The National tribune., 1903-06-18

urging the appointment of Co.'s. Coburn and
Harrison as Embellishments.
The entire loss in this battle was about
500, killed. wounded and missing, chiefly
from our Twentieth Corps.
On the 22d, Gen. Mcpherson, the be-
loved Commander of the Army Of the Ten
nessee. was killed, and Gen. Howard, ct
the Fourth Corps, was assigned to the
command. :.
| July %, Gen. Hooker. deeming himself
aggrieved by the promotion Of Gen. How
ard, his junior in rank and lately his su-
bordinate, asked to be relieved from the
command of the Twentieth Corps. His re-
quest was granted Che always regretted it
as the greatest mistake of his life), and
Gen. Slocum was ordered up from Vicks-
burg to take command. He did not reaci,
us until Aug. %, and in the meantime,
Gen. Williams Ffrst Diyision), was in
command.
FLANKING HOOD.
When Gen. Sherman inaugurated his
movement to flank Hood out Of Atlanta by
detour to the south, and around if. he
sent all the surplns transportation back
over the ChattahOochee River, and on Au-
gust 26 ordered the Twentieth Corps back
to guard it. The fanking movement was
successful, and on the night of Sept. 1 At
lanta was evacuated. On the morning OF
and took possession, when Gen. Sherman
electrified the North by his famous lac9nie
dispatch: Atlanta is ours, and fairly
won"
During the occupation Of Atlanta the
Twentieth Corps garrisoned the town, Col
Coggswell, Of the I'd Mass, in command.
Gen. Sherman was not the kind of n
man to remain inactive n great while, OF
let his army rust out for want of some
fn nf
of stagnation Of the blood from want OF
exercise. Hence, while part of us took
| care of Atlanta, he took the rest and went
| back and chased Hood out of Georgia into
Tennessee and left him to the tender mer
cies of Gems. Thomas and Schoield, who
| when they got at him in December al
Franklin and Nashville, used him up sc
again. In this campaign Gen. Thomas
was accused of being a little slow. bul
he certainly was sure.
EN- ROUTE TO THE SEA.
During this movement to the rear, Gen
Sherman was perfecting his plans for the
| march to the sea, and on his return tt
Atlanta, proceeded to put his plans intc
execution. He sent back to Chattanooga
&C, 600 infantry, Kilpatrick's Cavalry, nine
batteries of artillery, with wagons suf
| fcient to carry ammunition and 10 days
supply of rations. This was among
the orders issued, and as cheerfully Cbeyet
as any order / ever knew: "During thi!
march the troops will forage literally OF
the country" ] can answer for the Twen
tieth Corps that no provision returns were
made or required.
| This force was divided into two bodies
called Wings; the Right, commanded b.
Gen. Howard, consisted Of the Fifteenth
and Seventeenth Corps, with the Missouri
Engineers; the Left, commanded by Gen
Slocum, consisted of the Fourteenth ant
Fifteenth Corps and the Michigan Engi
neers. Our Corps was commanded b!
Gen. Williams. We left Atlanta Nov
Is, with Milledgeville the Capital of tn
State, as our objective point.
As the Twentieth Corps was the frs
into Atlanta, SO we were the last to leave
the last troops to leave being the 33d Mass
with its splendid band playing "Johl
Browns Body" Milledgeville was reach
ed on the 22d, and such public propert,
as would give laid and comfort to the enc
my" was destroyed.
;: REPEAL OF ORDINANCE OF SECESSION,
During our stay we organized the Legis
lature, with Col. Coggswell, Of the 2
Mass, as Speaker of the Lower House
/ After lengthy and acrimonious debat
the ordinance Of secession was repealed
and Georgia was declared to be again il
: the Union. This action was promptly rat
fed by the Senate, the bill was duly en-
. crossed, attested by tho Speaker of tn
House and President Of the Senate, an
the broad seal of the State attached. Ther
being no Secretary Of State to take charg
Of the document, it was left with q promi
nent citizen OF Union proclivities. / wa
the Paymaster. and as paid in Georgi
. currency, l had q stormy time in fxin
} values.
The citizens of Milledgeyille were YER,
J indignant over the conduct of Gov. Brown
who, when he fed from the city on on
approach, instead Of using the railway car
70 carry away the valuable archives of tn
State. used them to transport his own fur
lniture; tho last car containing the famil,