The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-17

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- Thomas victory at Nh Springs KY,
IN. 10. 1862, WINS the first clean and de
cfe4ve Union triumph Of the war. Nash
vile wiped out Tor good Confederate
army which for 100 days In front Of AZ
iauta had bafaed Sherman, with his i'm
manse columns Of battAlions and squad
runa Only I'm these two battles did Ih"n-
A wteld the supreme command- is''-A
Nere fouaht to . finish, and what vs.
rnorp-a thing rare in this WARN r"ih
daaes the enemy was Thoroughly routcu iil''
HIS active capacities destroyed
Hoods army was al d disadyantage be-
finn Cashyilla 10 a tPue, but chance
xn1Rht play into the hands OF that bold
feader. Thomas closed every loophOle
aaainss chance. Bio fortified the hills
south OF tho city In q manner that would
enable an improvised corps Of noncomhat-
ants 60 hold &c and prepared his active
force 70 compass Hoods destruction Inc
Conhedsrats leader drew mp his Lines IN
rxnRe Of hIIIs corresponding TO those fortt-
Hed by Thomas and opposed redoubt BY re-
dOubt breastwork by breastwork- he
was I'm position Dec q and the Union au-
thoritaes at Washington, including Grant,
assumed that Thomas was intending To
stand siege Almost hourly Thomas re-
Seiyed from Washington or from Grant
headouarters impatient and nagging tele-
Grams. with suggestions and appeals TO do
aonneshfuR and raise the siege, but Thorn
as army was an tmprovised one, made up
of Smiths division from west Of the Mis-
stssippi. Schoheld's Twenty-third and
Woods Fourth corps, partly from Sher-
mans column and partly from garrison
camps, with Wilson's cavalry. new com
rnand. lacking horses and equipments as
we'll "A perfect organization and drill Il
was upon this latter arm that Thomas
counted for finishing blows when the time
came. 60 while Hood was adding 60 his
earthworks and parapets and vainly hoping
for re-enforcements, and urgent demands
were made from Union headquarters hun
treds OF miles away that Thomas snoulo
act. the Rock Of Chickamauga said: Let
Hood fortify: let Washington howl III
act when ain ready
His plnn OF campaign had been settled
upon by the 9th and orders given TO move
Hoods operations however, led TO briel
delay in order TO shift positions or Nor
troops on the long lines and mass the
strongest battalions on the L MON right
The day fixed for attack opened with
storm Of freezing sleet, which in time GOV
cred the earth with a crust OF slipper.
frozen mud or ice. a campaign TO Tn
death was out of the question under sucl
circumstances. Hoods troops and artll
Iery could stand in their fixed firm tricks
while Thomas would need TO struggl
and climb up the icy slopes and owe
CLASSY lakes in order 10 diSlodge them
Thomas said again in answer to renewe
demands from headquarters, II will &C
when ready"
Grant wirHd that he must move agains
Hood or turn over his command TO IN
next in rank The grim old veteran n
piled that he would submit to remove
and to the charge Of disobedience TO ol
ders without a murmur, but move agaln'
Hood he would not until all was read!
A successor, General Logan, had bee
placed at call near By, and Grant hinise
started for Nashville. But the ice blockac