Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-30

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'Deception, said the Major. plays
a strong part in the drama Of war
In November ami December. 1851 and
January, 1862 no town in the West
WAS more talked about than Rowling
Green. X. Comparatively few North
erners knew anything OF this town on
the Rig Barren river, and on the Louis
Vile \ Nashville Railway. hundred
miles south of Louisville, sixty miles
north of Nashville ana ninety miles
from Fort DonelsoH on the Cumber-
land river, until General Buckner oc-
cupled II, and proceeded to fortify ii
In September. 1861.
In the next two months great earth
works were constructed and heavy
guns put in position. and Rowling
Green was described rs the tSibral-
tar of the South the Notifications
there exceeding in strength these at
Washington and Richmond, At that
time General Albert Sidney Johnston
was striving 10 create the Impression
that he had eighty or hundred thou
sand men at Bowling Green and Nash
willie ready 30 march north on louis-
vile. aud that he was not only await
ing orders 10 strike
His bureau of publicity and pro-
motion portrayed Bowling Green rs
impregnable, and represented his army
In Kentucky as growing in strength
From, IuE :, Ia, g. a
Johnston never had more than 2lUo0
men on the Bowling Green line. aul
while he WAS publishing reports "a
mfSlead the tniouistS he was report
Ing facts 10 Richmond aud pleading
for more men. hut he deceived the
people of the North and General Hal
leck and Buell. ami the latter. under
date of January 3. 1882. reported The
strength Of the enemy mt Rowling
Green. Columbus and Nashville at 80
0Oo.
The whole country believed thar
the great battle of the West would be
fought in front of Bowling Green But
when General Grant captured Fort
ifNtiN iNpii hlFNAN uittr away iitt EhIlit
of deception WAS AZ an end. The Con
federates left Bowling Green. Nash
VILE, and all points north of the Cum
berand without Il tight, and the Union
army, contemptuons Of the army that
had hoasted and built forts and run
away from them marched in two great
columns TO Pittshurg Landing on the
Tennessee Here the retreHting army
turned on its pursuers and the latter
caught without defensive works Of anv
kind were pressed near to defeat ut
shiloh
After Shiloh there came a great
change General HAiIeck concentrated
the armies Of Grant. buell. and Pope
for an attack on Corinth only thirty
miles away, he rtorganized all the
armies into one. the most formidable
ever assembled in the West. and pro.
ceeded by slow steps. terrifying 1T ~.
cry step. toward Cnriuth. He would
not permit any subordinate commander
10 make an attack or to resist one IN
WAY to bring ou general engage
ment. He would take me- risks. On The
other side Reaurryard practiced (hn
game % deception in It's fulluess. lie
labored t0 create the impression thar
his fortiticatiOus could not he taken.
that he was receiving re- endorsements
every day. and That the issue OF war
was ia he settled ia one decisive Dat
tie ~ Coriuth. And for weeks tho
North and South believed him.
Meantime ihc troops under Shrr-
man, Thomas, Buell. and Pope were
having the time Of heir lives. Th-re
was little or no heavy marching An
army OF l2o.0DJ men moved forward
twenty miles IN the course Of six
weeks. Gradually our front narrowed
10 ten miles, and the camps in the rear
we're close together. There were at
tacks aud snriiee htl; rs DAYS passed
the boys hecame indifferent to the
noise Of muskttry and artillery. A
sudden ourturst Of commanding Nas
only Pope on the left or sherman
Smelling the woods. or Thomas feel
ing the enemy Tn, dis -uSsiOn III the
camp fires was AZ 10 when the enemy
would attack We crept closer ana
closer 10 the rebel works and the
closer We crept thu harder The enemy
fought.
Genera Halleck believed that with
lis 12otNDHen in line he Was IN danger
% being attacked by superior numbers.
aud the res. 81 us believed IT, i,nt
Beauregard deceived rs He never for
minnie was strong enough to attack
as. He buln his forts and kept lip =
show of resistance Simply 20 hold us
before Corinth while his army retreat
ed to new line On May IS HallcrIs
issued warning order 10 his army.
The next day The rebel army left Cor.
NTH snd our own great army WAS iii
Fided into three RuelI marched e4;zt,
and Ia the course Of three months was
confronted by Bragg. After our OK
perience at Corinth We expected tho
latter 80 act on the defensive.
"Rragg pretended TO he very much