Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-03
THE HERO or TENNESSEE.
he is Greeted at Masonic Temple by
Large Crowd, and Delivers
an Admirable Address
On General Hoods " Advance
and Retreat . Before Nash
Vile I'm 1864, and the Ten
nessee Campaign.
COurier-Journal. 2d.I

Courier-Journal. ID.
In response to The invitation of the
Southern Historical Association, a
large audience, composed of Mexican,
Confederate and Federal veterans and
citizens, accompanied by their wives
and daughters, assembled at Masonic
Temple last night to greet the hero of
Tennessee, General B. +. Cheatham,
and hear from his lips an account Of
the movements Of General Hoods
army during its march upon Nashville
in the fall Of 1864, while Sherman
was marching to the sea"
The desire to hear Gen. Cheatham
on this subject has been general all
over the country since it was an.
nounced that he had consented, in the
interest Of history, to defend his
record in that movement and correct
the inaccuracies contained in Gen.
Hoods narrative Of the campaign,
entitled Advance and Retreat.
The large audience that assembled
last night to hear him evidenced their
desire to see him vindicated, and also
to hear one who had led armies to
victory to tell in his own way the story
Of Schofeld's escape from the Cen
federate army at Spring Hill, Tenn.
The intermingling Of Pederals and
Confederates on this occasion was a
pleasing spectacle, and showed that
they could meet in harmony and listen
to the accounts of battles in which
they struggled against each other for
victory.
On the stage, to the left of the
speaker, sat the Presidents of the
Federal and Confederate Historical
Societies, Captain John Mason Brown
and Captain w. 0. Dodd, while be-
hind them were seen Governor j. D.
Porter, of Tennessee; Governor L. P.
Blackburn, Governor r. I. Jacob,
Lieutenant Governor Cantrill, Mayor
Baxter, Hon. H. w. Bruce, John
Barbee, Rev. DR.. Perkins, Hon. Fl.
NJ. Wstterson, General Alpheus
Baker, John G. Roach, General Abe
Buford, Colonel R. NJ. Kelly, Captain
Fred Huber. Rev. DR.. j L Burrows,
Major D. W. Saunders, L. H. Nc.
Donald, Major John B. Pirtle, ex-
Attorney General James Speed Judge
VIM +. Bulloch and General w. c.
Whitaker.
A cordial hand d-shaking was in
duIged in when General Cheatham
came upon the stage, and the audience
greeted him with loud applause.
Captain W. o. Dodd, President Of
the Southern Historical Association,
introduced General Cheatham as a
veteran of two wars, which was the
occasion for another outburst on the
part of the audience. General
Cheatham then expressed his thanks
for the homer they had shone him in
coming to hear him. He was there on
the invitation of the Southern His
torical Association to read or have
read an account Of the movements Of
his corps on the evening and night of
November 20, 1864. He had taken
great pains to obtain all the facts con-
nected with that affair, and would ask
Governor James D. Porter, who was
his Chief of staff, to read the papers. |
Governor Porter was introduced 70 |
the audience by Captain Dodd, and |
promised the reading of the paper by |
saving that it was merely a personal |
statement and not a military criticism.
Criticism on the affair at Spring Hill |
had been exhausted by Major D. w. |
in his very able paper before
the association Of this city several
months ago, and that criticism had |
already gone into history.
The large audience showed by their
unremitting attention their interest in
the paper.
The address was full of thrilling |
accounts of quickly taken positions, |
and was exceedingly interesting |
throughout 1t will appear in our
issue of Sunday.