The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-05

win the rebel yell" When the enemy by his numbers by flank movement thought he had reached Johnstons rear. and moved forward to capture his prize what was his amazement to find Johnston mysteriously in his front ready again to inhict severe punishment upon him for his territory.
 Continued for Three Months.
 This continued from time to time for near three months fighting and marching both day and night. Often for days to- gether. neither taking of arms or cloth ing, or having time to rest except as the command halt restr' was given. and then entirely unknown whether it was 10 be ten minutes or two hours But when the command was given. the poor tired. sleepy soldier would drop down upon the wet ground for his pallet his blanket for his pillow. his gun by his side. and his cartridge box and knapsack still on his person. he would slumber or sleep until the command attention, fall ini, In spite of fatigue, dirty clothes and per son begrimed from smoke of battle and bed of earth, these intrepid soldiers of Johnston, were ever ready to obey the command to retreat advance march. or fight as these followed in quick success sion.
 When Atlanta was reached. where oar great chieftain, for the first time since leaving Cassville, had planned to strike his enemy the fatal blow. the conditions were cheering to these Confederate vet erans. With comparative slight loss to themselves, through the matchless skill of our commander, they had destroyed number of the enemy nearly equal to the whole Confederate force at the open ing of the campaign, and arms and stores 2 FIfl.. crates could not have been finer and with implicit confidence in their great leader they felt themselves invincible un- der him. The enemy were correspond ingly demoralized. If affairs at any time appeared dark, as they sometimes did, and some timorous one gave expression to his fears, a score of voices would say at once you needn't be uneasy. Old Joe knows what he Is doing"
 Blacks Tribute to Johnston.
 General Black, one of Sherman's com manders in the campaign. was command er-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic when on visit to Montgom- cry about two years since. In a conVer- sation I had with him in the Exchange we were speaking of General Johnston and he said that "Johnstons campaign from Dalton to Atlanta was without q parallel in the annals of war for master y conduct" He said i've could never catch him unprepared. He was always master of the situation. Lost nothing and left nothing behind him when nov ing that was worth the carrying l re- gard him as one of the finest commanders of any age"
 This same matchless Johnston said: T could not have succeeded without General Wheeler" He covered the wings of John ston's army with his active cavalry so watchfully and with such discernment as to be able to read the intentions of the enemy, and planned so skllfully as to thwart with his own forces the intended movement if possible or kept Johnston so appraised as that he was able to an- null any advantage sought by the foe Joe Wheeler was always in front of the foe except when by a happy turn he could strike him in the back, and again spur around to the front.
 When General Hood from Atlanta sent Wheeler around to cut Shermans rear, hoping thus to change the situation ad- vantageousy, Sherman said in his re- port, "the enemy at last did what I had long hoped for, uncovering his Hanks to send his cavary to my rear. I then had the opportunity to flank as l never could have done while his cavalry lowered around"
 Soldiers of the Army of, Tennessee, let us ever hold in sweetest5 memory the name of Joe Wheeler, our watchful, matchless cavalry leader whose vigi- lance made him eyes and ears for us in the hard fought glorious campaign of 1861. He first wore the blue then the gray until the gray faded from existence then when the country was one again, re- sumed the blue to add lustre to 1t, as he had given to the gray.
 How unique, but how fitting that he should be borne to his resting place with the blue and gray mingled in the process sion, following with fearful eyes, but proud hearts, each, for his valor that the Stars and Bars" and "the Stars and Stripes should be wrapped about his coffin; his grave in southern soil, but in federal ownership; and upon Arlington $ heights overlooking the proud, beautiful capital of both north and south for which he nobly fought.