Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-06-16
GENERAL SHERMAN AGAIN.

The Tribune boys have taken up
the cudgel against Gen. Sherman.
They say
The editor of the CHRONICLE can not find
what it was that Sherman did to cause a lady
to slam the door in his face. The CHRoNI-
GLE and the general alluded to may not
think it ungallant in great soldier to put
himself to the trouble of walking two
squares to taunt a bereaved lady with the
defeat of those who were fighting for her,
but we can fancy there are many gentlemen
with perceptions fine enough to discover in
such conduct something not only harsh but
cowardly.
We desire no controversy with
these highly chivalric youths on this
subject, but in order that our read
ers may judge for themselves, we
give below, just what Gen. Sherman
says himself. It was at the time
when Camp Jackson Confederate
surrendered to Gen. Lyon, who was
in command of the Federal forces,
and before Gen. Sherman had en-
tered the army. He says:
remember going to the arsenal on the
9th of May, taking my children with me in
the street-cars. Within the arsenal wall
were drawn up in parallel lines four regi-
ments of the Home Guards" and [ saw
| men distributing cartridges to the boxes l
also saw General Lyon running about with
his hair in the wind, his pockets full of pa
pers, wild and irregular, but L knew him to
be man of vehement purpose and of de
termined action. I saw, of course, that it
meant business, but whether for defense or
ofense did not know. The next morning
[ went up to the railroad Office in Bremen
as usual, and heard at every corner
of the streets that the Dutch -
were moving on Camp Jack
son. People were barricading their
| houses, and men were running in that direc-
| ton. [ hurried through my business as
quickly as l could and got back to my house
on Locust street by u O'clock Charles
Ewing and Hunter were there and insisted
on going out to the camp to see the fun"
L tried to dlssuade them, saying that III case
of conflict the bystanders were more
likely to be killed than the men engaged
| but they would go. l felt as much interest
as anybody else, but staid at home, took my
little son Willie, who was about seven years
old, and walked up and down the pavement
in front of our house, listening for the
sound of musketry or cannon in the direc-
ton of Camp jackson. While so engaged
Eliza Deans, who lived opposite us, called
me across the street, told me her
| brother-in-law, DIR. Scott, was sur
geon in Frosts Camp, and that she was
dreadfully afraid he he would be killed. I
reasoned with her that General Lyon was
regular officer that if he had gone out, as
reported, to Camp Jackson, he would take
| with him such force as would make re-
sistence impossible, but she would not be
comforted, saying that the camp was made
up of the young men from the first families
of St Louis, and that they were proud and
would fight. [ explained that young men
of the best families did not like to be killed
better than ordinary people. Edging grad
ually up the.street, L was in Olive street, just
above Twelfth, when [ saw man running
from the direction of Camp Jackson at full
speed, calling as he went, "They've sur
rendered, they've surrendered" So l
turned back and rang the bell at Mrs.
Deans. Eliza came to the door and I ex-
planned what [ had heard, but she angrily
slammed the door in my face. Evidently
she was disappointed to find she was mis-,
taken i'll her estimate of the rash courage OF
the best families.