The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-06-10
GENERAL GRAMS BOOK.
Interesting Extracts From It-shiIoh and
Appromattux.

tracts have been obleiusd from the first vol
ume OF Geueral Grants book:
Speaking os the battle OF Shiloh, he says
be considered the situstion as one in which
the Federal soldiers wers on the offensive,
cut asserts that no precautions for defense
were neglected. On this subject he contin-
ues as follows: General Beauaguard was
next in rank to Johnston, and succeeded to
the commsd, which he retained to the close
of The battle, and during the subsequent re-
treat oh Corinth, as well as in the seige of
that place. Bis tactics have been seversRlly
criticized by the Federal writers, but do
not believe his fallen chief could
have tdonc any better under
the circumstances. Some of these c;iiics
claim that Shiloh was won when Johnston
fell, and that If he had not fallen the army
under re would have been annihilated or
captured ifs defeated the Oonfederates at
Shiloh. There is little doubt that We should
have been disgIacefuuy beaten If all ths
shells and bullets fired by Us had passed
hsrmlessly over the enemy and if their shells
had taken effect Commanding Generals are
liable TO be killed during engagements, and
leading a brigade to induce If to make a
chalg ge which lad been repeatedly ordered
is evidence that there were neither the uni.
versal Generalization among the Federais
nor the unbounoed confidence OF SUCCESS
with the Confederates that was claimed.
There wss, in fact, no hour during the day
when l doubted tee eventual defeat OF
I the enemy. though l was disappointed
that reinforcements so near st hand
did rot arrive at an earlier hour.
In this connection he refers to his article in
The Century, and remarks in it in regard to
General A. Med McCook, which caused SD
much public comment. he tells of tie long
march of the day before over muddy roads
by General McCook's division, and OF Its
conspicuous acts Of gAllsntry'' on the day
Of the battle, and concludes in these words:
II refer to these circumstances with min.
uleness, because / did General McCook an
injustice in my srticie in the Century,
though not to the extent one would sap
pose from the public press. am not will
ing to do anyone an injustice, and If con-
vincsd that l have done one, am always
willing to make the fullest admission"
Then follow. accounts OF toe siege and cap
ture OF Vicksburg; OF his appoint.
meDt as Lietuenant General, and adds: In
my first interview with Mr.. Lincoln alone
be stated TO me that he had never professed
| TO be military man, or to know how cam
| wanted to interfere with him, but procrasti-
nstion on the part Of commanders aud the
/ pressure of the people ct the North, and OF
/ Congress. which, Ike the poor, "He bad
always with hin" had forced him into issu
| ing his well-knogn series of Executive or
ders." All he waited, or had ever wanted,
/ he said, was that come one would take the
responsibility and act and call on him for
/ all the assistance needed. Describing
! his command eff the Division of the
Mississippi, be tells how he met
Secretary Stanton at indianapolis; how
they went together to Louisville. aud ADDS:
Soon after we started the Secretary handed
me two orders saying that | could take my
! choice Of them. The two we're identical ia
all but one particular. B)th of them created
the military division OF the Mississippi,
giving me the command, composed of the
! Departments of the Ohio, the Cumberland,
| and the Tennessee, and all the territory
from the Allegheny's to the Mississippi
| River, north of Banks command in tue
sou Invest. One order left the department
commanders as they we're, while tbs other
relieved Rosecrans and assigned Thomas to
his place. / accepted the latte" He Gays
/ Secretary Stanton caught cold On that
trip from which he never recovered.
He gives q graphic description of
how Chattanooga was saved, OF how
be Was sent for in haste ct night by Secretary
Stanton, whom he found pacing the floor
Tspidly, in about the gsrb Mr.. Jefferson
| Dsyia was wearing subsequently when be
wss csptured-a dressing gown-but without
the shawl and sunbOnneF." General Grant
adds: HE showed me the dispatches, say.
ing that the retreat must be prevented.
INN ediatelv wrote an order assuming CON-
msnd of the military division of the Missis-
| sippi and telegraphed il to General Rose
craps. 1 then tslegraphed him the order
| from Washington assigning 10 Thomas the
command Of the army OF the Cumberland
and to Thomas that he must hold Chatta-
noe ga at all hazards"
BE describes the Wilderness campaign,
and estimates Lees strength at so, 600 men,
and ssys that he was operating in a country
| with which his army was thoroughly famil-
'ar, while to the Federal forces it was entire
! ly unknown. he tells of General Lees sur
render, and takes occasion. IN the course of
it, to explode the famous story of the surren-
| der under the apple tree. He saws there vas
an apple orchard across the little valley
from the court house, one tres of which WAS
| C Ose 10 the roadside; tnat General Babc0cS
reported TO him (GIant) that he had found
General Lee sitting under this tree and had
| brought him within the Federal lines
| TO the house of man named Mclean,
where the Confederate General and one of
his stsff were awaiting General Grant. OF
their interview he says: When | went
into the house found General Lee. We
greeted e8ch other and after shaking hands
| tUOh OuI tcdlcs WAtl his 4cclAIec HSfC W
not know, being a man of much dignity .nd
with an impenatrable face, 1t was impossi-
BILE to say whether be felt inwardly glad
that the end had finally come, or whether
he felt sadly over the result and was to)
| manly 10 show it. Whatever bis feeling,
were they were entirely concealed from 90.
4 servstion. But my OWE feelings which had
been quite apparent on the receipt of his
letter, were sad and depressed. L
felt like anything rather than rejoicing at
the downfall of a foe that hsd fought 90 10 ng
and calamity and had suffered so much for
a cause which I believed to be one of the
worst for which a people ever fought and
for which there was not the least pretext L
DO lot question, however, the sincerity of
the Rreat mass OF those who were opposed to
US General Lee was dressed In full uni
form. entirely new, aud wearing sword of
considerable value, very likely the sword
that had been presented by the Slate
of Virginia, at all events it was an
entirely different sword from the one that
| would ordinarily be worn in the field.
In my rough travelling salt, which was the
uniform Of private, with the straps OF a
General. 1 must have contrssted very
4 ofror, ofxyu Wit a mas ban ndcor al droea