The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-05-01
TRANsFERREp mo- LOUISIANA.


TRANSFERRED TO LOUISIANA.
General Taylor was afterward trans
ferred to another and distant field of
operations, and with the rank Of major
general, on the recommendation of jack
son for services in the Valley, placed in
command of the district of West Louisi-
ana. He showed great skill in his new
sphere. Actuated by dream of recap
turing New Orleans, ne fercely attacked
Banks, cut off his supplies and was in a
fair way TO success when the fall Of
Vicksburg destroyed his hopes His
second service in the trans-Aississippi
was in the famous Red River campaign,
in the spring of 1864, in which he acted
under the orders Of General E. Kirby
Smith. He encountered Banks army
moving from Alexandria, and gained
two of the most important victories for
the Southern side. After the battle
OF Pleasant Hill, General Taylor was for.
pursuing the enemy to the waters edge,
and, contemplating the destruction of
Banks and Porter, INDUCED the prospect
of thus overthrowing the enemy's power
and opening the way to New Orleans.
But the commanding general did not
favor this view. Taylor almost defed
General Smith and took the responsible
ty Of changing reconnaissance into a
battle, and on the commencement Of the
action he had declared to General Polig-
mac, who commanded one of his diyis-
ions, "Little Frenchman,
I'M GOING TO FIGHT BANKS
here if he has a million of men," A
despatch from General Smith came to
him in the midst of the battle, ordering
him to withdraw near Shreveport. ''Too
late, sir, said Taylor to the carrier who
brought it; che battle is won. 1t is not
the first have fought with halter
around my neck" Fortunately for him
he obtained a victory, bat it was pretty
clearly shown, afterward that had he
obeyed orders and waited for his support.
it is improbable any portion Of Banks
forces would have escaped. The conse-
quence of the disagreement between
Generals Taylor and Smith was that the
former was made a lieutenant-general and
transferred east of the Mississippi and
given command of what was popularity
known as the Department of the South
west, comprising East Louisiana and Al
ALBANIA. This command General Taylor
surrendered to General Candy on May 4,
1865. On being asked whether the trans
Mississippi army ought to be surrendered,
he quickly replied, Eyes; surrender as
soon as possible. You are only sitting
up with corpse. sat with it until it
was blue, and if you delay much longer
it will become too offensive for decent
burial.''
THE SURRENDER
is thus described: ga bountiful lunch
con was spread, of which we partook,
with Joyous popping of champagne corks
for accompaniment, the first agreeable ex-
plosive sounds I had heard for years.
The air of Hail Columbia which the
band had struck up, was instantly
changed by Canby's order to Dixie but
insisted on the first, aud expressed a
hope that Columbia would be again a
happy land, a sentiment honored by
many libations." After an absence ol
four years he saw his home, New Or
leans. His estate had been coniscated
and sold, and he was without a penny.
His first care was 10 sell his horses, and
a purchaser was found who agreed to
take and pay for them the following
morning. The best horse was badly
foundered but sufficient "greenbacks''
were obtained for the other to bring his
wife and children from the Red River to
New Orleans.
FErED BY THE PRINCE OF WALES.
The crowning triumphs of General
Taylor's social career were won in Eng
land and on the Continent of Europe
after the war. he first gained notoriety
Mt the London clubs by his admirable
skill as whist player. He was disci-
ple of Hoyle and the older school OF
players and cared little for the modern
niceties of the game. His memory was
wonderful, and he never forgot card.
The English club men, who had learned
their science from James Clay, Caven-
di.h and Pole, were astonished at this
old-fashioned player, who beat them in
spite of their rules and formulas. So
General Taylor's fame came to the ears
of the Prince of Wales, who loves rub.
Der next to tiger hunt, and they met
at the Marlborough Club one night and
PLAYED together. Thus began an intima.
CIV which endured to the last. Wherever
the Prince went, whether to Sandring.
ham for Whit Of rustic air, or to Scot