The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1894-12-29
RsssIlesiisss sfavlrEinlas.
[Conmsrcial- Herald

This month. thIrty-twe years age,
was sn aaxlous one for the people of
ths Southern Confsdsracy and for Mia
sissippi especially.
In the early days OF October Ros-
ecrsntz defeated Van Dorm at Corinth.
That succsss was not followed up. II
was near to Christmas when Grant,
with an army Of $1,000 men, had pur-
sued Van Dorn's army Of 10000 men
to Grenada. Mia Thsa Van Dorm,
taking oil the available Confederate
cavalry, to the number of about 1000,
made bis famous dash upon Grsnts
stores In the depot at Holly Springs,
and twelve hours deslrsyed the whole
supplies Of oil the Federal forces In
hisslssippl for three months, COM
PEELED Grant to fall back and absn-
don : campaign, 90 wisely planned
that Grant justly felt the destruction
Of the Confsderaoy WAS In the hollow
Of his hand.
A grandsr aud nero certain plan
OF campaign was never conceived by
Nspolson hlmsslf. But the brilliant
Conduct of Van Dorm defoatsd Grant
aud the steadfast aud able conduct Of
stephen D. Lee defeated Sherman.
On Cbristmas day Gen. Price and
his principal officers assembled around
the hospitab!s table Of Mr.. Mister Of
Grenada Never was q company IN
more joyous mood. We had qualified
our snteprandisl todJy-I dent re-
member that grace was said--ths
soupha not been served, but Granite
army had disappeared from our front,
Mississippi was saved and there was
nothing to make us afraid, when .
telegram was brought In fer Gen.
Price, ordering Maury's division to
march at once to help Lee ct vicks-
burg, whore with $500 Csnfsdsrstss
hs was confronting Sherman with
near 10000 Fedsrals.
The railroads we're greatly crowd
cd aud crippled, 90 that It WAS by
dark Of the 26th before Maury, with
400 men, rolled In Vicksburg. The
rain was falling, and the roads aud
thick darkness made the six mile
march 10 Chlckasaw Bluff 20 slow
that 2 g. m. Of the 9Th had come b.
fore We reached tho field. The dead
and wounded lay thick. Surgesns
and hospital attendants with their
battle lartsrns were busy caring for
those stil alive, whsse groans aud
criss for aid intensified the weird
scene
Lee proud Of bis great achievements
but anxious for the morrow, met us
with . hearty welcome. He and
Naury had never met before. He was
. brigadisr-xaury was . major gen.
eral--who, II he was = Wsst Point
graduate, had soms sense. for be said :
General, Am here with fs,r hundred
men Of my division. by daylight the
remainder, four thousand strong, will
be up. Please post us - you think best,
for | don't knew whore the enemy 10.
l don't know whore your troops are,
and know don't know whore | am
20 please take charge efus, and gsnsr-
al you shall have oil Of the glory We
may win, while will keep the respon-
ability"
This seemed to hll Lee with .
pleased surprise. He said, "Gsneral,
that is very generous, and It 10 very
sensible too" aud 20 We went to work,
and ~ Sherman did not desire to stay
abou. whore Ice wac any more, Lee
won great glory, had won It then
and there was nothing for Maury to
be responsible for, and to this day the
love OF Lee and Maury has grswn and
will until the end, net FAR o6 new.
DABNxY II. NAURy.