The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-04
TIE GREAT ODDS.
Against the Confederates in Noted Bat
ties Of the War.

Against the Confederates in Noted Bat
ties Of the War.
Those who will take the pains to
search the ofi,ial records Of the Union
and Confederate armies, sspublishee by
the government Of the United States,
will see that the old veterans are not
ezaggegrating the wondrous deeds Of
our southern heroes, when they talk
with such enthusiasm Of victories won
over immense odis.
It is not the purpose Of this article to
90 into dry details from the records, but
to quote the words # . gallant Union
general, Don Carlos Buell., whose
timely arrival at Shiloh saved the
Federal amy from complete overthrow.
IN an article which appeared first in
the Century Magazine asd afterwards
in the third voiunn Of Battles and
Leaders CT the Civil War" General
Buell. SAID:
lG Te qu1EcU QaVSt u eG auO
$1,000 troops to advance against weak
for, manned by less than 100 men at
Fort Henry; IS, with naval 60 opera.
tioD to overcome - 900 at D9nelsor;
60 coo to secure a victory over 40 GOO
at Pl.tsourg Landing (Shilo); l2o coo
to enforce tee reir,s sc Of IS, ,0U0 in
trenched after mouth of 6ghtiag and
nansu7e1ing st C,rin,h; loo, 900 re-
psiisu Of so, 900 in She fist psninsular
campaign sgsinst Re ,nond: 10000
Waen powerful nasal iol,e to inspire
the campaign which lasted zine months,
against 40, 900 at Vicksburg; 10000 to
to barely Withstand the assault Of TO-
600 at Gettysburg; 115, 600 sustaining
frighsful 7epulse from 50, 900 st Fred
ericks burg; 100, 900 attacked and defeat
ed By $4,000 at Charlottesville;
81, 900 held in check two days by 40,
600 at Antietam; 43 900 retaining the
field uncertainty against39, 900 at Stone
River (MurfreesocTc); 20, coo defeated
at ChIckamsugs, and belesguered by
70 900 at Chsttanoogs; $4,000 merely
to break the investing line Of 45. 600 at
Chattanooga, and 100000 to press
back so 0U0 increased st lsst to 70. Oc0
from Chsttenoogs to Atlanta distance
of l20 miles, ana tasp les go-an opera
sion which is comnsmors:ed at festive.
reuniocs by the standing tosst OF 'Ona
hundred day under FIRE; 80, 900 to de-
feat the investing line Of $4,000 at
Nashville; and finally 120, 600 to over
come $4,000 with exnaustion after Q
struggle Of year in Virginia" y"
In some Of the battles thus enumers-
ted by General Buell. the odds we're
even greater than he states them.
General Buell. adae: Individually
the northern soldier was in no sense the
inferior Of the southern. What then
is the ezpisnation Of this rule which Is
80 nearly invariable as to show that
superior numbers we're generally essen
tial to Union victories and the success
Of Union operations? Much was due
to the character of the contest. Revoiu-
ton 10 calculated to inspire bold and
desperate action, and wars Of sentiment,
of the nature Of which this partook
more in the south than in the north,
| are always marked by ,usual energy.
Buell. gives as anotaer reason, the
conduct Of the southern general. They
cegniz.d that the odds must generally
be against them and that they must
ind soma means of overc ,ming the ef-
feet of the fact upon the spirit Of their
troops, and themselves set an example
Of audacity."
To illustrate the implicit confidence
with which the southern soldiers fol.
lowed their leaders be draws the follow
ing comparison:
"At Cold Harbor the northern troops
Who had proven their indomitable
qualities by Losses nearly equal to the
whole Of their opponent, when ordered
to another sscriae, eVe,e under such q
soldier as Hancock, answered the de-
m snd IS one MAJ, a.s:lens and stoIld
inertia; at Gettyst g, Pickett, when
waiting for the signal which Longstreet
dreaded to repeat, Tor the hopeless but
immortal charge sgaiDst Cemetary Hill,
saluted and said, IS he Iurned 60 hls
ready column: i shall move forward,
sir.
General Buell. then speaks Of another
infuance which nerved the heart OF the
Confederate soldier 10 Valorcus deeds:
Nor must We give slight Importance
to the influence Of the southern women.
who in agony Of heart girded the sword
upon their loved oRes and bade them 90.
Il was to be expected that these various
Influences would give confidence to
| leadership thss would Jenc TO bold ao-y
venture and leave lss mark upon the
contest"
Before closing this a-tice I wish to
say that in my communication On
Gettysburg / inadvertently gave all the
credit Of the fist days brilliant Con.
fede,a:e vie!ory to Eaells corps. l
should have SAID the troops Of A. +.
Hill and ESell encountered the two
corps of Reynolds and Ha|ard, etc.
| The basalsW as commeneeI py dlNs
corps and EEeli's troops came to his
assistance 81 the cIlais of the engage
msnt. ! would not do an intentional
Injustice to any oi6csr or man Of that
incompatible host; the Amy OF NOE.
THEM Flrslria. / aaVs lever believed
that any OF the gallant leaders Of that
army wlilfu.iy tailed ia ans dusy on
any observation-disclosures Jourlai.
| Light as q Cure.
At meeting of the Academy OF
| Sciences in Paris on December N.
P. Garnault reported that in GER
tain diseases light exercises