, 1884-09-16
SOME WAR STORIES.
Gen. Dodge's R~ecoileotiona Of 1ei
and Things.
Northern AIabanIan~ Used FOR secret
service PurPose~-LincoIn-Weas
ern, Eastern and SOUTH
ern Troops.


fNNN
Meeting Cen Gmnviile Dodge, who nt nns
time commanded fhe Amy 81 ur lnnuo-
SEQ in piaoa vi Meihftaan tad A.luI
kim nf neu di1 you u-o chiefly ior gnf
secret -oreior purIaes
i uscd A~lahaWisus almost euaIrlF M
northern Alabama them WINS "a shuts ln.4
feeling. aud folpani1sl rot only aiatfe i-'
blncks from that state into rcelmorts o.
Of ms uEouts ln Ainusuln nearit loEt lt has
having hccn cnuri-mariinlsd Tor toalg a. s.'
Ha was n Iuinu men nud / employed him e.
chock of the rebel iorr~ goingpagt his form
he would tnkc uofe Of iaeir ~nutnbcr. colt
iina. arms, guns. and tsttories, AMI send
struisHt Geo mr They finally alpuctei hf
nmi eaurt-mnrtisiod him and would hnya
nnural INN. i-ena 5000 Of the fecIct s-I.-
ie- iuraey ia lny possess ion o. the hrot.UrDf
Icle.1ain Davis tn dciCii that inan. ard th'
defena- NO less than the relationship nl tli
LAWYER savei him. When they weic remos
ing him from one point % another he hnhoi
his way of nni caIne to mo, audi never lot
linn $50 back into tho south again'
5uid J.: Did you over meet Abraham
Lincoln
-Ye~. IIrst met Mn Lincoln at Council
Bluffs several yenr before tine war. He al
hsan employed In some railroad matter. nnd
fGme out thcfr Ia inform himself lie
rpoke To- mo at The hotel, and /
suppose ia the course OF an hour, with
g lawyers capacity 10 absorb al1thor mans
iuoaledga. hs got from me an lie wanted.
Nenrs rfssel on, and during the war
! fcceivtl 90 ieleernph dispatch from Cen.
Grant telling uao 20 go at once to Wasiiug-
ton City mud report 10 the president Of the
United stsfcl 10 frightened rne. / bad
raised g. negro regiment, one OF the 1rr-
raised 90 the war. for the purrosa of guani-
.- aa L.n.L H.-a-HN
hu,v di approved 81 That work, and J -ul-
posed / uua going 90 Washington To b.
f~cprimafiei or perhaps removed. When 4
got 90 tha White HOUSE Mr. Lincoln turliel
Ia mt and rnid u mot You six years ago
ina Iowa, when yal wurc surveying fns tho
Pacific railroad.
~'Nea Air President. said Il d remember
ID. lul I supposed you hid forgotten it,
NO. said Lincoln. u have sent for Won. be-
iisvine tint yuu could give me some advice
'un nu important matter from your conncc-
ton with surveys. Tho ill has passel for
thc Pacific railroad; and the towns along tho
Missouri river. Kansas City and Others. arc
all working hard hero 10 be made tho initiul
point OF that railroad want you to tellmo
which is tAu true initial pont TO begin the
road from
Il took % map md showed the president
tide proper line of the rond, and said: Il hayo
but i.tle Doubt that Council Bluffs is the
lfuc point tu begin Toward TINT place the
railroad. 1910 coming FROM tho cast Mr.
, Hlon.u heard me through-hear1 ms Inl-
rIis-nnI said. Now I am satisfied. TIN.
b nl ! wnuiod To- sco You for Hc ihan bad
ule railroad 90 nt Council BluiIs
said l. DID you soo my difference hr-
tween tho western and the eastern troopii'
-Oh. yes. When / Wa at P~otcrsburg there
was a big Eight, and / WIS struck with the
great number Of stragglars We Ind moth
ing If that sort in tho wost. Our western
troops went to the war TO fight, and not to
stink OH When / was in Grants eastern
army 10 seemed 20 mo that there wVrc
fewer drafted men coming in than there Ncp
f~ugitivcs going 70 the rear. Dcscrtions wcru
constant Grant had difficulties in that
eastern army no man who was not
with him la the west can ever realize.
When lac came 20 the east he desired
e. bring with him a number Of h-isprominent
officers. He wanted me to como, and Nc
rherson. and Logan and Sheridan. Ho only
got sheridan. When he came 10 rho east he
found that the jcalousies Of the eastern com
iade1 OF bringing in western men were such
that he could only venture 10 bring Sheridan.
ard for a long time Grant had 10 whit until
Sheridan became effective in the valley be
fore he could pound away at Lee as he
wanted tor
What do you think OF the Coufcloratos
and the way they were handled in the war;
They We're Eome OF tho lnest soldiers in
tie world, and they had commanders in
many cases superior to ours. Forrest, Tor
example. WINS one Of the best calvary com
manders in history. l heard Con. sherman
.ay that IL he could only match Forrest witt
& man of equal enterprise many Of his diii
, culties would fade. After Sheridan was
tdecn away from that army Sherman mover
had much luck with his cavalry com.
mandcrs'