New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-04-18
THE PROCEEDINGS


tendance were Alexander r.. Shepherd, of Washing
ton Colonel Sheridan, General Shcridau's brother;
General A. Med McCook General Schodeld Gener-
al Critenden. General +. J. Wood, and ex-Secretary
Belknap General Wood was recalled and examined
in regard to the storming of Mission Ridge.
Before the session began General Sherman asked
for the map Of the battle of Shiloh and had long
discussion with General Wood in regard 10 the lat
ter,s testimony on Wednesday that at the close OF
the day the Army of the Tennessee was near the
river. During the reading of Wednesdays tesu-
mony General sherman who sat at the end of the
room. with General Sheridan on his right, was care
fully examining the plan of the battle.
General Wood testified that he was present at the
battle of Mission Ridge November %, 1868, with
the Third Division Of the Fourth Army Corps
General Hazcn commanded one of his three bri-
Cades The witness said that he had received or
ders from general Granger the corps commander
orders which he supposed came from General
Grant through General Thomas, commander OF the
Army of the Cumberland-to advance his division
as far Is the rife pits the base of the ridge which
he was directed TO carry, and then halt. The
enemy had fed before his sllirmishers, and the
troops clatcd by their easy victory rushed up the
hill and stormed the ridge. The exposed condition
of the rhe-ps az the foot Of the hill rendered II
irupO~~lhc to hold them IN the face OF ire from
the hill. and II was necessary either to advance III
retire The witness had received 10 orders 10 storm
the heights, nor had he gwen any. Inc
fire from the enemy was terrific as the troops
stormed the heights. The casualties ~ The W.T.
ness division numbered over 500. General iiiZels
troops went through the tire, and the witness sup
posed that HaZcn went with them. lie witness
found him on the ridge.
General Wood was 4hen asked who gave the order
for the advance. II having been claimed SAID the
couuss T. tuat General E&Zen was the originator OF
that movement. The witness replied that DE GloHt
ltt,y ey lp ave Ip
might have done so. Tie had never claimed that
honor while couNer>ing with the witness. lis
knowledge that General Hazcn claimed 10 nave
gwen the order TO advance was derive" rom ms
torIcal works General W God closed ms testimony
by corrcc, ing his evidence OF the previous DAY IN
regard To the position of the Army Of the GUNNER
land at ulchuail on Apui g. The army, he said.
was TWO OF three miles from the IVer toward the
front
TESTIMONY OF GENERAL sHEPNAN.
General sherman WAS next called. General
Mcmahon, counsel for General Stanley, read the
following dispatch:
BISMARCK. D. r., July 8, 1877.
10 Gmoal VINCENT AC"ani-Gcoai Ddsa"gio"'
Arrived at Bismarck All well VIII take the
boat Rosebud tomorrow for Butord. | think Cen
rIal >tIul,N's charges against Iiazen arc I'M
jusr ana uutimeiy. General Hazen IS still al
Bulord, ard NAV see HIM. but m the event OF ms
reporting ia Washington without having seen me,
/ advise that the Char-c made by General STANLEY
To- entertained and tried 10y a COurt-maria, on the
oldand true principle that If General Stanley fails TO
make good his charges ne, Stanley, must suIcr the
penalty Copy OF tus 90 General ~ 1nley VINO must
MAX. GOOD his charges suffer the same penalty
due 90 General HdZcn lu case OF COuNlctloH. II L
moot General Ha2cu viii give him a copy Of this
and Of your dispatch. and advise hm TO proceed
straight TO w asuugiou ana report 10 lne secretary
of War ". I. SHEIMAN, General.
General Mcmahon asked General Sherman il the
ropy was an authentic one Of "a dispatch sent 10y
him to general Vincent, and General Sherman re-
phed thai 1t was. The witness then continued;
" On Iuy arrival ai Buford gave copy to General
Uazep hnt do not remember having advised the
c0drt-Iuir, ial l should have had 10 hesitation IN
dong so. bat Tor some reason didn't. lnlnk thaJ
the di.pstch of General Vincent, acthg-AdJutaht-
General of the whole Army, which was sent TO me
a. commander Of the whole Army, and which nOu-
God me al line matter ought 10 he offered as a com
paulou to this dispatch oil mine to General Nlnceht
Counsel agreed % tAs. aud II VIII probably he OF
fered. There 40 crosse alulnatiou OF OcheIdl
Sherman, and his testimony occupied only lew
minute.
GENERAL scHOrIuDs EVIDENCE.
Naio,-GcEeral Schoticld was the next witness
He said that lie had been Secretary Of Wan for
few months and he testified briefly in regard tothe
aw OF 1866. by which tic supplies were furnished
from the COmmissary Department TO officers ID act
i've service lie noticed no opposition TO II. Inc
intcrpirtatiou of the law was that all articles re-
0ulTed By officers in the field should be uCulsheG 10
them. IN, general purpose OF the law was TO as
mems with the necessity Of suffers. There might
have been some opposition 10 the law by me Com
Iuissary Department, on account OF the large
amount oil money that was required TO meet the
GrNrRAL SHERIDAN AS \ WITNESS.
General sheridan took the stand and General
McMahou read General sheridan official report OF
tbe stolming and capture of Mission Ridge. The
portion to which General Mcmahon called particular
attention was rs follows:
While we were thus pushing the enemy and fore
ing mm 20 abandon his artillery, wagons ana
f-...f fHsfIA k.stfA TFrr ~ a.
Mission Ridge constructing Tfc-pits, and Gcuerai
Hazcu and his brigade collected artll cry from
which my men had driven ne oh'mEi ana nay .
claimed IL a. their capture. General " O0d ~ his
report 20 General Thomas OF the artillery tahrh'
claims many pieces which were the prizes OF my
division and when told 10y me that the report was
nntruthful replied chat 10 based upon tue rc-
porf OF General Hazen, who, perhaps would IA
time base ms on those of the regiments" but
Whether Wood. HaZcu'S regiments or company COM
maaders are respOns bic. the report is untrue.
Eleven Of these guns were CLEANED from the
battlefield and appropriated Whue was pu'Hius
the enemy OF 10 Chickamauga station.
General Sheridan recognized as ms own the re-
mort from winch this Is an extract On the cross
examination General Sheridan said that he
had no positive knowledge that General
Hazen gave orders TO collect the artillery.
His report had been based on tho reports
of the officers IN charge OF the aruil'Iy ne a'i
talked with General Mood on the subject hut had
never had opportunity 10 SPEAK 10 Nehcihi
uazen about il. The witness Was sure lhaJ inc
right OF his division on the Ridge, aud had cap
tured the guns before the lett wing OF hazeh 5
hrioodc reached the ridge lie noticed the lcIt of
his own division and General Iiazen's right coming
mn the hll together. Which reached the ridge hrst
he could not say but the night OF BIS own com
1naBd was meanwhile on the udgc while HaZen was
advancing.
MEETING GENERAL HAZEN AT SHILOH
Robert Murray, Medical Director Of BueIs d.
vision at the battle of SHILOH testified 10 meeting
General Hazen while the former was on the way to
the front The witness made two trips TO the front
one late in the forenoon aud once IN the afternoon
On one of these-he thought the former-hc met
General Hazen within a mile Of the river. hiding
slowly toward the rear. Doctor" said General
Hazen, Pm a ruined man.. Iye iost NY DIls4 i'N