The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-09

they came into the presence Of fortified lines.
does IL not rather show that "evarybodv." in
| Guiding that peerless soldier, Thorn 9. hut an,
Guiding Sherman, bad learned the fuulitv of
| assaulting even an ordinary rife trench i'm front
| when well dcfeudcd7
without attempting to pursue the narrative,
through the details preceding and foll wing m.
| capture Of Atlanta, we must content uureeIv..
with brief summary Of the mastery meas.
ures by which Thomas with one hand resisted
the advance OF Hood into tennessee. while with
| the other he gathered the widely scattered de-
tachments which Sherman had cft him, and
gradually welded them into a compact and irre-
ssti5le army. How he called in his garrisons
one 10y one. armed and organized his quarter
masters employees, remounted his cavalry. COL
| lecie1 supplies, and strengthened his fortified
| lions In the rear. while with the two good corps
OF infantry, only 1900 strong, under schoned
and Stanley, he made head against Hood and
MS compact army OF 1900 infantry and 1000
cavalry, defeating them at franklin and holding
them back TIL all was in readiness for tho nna
struggle at Nashville, arc well told by the au.
thor ana constitute ono Of the most brilliant
chnpters In the history Of the great rebellion
The narrative Of these events is remarkable
alike for its clearness aud its force. II points
| out with impartiallty how Schoneld tarrled
| nearly twelve hours too long at Column
|
bia, notwithstanding he had ample notice
Of the enemy's movement to his rear
now that general uhder cover OF darkness,
tN"'Ohteu MS command from the ehtraor-
binary perls which environed 1t at Spring HUI,
nut iails to satisfactorily account for his slow
ness IN leaving Columbia or to explain why
Hood ala not tall upon him ne he marched TO
the rear IN sight OF the rebel camp nres. We
ie'"enper 10 nave hehrn strange ht"rN' 70 inc
erect that Cheatham' who COMMANDED Hoods
ADVANCED CORPS ana FORREST VINO oo'nmandeo
MS oaV'irv' were eht'ceu from tne'r camps thaa
"F". ny '"e o'ahu'shhents Oh i"ir reoel
""" .n''eio'e' ,a''o" I" receive tue oruei winch
hoou y su'u 10 nave iSsueu' directing them 70
'uroN 'neI' ioi'es across the turnpike racing
sout""afu' ahu cut ON SchoneIu retreat Our
autnor oe''s morning OF thi'' nut we nave heard
z" io'u s"uIoe Wnlcn stamps II Win tue aroI
''ooao"'.', " not ""So'uVe tru'n'
bu' oe 'u'S AZ '. may " Is certain that hoodf
e"'r' i"r'o, "n''h nau reached 0prlnR mn taVi-
'"Vo on 'he turnpike MIDWAY between 'olumbh
"nu rI"nhinp IonG pe'ore Scnoneiu got there'lay
q"'e' III us oa'iip anu peIni'''eu the Union army
W i""'." ~ "''"O"1 ,i'"'os'"''""' '"u' power
iu' sP'' ','"s' ""'e i""e" "'o" 'S eh'orpr'lng
NO''''""..'s " ""Ne mem '"'o" away such an
opportunity ior crushing dow ms was In
uceu, onahce such hs " never oHered twice
1" "ie Vi'ne' hau Iioou aVa'ieu h'hseH ofUS
| 49, T.'''ff ~ 'iiN'N haNo
kaiheu an oNer"hehh'hg Victory, changed the
"hole course oil MS campaign In Tennessee and
converted even the march TO the sea itself
INTO All rr'tr'eVapIe disaster To the national
"rns' Inc hairo"hces Oh SchoheId's escape the
"oN' "i'eI"oVn' "heh ne was attacked IN open
gay ''E"' anu 'er'nu '"e i"rulcauons OIL FRANK
nm SHOWS now imminent was MS peru at spring
"i'i' ana upon WhIl slender chances the fate "
"'i''os, !" "o' u uu.'onS' s"n'e''nts hangs
| h""" fortune Iei' MN forever at spring IT'D
1t shheu upon nm Tor moment again az
rIahAun' oI"y 10 lure MN 10 MS RUIN at Nash
N'ic' i"e "at'le NJ 'he Itter pace whlch was
ue'aNeu 10y the necessity OF remolnting tho
feuer'i cavalry ana hhhiy by the s'eet ana ices
was one OF tne most overwhelming victories ever
ghh'u oy 'he mon army II was pIallhed with
ueHuerd'l"h' ana every essential part OF the
| pan was carried INTO execution. Every general
| ana every arm oil the service performed his o..
| iolteu part with tue regularity 81 ciockwork.
| Inc autnoi : description OF the hrst days
| nshtihg ana inc results winch followed shows
mat upon that DAY when every man did his
| Whole duiy' the chiet hon"rs were carried %
pS 'he cavalry whi'h' acting concnrrently
Win inc o1her arms turned ana ehNeloped the
enemy ie't n'hh' anu captured large humoef
VI f'is'"''s "lu su"s' p"t tue n'oIS OF the
sV'onu u"' "o'A ~ not 30 t'utnlulN nor 20
o'e"'N gwen ~ lohoWs 'ne inc marked out
DS we repor' W "e"' in'ln"s' uu' neither the
narrative nor 'ue map Oh the battlefield gives
uue o'e1'. |" '"e '"'"tS' "nlch "aS entitled 70
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saw maj victory was his. and turuin, - scho-
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