Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-02

aud Grant plgnt~i the victorious army u
Gettysburg on the south % james river
and siaid theU with Richmond all bat In
his grasp. Vet there wcre some bold spirits
who held that o. god " battles might A..
20 Il that tho weaker side should have one
more chance, with fair play and no favor
and one Of those was Gen. !. n Hood. that
dishiRg, daring Texan. who sauoily made
face, around the corner at Sherman after
tho latter had hustled him out Of Atlanta
b. giving him tho toe Of tho boot, ns Il
were.
Hood cindidly admitted 20 himself aud
his SUPERIOR taat be couldn't cope with
Sherman In open battle. but ho hoped by
skillful mancuvrrs 10 draw him away from
his long line u communication between A.
lhnia aud Nashville aud worry him into M
Abandonment Of all that the Union army
had gained south u Tennessee river. with
this project In view he turned and doubled
on the track northward again toward Chat.
tanooga Al various points he threatened
or attacked Sherman'a llue Of eommunlcA.
tlon, notably A. Allatoona pass where
brave Cor.r "held the fort, " aud ho soon
had the satisfaction OF finding sherman's
army alsbroken UP IN the haste to cover
the Vital points Ia It, rear. only ono corps
friuMntng IN AtlAntA
Aftrr two weeks Of game Of "fox and
geese" Hood found himself In tho presence
OF a large body Of shernanA troops In tho
mountains Of northwestern Georgia aud
determined To offer battle. but when no
oauvassod his own soldiers he found that
the spirit Of fighting had vanished. lte.
peated disaster and retreat had oiled the
heNrts Of his battle Scared veterans with
a h. IL. L.. p.
nothisg would 10 40 we'll as tho motto, "Be
bold. DO bold. and evcrmor. be- boldi" aud
Of boldnsss Hood had an apparently OK.
hAustless supply. lie resolved TO give sher.
mas tho slip once more and march rapidly
To NASHVILLE, Louisville and Cincinnati.
strike terror to tho north. win the smiles
Of frAace. who only waited a good excuse
for aiding the Confedoraay, aud bring up at
last on GRANTS rear In northern Virginia,
niter crossing Ohio aud the Blue Ridge.
Was ever the dream % n daring military
ADVENTURE wilder than THAR But what
was 10 hlnderi Sherman. distance aud the
scattered Juioh troops 10 DO met with on
the wAyi A for the last two obstacle.
Hoods soldiurs were Oqual 20 the march,
and equal also be believed u any impro.
vsed force that could be rakel up 10 I'm.
p'd- him In all the west Sherman. him.
srlf. he believed. would turn 10 and 20 bacl !,
south, and that IL Just what ho did do.
Grant and Sherman had discussed a plan
after Atlanta fell for drawing Hood away
from his rich base u supple, la Alabama
by marchingA Union army through Georgia
% tho gulf or 10 the sea. Both agreed then
that In such event Hood would certainly
follow. He was In front Of Sherman at the
t'pO this courlurlou WA reached Rat
when he abandoned his camps. stripped
tor the race. about the middle Of October.
and struck out westward. leaving Sherman
In northern Georgia. he was 10 all intent,
aud purposes loose Ia Tennessee, for Shor,
man had nothing In the Held TO proven,
the Confedoratss crossing from Alabama
anywhere they chose. Nevertheless, Sher,
man olung TO the theory that The uihrched
the main portion OF hi. army 10 the sea
Hood would follow and though Grant at
the last moment advised him 70 ruin Hood
before siarting oil at a tangent, and Lin
coin was anxious. II not fearful" he DO
gan the historic and picturesque march.
Hood marched westward aeroS. Alabami
40 miles, victualing and equipping hi,
army on route for their wonderful yentur,
into hostile territory, by the middle o.
Noyembor be was crossing tho Tcnnesse,
a. Florence, Ala. His numbers, ineludinl
the cavalry that would Join him. wer,
about 1000. Another theory Sherman
held about this remarkable campaign wa
that his lieutenant, Gen. Thomas. with
corps Of about 1900 men under Gen. D. NJ
Stanley, and an indefinite force OF mountss
and dismountsd cavalry, could hold III
Inns ofthe Tennessee river aud keep Hoo,