The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20
INDIANA WAR PAPERS.
The Forthcoming Volume of the
Loyal Legion.

fmportant volume relative to the war which
has ever been issued in Indiana With two
or three exceptions the volume is made up
OF the papers read by members of the Loyal
Legion during the past eight years.
4 year ago Oran Perry, John e. Cleland
and Il. a. Smith We're made committee to
issue a volume of the papers Of the COM
mandery. During the year the committee
has been ut work, securing a revision of
the papers, preparing them for publication
and experimenting the work of printing.
The result is an octave volume of $40 pages.
containing thirty-two papers, a register of
each member who was in the service and
the names of the others, and page portraits
of General Wallace and Admiral Brown
A brief biography and a small half-tone
picture OF the author of each paper is given
as a foot note. The first pages are given
10 General McGinnis for his revised paper
on the battle of Shiloh. The purpose of
the paper is to establish the fact that
General Lew Wallace was not guilty
as charged, of taking the wrong road
the morning of the first day OF Shiloh. Cen
eral McGinnis makes it very clear by album
dams evidence and facts that General Wal
lace acted promptly and took the road
which would have taken him TO the enemy's
flank II he had not been directed by staff
officers to cOuntermarch to join the army
which had been driven back. The article is
Accompanied by map made few years
ago. This article must end the controversy
abCdt Shiloh.
Judge Blacks paper on General Sheridan
has the second place The most interesting
feature of the article is the part which
Sheridan took at the surprise of Cedar
Creek Judge Black would have the reader
understand that General Sheridan's arrival
on the field turned disaster to victory. The
late Colonel Starr in the third article, takes
the opposite view. saying that when Sheri-
dan arrived the lines were reforming These
two views represent the differences of opin-
ion held by good soldiers on the field re-
garding the influence of Sheridan on that
eycntful day.
Indiana at Chickamauga" is the subject
of the next paper. With ninuteness Gen.
James r. Carnahan tells what every Indi-
ana regiment did on those two September
days of 1863. TO the recital is appended the
losses Of every Indiana command in that
battle In The Seventh Regiment DR..
Kemper, of Muncie, gives the history of the
service of one of the first of Indiana's three
months regiments. The paper gives a cor
rect idea of the peoples awakening to the
terrible reality of war No more vivid
word-panting of battle can be found than
that of Major Ostrahder in Two Septem-
Der Days" In a lighter vein DR. Beasley, of
Lafayette, under the caption, "Quinine,"
makes the doctoF and the army mule the
indispensabIes of The war What John Lee
Yaryan saw at Stone River is as vivid
as If he had not been nearly a year dead.
His description of Rosecrans's council of
after the mishaps of the first days
fighting is Picturesque council which
ended when Thomas faced Rosecrans
and his associates and said: Gentlemen,
1 know of no better place to die than right
here One will look in vain through many
more pretentious volumes than in this be-
fore he will find a more vivid description of
ono of the greatest marvels of the war, the
story Of the unexpected seizure of Mission
airy Ridge by General Fred Kneher. The
venerable Colonel NJ r. Bundy tells of the
early days of the war in Missouri. Captain
Dougall, of Fort Wayne. tells of the battle
of Bentenplle. in North Carolina, one of
the last enga gements Of the war-how a
few regiments were ordered to attack an
mtrenched army and failed. In 1.-The Sec
ond March to the Ohio Captain Cleland
tells of the decisive battle of Franklin. 1t
has taken many years for even military
readers to estimate it's Importance in the
ultimate destruction of Hoods army Capt.
Ford of Terre I1aute, tells a story of
Midnight Missionary Ridge" Forty
eight Years Service is the caption of an
article by H. A. Smith, giving incidents in
the lfc-long service of Admiral George
Brown. Mr.. Thomas l.. Stitt. of Wabash
answers the question. WHO Put Down the
Rebellion?' by deciding that the few men
whom he hears telling war stories did it.
Judge John V. Hadley has contributed an
account of one of the forty days experience
he had as an escaping prisoner-an
experience full of hair-breadth es-
capes and suffering Judge Chase
of Logansport, who belonged to the
regular army, contributes an inter-
esting article upon Gettysburg" He denies
that Picl1etts charge was the most gallant
Of the war. and proves it by citing others.
In blank verse, 9. e. Merrifed portrays
the Burning OF the Black Hawk" Capt.
William II. Armstrong. who served for a
time in a colored regiment, writes of THE
Negro as 4 Soldier" He shows Jhat the
negro has always been Il good soldier. Capt.
Charlton might have told story of the
war, but instead he gives Lincoln, the
Boy a paper read on Lincoln night.
Another Lincoln night paper is that of Mr..
$. NJ. Sayler. of Huntington, Lincoln
Master of English" 1t shows that some of
the young men o. lne cOnlinitnuefy are aDie
writer's.
From SpottsyIvania Onward" is the title
of paper by Col X. 5. Robertson of Fort
Wayne. 1t gives an idea of the lighting of
the Army of the Potomac in its struggles
with Lee. The Entering Wedge" is
vivid account of the experiences of the de-
tachment sent to obtain a foothold and
landing Tor the troops and steamers about
to run the gauntlet of Vieksburg. 1t was
hazardous expedition, but Col. Oran Perry
clothes it with interest by pictures of Incl
dents and characters 'FrankIin's Battle
field To-day" by I. Fl. b. Mccain, editor
OF the Charlottesville Journal, is a paper
which shows how time effaces the havoc
of battles. One of the most interesting
narratives is AN Incident in the I4ast
Nashville Campaign" by Lieut.. John l..
Nought. Mr.. Meredith Nicholson in an ar
ticle entitled Inherited Honors and
Duties" shows how fully a man born since
the can enter into its spirit In the
foot note referring to the writer of the ar
ticle, the editor who had come into possess
sion of two stanzas of Mr.. Nicholson's, en-.
titled An Old Guidon, gives them. They
are as follows:
Through this torn scarf my fathers hand