, 1881-06-05

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ATTACK on SERBIAN. ~ s..
Abiding to Sherman'sorder that all civil.
fans, male. and female, living In Atlanta,
must leave'it within five days from the issl,.
| ance of the order, N1r. Dsvis says:
Since Atyn's atrocious orueIties to the non
combatant population OF tae Low Countries, in
| no Instance Of such bnrbanus cruelty as thal
which this order desipued to porpetrate.
t involved the tnmedl,te expulsion from
sstence % Of thousands I sant Of uno}fen5ng IL 5nn-
| women and children, who's husbands and ia.
thers were either 10 II the nrny, in Northorn pris-
Mayor and corporate authorities Of Atlanta ap-
peal to Sherman to revokepr modify this in
human order, rcprcscntfngin piteous Language
described by words, whicl its execution would
intliot on helpless women md infant children.
Ills only reply was: Il
ss
ars s x q s aises @ not designed
At the time appointed t1e women and chill
dren wero expelled from tlolr houses, and be-
fore they were passed within our lines oom-
plaint was genorAlly made hat the Federal Of.
fcers and men who were Ent to guard them
had rubbed them Of tho fer articles Of value
they had been permitted % take from their
TONERS was IN perfect harnpny with the temper
and spirit OF tho order. :.
THE nuKS1Se orcoLus1p1A.
Still further OF this Ge1nral lie says, touch
ing the burning Of Columbia, S. G.:
Hypocrisy'is tho tribute which vico pays to
| virtue; therefore Gen. shernanhps e,ideavorcd
| Columbia BY attributlng ito Gen. HAmpton's
ordert TO burn the COTTON y; the CITY. thar it
Gen. Hampton has proved cfcumstnutially that
Gen. Sherman's statement is untrue, nnd,
though In any controversy which Gen. Hamp..
ton may ne party no eGIpb4"tive %e evidence
hundreds Of un1mpoacheol eolewitnesscs have tes-
berate o ho &c hat i
was certainly permitted If lot ordered by the
commanding General.
And again: ;. i.
Were this tho only instuno Of such barbarity
to Escape tho responsibility hight be moro suc-
cessful, because moro plnusblo: but when tho
cuioglsts Of his exploits 1ote e1ultingly that
wherever the army wenI," when it is. incon-
troyertlbIy true that the lineot htB march could
be traced hy the burning osellng- houses and
to die from starvation ari exposure In the
depth Of winter, his plea Of mot guilty" in tho
case OF the City Of Columbia cannoL froe him
from tho reprobation which outraged humanity
must nttach to IN act OF cruaty which only finds
n parallel iu tho bArbafous Gcesses Of Wallen-
stein,s army 1n the S Thirty Years War, and
ization, sulltcd the fame OF tat otherwise great
soldier.
THE suRnESDEEoF LEE.
One of the most interesting features Of tho
book is what Mr.. Davis sa!s Of the various
peace-moyenlents. 1t has been charged that
Gen. Leo told A1r. Davis early in 1864 that it
! was impossible for the Comederacy to main
t,in itself, and the President has been
blamed for continuing the War after this
tifls On this point Mr.. Davis says:
Lee had never contemplated surrender. He
empoy e nf!oss IS %ashnrton 81 @ IA durinE the evoae
ton, expiessed 70 me tho belief that In the
InountainsLf Virginia he could carry on the war
wurd Lync6bire it may well be that as an al
Tentative he ho3ed to reach those mountains,
and with the atynutagc which ho topography
following him: -.
And further:
In the carly part OF March, 1865, Ms wef us my
memory can tix the dalc, Gen. Lee held wth NE
tree ba he teo
| that the evacuation Of Petersburg was hn
question OF time. He Ind early und fuily.fp-
1 preclutcd the embarrassment which would r.
| suls from losing the workshops and foundry II.
s9 M+se haa Rqe of s
tauce OF Iichmond in thisssregaru was. however
then less than 1t had been BY Tho facilities which
hAQ been created IOT tuESE purposes III +1uEA5ku
Selma, Fayetteville, and some smaller establish
1nents; also. by tho progress which was oeing
made for large armory at Macon, Ga: To my
Inquiry whether It you'd net Ge erto nnc nn
he said that bis artillery and drnuEht horses were
too weak for the roads In their then condidon,
and that he wnnld have to %ait nm. they ne oe
sidcranon OF the line Of retreat. The papcrr
was forwarded to Gen. Lee and returned
him wth nq ar m NO oa to retpa
it should be In u southward!y direction toward
thu country from which we were drawing sup
plies, and from which large portion Of our
forces forces had been derived. In this conversation @
tho same general view was more specliicaIlly
stated and made TO apply to the then condition
Vile. ut which place supplies should be col
Ieoted and q junction made with the Troops uli-
der Gen. ]. E. Johnston, the et'nhlnGd force TO
he hurled upon Sherman in North Carolina. with
the tn hope OF crushing bis mmy before Grant
could reach him.
AS to tho manner in which the determine
ton to surrender was reached Mr.. Davis
writes:
On tho evening OF the sth Gen Lee decided.
that be would advance the next morning beyond
Appomntto1 Courthouse, and If the force
reported to be there should prove to be
en9 eny esaiaae the marsl lynch
Gurg; but il infantry Should bo found t1
argo force the attempt to nreak snronGa
which Gen. Grant had initiated on tho previous
dav should be reUpcned by flag, with proposi-
lions for uu interview to arrange the terms OF
cnpttuluuon. Gordon, whose co;ps formed tne
rear guard from Pitr5burg. and who had fouEne
daily Tor the protection OF the trains, bad now
been transferred to the front. On the next
morning, before daylight Lee sent Col.V Venaoie,
one Of hts staff, to Gordon. commencing Inc ny =
yance. TO leur1 his opinion 80 to the chances or
n successful attack. to which Gordon repned,
"My old corps is reduced to trazzle. ana. u1-
less nm supported by Lougstreet neavl!y. uo
mt think we can do anything more. Wneu
Col, Vouable returned with this answer TO Gen
Lee, be said. "Then there Is nothing leit me-
but to 70 and see Gen. Grant.
COULD TIE WAR CONTINUE!
After the surrender Of Gen. Lees army
AIR. Davis Ind no thought that the War was
over. On this point he says:
Ihad Telegram phcd to Gen. Johnston from Dan,
| vile the report that Lee had surreIdereu, anu
on arriving at Greensboro -condihoanlly re-
ieuurcuard at the time had his headquarters,
nv ohiect being to confer with both of theln IN
regard TO our present condition ana future opfr-
| ntions, Though I was fully seuslole o. ING
gravity OF our position, seriously anectcd as u
was by the evacuation OF tho Capital, ING sur
| render Of tho Army OF Northern virginia ano
| the consequent dscouraRement Whtcn tneSG
events would produce, DID not tnink VIC enoua ~,
despair. We still had effective armies 70 the
ncId and n vast extcur Of rich and productive
4 territory both east and west or she MlsslsslPp
whose citizens had cvtnced no disposlton e9
surrender. Ample supplies mad beon coltccleu
in the railroad dep0ts and much Sill f9maiutGu
| IN he placed at our disposal when needed oy Inc
| army in North Carolina. a.. n.a,, m.