Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-19

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and commanders n-chief by large
portion OF our people who
were uniformed as to the true state
OF affairs From the very commence.
ment of the campaign of 1864. b, Rin
ming in the latter days OF April aud
resulting in our loss Of Atlanta and
Gen. Hoods campaign into Tennessee
Gen. johnson, who commanded the
Confederate forces that confronted Gen
sherman, slowly developed his policy
Of acting ON the defensive and wearing
The enemy away by other modes OF
warfare than pitched battles against an
army equal In all essential respects 10
his own, and guaranteeing It two 10
one While the two armies, the
Confederate maximum of all
arms bsing Al 600 men aud
the minimum Of the federal army
being 93 600 men, were stubbOrnly con
testing every inch of ground, "a great
clamor arose and the government of
Richmond WAS besought in every pos
siOle way to place some one in com
mand of the Georgia army that favored
a different policy some one who would
attack 5herman's army in the front,
| in the rear and on both TANKS all M
the same time and NJ one bold stroke
aunihilate tan army of veteran
| North western men more than double
ours 10 number and commanded by a
general who was the embodiment of
bOldness aud strategy and VINO was
seconded by such lieutenants as Logan,
! Hooker, Mcpherson aud others Wnen
this cry was raised by mAlcontents
and joined in by the retired states.
men, Gen. Johnson had the best
and most efficient Confederate army
that mad been assembled, excepting,
OF course, the Virginia armies aud our
army of tennessee at the battle of
CHIcRamauga. Every sold Ter was a
veteran, hardened and seasoned 10 the
service, and our stomachs were even
adapted TO the scanJ, but always regu-
lar. rations that our government could
afford us. We had learned % love and
trust our commander. Our army was
stronger IN every way than when the
campaign was commenced The enc
my was farther from his base, with de-
| pleted ranks aud no prospective rein
iorcement, excepting returning in
vAlids aud raw recruits. With
|
we had disputed every foot of ground
from Dalton down TO the ChAtahoochie,
and had taken advantage of every OPP
| pOrtunity, when the snemy's forces
were even temporarily divided, above
the din OF the perpetual battle
rose the murmurs Of the people, aud IN
such thunder tones that nad the queen
| of England, with her ministery, been
our ruler she would not have dared to
disregard the wishes of u people 80 ex-
| presslve, and yet some OF the very sol
diers aud civilians who demanded the
change which reOmved Gen. johnson
aud placed Gen. Hood in cIm nAnd
were among the tirsC % announce that
/ il was the great mistake of the war.
We were In line OF battle on
! the Charlottesville river when this
order was promulgated. IL was
ON the 18TH Of Juiy, 1854 we had
eros ed the ChatahOocnie aud prepared
to make another stand Jas we had 80 Of
ten done before) prepar alOry 10 falling
back to Atlanta, which WAS five miles
distant. but Gen. johnson mad re-
ceived information, when proved 10
be correct, that large portion OF 5her-
mans army had gone down the river
on the north aud west side, leaving IA
large force, and more than equal TO
ours, between Peach.tree creek and
said river the order of battle was is
sued and soon the regimentaiand COM
pany officers knew the plan OF attack.
! Poikis and Hardee's corps were 10
move on the euemy's front (tchelon
movement, and Gen, Hardee's corps TO
attach them on their left flank. This
was the condition Of the army when
/ a.. FIR a no al In a.
ers passed along our linee like a chilli
The dullest soldier knew what that
change meant. The plans that Gen
johnson formed were never carried
out. Wei the front were carried ia
shooting distance OF the federal lines,
where We acted AS targets for their in
fantry aud artillery, waiting for the
attack to commtnce on the enemy's
! left, which, for some unexplained
reason, never did commence, aud a
few hundred names ieas 70 answer TO
roll call that night WAS all OF the
Peauh-tree creek battle. Why we
were left in this condition 10 another
one OF the mysteries Of military eti-
auette which some history has failed
10 solve. Then followed series of de
fsals. The evacuation 1t Atlanta
| Gen. Hoods campaign into Tennessee;
hts bloody victory az franklin, and
total route AZ Nashville, and the re-
treat Of the barefooted army back
across the Tennessee, are matters Of
history. Mr.. Davis neither conceived
OF approved the plan that met with
such signal failure though he 4. the
time came In for fuli share OF cen-
sure. History will always write him
Ms a pure statesman and patriot, and
preserve his state papers rs models OF
| purity, elegance aud Weldon.
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