.
hze whatever military glory arose out
OF the war in national sense And he
has made the most Of it. All other
Generals have had to content them
selves with the limited favors to be
found in their States, excepting one, two
or three who have been sent to the Sen
ate, and as many more that have been
satisfied to act as body servants for the
President.
General Sherman had felt for several
years while in Washington that he was
entirely overlooked. He saw Grant 8
system OF dispensing favors to those
who made him presents and who fawned
about the White House. was engrossing
the whole attention Of the politicians Ct
TIE Republican party, and he therefore
abandoned the capital city and escaped,
as 1t were, to far distant place, where
he would not feel the nef lect which
every General has experienced in Wash
ington who could not stoop to enter the
circle, and become q satellite, of which
Grant was the centre.
Free from this circle, General Sher-
man has written book which he no
doubt thinks is history of the war.
But Of this others will have to BE the
Judge as well as himself. We do not
believe truthful history OF the war
can emanate from men who were them
selve- the slaves Of passion and preju-
dice, and who were led into a war of de-
ISOLATION by such men as Old Jno. Brown,
Lloyd Garretson, Wendell Phillips, II.
Ward Beecher and Theodore Tilton.
But Shernan's book, aside from this,
Will be valuable addition to the mass
already published about the Great Re.
oellionj and it has already created a
profound sensation in military circles as
well as among those who have taken
especial interest in the most prominent
ngnres OF the war. Great pains had
beer ,aken, 1t appears, to have it spread
abroad IN an underhand, quiet way. that
Grant was the author Of the "March n
the Sea- and that Sherman was only
carrying out the plan which his superior
officer had originated. This has long
been felt by Sherman and he very nrc,
perly takes occasion in his book TO set
the matter right. In referring to this
book the New York Herald discusses this
point fully, and we make the following
extract, which shows that Grant hos
been cognizant of the injustice done tc
Sherman:
General Sherman, in his book, plain.
~ says that the march to the sea con-
eSeoed by foreign critics to be the most
Iflnlant achievement of the war. was
ms own act, and that he has been de-
5led TINS honor by the friends Of Presi.
ueht Hfant. Let us quote his own word.
70 MAKE our statement exact On nogo
up volume II, Of his Memoirs, the Gene.
"a says This was the first time that
Ienefai Grant assented to the march to
eme sea- ana although many of his warm
the author and protector Of that march I'
and that l simply executed his oians
General Grant has never, in nv onin;nn
thought so or said so.'' This clearly
means that General Sherman has suffer-
~ ~ unoer aesi the injustice put upon him by
ene trends and admirers" and histori.
ans oI deneral Grants career. In orda,.
that IL may be seen that he does NOT
speak without reason, and showing tbe
wisdom and courage of these We,uo;,s
let US quote again from two at least Of
tne military authorities whose nosition
ana information entitle them m re.
spect. First, we take General Badean
an honorable and trustworty author in
volume l, page 577, of his Military Histo-
'g o. General Grant, says that Grant
sent orders, with view TO the move
ment against Atlanta and Mobile, which
Notwithstanding his promotion, Grant
sun intended to lead in person. Tbis
operation had now been frequently ex-
planned by him to his staff. 1t was his
pan NJ tins time to fight his way to Al
lanta' and then, holding that place and
the line between it and Chattanooga. TO
Sut loose with his army either for Mo-
PIE or Savannah, whichever events
should designate rs the most practical
ohJectlve point. lie meant to concen-
tf9te Sherman's, Thomas and Scho-
nelds armies for this purpose, and en-
tertalned no doubt whatever of entire
success. When he started for Wash
lngton 1T was his firm intention To re-
turn TO Chattanooga, and while he re.
tanned control OF all the armies, to lead
IN person those which moved towards
er than this"