The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-21
THE FIELD Or Shiloh.
dEx. anANT,s nEaIINIscENcEs
pf That orea. pa..le-uis Tribute to Gen.
sherman and other oniesrs--Hls Acct.
dent on the Field of oarnage-Last
Charge The Generals Condition.


call upon his physician with regard to hi
7 throat trouble. He left his home at Al
early hour in the morning and made tn
: tour to and from his physicians withou
! any apparent trouble.
J Colonel Fred Grant said tonight tina
! the General had entirely recovered iron
n the trouble with his tongue, but that hi
throat was not yet well. Two or three
!, weeks ago he was in positively danger
n Gus state from this cause, and suffered {
great deal of pain, but this had entirely
passed away, and few days would set
General Grant as well as he ever was.
The General is now engaged in finishing
his war recollections. These are to EN-.
brace the Mexican war as well as the re.
bellion. It is expected that the memoirs
will be completed in less than three
months. They bid fair to become extend.
ed and aboutthe size OF Appleton's Cyclic
pedia. No outsider has as YET, been al
lowed to see the advance sheets of the
work nor has the copy been edited. Colo
mel Frederick Grant said that no publisher
for the work has yet been selected
DR.. Fordyce Barker, who has been at
tending General Grant during his illness,
said to-daythat he was steadily improving
and did not think he has looked SO well in
years.
General Grants article on the battle Of
Shiloh is to appear in the Century for Feb
ruary. The Inst edition of the magazine,
which is now about ready for the public,
will reach 10000. 1t isunderstood that
the Century pays Gen. raj Grant $40, 900 for
the three articles which are to comprise
the series. In the course Of this article
General Grant says:
NATURE or THE RATTIR.
"The nature OF the battle was such that
cavalry could not be used in front. 1
therefore formed ours into line in the
rear 10 stop stragglers, Of whom there were
many. When there would be enough of
them to make a show, and after they had
recovered from their fright, they would be
sent to reinforce some part OF the line
which needed support, without regard TO
their company, regiment or brigades. On
one OCCASION during the day | rode back
as far Us the river and met General Buell.,
who had Just arrived. 1 do not remem-
Der the hour OF the day, but at that time
there were probably as many as four or
live thousand stragglers lying under cover
OF the river bluff, panic.stricken, most OF
whom would have been shot where they
laid, without resistance, before they
would have taken npskets and marched
TO- the front to protect themselves. The
meeting between General Buell. and N.Y.
self was on the dispatch boat used to run.
between the landing and Savannah. II
was but brief, and related specially to his
getting his troops over the river. As we
left tile boat together, Buell's attention
was attracted by the men lying under
cover Of theriyer bank. saw him berat-
ing them, and trying to shame them into
joining their regiment. He even threaten
cd them with shells from the gunb0ats
near by. Hut it was oil OF no effect. Most
OF these men afterwards proved them
selves as gallant as any who saved the
battle from which they. had deserted. l
have no doubt That this sight impressed
General Buell. with the idea that line Of
retreat would be good thing just then.
"Ifhe had comein by the front, instead
of through the stragglers in the rear, lie
would have thought and felt differently
Could he have come through The Con-
federate rear, he would have witnessed
there scene similar to that of our own.
The distant rear OF an army engaged in
battle is not the best place from which to
Judge correctly what is going on in front.
In fact. later in the war, white occupying
the country between the Tennessee and
the Mississippi, ] learned that the panic
in the Confederate lines had not differed
much from that within our own. Some
of the country people estimated the strag-
Iglers from Johnston's army as high as
twenty thousand. OF course this.was an
exaggcration."
TMnUTEro SHERMAN.
EGeneral Sherman, who was also en-
gagged at Shiloh, receives the following
tribute from General Grant:
"During the whole the FIRST day / was
continually engaged in passing from one
part of the field to.anotler, giving direc-
tions to division commanders. In thus
moving on the line, however, | never
deemed it important TO stay long with
Sherman, although his troops were then
under fire for the first time. Their com
mander, by his constant persistence with
them, inspired n confidence in officers
and men that enabled them TO render ser.
vices on that bloody battle field worthy OF
the best veterans. McClernand was next
to Sherman, and the hardest fighting was
in front OF these two divisions. MCCler-
nand told mo himself that on that day
(the 6th) he proiited rnucNby having SO
able commander supporting him. A
casually to Sherman that would have
taken him from the field that day would
have been n sud one for the troops en-.
gagged at Shiloh, and how near we came
to this!
On the 9th, Sherman was shot twice,
once in the hand, once in tho shoulder,
the ball cutting his coat and making a
slight wound, and third ball passing
through his hat. In addition to this he
had several horses shot during the day.
'In fact" continues General Grant, ION
Friday, tho 4th, II was myself very much
injured by my horse falling with me and
on me, while / was trying TO get to the
front where firing had been heard. The
night was one OF impenetrable darkness,
with rain pouring down IN torrents; moth.
ing was visible to the eye except as re.
yealed by the frequent flashes Of light.
ming. Under these circumstance had
TO trust 10 the horse, without guidance, to
keep tho road. had not gone far, how
ever, when met General W. H. i. Wal
| lace and General then Colonel McPher-
son coming from the direction OF the
front. They said all was quiet, so far as
the enemy was concerned.
ACCIDENT TO GRANT.
On the way back to the boat my horses
feet slipped from under him, and he fell
with my leg under his body. The OK.
treme soitness Of the ground, from the
excessive rains Of the three preceding
Jo,,. M AonI,t aovcd ma from n severe in.