New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-10
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
o,,p,,oNs or THE CIVIL WAR.

/. Atlanta" etc. lSnlO PIP ~V~'
Tho author announces that this volume has been
.,ecialv p1epared for survivors oil the W"r' "n'
that his aim has been TO collect the military ue'"'
rather Than To narrato incidents when "ouIu on
nyen the work. In thus deciding he mas uei'ooi
ately sacrificed opportunities for descrp''on u
the two most picturesque campaigns Oh 'oo " NV
Wharf.-The Jaunt through Georgia ana lho o"s
throuob the swamns of the Caroliras It's to be ie
gretted that lack of space compelled IneS0 guns,
sions for It is evident from the lew brief passages
;,.oar,oo .,orelv IN suggest the grOtesqueness OF
,,. caorc,a ,romeuade in autumn and the diIhcu'-
tics and suferipgs OF the winters s'ruggle oi 'n0
oth.r campaign that General COX Is " W
ohseryer who possesses also rare descIip'iN0 49,
in recording his observations. lhe soop0 "a
carlos Of which this book is the TENN Noun'o ''",
,,o1 hrovfv. and accuracy and fitness Ol ue''h
of the military operations give place 10 ioio 0"'
+o,pinc matter. Tie reader curious 10 soc Vn0
arthor,s movers of coloring narrative and at the
same time to catch an accurate GLIMPSE on '"1
s;ncular features of these two campaigns VIII hhu
.aso,,os If q hirhly interesting character on pages
9s 70 40 in which the fOragers of sherman III
Ceocgia are described, and page 100, IN WHICH
occnrs description Of the march through Oaro'lna
sNamps which General Hardee had reporter iii
naSsable at speed remarkable as 10 el CIV iio"
a. conte3erste General Joseph L. Johnston the
on,nion that there had been no such army sin00
the DAYS of julius C,esar," as that Oh Sheriiian
The volume is fragmentary; but this also Is com
=. no, only from lack of space but from the
fact that there are several separate opci"''o"0 "
IN, described occurring in regions OF tue country
remote from each other yet ali of them parts i-'H0
SANG comprehensive plan of sherm III 10 cat up 'e
Try n,art of the Confederdcy, from which It's
r;os in the field drew their life. The rads oil
s,o,.uan and Wilson and the operations OF ocno'
tcio in North Carolina, as well as the greater o","
,naigo of Thomas in Tennessee, are tIealed ol' .'0
latter in greatest detail. And the account "a ''S
-, co,,roiou also forms the most interesting ana
,.lronie cbanters of the book. There Is not niuch
that is absolutely ne% in them, hut what Is 'oiu
has not heretofore been put IN such Il lail anu
;orons narrative as here appears: and the clearly
auparont impaItlalty of the writer VIII coinnenu
The volume TO the future historian as AN lnVauaolo
ID Of the men who figured on both sides ana OF
tue operations OF bOtn armies.
One remarkable chapter, which stands c'ea'y
ont rs far above the average merit Of the "olA IL
self and as one If the finest descriptions oil oaV'e
ever written b., an eyewitness ana participant -
the account OF the battle of Franklin current
discussion has recently lent renewed interest u tS
incident of the Nashville campaign Oh 1904 anu
General COx's contribution VIII 20 a SIeaI way
I'll most nrrsous interested in the controversy TO
determine where merit VI ol"hO "'N"NA''N'
Emerson Opdycke, OF this city, the commander OF
.he Lrigade which in that battle unqucstionaoly
saved SchoGelds army from complete destruction
l restoring its broken centre las recently pun
lshed a memorial Oh this combat III WU!ch' "nlo
agreeing in almost every dctali WIN UeheI"l VA
he attacks General Schofeld Tor the 1aulF oiSpo-
ei;ion of Waener's brigade, which neatly IosV inc
battle at its very opening, and also CHARGES III"
with being absent flom the field some miles uis-
1apt General Cox does not attack General Scho-
field neither does he dispute the fact that Schoueu
was TOO far distant from the battlefield TO ne Oh
,r,,b use as commander; ana his excuses 1or
Schnfeld read very much like accusations. lie
GAYS that general Scholeld moved his mead
ouarters to the north side OF the river ana was per
,ollv nj IN. foot of the hill, which not only com
mauded a view of the field but was nearest the
bridges py which communication was kept up 1""
,vbare alone he could see the cavalry demonstTa-
tous OH the lett where Forrest and wilson were
already engaged. General Stanley, who had been
III dnrIng the morning had also his quarters on the
,or,h ct the Harpeth with Woods division" As
from General Coke narrative it appears that wheh
;n tho fort north of the river General SchOheIu
was more than two miles away from the batlIeueid'
and still further distant from the scene OF lhe cav
airy struggle for the fOrds of the stream ana lhat
the sick General Stanley was able TO go 10 Tie heiu
at The moment of the herces struggle, thls delehce
OF General SchOfeld will hardly be thought 10y HIS
friends a very desirable one. AS TO tine Other
charge made by General OpdycGe-tlat the lau'S
disnnsition of Wagners brigade as gross blunder
81 Ceru.l Schofeld-the author OF this book Is
more generous Wagner's brigade had been placed
obont five hundred yards in front OF the line oil de-
fence which had been selected, and in such position
that in the contemplated retreat they formed
protection to the advancing enemy. When iouteu
they were so closely pursued that the leoes ana
Warner's men entered our lines OF defence almost
simultaneously. The centre was thus broken ana
WAS only restored by Opdyckes brigade AFTER one
of the 6ercest hana-to-hand conflicts OF the war
Opdycke bitterly condemns General Scboieid LOT
This thunder but General Cox comes to the latteTs
rescue with the Interesting statement that General
scho6eld informed him, and that Wagner con-
frm.d the statement, that the exposed brigade
Was nlaced where it was solely TO observe the
enemy not TO resist him, and with orders to fan
back ON the main line AS soon as the enemy shoWeo
n oispos,tion 80 attack. But when tho rebels were
about TO attack Wagner was absent from ms
brigade aud before he could reach 1t and retire 1t
# had been overwhelmed ana put to flight IN great
disorder. General Cox even states, on authority
not named that General Wagner, III a moment OF
excitement ordered his troops TO hight when he
should have judciUusly retired them on the main
line. This in "a measure reeves General Schofeld;
but why he should have placed an entire brigade in
q position Of observation which was much more
depressed than his main line. ana only i've han
dred wards in front of it, thus UbsGructing his own
fire General Cox makes no effort to explain. lie
generally writes OF SchoGeld in approving terms
as regards this episode he evidently writes more III
sorrow than anger. General Opdyckes recent
communication Will doubtless call forth reoinder
from General Schoteld and he can hardly fail at
the same time to notice tine more judicial but
equally damaging statements of the present his
torlan.