The Progress., 1892-11-12
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session Of ths srscngi and the ir1grense |
quantities OF arms and ammunition stored !
there. The major resigGea, leaving Capt.
Sweeng in charge with about forty soldiers,
who we're raw recruits, 70 hold out against
Ehousands o hostile citiEsus Proposals
backed by threats, vcre made 20 the gal
lant soldier, and he finally told his perse-
cutUrs that bsforr he NoouH yield the post
he would blow it all to atoms.
the sceeder. concluded to watt for n
more favorable turn, and meanwhile C4ps
Nathaniel Lyon resched ST. Louis with re-
enforcerncnts eod the arsenal wes saved.
Sweeny was sccv,d in command to Lyon In
the Camp IRck.on affair ana afterwsyd
helped organize the three months volGn-
teers and was appointed brfehdicr general
In the three. months service. His brigade
fought 1T Wilson's Greek. and be succeeded
Lyon In command On tho field after that
hero was killed. r-
On the expiration of his term la the
militia swceny accepted the cAonclcy Of
the Fifty-scconG Illinois regiment, and lsd
1t in the Douelson campaign. At the bat
the division under Wallace, which went 10
day. Al a critical time Sherman called
upon one of his colonels to take n regiment
20 an exposed position between tie eght!Sg
lines ami hold it At all hazards. in order to
keep the Confederstes from seixfn2 it. The
colonel hesitapcd and pleaded ignorance OF
the duty reaaiced until 1t sccmed Is
though the opportunity weuld DO lost,
when Sw~ery, who was standing by, 81
iuted the general and exclaimed, II uu-
derstand perfectly what you want; let mo
do it,
"Certainfy, Swes-ay; 90 at oncer' said
| Sher1nsa, aud be afterwaEd declared that
| the result was rore important than any os
the hundred schievcznena = alleged 70 have
~saved the dsy'' as Shiloh. Sherman
didn't forget the deed eisher.
After the Shiloh aud Crnifh campaigns
Sweeny received . generals star and wa:
assigned to q division Of guards and garfs
eous along the railroads IN western Ton
nessee and northern Mississippi. The ssrv
ice was the most ediikcult and arduous thai
sould fsfl to The lot u . soldier. The re
Cion was another Shenandoah valley. pso
pled with seelous Confederates aDd
fxvorite Stamping ground for the wilt
raiders led by Forrest and others. Whii
incrrsone could NOT be prevented In ter
|, ritosy 80 vast and inviting. the roads wer
held and travel kept open between Tn
Uniou front snd the north sndsbetween th
separate campo. aud many desperate o~'
o2e was fo1ght TO attain that end.
When the army started for Atlanta u
tie spring Of 1854 Sweeny.s division wen
70 the froat in the etxteenth corps In Mf
. Phessoo's Army Of the Tennessee. Dunn
: NE advance hryond Rssacs Sweeuy too
The lead In NcPherson'a column an
: adruitIy ssissA The crossing Of the Oostef
sula q Lays Ferry in the presence "a
: powerful body ot tConfederates, and held
untu brfdgos were pus down and the arm
ssfely aoross on the flank Of the retre~tin
snemy.
In two years q campaigning Gel
eweeny he'd proved that he vAs caPab
= commander - we'll a. . fighting Der
But his ehsnco 70 head large body
men insa desperate battle didn't con
. until the armies locked hogs ut the gat
of Atlanta. lsts in July. For several "a.
, ths Sixteenth corps was In reserve and