Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-30

FAN in He demurred and laughingly
said that he wasn't in Mt condition to go
with the guard. The sergeant said:
'Them's not the orders. Fall in!
so he fell in between the ranks and was
marched over to the station. He had been
there sor1e little time when Corse came up
beu?'
He answered Yes
"'Why?' asked Corse.
" Because IT is Sunday and time for serv-
ice said Smith. Corse then led him near
TO Sherman. and when he looked up Corse
said: Here's Mr.. Smith. 1t is Sunday and
he was ringing the bell for service
Didn't know II Was sunday.
Sherman scarcely stopped the swift move
ment Of his pen, but said: Sunday, Sum
day; didn't know 1t was Sunday. Let him
GO
S Mr.. Smith was Immediately released
and fixed himself up the best he could to
lead a service Of praise and worship in the
chapel.
THE night before Sherman entered At
lanta in person he was near my ~headquar-
tiers in the vicinity of Jonesboro, Ga. he
was too restless to sleep. About midnight
he heard from the north sounds of shells
exploding and other sounds like that CT
musketry.' He walked over to a farm
house and called the farmer out to listen
to the reverberations which came from At
lanta.' The distance was twenty miles.
SHERMAN asked the farmer II he had lived
there for any length of time. He nswered
that he had and that these sounds were
like those of a battle. After these reVer-
berations there was quiet till about dawn
when Sherman heard again a renewal OF
the e1pIosions. He could not determine in
his m.nd whether or not there was a real
battle.
''Not long after sunrise rumors came In
TINT Hood had abandoned his position and
was In retreat. At last as the day wore
on a dispatch came from General Slocum
stating that Hood had gone and that the
Twentieth corps had marched into the city.
AS soon as this news was In his hand
Sherman mounted his horse and rode back
to Atlanta.
Then he sent that memorable telegram:
Atlanta is ours and fairly won
ITO the administration at Washington and
TO the people at large Sherman had really
burst from the clouds: Atlanta won!
was, indeed, a bow of promise set In the
southern sky-a bow OF promise to America
and to the world that right and justice
would soon prevail, and that the American
union would be restored.
again on December %, 1854. Sherman, who
had been away in the harbor visiting tht
admiral of the navy there In charge am
back and Joined General Slocum and my
self. who had entered Savannah a day
before, the next morning after Hardee's
evacuation Of the city.
sherman was delighted that we were mo-
Obliged either to make a siege or attempt
to carry Savannah by assault. A siege
would have taken much time, ana an as
sault, win to the few approaches Woulc
have been a very costly one to our troops
He had hardly spoken to me before ID
turned away to prepare a dispatch for the
president Here is the message he sent:
"I beg to present to you as a Christ
mas gift the city of Savannah, with 10
heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, anC
also about $500 bales of cotton
1.-THE armies under Sherman had a yer!
refreshing rest for a few days. On Janu
airy /, 1865, when I was paying my respect
to General Frank Blair at Blair's head
quarters, Sherman came in in his usua
brisk style, and. sitting down beside IN
with some memoranda in his hand. he SAT-
quietly, Howard. I want you to transpor
your army of the Tennessee by water owe
to Beaufort, 8. c.; march northward. eros
to the main land and be at Pocataligo b,
the 18th of this month. Can you do it7'
ct did not AXE time to make more than
rough calculation. but said: The time 1
rather short, but we will be there II
can. be done
HE added that slocum would march u
) the Savannah, cross at Sisters Ferry an
be at Robertsvine about the same tim
49, = .Aa,,Id raanh Dnrofa1IUo NAV "a
mark hat six divisions of the Army c
the Tennessee were at Pocataligo at the re
ouIred time. The other division went wit
, General slocum, who was very much do
layed by the high water at Sisters Ferry
, 70 that we had to wait several days for tn
a left win to get into position. Thus bega
the memorable march through the Care
r linas. After that difficult march, with a
its diminishing. accidents and battles
Sherman sent us a congratulatory ordt
which covered the whole field of operation
It seems now a little boastful. but 1t e1
presses the simple truth:
$50 complete a success in military opera
tons, extending over half a continent, is a
y achievement that entities 1t to a place
the military history OF the world
I my estimate of General Sherman is higl
His intellect furnished a mine rich
pearls, sparkling with diamonds yet con
d pleted after natures own order. He wa
c ever at home in science or
art, and never failed to interest a votaI
n In his W field OF research. His percel
g ton was like a flash Of light. Stand hi
O upon a hilltop and instantly he took in Il
topography of the country. AS the hill
and valleys and roads OF Georgia demon
n strated, where in youth he had once me
& tally grasped the situation. the map q
ways remained photographed upon the ia
let - his memory.
H memory was phenomenal; he had a
If CURED knowledge with intense rapidi
a from observation and from books. fro
10 childhood to age, and surely, by a thousaI
10 tests, he showed that he had forgot,
lie nothing that he had once learned. He l
h his quartermasters IN their plans and eS
mates for his army. He was quicker thS
. his chief commissaryy in figuring the T
tons for a months supply"