, 1875-09-20
GEN. SHERMAN.

GEN. SHERMAN.
An Interview on the subject OF His
oirY-f;cn. noyntor's Criticisms
Eritictset-IIe t:na No Inte..ttan of
Revising HIS 1sook. .....
|,Jtap1poi CoYYtsnonocute tfe1hn1ti Ga.effe.
1t III enrly hour Tuesday mcrnlnE called II
the house Of his hoet and found him alone, Tut
ready tor callers. Flo greeted me cordially. aud
yery soon hls Memoir" bccnne the toD1c Of
conversation. It once he hcgau hcrat>ng Gau.
poynton, the Gasetif's able Washington corre-
sppndeut, nott Boundly. aud aaeslred me he didu't
care it conveyed to him his ~ords: "Yeu hsro
marked. "Oh, yes erery ono carefully; and
l sss,,fe yos ho duu't know what he iA writing
about, lIe shons himself to be 1nost pro-
found l9noranus. 80 f1r n military m0se tss;
q man Of bin thility could show himself OF
to such poor advantage. Hut tho fact III he IL
try;ng to Whip Geu, Howard o9e7 ny thcnldeF'
"But noticed III tho UaNf1es Washington
TINT you contemplated revising your book, sud
had written curtain otficotH promie'nE to correct
somo errors. Have tscn. Boynton'a criticisms
induced yHu to do no 7" " l Lave not thought "
instaucns / have got the natnes OF oihcora
coufuscl, For inst*nce, l have written Beard
wban IL should be Ward. Sim.iar lntNtakes have
occurred ssewhere, the result Of hasty. proof
fGn0DE 01EEPt III UHE llilaiiGs AAI4 t0EA 6iolu
The pano wrong. These errors vii be corrected
IL tho pe1t edition by simply cutting ont the
wrong nRne frot1 tho Htereotyped plates and
iuAs1t.rg tho cozrec. nhsDS in type. Mt. Appeton
tells INC this Gao bo easily done put aaall not
change single sentence. Al Jet know Of
mons to changu. Tho book Ia meeting With
largo sate-,puch larger thao had any reasou
to anticipate, and ativerre cIiteisus. cspcclals
such eritcisnls as Mr.. Bo;nton's, have Aided
rather than relucad the sale."
'1iow mnny eopses hase eseu toa?' IT
don't know. I keop no account Of tho sates.
The pnblislers lave euti1s control OF that. l3ut
! am toia the sa|os sso tsead''J increasing.
''Have you Ind any co.resroDdc,'ce With Gan.
Logan Hincn tue publication Of tho book 7" "Oh
yes. eone of his frieuds think 1spoke s!ightingly
Of him. but didn't. ! anaP!y told the truth.
No was and il politician. aud wheu II became
peccssary 10 se1oes \ h,ccen~oz to poor McpAeE-
Kon thought it bcet to baltct ono who waR q
eo1dles by profsss.op. Md uol By accident. Our
whole future dspouded on this correctness, II
al Mi..ys, Of h,B military. record. Logan MAS
absent from his eo,nnaand ot:ea- 0nss CT
twica he Was csnvastiug 10 Illinois. TIts Was
all we'll enough for him. but 1t wasn't for mo,
upon whom 31f. Lincoln and tho ooun-
try placed the responsibility Of carrying ont ctr
platis u, s,4cueesfulfy. A CORES commander alasys
ought to 10 At his post. When not eueagsd in
baltic i1e il needed, AMI for month before GO
ing into battia lie should hare an eyenpon every
ihiuE. For these reasopa selected Howard in
ptsad Of either Logan OF Da,s. didn't nrite
ny ny book 10 eulog.ze any ono but in speaking OF
my roasons for eoiootiug Howard Whs compelled
to give m7 true resnonn, which did. PGEEoIal-
". l.avo high regard for Con. Logan. He's a
good man, and v a. brave. earneHt officer, and
one Of tho dusst looking foltons ever saw on
horseback. What haye said abont him III my
book Ia certainly not to his ,njuty. and do not
think he regards it so. Our relations ar' very
Are they 10 With Geu. Grant 2" $50 far "
know. They wefe the lust time #o net"
:. What do you think Of Gen. Grants criticism
On your book ~ rublisnea III the papers e:hs u
tet, weeks ago "a" To uhst cite do ynu refer 7 ~
that. 1t sald hs closed your book niter reatllpx
u, 1e.narkiug, 'lIeretofuro l thought Ahti
something To do with lie conduct Of tho Nar,
but fsom Shermeu'B book find l did not.'' "
| 3an't believe Gen. ltAnt over eaid anything ot
| The kind. It isn't like him.
"Did Jou eyor tssumu lrieudly relations Nith
! Secretary Stanton after Tic cut al Washing
ton on tic day Of the grand 1oyiew Of the
troops7" "DefoIs he died we wera very frend'
| ly. He saw he had msds mistake and apolo.
| c,zed. aud our friendship was reasored. Stanton
| Naa ambitions. During tho War ho was deter.
mined to conluar tue eonth, and did everything
| to accomplish hts purpose. But when ho IA"
va had item in our clutches, ho began caatIpp
about him to SEQ who was ~ l,ular
OF ss likely 10 bs tho next President
- be- wa,. lilo fully Intended to aucccod LIN
coin in 1865 Tho thought never entosed III.
n,lll that 1raut wanted Or would take It. ant
ho determined 10 break me down. I didn'
| know tnat rAB hla intention when he visited me
soon sfass my arrival u Savannah, but / lc2snot
1t 10 afterEard, aud Vas Gu MY guard. TIE sol
tlicrr knew 1t, too, and when stepped onto lllt
| platform in Washington on tho day Of ths
rsy,sw. svory eyo was npon mo to SEQ II
| hAd the gI1t ak Auch time 70 resist such Il
Insult, I believe stanton respected me NOR.
for II, and I'm sure tue boys did. l mentsonct
my trouble with him In my book simply becsnsa
i1,a \ fact !h tbs history of the War. Had
ignored It should not have boon irue to IL,
purposes whicn intauded the book TO subsorse
Il would hAyo been far more agI eeahje. l assure
yo11, to have mAde no mention Of 1t. The saus'
IL true in regard To selecting Howard iustead 0
Logan or liar. Personally preferred not {.
Eiso my TeAsons. but sha vofy uasufs vt my baoi
compelled ne to do 30.
"fou ~rote most Of your Momoirs in Wash,
iuston. did you pos7" / asked. ''All of II
sbe.e.@ "What drst suggested saeh work
'Ths need OF II. VIII . i'll Europe several OIL
Gers aud gentlemen asked ma 10 ublls4 ~ ae
count OF my campaigns, aud IN thus country
was repeatedly urged 10 do tue Same thing. Iht
HISTORY Of many uioyeMsltS aust e''ragemHn't
xaa lnkuoEn. aud the future historian wonl!i b
obliged 10 t1ly ul,ou tlleB Of newspapers. Man!
OF these Artlcles Hese nee 'ssAsty 4lurtrfect 81!
tdsa, therefore, xas 10 gsso correct outline q
. moyemnuta. nn.i tue seaaona which leu u
them. Nest ot tAeso teaHona no QUE knew o.
could knnw b1s uybeEf. ! onncaIyed them ant
retained than. eao pt "a thy hecsnc AppaEen
write = history OF me War. u th4s part Of u II
! wt:eA Nas lln edlat"ly Interested. ! tat
uei,Ler lie tina ,t.r, lre:4bl', tho ability. "
ata.sa in tlo ntfaes. Lat thtFc arc ipuuy peo
pl% who ptofs.s u bo professions! os.scs' !
acems who never lnok 1t q Geface. 30 hav
1 | been blamed for omissicus sud Other suppose
orto1s which the scope Of NY Look Was not IN
tendad to include" ..
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