The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-18

niand The following letiSr tom General
Joe Johuston gives his own clear statement
OF tho CAMPAIGN which produced his re-
moyal;
Macon. Ga. September I. 1864. MIR Dear
Mauty. ! have been intending ever since
my arrival here to nav part OF The eplaioi-
AIRY dobt owe you. but You know how lazy
1t makes one 10 have nothing 10 DO. and 10
with the hot weather We have b<cu cndur-
Ing hero. have absolutely devoted myself
TO idiepass
I have b~cn disycsed 10 write moro par
tlcularly abort what concerns myself, 30
explain TO you, so far IA practicable, the
operations for which was laid upon tho
shelf. You are one OF tho last whoac un
favorable opinion | would hc willing to In.
cur.
You know that the army commanded
was tina, which. under General trags..,c.as
routed N Missionary RIDGE Sherfiane
army was that witch routed u. rcintorcfd
by tho Sixteenth and Twenty third corps.
! am ccnsurcd FOR not taking tho oTnsive
at Dalton. whore the cnomy. II beaten, had
a sure refuge behind the fortified gan at
| Ringgnli, or In the fortress ~ Chauanooga,
and when the odds AGAINST us we're almost
! ton To four At Rcsncn h. received i've
brigales. near Kingsion three and about
$500 cavalry, at Now Hone Church ouc-in
nil abou, IL 001 Infantry AMI artillery. Tho
enemy received the seventeenth corre aud
u number OF garrison and bridge guards
from Tennessee and Kentucky that had
been relieved by numerous hundred day
mon "
am blamed for not Fighting. Operations
commenced about the 9th of May | was
reliovod on the 18th Of Iuly. In that tina
WI fought daily. always under cireNm-
StNnro so favorable To- us az 10 mako II
certain that the SUM Of the enemy lc,S
was Ave timop ours. which Wa ip.u5j 'nrn.
Northern papCru represent 3ucrnlIu MI to
ar flaft s4Ftl - ftfF, nj 4 Al
Sherman's progrcss WIS at the rate Of
milo and a quarter a day.
Had his ptvlc ~ lighting been allowed 20
continue, Ia IT mol clear that we would soon
have boon able 20 give battle with album
dant chances of victory, and that the on-
emy dctcHtcl on this Side OF the ChnttA-
boochee. would have been deslroycdl
II Ia cortpin thnt Shcrmnns Amy was
stronger. "compar,d with .hat OF Tonnes
see" than GIANTS. compared with that OF
Northern virginia
General rragR asserts uat shormnn's
wac absolutely stronger than Gr1n;'1.
Il is we'll known that the Army OF VIZ
giuia was much superior to tl1t OF Ten
ucssen
Why then, should l be condemned for
the lctusNo, whiio General Irc was aiding
TO his great Came by the same coutsr?
General Bragg gcctns to have rprned at
missionary Ridge his present hlrb posi-
tion
People report at Columbus mad Montgom
cry that General BraFg said that ny
lcsece had been frl-hii Il that / sd disre-
rntded the N4h"s ai' Instructions o; Tho
president that h. had implored mr TO
change my course by which I suppose no
means oafumo The Offensive
Ne these thlngs arc utterly untrue It is
NOT to BE- supposed that they were said hy
General Bragg
The president gave mo no instructions,
auA expressed no wislies. rNrept just no
fore We reached the Chntachuochro, warn
Ing me not To fight With the river hchind
us. and agAiupt crossing IT, and previously
hp urged me not to allow shrrmna to de-
tnch 10 Grants MA
General Brngg pnsscd aome two hours
with mo 1ust before | was relieved aud
gave me the impression that hls visit To
the army WIS casual hu being on HIS way
further wost. 70 cndcayor 70 get va rain
forcom"ns from kirby smith and lee,
thought him satisfied with tho state Of
things but not SO With that Ia virginia.
tie assured me- that he had always main
'hlncd In Richmond that Sherman'a army
Wns stronger than Grants
llcyo me but talked with General Hood on
II Ia clear that hlR expedition had no