The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-07-23

4 review OF Cist's " Army OF the Cumber-
land by the New York Tri5"ne, which accredited
Gen Garfield with more Influence on the movements
of the Army than Cst does ELECTED letter from Gen.
Rosecrans, which wound up with this sharpness, in
which heIuakes an historical error:
"As TO that deylsh aud cruel Cllulnny, that the
Army Of tie Cumberland bad been 'demUTaliEed by
Chickamauga 1t was first stamped Into the dust at
Missionary Ridge, when The ulteref Of H. dlsnlyed
aud demOralZcd himself by the failure Of his own
plans, In blank amazement beheld that army charge
M the slopes of Missionary Ridge sweep away Bragg
ting the whole line to Tout. And yet nj 10 T.. VI. nf
tiat Ipht with these great facts AN before him he
had the cold blOoded yllainy TO telegraph to Wash
ingtOn: Sherman has taken the Ridge 10 Tunnel
I'M, Hooker has carried Lookout. Thomas reports
several prisoners. -
10 THIS he adds the prudent warnings &" Wait for
the war records Nothing is 10 be said against
Gen. ROsecrans's Characterization Of the calumny
which sherman records as uttered by Grant that the
Army Of the Cumberland was so denOrallZed that II
could not bo got out Of the trenches to night. That
army stamped upon the calumny by winning every
success that was made In the battles about Chatta-
nOOga and winning them without Gen. GRANTS
plans, and when he had planned that AL the sue
Cessts were to be gained by Sherman. But Rose
CTaus Is Ia error n saying that Grant tolegraphed
above after the Amy Of The Cumberland had won the
battle of Mission Ridge.
Ills telegram was on the night Of the 2lh the day
before the browning victory II IS true that shcr-
man had not taken the ridge 10 the tunnel aud was
mover 10 take %; but II was Grants plan that he
should, and without Knowing ne may lave supposed
that he had. In his bulletin 10 lltleck, ON The
evening Of the 18th, announcing the success, hc did
tiuuatiOn Of sherman's, Gtauts plan Of the battle
that Sherman was 10 cross the river above, aud
swuOp down ON the north end Of Mission Ridge
which he expected TO hnd uudeiended, and TO take II
by surprise, thereby coming upon Bragg depot Of
supplies at Chlckamauga Station. Having thus
seized that depot aud taken tho ridge, he was 10
sweep along It, and then Thomas To join VA scoop
Ing up she fragments,
Tho plan cOmpllmented Bragg by suppGsng he was
such fool as 20 leave unguarded uufOrihcd the
head of the ridge which covered his supply depO-
The battle put oil for days 10 make this surprise
party. But the fool was not Bragg. When Sher-
got there he found the north end of the ridge
strong as 10 be- unassaablo. lie put his men into
slaughter as usual and they went 10 their deaths
with their usual Eallauy but II was mere waste Of
good soldiers, lie attacked repeatedly, and was re-
| peatodly rcpused, Grants plan had made an 10
| hang ON Shermau's surprising success, aud now II
had failed ana he was without resource, The Army
of the Cumberland both surprised and relieved him
BY carrying the ridge without orders,
But GEN IosecTang need not be 30 savage ON Grant.
lie cannot be 80 severe on him the irony OF his
history that the battle U Mission Ridge like the dash
| ing enterprise which captured Lookout Valley and
opened the iues Of supplies; the 8plend'd advance
which swept che enemy from his FIRST fortified inO Of
orchard kuOb and participation IN the astonishing
| feat which captured Lookout Mountain, were al
achieved IN the most orderly, splendid, and dashins
manner By that army which Grant told sherman va
So badly dcmoralized that II could not be got out
the trenches 10 fight until sherman had given II Al
! example, and that the battle was won contrary 4
GIantg plan, and after that had failed aud he wa
| without rational resource -C'aelaa"H gazette