The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-22
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MEMPHIS. Jan. 2l.-Gen. jaime. r. Chat,
who was second In to Gen. Fosa.rN
does not believe that his chief wrote n. n'a'''
that has 20 often been attributed to him ssef
referred to In the following paragrapb rrI"t4h
In THE sUS;
Lieut.. Gen. Forrest, C.. 8. A.. was not tho mi.
mander OF the civil war who had n lovely A., n eunI
the Eng ish Ian yuage. Forrest enjoyed hir,.I, NV, Nv
ouxhiy. In lie report Of the capture Of Fort puIo~
wrote. " we busted the fort at ninerciork .na.."
cred the nlsers. . . . The men is still acill,n.n
the woods" The last non dIctionaryab ie word. h.,.'
interpreted. means g a.kiiilng them"
He gives two reasons in support OF Thu, mi.
ion. The FIRST IL that he was with the Gen.,.,
when his teiegraphic despatch to the Con,.s
crate headquarters OF the incident was v,,,,..
and the second is that the facts as set GU, in a.,
statement above are not in accordance with N.
facts ~ they occurred. Hc referred especl.lI.
TO the statement, THE men 10 still acillsn.ngy
the woods Gen. Chalmers said
II led the advance upon Fort Pillow. arriv,,,
there before daylight in the morning on Whit
tho matter was brought to n elimination, ass
before the arrival Of the General made an =. s
tack upon the fort. When he cam. NJ la,e,i
said TO him that I did not think the game WOE.
70, ,ss cn ,.sss s np %s msp %s s%ss sST. Il goo men a
fort was built: but the people 10 the ntlghbo,
hood through which we had passed going 10 M.
depreciation being Committed BY The nSrSss u.
from the fort. and the General had his head y,
upon breaking up the nest. Hence the atts,s
was made upon the lines suggested By him.
This fort stood upon the top OF a high p-seL
pice, sloping OF at the bottom to the water n
the Mississippi River. II was here that the FN.
erai gunboat was anchored. and II wa. In ses,rs
Of protection from this that the negroes. 10 thsg,
madness from fright. leaped down the precipios
None of them Tot into the woods. for We ia
the fort surrounded on the three open sid,s
Hence the men could not have been 'aeill.osn
In the woods"
Gen. Chalmers certainly should know sbou,
the occurrences ut Fort Pillow. for he was amor,
the nrrt TO mount the walls OF the fort. nj
brother. Col. Chalmers. being n man Of mar.
nihcent physique. was In the iirst squad OF ma,
that entered. ard close behind them came M.
General. Being exceedingly small In figure. h.
could not mount the walls alone. but. ciimbins
upon the shoulders Of . soldier and heinz
Of the fray. closely followed by Gen. Forrest
Rsvsrting TO his superior Officers or,bos.
raphy. Gen. Chalmers said:
lin writing. as IN .nghting. Gen. Forrest va
q law unto himself. His fighting was upon M
poleon!c lines. although prompted pntely by Ii,
genius In him. and his word painting. wer,
eQually expressive and vivid. Having Rad n,
OPPORTUNITIES for study in early, life. he did vi.
tnally all his correspondencc during the VA
through Major strange. his Adjn;ant-Jenera
and the Major ~as . very accomplished mar
But I once saw an Endorsement from III. Gen.
erAl that was As unique as the one given aoov,
A soldier oame to him = third time asking for,
furiough. Twice IL had been refused. ior ",
needed all tho men that We could get al Ina,
third time Gen. Forrest in bis own hand wri,ins
Endorsed upon the back OF It. Il told you twis
ttwice1 Goddammit know and the man knsv
that he meant no."