The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-11
Continued Efforts to DisperSe Those
Clouds Of Lookout Mountain.
TRYING TO SET HISTORY RIGHT
A Senator Elect Favors the Title
of Field Marshal.
NORTHERN and SOUTHERN COMMENTS.

WAS A RATTLE AT LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, But
HooKEks GRAND PAINTING MUST 81
VIEWED.
To EDITOR OF THE CLEVELAND HERALD
Hooker's ''bsttle above the clouds" Is myth, but
The battle OF Lookout Mountain will be remembered
by all who took part Ia it OF the most brilliant
and sharply contested engagements orthe war; Tho
battle was OF a series of brilliant and successful
strategic movements, having their object the ex-
pulsioE oil General Bragg's army from the strong
positions IRON which he neld Chattanooga In a state
OF siege.
AT Chattanooga the Tennessee makes Q double curve
In the form rude letter S, the village situated In
tho upper a nest OF hills; tho outside OF the
lower curve impingng against the nose OF Lookout
Mountain, and detected from it. thus forming tho
love curve. Bragss pickets occupied q curved line
from the mouth Of Citico Creek around tho town
10 the point where the river touches the base Of
Lookout Mountain. winding carriage road
leads from Wills Valley into Chattanooga, crossing
The of the mountain at considerable elevation
while the railroad passes below 1t into Chattanooga
but little above tue bank OF the RIVER and part of
the way a rock bed, blasted out OF tho mountain
side. Al this point the nose OF the mountain Is a
of rock of very difficult but practicable ascent
until bluff In places precpltous, id others
ovsrhanging Is reached OF about eighty ieet 10
heighl. Al this place the Craven House and out
buildings u com parauvely ievc space from which
mountain accessible only ny Sorios OF
LADDERS, up which persons could pass With difficulty
and IN single file. part Of Bragg's army occupied
The top OF the mountain ana their batteries Al Ids
weeks, producing no important injury The
enemy also occupied the whole mountain slope
WITH battery and considerable force vt the Craven
House, far up the mountain and under the overhang
ing blum The infantry upon the slope had erected
succession OF concrntrc oreastworks Of The rock
fragments, behind which they were comparatively
secure. The lower curve OF the letter s. mentioned
abe We, WINS occupied by Noccasn Point, from which
u
The engagement, and other batteries were
Ing to the srsa, elevation th. SHELLS IRON
Aoccasin Point could not DC ensctually directed
10 the rebel works at the Craven House. they
In rapid succession in mountain road leading down
southsasery into the rcbei lines BY which alone REIN
aono the rebels retreat General HooKers forces
occupied Wills Valley TO the north aud west OF the
mountains, and the painting called .rhs Battle OF
Lookout Mountain" represents the carly part
Of the engagement ana from rom this point point
study that could understand this psintibg,
his point OF view Of battle from the On alta
nooga side Of The mountain. From the Joint illus.
hand-to-nand lighting, Grove the rebels up and
Eround the mountain slope until his lett appeared
away from the mountain toward Chattanooga.
Here he joined by Haz.n's BRIGADE which
aud together tho combined forccs obsina,ely fought
their way up the rock covered slope, driving the
rebels from their successive circles OF breasts
The smoke oil the battle to the top OF tho
and settled black cloud upon u, shutting out
all view OF Lookout Point from the valley below.
Tuc battle below cloud. The only battle
above It the firing OF the rebel artillery and
abe rebel snarpshooters through cloud
which prevented them from making any accurate
distinction bet ween frionds and foes We're u not for
snis friendly cloud these shArpshoeesss wosio have
proved great annoyance TO the Uaon forces. Firing
through Tue cloud they did liste II any harm Tho
guns of the batteries could not be sufficiently do
The Craven House As they steadily worked their
way up the slope until the enemy could be aeen
running In body from insir last line
OF
almost crushed with forebodings to tue result OF
discharge from this artillery SO soon as u shouid
be uncovered BY the re,rra,ing rebels. cxperspcsd
such rebound OF feeling rarely falls u the lot OF
nau, When rafting discharge OF rifles was observed
directly the lace OF the retreating rebels causiLR
thcm TO rush back again toward tho enemy
irom which they had just fed AMI to throw
ments OF Hooker's had reached this. little
plateau from the north and west just IN time
The enemy with their wthsring nre. Long past mid
q GIT IRON the top OF Cameron Ill., in Chattanooga
Irregular discharges OF rifles could be heard Tho
slope OF Lookout Mountain the south OF the point
showing ,be presence OF stragglers from deisalod
wing Of Eragg's army, or slso exchange OF shots
from pickets In close proximity each Other
on the wooded slope. But the camp nrss ut our
men we're burning brightly where rebel batteries
had long practeed on Tue Town. ana extending
camp ores wing the territory gained by the prev
Gus days hghung at the centric. During the night
shs rebels evacuated the top oil the mountain and q
single soldier climbed his ladder way mentioned
above. and captured the place, which the Union
Rag waving
This briefly, 10 u OF battle OF Look
cut hounain. Tho history OF the scres OF batlos of
when formed part OF previous forced evucua-
sion Chattanooga by Bragg the result OF Rose
Grams nd rabie strategy, and The battle OF Chieka-
manga which followed it. has veto DO written In
Vulnerable 10 be ound IN all the accounts
which the writer has yet seen. X.
CLEVELAND, August :, 1878
rHE INTERNATIONALLY HOLD UPON THE
LEADING MEN OF The soUnI-A NEW pEN-
PORTRAIT OF THE "AAN ON HoRsEBACK"--
NOTHING CAN oBsTRUcT HIS RIDE TO THE
WHITE HOUSE.
prom tho Augusta tGa.) Chronicle and Sentinel. Au.
gust
The very fact that contradictions exist Granps
brue sentiments upon The subisct thrd adds
10 mystery tho interest favor.
Long ago General Frank Blair described him per-
son Of consuming ambition, greed OF power, iron will
and subtle mind. calculated 10 deceive the unwary.
Our Mr. Stephens early In The day, discerned the
phenomenal characteristics OF this remarkable man
and predicted that he would DO remembered in his
sounIry's history one VINO capable OF good
evil Everybody knows how grant fascinated Mr..
btcpneps, how pcrsistently the Commoner defended
his worst cucroseb ments upon the liberties OF his TEL
low countrymsn OF the SCUM how all OF his favors
how cordially and kindly the Prcsidoni-Gsn-
erai recprocated those memorable attentions.
Colonel Mosby ~ another example OF GRANTS hold
upon some distinguished southern men. From Tho
day that Mrs. NOsby got Tree pass her husband
from General Grant despite President Andrew john
son tho great guerilla vi Virginia been enthu-
siasIc sdmirer ana supporter Of his beneiaci Tho
latest opinion this Spb xkc subject comes from
General John Mcdonald, long time associate OF Geu-
erai Grant. snd supervisor OF Internal Revenue
nj ST. Louis. TINS mau was power behtno Tue
throne wnen Bsbcock Co controlled court circles
Wssbington, AS we'll as the Whiskcy Ring, and he II
we'll advised OF AL the schemes VI leading polti-
cians He admits the open secret TINT Grant IL
didato Tor term that all oil his European move
ments are conducted to that cud. and aads:-
there very few people In this country who know
Grant. He's pretty much for Grant ~ he had It
his power become Emperor OF this country day. by
seiEng Of apoleou did he'd
IL quick turning hand IL angular bo~
has been kept In the OF the psops tho
for People have found
him Now, know that an idoa prevails to eonsidst
abis extent that he Is du and stupid man. II ~
wrong idea General Grant graduated from West FONT
when he was young man. He has told m that hs
forced West Point by his father much against
his will. But he went through there and came out
with culture that he had to whether be
usea linen he has had considerable experience OF
and things and he has wonderful amount OF horse
lu Of cunning aud tricks IL full
Of But the secret Of Grsnps success Is IN hts