Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-06-05
FIGHTING JOE HOOKER ON THE
MEMOIRS.

FIGHTING JOE HOOKER ON THE
MEMOIRS.
Major General Joe Hooker, of the
Twentieth Army Corps, is residing for
the good of his health at Garden City,
Rhode Island, A correspondent of an
Eastern journal called on him recently
and found him hale and hearty. He
still suffers from the stroke of paraly-
sis which so seriously affected his right
side, but, as he says himself, that does
not matter so much while he can eat,
sleep, and enjoy as good health as he
now does. Upon the introduction of
the subject Of Sherman's Memoirs, he
strongly condemned the ann in
which some of the country'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 commended" In
his esteem General Thomas vas the
great General of the Army, Sherman's
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 authors: 81
have no objection in the world to stat
ing to you briefly my opinions in re-
gard to the extraordinary publication
of General Sherman's Memoirs. 1
think it is the first instance recorded
where a commander casts aspersions
in this n on his whole command.
| have no taste for responding to Cen
eral Sherman's ISLANDERS, but may do
so, nevertheless, at the proper time.
Indeed, my own command almost re-
auires this of me, and shall not shrink
from the responsibility, no matter
whether these SANDERS emanate from
the commander of the army OF any
other functiopary' of the Government.
| feel indignant at the dissertation of
the hOnored names of Thomas, Farra-
gut, Mcpherson, and a host of Others
| might mention. / 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. Farra-
quits conception and execution of the
great capture of the Lower Mississippi
had much more influence on the close
of the wal than anything that Gen.
eral Sherman's army did. But peo-
pie must not be surprised at
his "slopping over" for he has been
doing this all his life. This is enough,
1 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
like a brigana, while many other gen.
erals never forgot hat they were max
ing wal on their W countrymen.
General Grant learned the character of
his lieutenant long before the war was
eIlucO3 anu uoW IL oiIciildii iSholCu
by the Administrator, he can only
thank himself for it. The march to
the sea from Atlanta was well done,
but beyond that the enemy disappeared
from before Sherman's army and fol-
lowed Thomas, who demolished them
at Nashville. 1t 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. He did, however, leave a black
streak in his rear, for which, no doubt,
some Of his countrymen justified him.
/ think, however, that it will, some
time or other, be considered disgrace.
full by the great Christian world,
When the press RECEIVERS from the
shock it and the country received on
the appearance of the Memoirs, l take
it for granted that it will show less in.
diligence and leniency towards the
author than it has done thus far. II
appears to have been appalled,, like all
others, by the magnitude of the out
rage perpetrated on those whom the
nation honOrs as its best defenders
and who, being dead, are silent"
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