The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-01-28
GRANT AT SHILOH.
THE OLD COMMANDERS NARRATIVE
OF The DESPERATE BATTLE.
MS REPLY TO BuEL's CHANGES
The Army Not pemorsIized-casher
ing Up the Straggiers and
Making them Fight.
THE FIRST OF THREE ARTICLES IN
THE CENTURY

MAKING tnem rts"t.
TIE FIRST OF THREE ARTICLES IN
THE .CENruRY."
New YoRK, January l9.-Gen.
Grant was able for the first time to-
day 10 call upon bis physician with
regard 10 his throat troubles. de
left his home at an early hour IN the
morning, and made the tour to and
from his physicians without any
apparent trouble. Colonel Fred
Grant said to night that the General
had entirely recovered from the
trouble with his tongue. but that his
throat was not yet well Two or
three weeks ago he Was IN posi-
lively dangerous state from tins
cause and suffered great deal OF
main. but this bad entirely passed
away. and a few days would see
General Grant as we'll as he ever
wa. DIR. Fordyce Barker, VINO has
been dlltuuttiS iih's S'tN' - -
he was steadily improving.
The General is now engaged IN
finishing his war recoileclions.
These are to embrace the Mexican
war as well as the rebellion. 1t Is
expected that the memoirs VIII he
completed in less than three months
They bid far to become extended
aud about the size OF one volume oil
Appleton's Cyclopedia. No outsider
has AS vet been allowed to see ad-
vance sheets of the work, nor has the
COP? been edited. Colonel Freder-
lex Grant said that no publisher
for the work has yet been Sc
lected.
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.
General Grants article on the bat
tie of shiloh is to appear IN the
Centarg for February. The flrst
edition of the magazine, which Is
now about ready for the public, will
reach about 10000 copies. Ii Is
understood that the Century pays
General Grant $1,000 Tor the three
articles which are 10 comprise the
series. Ia the course of TINS article,
Gen. Grant says:
The nature oi this battle was such
that cavalry could not he used IN
front | therefore formed ours into
line in the rear 10 stop stragglers, oi
whom there were many. When
there would be enough OF them to
make show, and after they bad
recovered from their fright, they
would be sent to reinforce some part
OF the line which needed support,
without regard u their companies,
regiment or brigade. On one occd-
sion during the day | rode back as
far as the river and met Gen. Buell.,
who had lust arrived. | do rot re-
member the hour of the day, but at
that time there were probably as
many as 1900 or 5000 stragglers
living under cover OF the river bulls,
panic stricken, most OF whom would
have been shot where they lay, with
out resistance, before they would
have taken muske.s aud marched To
the front to protect themselves.
The meeting between Gen. Buell.
and myself was on the despatch.
boat used 20 run between the land
ing and Savannah IL was but brief,
aud related specially to his getting
his troops over the river. As We
left the boat together, Baell's aiten-
ton was attracted by the men lying
under cover of the river bank.
saw him berating them, and trying
to shame them into joining their
regiments. He even threatened them
with shells from the gunboats aear
bv, but il WAS all of no effect. Most
of these men afterward proved them
selves as gallant as any who saved
the bait from which they had de-
serted. | have no doubt that this
sight impressed Gen. Buell. with the
idea that line OF retreat would be
good thing just then. If he had
come in by the front instead Of
through the stragglers in the rear,
he would have thought and felt dli-
ferentiy. Could he have come
through the confederate rear he
would have witnessed there scene
similar TO that at our own. The dis
tant rear of an amy engaged in bat
tie is not the best place from which
to Judge correctly what is going on
in front. Ia fact, later in the war,
while occupying the country be-
tween the Tennessee and the Missls
sippi, | learned That the panic in the
Confederate lines had not differed
much from that within our own
Some of the country people estlma-
ted the stragglers from Jni.nstrn's
army as high as 10000. OF course
this was an exaggt ration.
A COMPLIMENT TO SHERMAN.
General Sherman, who was also
engaged at Shiloh, receives the
following tribute from General
Grant:
During the whole of the first day
/ was continually engaged in pass
ing from ore part of the field TO an
other, giving directions to division
commanders. In thus moving on
the lines. however. | never deemed
it important to stay long with Sh r
man. Although his troops were
then under fire for the fir-t time,
their commander, by his constant
presence with them, inspired con-
fidence in officers aud men that tn
abled them to render service ON that
bloody battle field worthy of the
best veterans. McCiernand was next
to Sherma and the hardest fight
ing was in front of these two divis-
ions. McClernand told me himself
that on that day tthe 6th) he profit
ed much by having so able a com
mander supporting him. A casusl
ty to Sherman that day that would
have taken him from the Geld would
have been sad one for the troops
engaged at Shiloh. And how near
we came to this
On the 9th Sherman was shot
twice, once in the hand, once in the
shoulder, the ball cutting his coat
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