The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-06-11
FIGHTING JOE HOOKER.
sherman Denounced as Making War
Like Brigand.


Your correspondent called on Mai.
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: "I had
rather be among those malIgned by the
Memoirs than among those commend
ed" In his esteem Gen. Thomas was
the great general of the army, 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 I"
have no objection In the world to sta
ting to you briefly my opinions In re-
gard to the extraordinary publication of
Gen. Sherman's Memoirs. I think it is
the first instance recorded where a COM
mander cast asper5ions in this manner
on his whole command. I have no taste
for responding to Gen. Sherman's SIAN
ders, but may DO SO, nevertheless, at
the proper time. Indeed, my own COM
mand almost requires all of this of me,
and shall not shrink from the respon-
sibiity, no matter whether these Sian
ders emanate from the commander of
the army or any other fUnctiOnary of
the government. feel indignant at the
desecratiOn of the honOred names of
Thomas, Farragut, Mcpherson and
host of others I might mention. I do
not envy the man who had it IN his na-
ture TO do so, as it seems Gen. Sherman
had. His march to the sea, in my
Judgment, Is not properly understood
yet. Farragut's conception and eXecu-
| ton of the great capture of the Lowe
Mississippi had much more influence on
the close of the war than anything that
/ Gen. Sherman's army did. But people
must not be surprised at his stopping
over for he haz 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. APP
parently he is impatient for advance
ment, when, I think, he should be well
satisfied with what he has already OBJ
! tanned. He made war like 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 Sher-
man 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 disap-
peared from before Sherm9p's army,
and followed Thomas, who demolished
| them at Nashville. It is ridiculous to
talk of Sherman's having ended the war,
put up the price of gold, or taken Rich
| mond. He had no more TO do with any
of these than the man in the moon. de
did, however leave black streak IN hls
rear. for which, no doubt, some of his
countrymen justified him. I think,
however, that it viii, some time or
other. be considered disgraceful by the
Great Christian world. When the press
Tecovers from the shock it and the cOun-
/ try received on the appearance OF the
Memoirs, I take 1t for granted that 1t
will show less indulgence and lenlency
toward the author than it has done thus
far. It appears TO have been appalled,,
like all others, by the magnitude Of the
outrage perpetrated on those whom the
nation honors as its best defenders, and
who, being dead, are silent. IN =
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