, 1875-11-26

| sB not RiFcn to isant. II II al.nwu by tho No.
tl'o'fs lhat ths move was discussed at tho head
! guhrtera Of tiatlock At 1T. 1.nu'a by him Will,
| Fhcrnth'l and othera beforo Grant wont tltcro
thai aso f1noIl had Buot nluve in I,iH
brain. tifant, too. at t:aro. Around whom Hal
ieek vas assembling an at1n1. was toeE!ng over
own mind thu nrnPriety and Tho rlan for break
| Ing up the Confederate limos. 1t Ia shown,
fnrthsf. that Grant inapetuouslY nrgod Tho be-
! ginning Of tho movement earlier !llsn Unlock
thought II could DO pruiantly 1natt.
| That this earlier desire Of Grant to move
| should not bo scce1ed 10 by fIneck is not to
tile cre1i, or ttsrrett OF either. IIalleck had Al
tit. Louis a wider field to survey, and greater
| nnuvsn,tnts to provIlo for, than Grant, wl.oso
ccu,'patd and whose vtewa woro then limited to
| t'alro nlnt tho pnn field and movement before
lin. It n no way dottacta from the reputation
Of any Of the many educated officers ii, ia tho
ramo general ficfa Of operations they werc Rnek-
inR solutions Of tho eame problem. and arrived
rercssig 1t Tho Rame Eonorai conclusion, though
by different roads. No great eront or discovery Of
ts'o ages but It has been clearly proved. whom
many wldoiY-sovered aud skilled minds were
working and had worked nearly out tho ranla
gcnern! problem. unknown to each other. ono
WAS tlrnt before The public, but who was tho
real original no ono could tell. Tho great
steamboat, the telegraph tue raArsr tho How-
inE.lnnchlnc, these and most o.hpr successes,
tinh many sturdy claimants for tho honor OF
orlgihation. Tho same result ie il military no.
tOno VI E4lkSAteu lul41h III tn3 8AUl0 tlcIus
Whilst many Sors thinking Of tho movs Grant.
under or1lers or bYpeEmissloD, made It. and
gnlhed tho frat great victory OF tho War. ntl In
onsit1el to the fulteht credit. Who originated
i'frt tho MoHgaf, Ia Of little moment, and cannot
be known.
Thero Ia most persistent effort to show that
Sherman should DO hold responsible for tho
FiHar DA1'a BAD REauLTs AT sHILoH;
and that tho same came ftom permitting hInsolf
to DO surprised. But, ~ Sherman was not in co-
mAnd, And Grant vas, as tho assignment Of
placo was tho act Of Grant; as oil that took
placo--oyory act move, and doyclonmont-wae
reported II tho1e Was any bisme, it doos not A.
ZACH to Sherman. but thero Vas no blame
shoro was no surprise or neglect. Tho Copfel,
oralo army was nevor 20 woIR oi{Iceroj Al At th!s
battle. II ront into tho engagement unlor Tho
moss favorable circumstances. Tbs regular
haud. Thoy ali voro onth,,siastc' M @ and j in ito Il,
belief that they wcre attacking, a. ttey were
undor tho most favorable clscu1nataacea, With o
larger force, and that Huocess would be certain
and OF tuestImablo advantage, and DESTROY Tho
Union cause, Tho Confederate army yforo on
tholr own ground. Tho restdoutH of tlo place,
whose lands our army held, and who
know every hIl and ya{o, every crook and
turn, were In their ranka and With them, or
In tho Uuion linos AZ 8pies, noting and reporting
precisely where each forco lay, and how. Tho
ground was Ruitod to conceal movemnnts by
those Who Wished to do 90. 10 Avold al danger
of misleading, tho route, up hill down, and
Ia
they waro and whcra 10 march, Under their
great COMMANDERS tue Contederakos had bet-
ter chance to pucceod In hiding than our own
In discovering. Tho ploksts and cavalry roportsf
op9aRsments took plsoo, and ali we're On lie
alert. Sherman know and reported to Grant.
Whilst zach know tho enerny wcra Ia front, and
in force not far on. cacn believed the immediate
WAS restless and uneasy, for Uuol lad not rot
up. llo did not ontrench or fortify, for ho lad
no ordero to do so, sud Grant never did do thst
avon When stacking tho trenches and tortitica-
ttons at FORTS Henry and Donaldson. The
enemy stacked undar 1uspicea the most
favorable possible to tlon,, and tho won
dor WAS that they did not succeed or
that Sherman ond Graut SHOULD have becn
able to hold thelr own and give auch grest
loss to tho attacking party, which had ut tho
sst all the advantage to dcseroy the Union tno.,.
Yet On tho fipal summing-up Of the loss, It uae
shown th4t tho Union toss, all told, killed,
wounded, missing, md prisoncrs,-vas 1a,2l7,
and tho Confederate wns 10, G9y 1N'
1t IL compaiued that bhcrmau did
NOT GIVE caEp,1 ENOUGH 70 puu1L AND u1s COM.
nAsp.
Dut did Grant, rhoso 1t was7 After tho frat
day--wheu tho Uuon army at night lad tiuo to
think and reform ita lines, and learn precisely
tho posture OF Affairs, to got out Of confusion
Into organization, the noldiera to know Who were
on the right and left, there Was, In I'll who lay
rblo sight Of dead, and tho terrible eroans OF the
ronnlsd who could not be aidcd conadencs ia
their strength, and a REORGANIZATION to retriayn
tho ncxt day, tho Rronnd aud Hutcesa lost. II Is
beloved this decision would have won the victo-
y without taell. At midnight, when Grant
rode up to Sherman and communicated that
Duell was getting on tho 1ald, and that
Isased to tbe o soldless IN y line. though they re
they had gained before, ~ they had deter.n,nei
to regain aud VIA. Buell. and hts army insured
susesss ~, oeyond @ question. and qnckor' too; bus
@ stes progross Tho tlFat day. Tho defeat md tho
nseht "eso great events, deserving tho Efeateat
ptatstng. Tho bravery and the skill o& Sherman
we're conspicuous and inspsred confidence. He
uallock ard other ofticsrB rot Grant Into trouble
mad virtually suspended h:m from command for
months Until! no Was On the owe OF packing up
AID leaytng tho service tn disgust tho expostnla-
lions Of Sherman kept him to big place, and 70
his " iatuIe glorious career. sherman denied and
dtsrrofed al The charges Of surprise or other
wise: when Halleck himHelt waa relieved, aud
Grant resumed hts conmAnd, and his progress
theocafo1Wsrd @ nss to glory.
After Shiloh, after all tho other battlea up to