Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-06-02
FIGHTING JOE HOOKER.
sherman Denounced as Making War
Like a Brigand-He Had NO More 10
Do with Ending the war than the
Man I'm the Moon.

sherman DGAOlAGCA - lAaEAAnA aoA
Like a Brigand-He Had NO More 10
Do with Ending the war than the
Man in the Moon.
New York Times.
Your correspondent called on Maj.
Gen. Joseph Hooker yesterday, and
found him hale and hearty. Upon the
introduction of the subject of Sher-
mans Memoirs, he gravely condemned
the manner IN which some of the coun-
try's best-known Generals had been
spoken of in them. Said he: 81 had
rather be among those maligned by the
Memoirs than among those commend
ed" In MS esteem Gen. Thomas was
the great General of the amy, Sher-
mans superior as a soldier IN every
sense. Farragut was the hero Of the
war.
He then made the following criticism
Of the Memoirs and their author: 81
have no objection in the world to stat
ing to you briefly my opinions in re-
gard to the extraordinary publication
of Gen. Sherman's Memoirs. / think
it is the first instance recorded where
a commander cast aspersions IN this
manner on his whole command. have
no taste for responding to Gen. Sher-
man'sslanders, butmay do so, neverthe-
less, at the proper time. Indeed, my own
command almost requires all Of this OF
me, and I shall not shrink from the re-
sponsibility, no matter whether these
ISLANDERS emanate from the commander
Of the army or any other functionary
Of the Government. [ feel indignant
at the desecratiOn of the hono-ed
names Of Thomas, Farragut, MePher-
son and a hest Of others might men,
ton. 1 do not envy the man who had it
IN his nature to do so, as it seems
General Sherman had. His march
to the sea, in my judgment, is not
properly understood yet. Farragut's
conception and execution Of the great
capture Ct the Lower Mississippi had
much more influence on the close Of
the war than anything that Gen. Sher-
mans army did. But people must not
be surprised at his stopping over, for
he has been doing this all his life. This
is enough, trust, to give the people an
index Of my opinion of the Memoirs
and their author. Apparently he is
impatient for advancement, when, l
think, he should be well satisfied with
what he has already obtained. He
made war ike a brigand, while many
other Generals never forget that they
were making war on their countrymen.
Gen. Grant learned the character of
his Lieutenant long before the war was
ended, and now, if Sherman is ignored
by the Administration, he can only |
thank himself for it. The march |
to the sea up TO Atlanta was
well done, but beyond that the |
enemy disappeared from before Sher-
mans Amy, and followed Thomas,
who demolished them at Nashville. 1t |
is ridiculous to talk of SherInan's |
having ended the war, put up the price |
of gold, or taken Richmond. He had |
no more to do with any of these than
the man in the moon. He did, how |
ever, leave a black streak in his rear, |
for which, no doubt, some of his cOun-
trymen justified him. I think, ho1v-
euer, that Il tCiH, some time or other, be |
considered disgracetul By the great |
Christian lCorld. When the press re-
covers from the shock it and the coun-
try received on the appearance Of the
Memoirs, take it for granted that it |
viii show less indulgence and leniency |
toward the author than it has done thus
far. It appears to have been appalled,,
ike all others, by the magnitude of the
perpetrated on those whom the
nation hOnOrs as It's best defenders, and
who, being dead, are silent"