New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-10
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
o,,p,IcNs OF THE CIVIL WAR.

CAMPAIGNS OF IhE oi' - Cppvxv
1Hh hnr Of The Russian Army and ITS IN ppn.a
turkey in ls777S and ss rHpaE sons sons
-, sn,htless found impractcable to select
.asosr who had been participant in all the
60 MILITARY operations which freed the Miss's
.;nn River 70 write this volume and the somewhat
aincult and ungrateiul task oil harratins '"o'o
disconnected movements fell to the lot Oh S"uns
officer who was not witness OF any OF INC "'''o"
no describes This Volume, therefore. lacks some Vi
the value and the charms which lie IN tno i'''
ration of personal experiences ana obserNa''o"'
fonnd in the other volumes of the series O'ei
dozen different campaigns are descflpeu' no"V
which were of paramount Importance oNeop' 'i''''
of Vicksburg: and this being Tor the uos' P"i',
long and uueyentful siege, afforded tno ausno' ~
scope for the display of powers air'a"9 suatI
bis former works There is evidence oil q c"ioiui
I'd, of tho various operations but In MS eager
&c 20 ,a nrccise as TO dates and exact as TO hgulos
y, ,,rh.rs his narrative and sometimes cohluSos H.
m. strategy which resulted with little loss III 'io
i,vestmeut of Vioksbure and separated lehoo1-
TON shut ID in the town, from the renewing Coiuii
nj Joseph Johnston at Jackson, Is not aoel'"'e'S
and clearly described and the two chapters ue'oou
10 this daring operation are not WORTHY tno ""'"D'
or the subject. The maps, like most Oh tnei, p'ou
ocessors in this SERIES not to he commenced lol
new with the possible exception OF the TACT Saiu 10
he established from recently discovered papers VI
Ceneral Pemhcrton, now in the possession OIL tho
War Derortment and as yet unpublished, tha' us
AVN, in Vicksburg were mutlnous anc IeiuSeu "
undertake q march and battle with the oes'S" u
emitting their way through the Union i"o' az
abandoning the city. 1t Is state" 'n1t WV U"''
before the surrender three of his four DIVISION c"'h
,u.nders @rerorted unequivocally that 'nef hioi,
were pbysically unable to undergo such la"gues'
one stated that the temper OF his troops ihaue d
surcessful evacuation Impossible; WHO wv VI
vis,on and subsequently nearly all the brigade anu
ree,meutal commanders advised an lmme dia'e CD
pitulatiOn. . n,o
som, Of Lieutenant Creene's estimates OF the
Generals who figured in these campaigns are at va
r;ance with Those generally accepted. lie speaks
aisnoragugly of General Joseph Johnston rs lh-
rlned moro to dlsputatious writing IMAM W uolu
and vigorous movement In the field; an oplhon
which no would fad it difficult to prove correct u
General sherman and others who fought johnston
As TO his disputatiOus writings Jefferson Da'S
md BraXton Bragg gave Johnston constant occ'-
siop far vriting in order to preserve his asssled
reputation and correct record tLeH jealous n"-
times would have been pleased TO falsfy Lieuten'
ant Greene in one place speaks OF Grant, oher-
man and Mcpherson the foremost chiefs which
tho Vnrtheru armies produced" There was moth
ing in the achievements of General Mcpherson 10
ipstifv ranking hun with the others named nc
rose RAPIDLY, and largely by favorusm OF Grant
and sherman. to the command OF the Arlnyo1 the
Tennessee. which they had made great corps ana
OH the very first opportunity to distinguish hluiseh
he 80 signally tailed as to cause his immaculate
commander and predecessor, Sherman TO say Oh
hin, that such an opportunity does not occur
twice ina single life, but at the critical moment
Mcpherson seems to have been little llmid
That timdity at Resaca unquestionably made the
lone hundred davs campaign of Atlanta necessary
If he had walked Ito Resaca. then held
oply by small BRIGADE says Sherman, Orplaced
his whole force astIde the railroad above Resaca
am certain that Johnston. would
have retreated eastward bJ Spring Place. and we
sbould have captured half his army and all his ar
ulery and wagons at the very beginning 81 the cam
naiqn.p Mcpherson did some good fighting which
displayed no special eeneIalship, aud fell in the field
nt the head of his troops but sympathy for HIM as
n gallant SOLDIER does not justify the estimate OF
him As a great general which Lieutenant Greene
has adopted in common with other writers belong
ing to the regular Army