The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19
HANGED LIKE c 8!
General James A. Garfield in a
Bad Light.
Continued from last Ceek

part OF the month OF NAY, low, anu
sent him to Governors Island neal the
CITY of New York, where he was kept
in confinement for several week. Short,
" after he resigned his commission and
want South He was immediately
commissioned as a Colonel OF artillery
With Bishop General Polk, IN Western
Kentucky. Here the ardent and impul
sive temperament OF Col "llliaLts'o CON
bined with a naughty and oye5oearlh
manner. which was lntenslfled Dy lht
s,r;c,est ideas Of discipline, new ana
d;s,asteful to the volunteer soidIery o
the west. involved HIM IN a dlfhcuity
N;.h . nrivate which resulted III the
Tilu ofthe soldier. This affair made
T 1I'V Williams unpopular in Gen. ok
onmmand. and although he behaved WIFE
Great courage aud %gallantry at Ine od',
tie of Shiloh SOME months alsersa
no was transferred to b stan OF ueI'
Rraog. then in command OF n cqniea
DE- orces in Tennessee, where ne re
ei a until the first day ofJune' loo'.
m ~uamnaipn. during which were
ne ,he battles Of Fort Donelson,
l3ugIh' snd Corinth, with many minor
onlon had ended in the summer
engageeo Nv The retreat Of Gen. Buell
VI &c limited States troops across the
States of Tennessee and ~,ho
DO Ohio River. The friends OF lhe
Southern confederacy, were great.s
sl.ted. and those of the Union were
el : depressed. Gen. Rosecraps as
equI Command of the Army OF the
Ssnmherland recruited its depleted
Snns and marched South to Nashville
T ranHs in the latter part OF same
lenheSa Tba flower of the Southern
year nnaer General Bragg, was assem-,
hied at Murfreesboro; Both siues Hau
made extraordinary efforts tor a cohnlct,
whicb was expected to be deci5lse III
W nharacter. Gen. Rosecrans a
~ and delivered battle on the last DAY OF
december, 1862. At the close OF 5lla'
dan the advantages were most decided
IL y;,b the confederate troops. Mass
= b;s forces upon the right wing OF
,ha Tnion army, which was at ina
en- weakened by too great an exten-
Gen Bragg fell upon 1t, erISning
It completely. and driving u PACK mttn
terrible loss upon the rear OF the IeI'ei
and Loft. Gen. Rosecrane nevertheless
haId his ground, although almost q
t;relv surrounded by the enemy, VINO
was then greatly superior in the NUMBER
S afSc;encv of his cavalry. On the
d dav of January, 1868, when the con
a;et was renewed, Gen. Bragg was driven
hack with great slaughter, and at n
Of the engagement retL:eI III q
southerly direction to repair MS 'oso5S
and recruit his shattered command.
Notwithstanding the immense efforts
mt, forth by both parties the oattie o'
IT, H'rfreesboro or Stone River, as 1t Is
somat;mes called, was indeclslve. The
na,;onaI troops retained possession OF
tha field. but it was by a piecaflous
tenure, Their line of communication
with the rear, every mile OF whlch re-
ouired protection, was more than TWO
hundred miles in length. About ten
tbonsand men on each side were Killed,
wounded. captured or otherwise placed
hors An combat. The confederate army
had sullenly retired some thirty miles
aoutb and the whole of the surround
oountrv was yexed with the lncurslons
of his cavalry. ~
Such was the situation when Col.
Williams conceived the daring enter
prise which he shortly afterwards under
took. Full Of a desire to distinguish
himself in some bold nd.dashing move
ment knowing from his experience IN
Washington how business was conducted
nd orders issued at the War Depart
ment. he undertook to render a brilliant
service to the cause of secession by en-
tering the lines of the Union troops and
ohta;n;np such information as might
lead to a magnificent success Tor the
eonfederates. As Fort Granger was SO
desirable an acquisition, he induced his
eousin, Lieut.. Peter, then serving Oh
the staff of Gen. Wheeler, to JOIN him
Having completed their preparations,
Williams and Lieut.. Peter, dis
cn;sed in federal uniform, and mounted
fine horses, with forged orders, let
and passes in their pockets. ap-
nroached the entrance to Fort Granger
and demanded admission at a late hour
in the afternoon of June s: 1858. Their
occasioned some surprise, as
skirmishing had been going on constant
w for several days In almost every dl-
r%ection, and the fort was practically IN
vested by the enemy. However. as
thew wore Federal uniforms, and pre-
sented orders in regular form from the
Secretary of War from the headquarters
e the Army of the Cumberland at
N urfreesboro, they were admitted, and
their entrance they presented the
following papers, all of which were for
geries. They read as follows:
WAR DEPARTMENT ADJUTAST
GENERAL OFFICE,
Washington, ID. c., May 25, 1865
Extract Special Orders No. l4o. i
CIV. Colonel Lawrence W.. Anton,
United States army. and Acting
special Inspector General, is hereby re-
eyed fran duty along the line OF the
ootomac. He willimmediately proceed
the west and infinitely inspect she De-
,artment of the Ohio and the Depart
f the Cumberland in accordance with
necial i~nspector's instructions Nos. 20, !
3 and l4O, furnished him from this
flee and that CT the Paymaster Gen
raj.
Y. Major George Dunlop. Assistant
)uartermaster, is hereby relieved from
'uty in the city. He will report imme-
to Col. Anton for duty
'sBy order Of the Secretary of War.
"E. ID. TOWNSEND,
assistant Adjutant General.
ssCoL. L. w. AUToN, L. S. A."
Especial Inspector Generdt'
They also presented the following
,rged letter from Gen. james A. Gar
Ella. Chief of staff for the Department
f the Cumberland
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF