, 1879-08-01

caltnlY surveyed tho sceno In front. turucd
carctcssly around, atni, a. expected. shtro vns
rcady for anything confident u,ll hssurod.
AT another ti.no, In the hent Of the battfc Of
ChattanooQa, Con. Bem'ng, Of ueorgsa, one Of
t!'e orayest men ! eyer any, eame charging up
tntcd artf!lcrY hurte, WitlH'ut any saddle, wiki
tho blind brllla IN, md waa using q rope trnce
a. whlp. His Int WAS gono atld he was mitch
di:ordercd. 'nencra,'' 10 satt1, my brigade 4
askeG quietly; utterly dcatroyc.l, you sayf'
Yes, slr,' he replied; 'gonc all 10 p|ccesv in.
great heart was nonrly 6rcakng. approached
d MN a az sa'a quietly nont you think yo
What do yo,l want with hlmI DO aud Ret
him. saId, sill quietly, ayine my hand on bis
arm, "anl brinK HIN here. Then you n1!l mud
eral. md NO may AZ we'll die hero as anywhcrr'
tte looked at mo eurtoualy a moment, then
laughed, and, with au oath, lnsllcd bis horse
with ropo trace and wss oil llko q flash. In a
command that he had gathered .ogcthcr sone.
how or other, alid he WINS iuto thu Hight agaln."
"l,ut wero not tho Southrtn troous, in de-
Tending t1eir own NpiI, inspifed by stronger mo-
tr",ts tyes tssn The Northern troops who were In
~ think not. The sentiment In favor of Inc
Union a.ni the n.enlores tl,at cling about the
old lag wore Just strong II not atronger, than
.roso n ~ aIom, vv ,,naa hnra ,ero h
sanls of msn in eynry Stain tvhn f,,rnrd npainst
their uativc Statcs in aofcrcnce to this love OF
tic Union and Joined with the Fedcsals In In
nrs,ost,nnta tnr Ioyc ,i,at the Fnf,rraIs In, fnr
ria ff",n,, .nd tf,a iii fnr II r.a a i,ve ,iot
Waa born with the Revolution, md ccmented
With tile blood Of our fathers. remember my.
Trrck,ny1r maslc sneeet conTrat,,lrtine his
men al ti9 abic. for tf,e rat tff1c in their Iirea
had % 10 thank u me for IT, The en- next I day INV some ope
rc,ncrkrd thnf I n,r,st fraI vary nro;1d n thia.
I rcniird that The Wnr Md ali Innnrcted viii II
f,Ilci mn with incx,rrahit,ln sadnnss. n,1d lint
III uy. as u. W. Pss H. oyer ,
.oidier" m hnIm st,;ss wer. ncrvct1 ns ,,ftr onI
,,.srorstn ~ onnttnm. o,,I Srsw fr,n', thr' Hrst
snat iherc wo,,id l,c hrro,stn iifsniassd hr h"th
auI II % strenuous" @ % ' '''S~'0 'A''' ~ '''''"A''
Whot werc .be 1ec,.tvc ,,att1es ~ ,tc ,yor7,t
VII "a m, nn,nion I'm, W. ,x.rc tsh,nnt.1 wIen
we fatled al Grttysburr. Alter i!,at wo Ind
on,y On d chance. Alter B1agE's failure to follow
v ne irar1o s 4 .nv s an IN, iS,s snr s'as
miracles. ] You see, as regards ticttysburr, ] We We
lad stekea great m deai or de 1nya.tsn u
Ic"triI tint wr must n,aEo m nfYcna;vo ram.
nafgn. did mt favor Tho tnrasion nf
pcrnsytvon,n. AZ ,tca g was tn hnrrv ,Fe
army then concentrating at Jaeason Tor
- Tnt,ahomn, wt,err Wrcov Sns confTnntn.
Rn.aa-mns MI " sand nv corr. ~ H., .om,S
n,int- With fhcsc cnm,,insn ftrrrs Rosrcra,,s
,nrbt hara been easiiy cr,1stct' and viii, cir
nrX,,'s nrmv va cnuii huvc swcnt thro,,rh Ton.
s,aasra nn1 iScn,uri,v ami nfsrrri 1ih;n IT,
n"eInr III. rrnnt fo,so u,,fh IN ,rnss ico ~
rt,torT' thrn,ri, Tcnnosssc md EarrsusEr w
Wild naro won aver both of thos. aoIntfni
utn4n1 1o,f,d hnwsv.r ,I"t Ian an h.n
a hcni, vcrr . m,,rh ant on invaiin~ Tcnnsvv". Ha
o nto onr:ct' ~ he n1on. nnts ,nni.in" mn
I, ,,Jr+ ,,,@ that IN shn"i navor .tto'l. ~"
Eoin,aa IL n,,. force ,he,n r. ot,as. w. .s "a.
1nnmhare.d forxann,. saviow. ~" snmo;inos
fail to drive lie eucmy from position: tlIcy
aiways faiI to drive us., The invasion was made.
Ita WIso t,ap was cbuneed by tllc bnttla Of ict.
tysburg, and We were forced back across tic
river, felt then that NC were beaten. Once
after tita there waH chance IN bare chauce) Of
saving the Confeaeracy. Tits was after thc bat.
Tia OF Cb,cNat,,auea, which VIVA tu lnauy rcsnccts
tho ,nost brilliant: Victory Of the War. The
enemy waa more Thoroughly nut to ruut here
than before or sincc. II Here cyer was an or-
CASTOR that demanded pursuit t,cil.n1elI this
wns the tIn}e, This Fclcrals were rush
nr back on Chattappogu iu the utmost
confusion. It was bright moon.
light nlrllt aud our prop)e wero anxious
to pursue. We might actually i.aye cniorcI
Chattanooga With tic Aytnr Frderals. and thus
recovered tho key to Georgln und East Ten
uesscc. Gen. Bragg lecllned 10 follow up bis
IL
Bragg WIS driven back to missionary itjrc, /
Ind talk with liz. Davis shortly alter Iiltcka-
mauga, told htin thnt there wis no hone for
tic tr1umth of our arms. lie was yery 1nucn
discouraged, a,l1 fually grew pcnitcnt. liz
aaId lie never remembered having seen such
noyelneut as proposcl nj CNfckamauen. rr-
nlirti thut II hi. mctuory would rurry him an far
back as Tho first Munassas he would ace nnch
mnycment. liz rupIlc(l Ycry tnrtiy. nm,i vr Ind
st,rne si1arp words. These were arrnngrn. bor,.
eycr, nrd we parted on good torns,n
q You sec, Gcneral, iat orpunizattou WA thu
deficiency OF tho military system Of the Con-
1e.eracy. What Was the fault OF lis opera-
tlonsi"
"Cbietly this; tho faIure to concentrate
troo,,a. 'fhe f;nyernncnt. m,,,yefl ,onl,tirss hv
desErn to nrotect orr soil ns In,,rh NJ nossth,o
Kant o,,r trSops scattered. md TIM. mnt;c 1,s,,
inciilclent. l'heru was Scarcely a ttnn yi,en tyn
bntl r. allY grand army ut ury ono ru1nt. 1Ie
polcY oi tl,u Fclprais, and especially Cen.
tirunt's uolcy, was to nlnsa orcrytbinlr nyatioh"
NJ nne snrc n6int and ,hen tl1rn st.a'.he au"'t ~
It. Urcourse, our GoycrI,n,cnI djsltketi IT, laavn
INV sccttu,. Of lie Coutedcrscy ut tic mercy of
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