Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-10
GEN. SHERMAN,
Before His Surviving Comrades Of the
Army Of the Tennessee, Deliv.
ers EulOgy Upon His
Old Commander and Friend, the Late
Gen, q. S. Grant, in the
Course of Which He
Tells the Story of His Ill Treatment
by Halleck, and Of the
Latter's Failure.

CHICAGO, September 9.-The eighteenth
annual reunion of the Society of the Army
of the Tennessee began here to-day. A
business meeting occurred this forenoon,
when about 200 officers and members OF
the order Were present. Gen. William I.
Sherman, president of the society, was in
the chair. On the stage with him were
Gen. Logan, Gov. Oklesby, Marshal Sher.
man and Fletcher. In the body of the au-
dience were Gen. Belknap, John B. Sam
born, M. M. Bone, Clinton q. Fisk, Hica-
enlooper, Force and others. The secretary
reported that four members had died dur
ing the year, namely: Gen. U. S. Grant,
Col. d. n. WEIGH, Cspt. John E. Jones and
Maj. Josiah Barber. A resolution was
adopted authorizing the secretary to sell
copies OF the printed reports OF the society
comprised in four volumes TO public libra
ries and other persons applying through
mem bers of the society. A commit
tee OF five was appointed to draft ap-
propriate resolutions in view OF the death
of Gen. Grant, and his widow was elected
a substitute member of the society. The
wido~s OF Gen. Graft J. Wright and Maj.
Josiah Barber were also elected substitute
members. After the appointment of COM
miItses to select officers and place for
meeting next year, the meeting adjourned
until 10 o'c oek tomorrow. Tonight ad-
dresses will be delivered by Gen. Sanborn,
Gov Oglesby and Gen. Sherman-the lat
ter touching upon the career of Gen.
Grant. A magnificent audience assembled
at Central Music Hall ton ght when the
set orations of the occasion were deliv-
cred. The exercises we're opened with
prayer by Bishop Fallows. VINO was fol
lowed by GOV. Richard ]. Oglesby, who
delivered a glowing tribute to the deeds
of the Army of the Tennessee. He was
followed by Gen. VIM, T. Sherman, VINO
spoke as follows:
GEN. sHERMAN's SPEECH.
COMRADES OF THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE
Again are We assembled in this good city
Of Chicago, pursuant to the resolution
made at our last annual reunion of August
Is IA, 1884, at Lake Miunetonka. Tins is
our eighteenth annual reunion. Though
twenty eventful years have transpired
since the close of the war, l need not re-
peat to You the trite expression that our
ranks are growing thinner, our hair whittier
and that the eyes which look up to me and
which once kindled and flashed at the
trumpeJs sound now seem sad as though
enVyiDg the fate of those fine fellows
whose gay and gallant spirits took their
fl ght in the glorious days the memories of
which we have come together to celebrate
Though b in war death makes the battlefield
his harvest, yet in peace he iDsidiously in
vades the most sacred premises, taking
here the innocent babe, there the gentle;
loving wife, again the youth in lusty man.
hood and the king on his throne. During
our Last vacation he has stricken from our
list of members the very head and front,
Gen. Ulysses Grant, the same whom in
the cold winter of 1S61-62 gathered to-
gether at Cairo, Ill the fragments of an
army and led them up the Tennessee
river. The creator and father of the Army
of the Tennessee took his final leave of
earth at 8 o'clock and eight minutes on the
morning of July %, 1885, from Mount Nc
Gregor, spur of the Alleghenies,
in plain view of the historic bat
tlefield of Saratoga. He had finished
his life's work, and had bsqueathed
TO the world his example. The Ii htning' g
fish carried the sad tidinRs to all parts of
the civilized earth, and 1 doubt whether
since the beginning there ever arose go
spontaneous wall of grief to bear testi-
| mony before high heaven that mankind
| had lost a kindred spirit and his country
| men leader. We, his first war comrades,
| concede to the family their superior rights,
| but claim the next place in the grand pro-
| cession of mourners. We were with him
in his days of adversely as well as prosper
| ity, and were as true to him as the needle
| to the pole. We shared with him the
trials and tribulations, as well as labors
| and battles, of Henry, Donelson, Shiloh,
| Corinth, Iuka and Vicksburg, where that
| transcendent and most valuable of all vic
| tories turned the universal gaze OF our
bewildered countrymen to the new star
| in the West, which plainly foretold the
man who had dispelled the cloud which
| lowered on our house" and was 10 lead
us to the triumphant victories of 1865, and
to the stable enduring prosperity of 1885
Hundreds, yea thousands, OF bnsy brain:
and pens are now trying to comprehend
and describe this man who did so much
in SO short time, to trace the mysteriou;
causes of this most wonderful career, ane
to account foI known results. They lool
to us who aere his daily associates in tina
critical epoch to aid them in their com
mendable work, and 1, as your president
must on this occasion contribute a share
In the year 1889 was first classman il
the United States military academy a
| West Point, a position of exalthtion neve
reached since, though reasonably success
full in life, and there appeared on tn
walls of the ball in old "North Barrack
list of new cadets, among which wa
t ~. S. Grant" A crowd of lockers oil
, read ''United States Grant" "Uncle San
Grant," and "Sam Grant" he is to-da
States Infantry. 1t afterward transpire
that 8 name was actuol y Ulysses FL
ram Grant," and the mistake had bee
made by Gen. Haller, the member {
Congress who nominated him as the cade
ON bis district. Cadet Grant trie
!. to correct this mistake at tn
: beginning and end of his cadt
! life without success, and to histor
+ his name must ever be U.
1 7 tar 30 al
= ance at the time, but the gulf of separ
a ton between a first classman and plebe
n West Point was, and still is, deeper aR
| wider than that between the geperal-il
+ chief and private soldier in the army,
y that hardly noticed him. His reputatio
:, in the Fourth Infantry, in which he 81 rye
q through the Mexican war and until he r
!. signed his commission OF captain IN Or
4 gon July 81, 1854, was of a good, williD
q officer, always ready for duty, extreme
! sociable and friendly with his fellows, b
: testing the wonderful qualities afte
# ward developed in HIM. l reci
= an instance when / met him
nj st. Louis in 1857, when he was
IA farmer in the country, and l, too, was
10 farmer in the country, and l, too, was o
. of the military service. The only imprs
sion left on my memory is that then CO
IN | cluGed that West Point ana the Eegul
army were not good schools for fsrme
bankers. merchants and mechanics. l
a. not meet him again till the civil war b
Ii. broken out. When chaos seemed
OF loose and the gates of hell wide open
DIS every direction then came the news
ry Gen. Grants attack on the enemy's can
k at Belmont on the 7th Of November, 1St
ay soon followed by the events at Columbl
no Paducah, Henry, and Donelson. All
ty simple, so direct, so comprehensive th
al their effect on my mind was magical. Tn
ne raised the dark curtain which before b
by almost hidden out all hope for the futu
as I'D displayed the policy and course
in action necessary, only to be followed wi
lis persistence to achieve ultimate succe
Great as were his after achievements
shall ever rate those of Henry and Don
son among the best Yet, by one OF tnt
70 accidents so common in war, he had
he Cured the displeasure of his
ON perior, Gen. Haileck, whom / th
% @ra astaemed as the master mind r
,ie ing and ,..::-anting the several arm
an subject to his orders nom
in headquarters in st. Louis. So that wh
of in March, 1852 l was permitted to ia
the field from Paducsh with new di
sion, found Gen. Grant at Fort Her
he under orders from Gen. Halleek to REM
there and TO turn over the command of
se army, then flushed with victo y under
iai immediate leadership, to Gen. q. F. smi