Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-09
An Extraordinary Interview Con
e-rnipg the Late "Allrged" Wsr.

Certain very remarkable statsmenta
having rsceatfy appeared in print rs!s.
tive 70 the battle Of Lookout Mountain,
. local ''intervieWes called upon Gen.
eral Hooker ct the Grand Uaion Hotel.
Sssssoea. on Thussdsy, TO prucur.
from his Own lips . true statement Of
the case. Il will be seen that Q popu.
lar deluaioa has prevailed regarding
several things which the public, in it,
carless way. hes accepted - verities.
General Grant 10 reported BY Q recent
writer in the New York Herald ~ have
said that there Vas no battle 1t Look.
out Mountain worth mentioning, and .
Southern officer confirms the state.
ment. Nov what doe. the hero Of the
famous battle above the clouds" say
about il? On being ushered into the
Uesence Of the gallant old soldier the
kerviewer observed tn ( time had
made some inroals on the outer works
Of the veteran. but his fine gray eye
and his martial front ~ers still strik.
ing characteristics OF li.- aan Who Vas,
fifteen years ago. ti.0 hnest looking
soldier in the Army Of the Potomac.
Every body is familiar ~,th the story OF
the battle above the Clouds" and it
10 recorded by Greeley aud by the
thousand anil one historians aud BIZ
Ogrsphers Of the war. Proceeding
straight to business the inter vie yer
said u the General that hs had doubt.
less Rad the statements in the Herald
correspondence to the effect that Cen
erAl Grant remarked, in conversation
vr..A hat
Lookout Mountain worth speaking Of
General MISUNDERSTANDING his FORE
head with his left h.nd)-Lookout
Mountain? Lookout - Lookout -
think l have heard the name before,
but not in connection with any battle.
Interviewer-rhis was in 1868, General,
towards the last of the War, when Cen
ersl Grant General HOoker-War?
What war? Interviewer--A ar of the
rebellion, General. Gen sral Hooker
Never heard Of it. Iuterviewer-Why,
the war between tho Government and
the Confsderates. Ana this was at
Chattanooga, just after you and Sher.
man joined G. neral Grant. General
Hooker-General Grant? I think
I have heard of the gentlemen,
but n)thiny authentic. There was
some little inisunderstan ,lings abroad
in the land, young man, along in
1923; but there WAS no fighting, no
fighting. nothing to speak of. The
stories about those battles were all
coucocteL by the newspaper cores
pondents. There was, in fact, no war,
and all these romauces Of Greeley's ami
H-adley's and the Rest were gotten up
to sell. Have heard something about
one General Grant. but he is doubtless
q myth, like the old story of Captain
John Smith and Pochontas. Inter-
viewer-rhen You deny the story about
the battle Of Lookout Mountain-how
you swept along the skirts Ut the preci.
pice with your troops, and General
Bragg, astOnisheu and overwhelmed,
withdrew his scattered forces to use
the next day against Thomas, Sheridan
aud yourself in defending Mission
Ridge? General Huoker--lt was all u
hoax. There WAS no battle of Mission
Ridge, and tho existence Ut Chatta.
noogX even il in DOUBT. All the stories
anu the W. called histories concerning
Thomas, Sheridan, Sherman and Grant
at Mission Ridge are nctuiug but pretty
fables. As to the stor lug Vt Lookout
Mountain, l assure you, sir, there IL no
such place. was never there and
know nothing about auy such event.
&S