Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-07

ia the auto OF work recently pub.
lishei under the title Of ShermOH's His
tO7ic1l Raid. The Memoirs ill the Lfghf
Of the Record. 4 ReUieJc 5osed DOH
compilations from the tLes Of the Var
Office ,Wi-4cb, = swim * Co Gu
clunati.J l. j. U- form with cne me-
molrs, to which it Is aptly designated IS
a companion volume Aft-r careful ex-
animation, 1t occurs 60 as hat no one
who has purchased Slerual'- work
should fail to place this alongside Of IL,
for it Is not only written with great
vig0T, c'e3rngss, and Independence, but
il supplements SIsm8u's interesting
but uutTgstTOTlhy story in many essen
tial paTticl aTs. General BIyutOn was
3 most worthy officer, and commanded
the ThiIty-ti.th regiment Of Ohio vaiuu-
teens In the army Of tie Cumberland
with great credit. He VS. severely
wounded st the battle Of Nj i1naTy
Ridge, where he earned the bravst Of
br gadieT-geueTgt fO- conspicuous GAL
IantTy. He was mustered cut Of the
service with lis regiment at
the expiration OF its t-Fm # en-
listmeu.. 10 IS reported that Gen
eTal sherman and some Of bis
misguided friends nave stTjyeI 70 create
the impress ION that General B5yr tom
ws- merely q newspaper correspondent,
and that his book could he =ffTa b5 iE-
uDred; but jIe most casual examination
OF il viii show now fa.,8ciDus t.i3 iIsa
is. 1t is just what it PuEpar.s TO- b., q
careful comparison of he memoirs with
the official TGCCri, and C0u-t tU.es
most valuable ClEtuUut on Go the Iilsfa-
lure OF the great REBELLION. Il quotes q
great number Of kilograms, letters, agd
Oticigl documents, many OF which have
not been hitherto published, and all of
which are pertinent to the questions aE d
controversies raised by Shermau'- book,
and particularly tO those which Taia-e to
matters Of fact. Toe aU nor expresses
the belief that the documents presented
in mis- volume vii. prove sufficient 90
thoroughly fJTJify General Sherman in
The claim thai his book is not history"
40 far" he says, ''Es /. conforms to
official papers, theiE production eau only
strengthen him; so far as it fails to sgree
y tn these, itDot only deserves Go be con-
demned, but the condemnation should
be measured by the prominence Of the
author and his abundant facilities for
obtaining accurate Information. Judged
by the official record, the verdict must
b. that the work is intensely eg0-isligaI,
unreliable, AID cruelty uDjusttJ neatly
sll his distingu shed associates Gem
ersl BoyntOu clearly demonstrates, by
quotations from the records, tHas Gen
eIal Grant, aud not General HsIlsck,
was entitled to the credit o. having de-
vsed the Fort DOnelsou campaign and
carried it into successful operation, and
that General Hal=gkbad nothing what
ever to do with it except to give g re-
luCtaut consent lJ Grants plans aud to
forward recruits after the campaign hsG
been fairly begun. It wi, be remem-
beTet thar sherman went on. Of his
way, on the strength Of q conversation
between himself General Hslleck and
General Cul1m, To- assign the prsi-e o.
this campaign 90 HalacE, though IL is
noteworthy that IN doing this he leaves
SC De doubt ss % whether it was
CullOm or he who pointed out
tie weak point ia the rebel line Of
Dc Tense. Turning his attention 10 the
battle Of Shiloh, General Boyut0n shows
that Sherman account u that action
is not only Incomplete, bur exceedingly
irsccursts. He maEes iJ plain that the
Union army was, -Urpl $ 81, and that
Sherman, more Jhau any other man,
wss responsible tO- 81, as well IS FOR the
failure 20 guard th5 position by suitably
by extracts from official documents not
quoted by Sherman, how that general
mad misTepreseuted the pari taken by
ROsecIans. III the battle Of Iuka and
COrinth. Our space viii not allow Us to
do more than point cut tne conclusions
reached by General B5yntOu 10 tue csse,
but it may be noted that he throws an
IL teTesiiDg light on the relations %
q taGt ana ROs5CIala, between whom an
arrangement is said to have crown Up
af eT the battle Of COTiuth. Referring
to the battle o. Chickss3T bayOu, for
the loss Of which Sherman ia his
Memoirs holds General Morgan and Gen
eI8l De CJuTcey msiuly responsible.
B)yutOn shows that "tGe very divisions
ID which Sherman uuw attributes his
failure, and upon whose commanders
be visits severe ceusCr7. TrTe thp iler Ii
cal troops ana Officers ne rsurrteF at he
time IS having done his tarll-t fight,
il &, and accomplished everything r was
possible to perform General RJyu-
cCI defends RCsGCEGUs ami Thomas, and
the Army Of the Cumber-
land, Tor their part III the battles 81
ami those about Chstts-
1o0gl, showing that Sherman, instead
ii making 8 maICh oi Uufiva.ed randi
it,, was seven weeks late in rsas ing
b at theatsr OF war, and hat sfter he
lid arrive there he alone # al the COM
d 3Hder5 failed to DsIfJsm the Eart g.
signed him. BOyusCn does not give
full account Of the bat Ie OF Missionary
Ridge, bat his review, taken iu coUreS-
ION with the account d THAI battle
written by General William +. smith
OT tue November G0layY. and also
with th&t'Of Van Horne la the Hst0T7,
D the ATHy Of the Cumberland, con
1rLus the view which We took OF that
action IN our notice o. ShermaG'5 ma
nOir5. They seem to l-ave no doubt as
% the actual plan Of action or the part
AIKEN by the various command
srs. Differing il reference 10 mi
nor details, they all agree III
showing t5heTmaU's narrative i8 not
OrTect. General BOyutuu also shows
hat General SOCy Smith Was wonder
ully condemned Us SbgTmsu FOR falling
o reach Meridian, and that Shsrmau1s
trIctures upon that officer were uliGst
snd harsh in the extreme. He sls0
hOW5 upon the aui h1rily Of Shermau's
,wn dispatches and reports that M'Phpr-
on, IN retiring from Resscca. after hsy-
ng moved through Snake Hill gap, act
q in strict accordance with The -cre-
ion, II not with the positive order given
D him by Sherman himself He also
,T0vss Clearly That Grant planned the
Atlanta campaign, as well as the march
D the sea, auG tust Sherman. iu exc
ul1g them, committed several ser-oBs
'uEcars, the most notable o. which
we're tae assault Cf ktuasaw, and The
siiure TO TeiafCrgs tue Army % the
Tennessee a the battle before Atlantis,
"a when M'Ph6rsCu lost his life. he
eyereiy cTiticises the siege OF Sa-
'aEusb, the escape If Hartee,
Gt tbs battle o. BentOuVlle
.Id shows finally by publishing .us
ngiUsl documents, ths- Sherman per-
nittsd the rebel postS astsr general,
Reagan, 20 write the fret draft OF the cel-
nrated articles Of capitUIatiOn signed
y Johnston, which Sherman claims to
ave rejected because they were too
Jug ana verbose, but which. ~ fact. ne
ppeaT5 10 nave amrlifisd and embodied
ntO the articles written b. himself We
ave neither time nor p ace TO follow
ieuersl BCynt0u through his Interesting
I'D able review, but we heartily COM
mend it 20 the student Of Anne lean his
Dry, and 10 none more earnestly than
o General Sherman himself he viii
md lt 20 be- IS careful study Of the
ecor1s, and one Uy which he cannot
Ill 10 pr. fit greatly II he has any sense
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