The Red Cloud chief., 1885-03-06
THE BATTLE or SHILOH.
A A~vps~ssiy 1mvsSsssa a.A rspe.i.-
Sss~a Vice OF the Nzeh Ns.sss os~.-
sisns tosa~etsa -.th this frsysrtsas
AoaiF--rs- Discrepancies Of istssssy IA
I~-ssrs'~a-.a I.sus. &c ,s~ Rattle PROB
@atE fsf~raass-d y. an ts~sd<et-

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.t>t5I.zl 49,, - ottue suss ia setting AZ
iar tguia = err oIsiv illustrated D. /
ea'-iul r~sisng 4 lhe tu, zTrjcio- Ga
tic BATH o; >Ii'ph' u - Fsbrnarv
Ca.rq. sh- onc ~ G,1.-Ai Graat III,
5ihec b ,oionel William Preston John
,.,a. 4 son II General Johnston. ard on
tho .tsf Il Jefferson Dayi. One gn~..
Il al the Fc.icrAl. ,hc oih.r
the Confederate. .li- NJ; ouly
is their Interpretation If the aims AMI
purposes a: the cofnhA;ani& aud in THEIR
c.tImSi. o. the significance saj r~uli
% The Gr.' day battle. do th~y tf.-.
but IN their e events. even ira
,uinor details Thu. Colonel johnston
credit, Grant with an arrn. Il os.Vn.
nsar.y J.isp q whom Ven .fsr:y,s
while he allows tie Confederate COM
unand.r Si.oss. q! whom bg; 5000
wrry available for combat Genera!
Grant. n ia. contrary. L ~, this IN, p
strength o. the FEDERAL army AZ - -.
4 whom mo-, more than 1Apn wcrr -
line on the tr>t dsy 90 couT,~ I,-u-
raj Grant : statement 81 n own foryv-
j. Official and conclusive hut ih- fsc,
illustrate, the Discrepancies 81 hi.iorN
The battle 81 >hilph wa one If ,h~
great battle. Il the war. L. aa. g-ra,
whether estimated bY the numts.r 81
men engaged N u. by the character ~
th.G General, commanding. b, the d.
r-rat~ naturr If the conflict. ~ the an
certainty 4 the rc-ul, during The whole
al the iirsl day. Or By the consequence
which snsucd from the Confederate lie
fca; and which might has. en,,--l from
a FEDERAL defeat The Confederate au-
thoritic> have aiway, Insisted that Gen
-ral Grant IA, virtually bcat-n AZ the
md of The iir,f das, ighi. and that
nothing saved his army but the death
"fGcn-ral Johnston. and the cons
gI"nt change oi commanders t,rn"r-
al Grant wa> freely charged =, the time
with being Intoxicated. and severe.
criticised for putting und >ciplin-i m-n
a, the front without carihw nrh.. lhr
newspaper correspondent. hal Gca.rai
frrn,is, DIVISION surprised and capt
urcd Al the very beginning q. The fight.
some Of these then current error T.
corrected. - far A. We know for the iir.
me officially. ny General Grant, pa
per. General Grant horse fell IN h III.
and nearly disabled him. two dav- De-.
for" the bI.ilr. The raw lrSi,- wy,
put A. the front p~urp"-ely. cen rai
Grant trusting IL their commander.
General Sherman. To compensate &"
fH.s,r me = r.ss .nna "a frVF.s r....-..t .As
in vain. And General rr.n,i,,' dyi,-
ION fought bravcly and effectively
throughout the day. and were not capt
urrd TIL after four O'Clock IN the ai.,.-
noon.
The man oi Northern r c,udic', VII
read General Grants paper. aud viii
but glance al Colonel Johnston. The
man Of Southern prcludi - viii c"n cole
himself with Colonel Johnston's conyic-
ton tina; he battle II Shiloh VA. won
on the first day. and was lo,; On the
second only hccau-. the 'nn.-I"r-,"
c mnandcr was killed tn" impartial
historian. accepting the ,-rnri,y. hu.
M: necessarily the judgment. of both
authors viii compare TN" two paI@r- Ia
..ach n true undrr.tsnd NJ al thi. mo
m-ntOu- battle. apu VII iud ia General
Grants frank confession of hi. m,>ap-
pr.hcn>ion oi the strength ut The con
frdrricy. and in Colonel johnston
q >c,o,ure Of IN. divided counsel, In The
COME i.rttr army tn" tao clues To rA"
true interpretations of the event, Of IN
div.
ZIP 10 the battle 81 shiloh" say,
l,.,n, Gr., 81 a I'LL A.. .-E.
of other citizens. believed that the ~
isilion agairs; III. Government would
collapse suddenly and soon IL u 10 -iy.
victory could ,. - ned over any Il IL,
m Ihi, Wa substantially the
unlycr NJ opinion in IN" North. I, ~,
even shared hy many in IA" SOUTH.
The fall ~ For. Don Ion and Henry
apparently opened tkr whole >oU,h~r-;
20 IN" FEDERAL army III. North be-
l"yci that further resistance would b.
in VAIN. Th"u,sni> N the south
>harr,i tha; belief General Grant. n
soon a, the dlaiory !~iallcc. cav. HIM
opportunity 10 "yc acted in accDni-
ancc with h : .ub~cIurnt INST uction> -
General sheridan bcfpr. edmond AMI
pushed Ting. He hurried hi. army
forward after ;tc r,if-.,ing tonf.dcrat,
force. mc y ~ - = Sc: fcn no time -
recover from their dc~moralizat on II.
~cNV"ci"'! no other than a fabian policy
Of >lnS retreat and ~u.!cu. but hot
~ly.. resistance Assuming that
re 'olf~irrit.~ would retreat. 4
pushed. hc throw III, M cafthsork-
H. pm. raw lcyfrs a; the front H. jelc-
grapaci {" I~ia!ircS on SATURDAY night.
Il have scarcely the igial-.; idra - an
attack general oa"j b"ing made upon
u The army. ~Ca;chin. the Coa'a- o.
oi h. ~conhdcuC' T..rhsp. nrg~ '"i "a
keep on; scout, IN the front 1h- wa<
charged s' the time by newspaper cor
n ppnicnts. AMI j. no; specifically do
nicj b. General Grant who dus- spccl-
dcnv some other analogous
cha-gc-. Will. General Grant va.
thus ,aSinc for granted ,ha; the Con
fed"ritc force would no; venture on N
campaign. the t"af-d.rai"
Gen Pals them .lyc, W~r. in drOa'c
upou that ye-g poiE:. General John.
ston. irt IN command. pnrIo.,i an
ic9rril fs.aure-arl. .a~ p,pu-
lar southern tcrp of BAH Kun. wa- or,-
pos- Il 70 L. H. wished 10 pursue tie
IN The Wet, wh ch Gene raj Ic.
sH"riiVcly n the Ea. IL
Prplong n" VAR. seIry ou; the Scrfh.
and keep h. osn ARM iui.-;. b. = d.
'sn-lsr campaign General Johnston
ovrrmel al oppOsi;ion- lie rnd ,,ibr
c.nuc Ui wsr on >a:ardsy a:Srno~y1
vita p d"rI.ivc G~cC,ars:toa. We
snal a'tark - dsst-h; tomorrow. |
wOlld SIGHT iactn il they ecnc = mil
Tau. hoii >slcs cut-r~i ;a~ hrs;
dss h&til~ under some d.=ITar;a@~
The Federal force were Do; cX-etia-
.;ta < au.i " ~ no prepared TO-