New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-13


any extent he wa, responsible f)r IN neset b'i1rs
III. BATH, # itt>hurc Landing. hi condurt tier Wa
worse than failure. Iii, first assault on NichsDus
failed. And hIN Meridian expedition wa hDt az , ne
time accounted success. In subordinate P,slugPl;
achieved great credit and the army ana the p npnlp
alike recognized in him comp tenn corps
lis capacity 1t is 10 the rare sagacity of General
Grant in judging men that the country owes inc DIN
liant and cventful that We have n" to tiate;
Bctw< en- these two the friendship that besHn am,
at the outbreak Of the waF, GenIeiv a " a.
hard fought field. had grown more Intimate ana con
fdental When now, Grant was I3lstu ~ u.c n
teraut cneralship IN the fneSs Of MS heart ne sai
down and wrote letter Ia Dear Sherman giving nm
the news and adding 4 want to express my tiaHh1 M
0theTS. / feel indebted for whatever have Lao o.
success. How far your advice and aSsistancs nave
ecnon Of whatever has been given 10 do entities
you to the reward am receiving you can hpooonfIe
alike to the writer and the one addressed! bn t,o
reply i something Vow was DO yo9roe Injustice
and us too much honor in assigning 10 US 100 Sg6
share Of the merits which have rn iSg V WoEs S
au''". Successor. and occupy position of almost
tSfoTe TO be- Yourself simple. honest. and uhprtend,
ing You will enjoy through life the respect any iUc
hat will award YOU large share in securing 10 them
aud their DESCENDANTS adS INV Si onv pont
Of doubt was your knowledge of grand strategy ana
OF books Of science and hto Sn leu al these So
too it was natural that he should urge Grant 70 tHo
West ak u Yourself
Let MS make II dead snre-and tel You the Ausn~
slopes and Pacific shores VIII follow rs des'nyi;
from Tho West when our task is done. will make
short work OF Charleston and Richmond ana tle I'm
The limit Of extravagant admiration. ana wa' hardly
free from susplc9n OF naiLeE 10 Sg 90 and
10 say: Il believe y0u brave. patriotic. ana
just as the great prototype WaSh'netonI3S u'e III
Gavs after this letter was sent sherman wa appointed
TO the chief command between the AeshaneS ana INC
Mississippi Rver!'
on TO ATLANTA.
! Grant was made Lieutenant General on March =
! 1864. lie took command Of all the armies on tho
10Th with the purpose of conducting in person the
! campaign Of the Army Of the Potomac. on the sdmc
dav he assigned sherman to the commend Of the Mill
tary Division Of the Mississippi, comprising Inc DC
par ments Of the Ohio, the Tennessee, the Cumber-
land and the Arkansas-in word the entire south
western region. with temporary headquarters at Nash
VILE. lie was summoned to meet Grant at Nash
Vile and he travelled as far North with him as Gin
cinnati. At this time the plans which led to the
ending of the first outlined. Later General
Grant sent Sherman map. on which were traced the
lines the several armies were 10 take. Finally, under
date of April 4. Grant wrote disclosing his complete
| programme. This was ShermaI's share: You !
propose to move against Johnson's army 10 break
up get into the interior Of the enemyS country
as far as you can mficting all the DAMAGE YOU can
against their war resources. do not propose 10 lay
! down for you q plan OF compaign but simply To lay
down the work it desirable 10 have done ana Ieavo
you free to execute III your own way. submit 10 mo
! however, early you can. Your plan OF opera
TONS sherman responded promptly . l am push
ing stores TO thc front with all possible usPatyn -
1t will take US all of April to GET III al our
| veterans . and 10 collect provisions and caiti'
be given by YOU, scloiield will @. drop down 10
Hiawassee and march Johnston's right. Thomas
will aim to have forty-fve thousand mon oi a., al
arms, and straight OH Johnston "hel-
ever he may BE- ana ana hFh he e. n aaTan sg
Mcheson viii have fully thirty thousand ,n Sd l
| at Decatur march toward Rome, and feel for Thomas;
. should Johnston fall behind the 'haG dhoocIle'
on Atlanta. or on is eastern communications, accord,
ing TO developed facts This Is ABOUT as ldr aledu
| such. then SAYS MIR. Reid, "was the campaign
which our nervous energetic General now al E,'t VI
10 himself. lie would act first against johnston Ulc
against Atlanta or it's communications: For lhe ~o'n
hu1dred thousand men. lie had moreover, three
Generals-a consideration OF no less welghty import
IhersOn sherman might now well forty his hopes for
the campaign by remembering that he was piHleseu
J. NJ. schofed, with III elong list OF have ocgr
educated to war in the var compais@a " s arm
naming 10 the COniedcracy, an accomplished ana cN
perienccd soldier Ent it was General Johnston o I
fortune t. be IN Ill favor at Richmond lie nai pt
5000 OF all arms, with some possible reci III
the doubtful shape q Georgia militia without rs
under Bragg had hurled them back from NashVlue
10 Mmfleesbrro TO Tulahoma, 70 Cha 'anoos'1 70
Mission Ridge and to Dalton. With tins force, NJ
Davis was demanding that he should underline an
offensive campaign asain,t tt huniIed 'i,Sa,n mn
While they debated il, ehcrmans last pIcp1iauon
were completed: Grant had first liked t9s 22Ih .r on
tpril for the Simultaneous movement oi the several
s'and armies then, he found the Army OF me Io
tomac SIN unTcahy the IN ~ b bc sen, fhc dmai
order on the 9TH the campaign against Johnston ana
Tic exact number of sherman's army was: Thomas
Army of the Cumberland, Go.173; Mcpherson NriN
of me Tennessee i4Gj: SchofcldS Army Of the ONO
1889 total o. 707 and splendid artillery equip
mcnt Of 254 guns. The organization OF these armies
Amy Of the Cumberland Thomasl-ToIrth Corps,
q. o. Howard commanding comp2Scd OF d, ~, :; H n
Fourteenth Cops. John VI. Palmer commandlng' com
p9scd of JcfA c. Davls's, r. W. Johnson's aud \.
Gy,o rom T Of T. s. Williams, John W.
Gearys and Daniel Butterheld's divisions. .,.. A..
: Corps John A. Logan commanding. composed Of p };
osterhaus's. Morgan L. Smiths. John f. smiths ana
William Harrow's divisions; sixteenth Corp George
VI. Dodge commanding composed Of I. f. g. Ransom $,
John NJ Corses and T. W sweeney's division, ana
: ,crteenth Cops. Frank p. Blair IT.; comTandlns
y composed Of Charles Il. Woods and NJ D. Leegetts
Army Of The Chic Cschofeld)-Twentv third Corps
confessed Of NJ S IIascals and ]. D. Cox's divisions
e JoHNsToN's sKILFUL PARRY.
II sherman hoped to force johnson to speedy and
I, decisive battle: MAY he had written 10 McPher-
IS son: al hope the enemy will fight at Dalton
+ Johnston, with the cautious wisdom that di'tn-
rushed him, said at once that with his weak forces,
his polcv was TO act on the defensive, draw sherman
e away from his base, weaken his army at every
step for guards for his attenuaed line Of supplies, ana
l. 50 finally bring the defensive battle on something
II more nearly approaching equal terms. But he never
p, heess prepared to make his defensive campaign an
10 obstinate one. His main dcfenccs were along ihc
* Rocky Face Ridge and at Tunnel Hill and BuzzaM'a
# Roo,t Gaps. General sherman did not propose to
sacrifice hi, men against this imppgnable position
but made his to bring Johnston into open ground
: and then suddenly bring him to battle. To this
fil. -sp1t 10 inf root
AGAINST the Rebel works, while Mcpherson, marching
, around Johnston silently 10 seize snake Gap ana
!, throw himself upon the allrOad below Eeoaca thus
= forcing Johnston out Of his cagsy fastness to fight
~ for his line of supplies Thomas carried out BIS part
l. admirable, but Mcpherson found that Johnston had
seen through Shcrmans plan and had dispatched
troops TO Resaca in ample time. lie had also
STRENGTHENED his tenure Of the line Of raj