The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-10-29
ARMY OF THE OHIO.
lContinu~d from first p.g..I

not be denied victory, and fell under his
horse In death. with the lattrr's forehsofs
on the low parHpeI The equally -detern-
lined Gen. Adam WAS virtually picked of
bis horse by the bayonets Of the unyield.
ing Union line. Standing almost cree.
near the shallow trench the lifeiess body
nj Gen. Stafford was so wedged in by the
bead of his dauntless command that IL
ould not fall. Ten other Confederate
GENERALS lay dead within pistol-shoI of
he line. amid 1000 Of their fallen fol.
owers. The slope of the eD,baukment and
he trenches were hidden by corpses fallen
under blows from gun-barrels. camp
iatchets. swords, axes. handspikes, and
whatever else was instantly avaifa BILE for
hand-to-hand tight. So close and des.
perate had been the grapple of the forces
that the victors bore away with them 81
battleHags wrenched from the hands Of
their assailaaty.
No other troops than American could
have delivered such a terrific. persistent
md irresistible assault No other troops
than American could have endured such
cyclone without losing an inch of ground.
The Army of the Ohio had crowned Its
work. In few short hours Of that dark
November day II had inflicted q punish
ment unequaled in modern wars. Ii had
taken the sting. the heart. the soul out Of
that terrible army which had fought 50
vsliantly at Shiloh. rerryvilis. Stone
River. Chickamagua and on the Atlanta
Campaign. Thirty-si1 per cent Of the
men whom Hood had hurled forward %
confidently at 1 O'Clock were dead OF
wounded before 10 o'clock.
Hoods army was never-never-ths
same again. Its historian says: THE
ghost of Franklin was with u forever
afterward. 1t rod. on every mans KNAPP
sack and on every limber-chest Of the ar
til!ery. 1t sat by us at every campfire
and paced the beats with every sentineli
it grinned. niockingiy. at Us on every pa
rade and review. and laughed sardonically
at every aag we futtered to the breeze.
Over all our history afterward was writ
ten the chill legend of Franklin"
Weary with slaughter, the Army OF the
Ohio at midnight. hours after the last
rebel shot had been fred. followed its last
wagon across the Harpeth River, looking
back from the hills to see the plain alive
with the torches OF the stricken survivors
seeking their comrades in that wilderness
Of death aud mutilation.
Fifteen days later the Army Of the Ohio
took its full share OF the great battle OF
Nashville, which destroyed the Confeder-
ate power In the West. and then feeling
its work done there. made giant stride
to the Atlantic Coast. to capture Fort
Anderson, Wilmington and Kinston. meet
Sherman. and assist In wiping out the Con-
federacy In the East.
IT'S COMMANDERS.
The Army Of the Ohio was fortunate
in all of its comma nders, and Is proud OF
every one of them-of Maj.-Gen. HoEatio
g. Wright. the accomplished engineer.
who gained enduring fame as the Com
mander OF the Sixth Corps: OF the genial,
colIrtly Maj.-Gen. A. E. Burnside, under
whom it made its splendid East Tennessee
campaign; of Maj.-Gen. J. G. Foster.
gallant soldier. whose wounds made mis-
stay with us all too short: and, lastly. Of
the safe, sagacious, always-ready. always
on time, and always in place, 1.ient-Gen.
John Nj. SchofieId. who ranked with
George Fl. Thomas as Sherman's trusted
counselor, and under whom the Army Of
the Ohio always marched to victory.
The enduring fame of the Army of the
Ohio will rest upon its enterprise and thor
nughness in the East Tennessee Cam
paign; its wonderful fortitude in the Win
ter Of 1854: its constant readiness and
vigorous aggressiveness Of the At'an,a
Campaign, and its fast-anchored frmness
ut Franklin. with the awful punishment it
inflicted upon its enemies.
The deeds Of all the armies are written
in letters of unfading light and glory, but
none shine brighter than those OF the
Army of the Ohio.