The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-28
GRANTS UNRECORDEDDE DEFEAT.
Why lie He'll Back From Holly Springs,
Miss to Memphis.
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brary was hung this inscript "And
much rcmains unsung' TIL, i, not
more true of the soHg4 than d the
deeds Of the people.
The world is full Of heroes ihcianc
they acquire is matter oiac.iic"i or
Of opportunity An airuier9 nation
may kuocl at he altar Di t-ri!c, CT
the smoke Of conflict n.,y hide the
brave deeds, wiile H. dr, l.cks up
the blood thcy frriy s!.rd 'or Their
country.
The world isioiy istholi1,ory Of
its sgrcat ,u,n, ar'. il, le-S"ns tlc record
Of their self icriice and devotion u
principle
abraham is 30, known rs he faith
cr Of Il great uaton, but a. i" .a'h-
cr Of the faithful. We think of
George Washington not 1s receiving
The sword Of CORVALLIS, but as
Washington crossing Tie Delaware. >
Our war with Spain furnished one
Of the most brilliant episodes in his
tory. With straight, uncomplicatcd
fight, the world FOR spectators, the
home country greedy for news Of the
conflict and unlimited Geographic ia
cilitics to herald every day $
dongs, the Incidents of the war
were Of unusual interest and complete
ness
The daring feat Of Admiral Dewey,
which has thrilled our nation and chal-
brings to my remembrance m unrc-
corded, but no less brilliant victory,
in whlc! !, band Of sixteen hundred
ragged Confederate cavalry brought
the disastrous retreat of an army OF
sixty thousand men, commanded by
Gen. u. S. Grant.
In "Thc War Of the Rebellion, a
Compilation of the Official Records Of
the Union and Confederate States,
published under the direction of the
Hon. Russell Algcr, Secretary Of
War, find no mention Of this raid !,
SO splendid in its execution and so dis
astrous in it's results to the Federal
army. On page 314, Series l, Vol
LII, there is letter from Gen. Grant
to Gen. Hallcck, dated Oxford, Miss,
December Id, 1862, referring to GER
tain promotions, in which he says in
cidentally: "The people of MISSISSIPPI
pi show more signs of being subdued
than any we have heretofore come
across. They are very cordial in
tfeir reception Of the Federal officers
and seem dcsirous of having trade re-
sumed."
Grant is back in Memphis on Japu-
arv 2, 1862, and writes to have reg
iment Of heavy artillery from St.
Louis report to him. He wants six
companies at Memphis and six at Cor
inth, Miss. This was the estimated
number. I have no means of verify
ing it.
There is not word to explain Why
Grant was at Oxford, Miss, on De-
cember Il, 1862, and back in Mem
phis on January 2, 1863. The only
light thrown on tho matter from
confederate source is letter from
Gen. Joe Johnston to Jefferson Davis,
in which he says: "Grant is still or
: the Tallohatchie, so that the remain
der of Loring's and Prices troops
cannot be removed from Greneda.
From his halting, l suppose he is re-
pairing the railroads. The force at
Greneda (about eleven thousand effeo-
tive men) is too weak to do more than
delay thu passage Of the river By the
enemy. My hope of keeping him
back is in Van Dorm, under whom
propose to unite all the available cav
airy, when Forrest and Roddy can be
found"
The Confederate army, under the
leadership Of Gen. Earl Van Dorm, had
CT the 3.i, 4th and 9Th Of October,
1862, been thrown against the fortifi
cations of Corinth, Miss, place of
great strategic value, being at the
junction of two very important rail
roads and the scene of the battle Of
Shiloh.
The Confederate forces had met
a terrible defeat, Gen. Price having
lost one third of his entire command
Of seven thousand men. The army
was completely demoralized and, dis
regarding all discipline, they strag
gled, cold, hungry and dispirited, into
the neighboring towns and farmhous-
es. They came into Holly Springs,
Miss, town Of about twenty-five hun