Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-08-08

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the New Englander than the Vir
ginian. If any man believed in the
rebellion, be did. And his nature
was such that whatever he hslieved
in becams deep religious duty-a
duty he would discharge at any
cost. 1t is mistake to suppose that
ever had any feeling for Stonewall
Jackson but respect. Personally, we
were always good friends; his char.
acter had rare points of merit, and
although he made the mistake OF
| fighting against his country, if ever
maa did nc rcoascientiolsly he was
the man.
LEE AS A co,lMANDEE.
This led to remark as to the great
and universal fame Of Lee, especially
in Europa reputation which seem
ed to grow every day.
81 never ranked Lee as high as
some others Of the army" said the
Gereral that is to say, L never had
as much axisty 4ien he was in my
front as when Joe Johnston was in
front. Lee wns a good man, fair
commander, WHO had everything in
his favor. He was supper ed by the
unanimous voice Of the South he
was suppoyted by large party in
the North Re t,&4 ske support aud
sympathy Of the outside wotld. All
this is of an immense advantage to
a general. Lee had this in remarka-
BILE degree. Everything he did was
right. He was treated like demi
god. Our generals had hostile
press, iqtey&rn friends and public
opinion Outsids.' tha cry was in the
air that the North only won by brute
force that the generalship and valor
were with the South. This has gone
into a;storyi with so many other il
lusions that are historical, Lee was
Of slow, conservative, cautious ma
ture, without imagination or humor,
always the same, with grave dignity
! never could see in his achievements
Ghab ,ua4ifeg his reputation. The
illusion that acttina tut heays o4ds
beat him will not stand tie Ultimate
light of history. 1 know it is not
true. The South and North were
more nearly matched than you would
saFpess. Irrhe whole population were
in the war. f&s fouF ip.i.iqg + Te-
groes were the same as soldiers, be-
cause they did the work in the fields
which white men would have to dc.
I believe tie South had as many men
Under qp4s IS ttii:;e / nth. What de-
feated the SoNtheF1' qr4s vas Aorth-
era courage and skill, and this, too,
with detractien Ill around. You
cannot imagine how disEcafteniIg 1t
was at he time, not only to officers
out men
ALlERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON AND JOSEPH
3; JOHNSTON.
An alius;oa wa naaehg JGqr cor
respondent to Albert Sidney John
ston, and the General SAID II knew
Albert Sidney Johnston before the
war. When he was sent to Utah |
had a high opinion of his talents.
When the war broke out he was re-
earded as the coming man Of the
Confederacy. I shared that opinion,
bee use I knew and esteemed him,
and because l felt as we ali did in
the old army where there was pub
lie opinion among the officers as to
who wcGls1l come out ahead. In
many cases, in most casas, orr public
opinion was in error. Bragg had a
great reputation in the South. Bcagg
was the the most contentious Of ner,
and there was story in Mexico that
he put every one in arrest under him
and then put himself in arrest. Al
bert Sidney Johnston might have
risen in fame, and we all had con-
lidence in his doing so, but ne died
too soon, as Stonewall jackson died,
too soon for US to say what he would
have ;icpc under the later and altered
conditions Of the vaT. The Southern
army had many good generals. Lee,
OF course, was good soldier, an so
was Longstreet, but | do not know
that there was any better th.n Joe
Johnston. l have had nearly all OF
the Southern Generals in high COM
mand in front of me, and j 1hnston
gave re more anxiety than any OF
the others. / was Iezer h2lf SO. am
ious about Lee. By the way, | saw
IN Joe Johnston's book that, when
was asking Pemberton to surrender
vicksburg, he was on his way to raise
the siege. I was very sorry. II
had known Johnston was coming, /
would have toll Pemberton to wait
in Vicksburg until l wanted hlm;;
awaited 4Qhnston's advance, al d
given him battle. tie COULD new
have beaten that VicSsburg army,
and thus would have destroyed
two armies, = ,rhaps. Pcmbertons
was already gone, and | was quite
sure Of Johnston's. | was sorry
did not know Johnston was coming
I'm jn;init;;l it was too late. Take it all in
all, the Soat2, in ny opinion, had no
better soldier than Joe dohlStoA7
hone, at least, that gave me mors
strouble.
NO COUNCILS OF WAR.
Some remark was made about coun-
ellis of war. and how far their dellb-
erat;ons affected an army's move
menia' e meyer held council Of
war in my life. I never heaTq g.
Sherman or Sheridan doing SO: W
course heard all that every one had
to say, and in headquarters there IS
an interesting and constant stream OF
talk. Put always !2ade up my mind
to % act, anG ting ffst that even my
staff kneW Of any mnoFemeRt was
when ( Wrote it out IN ropqgh1 annq
gavait to be copied off.
GRANT THINKS roorlY OF .FtbIto%,
z -1rtsl FLOYD, &c.,;
People thing that Dorelson was
o.,tnred hv nonrinp men into 1T ten