, 1875-05-16
hl Grant or Shernaa Plan Tho narea to
thl Sea?-Shtruan Claims tAs
Ratire Credit.
Tbs Romance Of Marching
Through Georgia"
Quarrel with Secretary Stanton---HoH
TIA Great General Publicly Re-
sAuted the Insult OF Tho
Great Secretary. r.

Ths Assassination OF Lincoln.--How tie
Confederate Officers Rseeivea
the News.
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Nee TorE HeraM
EExo11s OF HEN. WILLIAM r. sHEu1an. By Him.
x,lE In Two volumes. New York: D. Appleton
Ga 1S7s~
Our htat article 90 tais noted work concluded
With tho first yo;ame. The kecond volume en-
braces the narrative Of his career from 1he ap-
pointznent OF Gfan, to command The arnaiea uuti1
tha close of the war. Tho second volume en-
braces many points that have hnretofo:s been
IN controversy, and the huth Of WHICH will be
largely determined by TIE evidences Of tho great
aoidier. This more especially ~ to the march TO-
the seA and tho fnAf campaign E1ich 1od 70 tue
surrender OF Johnstan's army.
xHE:RMAN II COMMAND OF THE AnadI OF TIE TEsT.
On tbs 18th Of March, 1864. Gen. Sherman,
then in the 41th year OF his age, relieved Gen.
Grant in ths command OF the Military Dlvieion
It ths Mississippi, and from that time forward
hs became next to Gen. Grant tho conspicuous
figure OF the War. The Generals who served
under him wsns Sohofeld Toomaa, Mcpherson.
knd Steele. Gen Grant had just been nozni-
nated to this chief command Of all the sTnles OF
the Union, and was on his way to Richmond to
accept the dnsies Of his supreme station Gen
Gharmau travelled with him al far as Cincinnati
for the purpose Of discussing privately
many little details incident to his nan
rank and ths great duisa that do
'valvad upon him There il singular
story Of Gan. Grant that, vhea taking command
Of tia army, ha WIS anuous to draw again into
III ssrv1ce those officers OF note and inauencs
who had for various reaeons ''dritted into in
activity and d,scootent," among them Gers.
Buell., Mcclellan. Burnside, AcCook, and Fro
mont Gen. Grant, Sherman informs rs,
"shought 1t wiso aod prudent to giEe al these
officers appropriate commands thst would enable
them to regain the influence they bad lost" and
he inAtructed Sherman to specially look out for
Busl, Mccook, aud Crittenoen. Aa it wna man
Neat that Va were to have some hard bghhnE,
he was anxious to bring into harmony every man
md every officer Of sk1ll in the profession Of
a1nna. This parroao Was only partly realized,
md Eherman informs us Mr. Stanton, Secretary
OF Var, "was notoriously Tinaictive in his preju-
dioea, and would uot consent to The employ
n1ant of these high oficerA. Ws mention this
fact ~ one not generally known in the history
IT tho War, and radectinE credit upon the dis-
nrnnent and the generosity Of Grant, who
talisvsd that to Suppress tbs Rebellion il ~as
necessary ia usa every agency that could ba OBJ
timed.
There il tfpe, patriotic story Of the Hon.
Aaea Guthrie, formerly Secretary OF tbs Treas
~ under Presidents Pierce, md tho President o1
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rzrfAAEe FOR ATLANTA
St greater events were impending. Gen.
kaesAn'a three ofhcers-Thouas, Mcpherson,
md ,ho6eld-wers men Of education aud e1pe-
nen. who possessed 6pecial qualities Of mind
Aad1aracser which, " ho aa:s, - fitted them in
kha CHEST degree for the work then lD rontem-
platn." The number Of troops under his COM