The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-07-29
cav snran,s INTERVIEWER.


book by people who evidently have nos
read i ! wrote thar book - freely a. |
tsik 70 you l,ismy opinion that The
prominent oflacrs of he war ongbt TO set
down without fear their rcngmbrances Of
tbe contest; f9r while there have been
several histories, aud some good ones,
there never viii BE- q perfect history q
that ooah.el nulit its main aclors iot down
their ideas llhluk Gen. sheridan, for
example, could well snJrd to write a
book lie Is picsuresquo and good
writer, aud his reports read drst-rate =
Gen. Grants lIfe and campaigns, b.
Bsdoau, have fallen hardly short oi stu.
bora because the author was too particu
lar, and wanted 70 be OH sjal or nothing
had no intention when wrote my book
Of being unjust or harsh, bat | cannot
blame myself for anything have said,
because | 10 no, confess 10 feeliug and
seeing yiyidly These fragmentary at
lacks on me for something or other, or
nothing 10 particular, are only half con.
sidered. For instance have a letter from
Montgomery Blair backing down on his
card. Now ril tell YOU about the Bairs
Frank is bold, chiyalrous fellow, but
the rest OF chem are peculiar selfish
race. ! do not propose, in treating Of
such people to be very fne. Now there
\ is Joe Hooker lie was always an enyi-
Gus man. He was brave, handsome
soldier, bat be was short here"
| The General tapped bis brain siguif-
canlly.
Gen. sherman, was not Don Carlos
Buell. a soldier Of ability p
Decidedly" said sherman; "he was a
good disciplnarian, and had very good
knowdge Of his art. lie belt nged, og
ever, to that class Of generals who eyade
bloodshed, thinking that display OF force
would be as efficient as the use Of it, He
always came slowly into action; he would
sit ia bis tent sometimes in the rear Of q
portion of his army engaged, and there
was no particular clan about him re-
gard Buell. as the McClellen Of tho West.
the man who most was expected, who
had most sympathy, and who still failed
10 produce results
General, was Bnell slower that Thorn.
as.
"Much slower said Sherman; "Thom.
as was deliberate, but he meant battle
when he came up. Buell. was the tardiest
and most tantalzlng man to move into
action that ever saw. He came on the
field at Shiloh in echeon. II was q beau
tiful movement, and only master Of the
art can perform il with success. He be-
gan to tell Inc about how many men he
saw back on the river skuIking but told
him, General there are no soldiers in the
world who could have behaved better
than these men out here did We proba-
bly, have fifteen or eighteen thousand
men still on the battlefield who have
never fiinched."
"Well, general, to what do you attrib.
ute BuelPs discontinue aud Investigation
by a court Of inquiry
"Well, sir, said Sherman, "Grant and
myself received most abuse after Shiloh,
aud Buell. was correspondingly advanced.
lie commanded the centre of the army at
Corinth and upward, Bragg marched
straight COR Louisville parallel with Buell.,
aud then on the retreat the battle of Per.
ryville came up, when Buell. allowed Nc
Cooks corps TO take the whole days fight
ing, by which McCook's command was
used up, whereas Buell. had plenty of
troops who could have gone forward and
cleaned things. This led to bis msfor-
tunes. appreciate his ability, but dis
tinctly class him among the generals OF
whom McClellen was the leading type
Grant represented a contrary class Of men
who would fight at any and at all tines. "
General Sherman, do you mind giving
an estimate Of Grant as You appreciate
him27
General Grant, said sherman, sis as
good an example Of tie American, born,
American-bred standard man as this
coutry can show. He has the wonderful
gin offeiicence, and be had ii during the
. war as much as since. lie is generally
jast to bis tallow-oAi ars. On the battle
ticld he displays common sense in every
extremity. lie went into the war with q
devil Of bad staff but stuck to the men
around him because they had been ii-
friends ia the days Of bis poverty. After
awhile be changed that staff, aud there
was great Improvement. Rswlins was
a smart fellow, but awfuly rough, Now
Sc, il has been prialed an over the cenn.
that Gen Grant was drunk ct the battl,
of Shiloh. saw him at halfpast ten aud
at balf-past four that day, and he was 81
cool as cucumber and straight as
string. don't bieve that Grant was
ever drank when there was auy lighting
to be done. he had a rather sensitiv,
temperament, sud when battles are Of
aud there Is az interval, be may requir'
9 some Stimulation Bat the tale that b
was drunk Oh the maia day Of the battlt
of Shiloh il libel. believe it can b
proved that be could get nothing to b
druak on, and ! know from contact iha
be was sober
General Sherman continued ou
anestioner, "whAt rank does the battle O