, 1881-06-23
NASHVILLE.
Gen. Thomas and His Achieve.
nnents in the Light of
History.
Badeau's Statements Refatcd-His NASH
Vile Chapter tho Worst Of His
Military Romance,
llow TIcmas Sastd 1'O!h Sherman and 0rant-A
Commander Who .,lade 10 ,l'lnnder*

, Correspondence rtae,,l,,ntt 1ds<ttt.
WASHINGTON, Jnne ss.-rhe twcrty.nllttl'
cl,aptcr "f l]adeal.'s Military History Of 0cl'.
Grant p,.sllurts 10 glve NJ, Accurate a1tl Just
account Of tl.u Nashville campAfgn ,lMtlcr
t;c,,. ucnrRe II. Thomas. II Is, insteut botl,
inaccurate md unjust. Hcil. Tltonns
r,nrrgrtl frOm tho WNr ullu OF It's few 1l,sAe-
fcatcd Generals. No movement of Ills, from
1trst to list, Ind bccn imarrctl l'y Il bluntlcr.
For him md his troops there Ind always bces,
IL vlctory. liu was tllc prudent Oillcer, who
regarded human life au,l tho high interests
Of tho t;nvuriIMc,it ,luttcrs Of stcll concern
us IN fUrl,l,l the rash usu Of the ono Or tie
pertlIig Of the 0L1icr I3nt whenever tho
supreme lluur ef battle cauln II found hinl
with all tho isleans which Ito could command
gathered IN we'll ordered mud prepared
urrny, anL every blow Which lIe struck
fell on tho enemy with full ulld
fntal power. Ills WIS also wcll-roul,tted
character. III NIL bis intercourse, private
md u.'lcinl, u was tbs same quiet, modest,
,iln,ssl,n,ing gentleman. With these fruits
were mingled uWus,,nI llrinncss nnl reyolu-
tUn, ntlsl II courage which lei lin, whenever
necessary, TO the very front ilno Of the hot
tcst fighting. Ills army, from the highest to
tho lowest, Ind absolute confidence III Ills
Judgment, a,,d l0Dked upon his dispositions
MS tile sure f0rgruns,urs of victory. lie was
tho itl0lizGd fatliUr Of Ills troops.
Naturally, those writer's who fru,no books
NpOn tlic theory that III proportion rs other
heroes uro slnirchcl t,lMl beaten down their
own particular hero will rise toward colossal
proportions have fountl II II, difficult matter
IN deal with the perfect record Of Gen.
Thomas. -
Bu,eau, III Ills heavy military novel, iii.
ya,les MI armies, "nsl .5..-.s... -..-...-.
sr1.kEs AT Ali. cDNMANpEus ExcElr
SHERMAN ...-...
nr III ,i,e % lu.st n,ra,Ia ~ M of e,IlorlzInr Grami.
W'!c', l'e reached Thomas Ills greatest task
n rsas to be ss"pse, .rd Tt1"s hon S,,,na 5
snut" .s '!'ses s lnv , teory @ i. ~ "s ~,
.t, 'u" ~. ,,,;,,. W." ~ law" S psn ant,, '
tacR ae,R %'y 1 le Mls eurees 1 s and ssitn'S wi s
fuIsity seeks To s)lrlyej the colossal figure of
T'hnuns IN t,,n cvcs of tho NntIon. 'rhe Mt.
no"'.s y" uo us.' . ~ n,,, .nu sso',. amo ~.
o',s n',l malicious stubs nru concealed under
Il fringe Of praises. lhu latter, In tho nuiu,
nro ,tiyrn wilorN not.Ilur lc.s wouf,l In toe.
| rosn,,. hnt .,y,.rv "hnnr., for str,kinv ,,n,na
proved. ~ fow Instances will illustrate the
aha otnr - h tt,to hrn,,,t, ~ l,ntIo,,,ta ,vort-
e!!nfacter u ah's eft1slch ~ bhueaus Work.
! Thomas wns apparently unanlbitoNs,"
"lacket in quickncss and br1tlnncy,"
:. ~ ia -" ,,,,ro no"s - p ~, s"eI, ~" H.
,,.1 ~ ms na.u.o !" uAo aao ".
lt'ativc'" sometimes SLOW When there
was need Of spcctt," mot always rcady for
aggressive opuratlous when bis s,,nerlors
| WlsIJMj.N !" bis preparations were 50 elaborate
lint flloy Intcrfurctl not only with lii celar-
itv' hit with his nrt,mrit,,nss u ",,evnrther
ht, WIN. In annlo ilotni,jv instances. an e1ni-
l,ontiy Successful tIiat.tlle world wit probably
Eivn n verdict liIri iijs favor whleh greater
Soldiers Iliko DNdcnU) might witliIrOIttI D
Il never aecontui thenI Observation-Disclosures t}t
they were thrust rpon hl,.i.h HTholius' de-
inri,t,,ntfnti tt, lnjny.n "'rho,pns' aitratinn
ut Nnsl,yilie becoming daily more juMliiat.
ilg uIiti dangerous "ttle mnrtifylng Sc
q!lcnce Of the gteat campaigns Ut Grant ntnl
Slersnn1l TOR ChattalooKn nild Atlanta u
inertness," Grant ,.''had seem tlie samc fruits
u year before NJ Chattanooga" the SUNG