The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-02-26
the LAST or A GREAT TRIO.

cum3en buormAn anu Tnlllp henIy
Sheridan were pre-eminent above all
other military figures in the armies Of
the Union during the years lS6l-65,
when the nations life was Of stake,
when all her military talent was called
into activity, and when half q dozen
others were making immortal records as
division and corps commanders. Grant
and Sheridan passed away years ago, the
former In 1885 and the latter in 1888, the
intervals between their deaths respective
ly and that Of General Sherman being
nearly three years. Sherman's death
leaves the conspicuous survivors Of the
nations civil war few and far between.
Without any reflection on either Grant
or Sheridan, II may be said that Sher-
man was the most gifted intellect Of the
three. Grants experiences In other occu-
pations than that Of soldier but con-
flrmed the conviction that, noble and
honest and simple hearted as be was; he
was and always would be more soldier
than anything else. Sheridan was salts
fiedl with the restrictions Of q military
career ano never trieo 70 % anytnins
else. sherman, however, Oorn OF .
family noted for mental and moral
strength mao tne comD'nalon Oh Heen
intellect and temperamental energy that
brings 70 rs possesSor success IN wnat-
ever ne undertakes, had ne CHOSEN q
eisii eaLeet IKE 'ne statesman nus ofOsner'
ne would SUI nave oeen man o. marx,
even II ne mao hveo only IN umes OF
piping peace, As y was ne wasa Jan
ker' sehooi teaener AND a lawyer De-
tween ms Two porous Oh m'htay oeVef
opment'
More tnan any otner man VINO was
prominent IN eitner ciVli or mlhsary me
on eltner sioe o. tne ciVl war nc seemeu
70 nave nom tne very stan an auequAte
conception Oh the enormous cost o. olooo
ana money tnat u woulo en.ai. " Is
SAID that ne regaroed PRESIDENT L'Vcoins
eau ior 'o,OOO thfee months men IN april
lsOl' As tinlng win serious ha''er' ior
the reoeliion' as ne saw H. was not a mop
TO be put down by posse comitatns' put
war 70 De fought out py armies Inc
same loFesignt chafac'eli1eu nv au'ico
~hen ne took command IN Aen1uc.y
ana was expeesed 70 keep tnat state IN
the Union ne lnsisted tnat oo'VOO men
woeld De fequireo 70 onVe tne enemy Out
Oh the stase' ana 1OO,OOC 70 emo 'ne strus-
sle. Ihese were eaileo extreme VIEWS
and were sneered al ana laughed A. out
time Vinalcatea sherman judgment.
LAKE, sneridan, ne was remalAaDie IN
the neid ior quick lhAlgn. ana almost
equally prompt acton. ms services In
the southeast were brilliant In ootn man
ner and results But tne climax Oh tnem
TOOK ms name lar out OF tine list OF tne
locally oriiliant anu sagaclous eommano-
ers' and wrote II IN the worlds history IN
large letten win indeloie INK ms
march nom Auanta % the sea- cuttlng
the rebeillous southern conieueracy IN
two by q blow across Us backbone, gave
u the second OF tine tio Oh la'eiui oio"s
OF Whlcn Gettysburg was tne mist ana
the iail Of hlcnmond the tnlru. from
the time Vhen the maren 70 the sea
became known 70 tne south there was
despair, and only the determination TO
Keep up what they deemed an honorable
night TO the last moved the great mass Of
the eoniederAtes % continue
Lake Lincoln 10 the days when the
south knew but little Of him and pictured
him as q RELENTLESS ioe' sherman was
cruelty slandered ior the incidents TO ms
march to the sea. Naturally his troops
toraged on the enemys country and De
stroyed what was necessary TO complete
the dissection Of the eoniederaey. But
when the sighting was over and Johnston
had surrendered to Sherman, the south
learned Tor the inst time what chival-
Tous and magnanimous foe be was. The
same almost prophetic vision that had
made General Sherman feel In 1851 that
areat and terrible war was ahead when