The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-09
GRANTS BATTLES.

GRAN > BAL Les.
MORE ABOUT LOOKOUT MouSTAlS-WHo
pr.NNpn ruv c,up.,cy2- .NoTupp 1N,rp
VIEW WITH ..sArpy" SMITH.
r...,, ,.s,a =, a.. ~ v-v 1.t,ns dis
cussing the question OF the battle OF Lookout Noun
tain and the account of n given by General Grant
through sho columns Of the HERALD. reproduced a
portion Of It's army correspondence from
Tenn, dated November "a 1863 The following is the
Tue preparations which for Two weeks have been ~
occupying missionary kidge, on our iea' wes' Gun
portion of sherman's corps deIayed the IN ov ement
preceded by The reconnaissance Ia force yesterday m
,,a" az S, w svsn .asnec,aS pnythng unus ua
was on loot And, in passing, IL Is but just that
should remark that The credit o. proposing ths nove
s y, w Er,yasr on.ral William f. sm,n
Chief oil Eaginecrs. Here we have wat
RESUME were some OF me leading iaeas aaa ~
nnS which 4. IL NJ once I'm pre ssed ia m
selves on General Grants ready mind, aud received
'ns coraiai ASSN. " usneax, no nrn,ro,ionsnro
l,mloarily Involving an immense labor which had
been dene under the direction Of General sm,th-
aoou. Ivy ooa's naa nson ho 'n' no mncsns %
nssuka 1sssA Sn, ,r ,"i,ss anove Shcrn,an;s
crossns For nearly three hours every
ss ,..r o,nn a., Nnaiv c.nar.ls sharmsn
s sna s~ asr nns awa,.ea ,us Iss and
nss s,ana ~ nc "vemen,he oa.na
,a 49, sna.,h oI Nor,h I,h,ckamanga ,he
%vnaa md naa nos,s ui,ca win nearly q uUo men
Anu ooa.s me craor was
twsIvs and We watched momeptdfily expscllns to
hear he ire O, the rebel pckes We waited 10 Vain
The entire aotls came down and landed 50 NOISE,
,wen,v an nnn,har This Increment was 1srIectly
iauitcss, Since three O'Clock long pontoon trans
river hang where tho bridges are TO be laid The
river itself ia considerably swollen and the current
IL WIN reou,ro ali the skill of General Smith and his
abIo assistants to MAINTAIN the proposed bridges Tor
drin wnnS =
AS the engagements a. hookou' moun'ao WIN p'oo-
ably become better known than ever because Of
tow cosn.I words concernipg ~ dronnad nv (eneral
c..n,,o rn,on..n ,.nrs.o,,.,,va =, ~. Hxpa,n
Grant 70 european representative o. 'n' nAAAlp'
and as it happened TO become part OF tho general
MAN referred TO in tho above extract reporter Ind
"a -, c--, $3.50, -'...,. m.
IN 'nteIvie" Win ooncfa' oH''n 'esAiu'us H. ine
General is well known, is now the president OF
-. o"se 80 :. -
Aiter ne nau peen SHOWN 'ne oA'rac' "uo'e quo'co,
,ron,,.d ~. on,r,op r.cara,no n ..Do Won rnow
.,... :. =. ;, $3.50 -. c.u.., n.,,,n, III,
and. b.,us answered negatively. he proceeded -
..We,I he vas a corresnondeut At NV beadouarters
and wnen he came there nc brousht me q lcrter from
az as,aem ~. ,rsana in whose nasnant nd every
cannSsnce TINS Teller h,shIv commended MIN TO m q
..In ~hs, csnoc,sv sra vnn than serving Cen
apal9
ora. IA chic, .nc,ne.r Of tho army of thu cumber.
,.,dn S"''' 'As'es' " 'A' "'A' y '-'
Mmn ~ss. rnas. .,or q, on.,.aors
IN ~. Ala .rr,s Nh. dorm.. was M voinnteer rank
Th;s s.,,sr ns said verv h,orIv cam mended MIN 10
~ , Ne sau 'eay nny n,ms"
,ms 49, Tvar.S,v ne smd wara n orsat DAM In
ee.hsr Just At the timo he speaks Of 10 tina. letter
tno vsrv res,vs lille Too freely as n turned ont
st.erward Durins these dsiiy rides he acquired an
simss. tnorouan knowledcs Of what was aoina on
and VIA, was ,ntonaed but ,hon was au,e sure he
won,d not mali anyth,nc wisnont Ioave Inased
,hat was nv rst nam win him He seom ed Ia
Enow his own hns,ne.s hs,tsr than did ), snid the
Genoral with one of his rood -naturod smiles ssas
u s ~, W." ~ r III ~ sha.s - '''
.Enilrsy,n was the prompI serious reply.
sfinr he resumed nAs iusI saia The writer
- ,ha ia,,nr ,..s hivhiv conme3aed ~ ma and ia
was one of the fow men haa IN so far ma
srmy nows was concerned - -
o,ired he rcnor,er onchng Inc ex.rac. with
~ ,"rcGnocr .nronara tha gcnorai man ~,
ocr,nr ,hs srrac. w,.S hss oneo nam AMI ,nsn
cor,,nu;rg slcwlv ho said III d,dnu know thai no
had even limited at such iscts in his letter. That
ona who mad sorved on the staff without nv savinr
90 When the newspaper CONTAINING tns letter
ss..hed headcnartsrs 1 Wa amazed NJ scc,nv I'M
sfasement ana said 10 the corresponaouL .You hays
kiiied me professionally: can never couyince hcad
W%s" fsen"r., n RAM shor,iv siterward III, Nash
Vile nothing WINS said but.D coptiu uod4 Conc al
niCasson ness ns use ~ P'o1 o'osooa"ys
srsisnip Il Was congratulated by the General and
staa officers on inc TACT. as tnsy thought
=, ,nc po,omac was 10 Ia aven TO me. Stanton haa
| urged Grant, so Rawns told me, to put In that
command Poor Kawiins Is long dead, pat ns TINS
of Csnsrai Smith az n awaLeuing from a kind of
revcris, syou came TO talk about Lookout Mountain
some o.ner time, ne sa9eo' ,ookns q9aznugy =. 'he
VOC SEINE Interesting in ner history Il we DO
SWELL General, let US return 10 Lookout. Was II
suon g.ea. ana',, uDy ~, ,rn,, .,.,.,
one sherman had boen discoml ed M has attempt 10
turn Braggs RICH; nink aud the capture OF Lookout
MOUNTAIN was sssensa. ,he capture o. Loo.ou. ora
became very important part OF ia yery i'm
| thing as II turned out"
sooa' ,m' .'ua n,, HAS,, - alta, s,oos
on tue top OF a hiII-even small one-and observed