Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-29

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To the Editor OF tho New York Tribane:b'",
r. MiRrnHX's vniGaxAap,' Masss Aug. H.:
NJ attention h.s 'jjnat beenl q+ilssd h an
article in yQur:paper, OVER the name aqf; Will
liam f. G. Shanks; in regard to the b6ttle Of
Lookout Mountain. After the lapse iofs 80
much time since the battle 'w1as fought iii
ever. i am !sorry! be seems to have forgotten
some. Of tho circumstances necessary to =
correct. understanding .of,lths f6ght,s and
have only moment to call yony. attsntion to
few of his mone prominent Omissions in
his narrative, but viii rsfer you for fuller
details to my report Of tho batNe-noR on
file In the war department + Ahould. yod de-
@Fe to Inform yosrself further ON the. suB'
ject. On the whole, howeyer, II ;canuot do
less than to thank Mr.. Sl,aaka for the, kind
,nsss'in his motives in espousine the oontro-
yarsy. Gen. Grant has. thought proper to
open :. with me- and II my i. command
in regard to, d the. fight. 20. The
iptarview said TO have been held with that
gentleman by correspondent Of the HerqN
haye always seriously doubted and shah
continue to! do 80 until more fully confirmed
respecting it.. Interviewezs have of: Ate dis
played, so much ennninGi and; mischief
that think my incredqlity will not sppear
strange to you.. Gen. Grant has bald such
high positions that / am unwilling to b.
ieve that he will Voluntarily go back: on
himself, or on the troops that served him
with all the ardor and, devotion of their pav
lures, as be seems to have done, and which I
can account fol in no other way than that he
was in his cnps, Or that tho prospect Of .
third term had crazed his brain. OF course,
Gen. Grant, win never be charged with
having written OF. spoken the. Substance of
the interview rs reported; to us, for that is'
foreign to. his style, Tor 1 any one who has
either read or listened to him can readily dis.
cover. I strongly suspect that the inter
viewer was g coached y by another officer Of
the army 6f high rank, whose peculiar mode
Of warfare tor some time past has been of.
this covert character, u:
But before, calling your ;attention to some
Of what I. consider. inaccuracies in Mn
Shanks' letter, I may premise briefly by say-
ing that it YES not the intention: Of the gem:
eral- l-in chief tor any pazt ,of the Army ot the
Potomac to take q leading f6le in the opera
hot aware of until my command was diYidea.
ana the Eleventh oofps OF it sent acrooas 'tahe
Tennessee to teinforce Gen. Sherman, who,.
with the ARMY of tie tennessee, was operat-:
ING oil The Opposite extremity of the 9rerhyS
line; and then YOU viii 4ee by my repdrt that
I appiied to oo With the Eleventh oofps. ,ae
they were going into battle. ''''''','s's c!2 !
r. Subsequently, the river got unp,' Carried
away the 'drfftwood, and broke the ,bridaea
before all of Shermai1's army hid: crossed,
and then It waa determined and not till them,
that might make, With one division Of tho
Twelfth corps and two divisions Of other
armies. q demonstration on Lookout Noun
tain: Gen. Grant had previously communi-
Gated design to attack Lookout Mountain,
but, after q division of my command,
it is clear and satisfactory that his; original
design had been abandoned, and it was only
through the Intervention Of Divine Provi-
dence that an opportunity was presented me
for attack. THUS, you See, '.msn often pro-
poses but God dispoees:' |"'! .'i!r ~
!Td;d attack and carried lookout Noun
tain, and this was the first assurance 70 Cen
Grant that he'waS to- be Bu0ced9tul ioll his
operations Atound Chattanoogs, ALTHOUGH,
Gen: Sherman had repeatedly informed him
of successes which were never realized.
[ Captain Van Horns history OF the Army
of the Ounnberistid va present yon With .ll
Of the facts, and L know them TO be facts,
Gen. Grant OF, General anybody else 10 the
contrary notwithstanding: tn u. M. ..,,. ,,. .,
hishin 1.nI, Is famous @ for % after, % ,thoushss, as
YOU will find on critical examination. = We
had, and presume still have, rings in the
Ss1e "sa not =. v,s IL: % 80 o. much about the
fight at Lookout since !, TIE s war, .s +! nov