New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-03-06
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pose knew any more about war with
eagles on my shoulders than in prii-5
Yates uniform? IF there were some SUI
perior being to look into the heads Of
the men composing this army and read.
just the rank in accordance with fitness,
many a star would leave the shoulder
where it now rests to alight on that Of
some obscure private. =
WAL, eff we fight 'em, won't we
whip 'em?''
Jakey noticed that, with the change
Of his friend IS mind from his grief to
war, there was an immediate improve
ment from the terrible depression upon
him. He asked the question for the
purpose Of keeping Maynard S attention
information.
"Whip 'em? Why, Jakey, we're scat
tered all over creation He dipped his
finger in a tin cup full Of water and be-
gan to draw a rude map on the top of
an extemporized table, consisting of a
square board nailed on a stake driven
in the ground.
We "Here's the Chickamauga flowing
between these two ridges, Missionary
and the Pigeon mountains, from south
to north into the Tennessee. Critten-
denis corps is here at Lee and Gordon s
mill. Thomas corps has just passed
through Stevens gap down here, ten or
dozen miles from Crittenden, while
McCook is at Alpine, 20 miles away
from Thomas. We are off here near
Reeds bridge, the tip of the left wing,
40 miles from McCook, the tip of the
right wing
bragg is here at Lafayette, on the
east side Of the Pigeon mountains, and
opposite our center at Crawfsh Springs,
where he can strike any one of our corps
separately. He can ride up on to the
Pigeon mountains, and, looking down
on the valley of the Chickamauga, sec
just where we, are located. I was up
there myself the other day with rec.
onnoitering party and came upon one Of
his scouts, looking at US very much as
one would survey a barnyard Of fat
turkeys before Christmas I.
He paused and seemed lost in some
attendant problem. Presently he added
absently:
"All I'd De afraid of would he de-
lay" -
"What d'y' mean by thet?' 'easked ia
key. >,~ =
Maynard started. II was thinking
that was on the other side,'' he said.
"You see, Jakey, in a military point Of
view the beauty Of the situation is all
with the Confederates. ," ,
"How?'
"They can cut us up i'll detail"
"Wha'd y do eff y wor him uns2''
II? I'd dcive wedge ri ght in here
between Thomas and Crittenden' s
corps. I'D destroy first one and then
the other After that I'd eat my ratioEs
and have plenty Of time to take care of
McCool's, which is too far away even
TO hear the guns. 49,.
"Thet'ud be hunky,'' said Jakey,
pretending to catch his friends enthu-
siasm.' "Pity 'twasn't t'other way n
we had 'em as they got we uns. Mebbe
eff you uns wor in command of our ar
my y mought do somep'n fo' ter change
tn sjteration."
'sI?" -
eyes, what'd y do?" " a-
"That's poser, Jakey." -.
Maynard studied his improvised map
for awhile without speaking, as if it
were chessboard At last he said:
General Rosecrans, learn, has or
dered his scattered columns concentrat-
ed at Crawfsh Springs, the center Of
his line Perhaps this is as good a,plan
as any, at least if Bragg gives him time
enough to close up To me two plans
seem to be open. One is to demonstrate
along the Chickamauga, principally
with cavalry, while''-
"What's demonstrated interrupted
the listener.
SNAKE feint, a fuss; pretend to have
q big force and only have little one.
I would leave the campfres burning at
night, to make them think I was still
there, and draw my army away to Mis-
sion ridge. Moving backward on con-
verging lines''-
'What's them?''
''Lines coming to focus''-
whats focus?"
"Confound it, Jakey, we'll be attack
ed and whipped before I can make you
understand. These roads you see come
together at Chattanooga. From Chatta-
nooga, If necessary, the army could be
crosse" -
II thought we uns was a-follerin
them uns!'' observed Jakey, surprised
at the turn the campaign had taken.
sJakey, did you ever hear of the man
who held his adversary down by placing
his nose between that adyersary's
teeth?''
4. mo. =
'sWell, that's the way we're holding
our enemy, but your remark leads to
the other side Of the problem. Desper-
ate diseases require desperate remedies.
IF I were general, I'd never be on the
defensive if I could help it, cost what
it might. Tt sets a man to wondering
what his enemy is going to do, instead
of doing something himself. Now, our
southernmost column might be pushed
out here" putting his finger on the
line denoting the Georgia Central rail-
road to cut the COME derates' avenue