Arizona republican., 1906-10-17

was able to whip hell. I think he said he was minus an ear and nose or something of that sort. It is queer how these relics multiply"
 As the train pulled into the station at Indianapolis the band struck up Marching Through Georgia and Sherman turned to me and said: If I had known was to be followed every where by such a tune as that. I'll be d-d if I would ever have marched through Georgia
 One time I asked him in regard to d story that had been told in some news paper about his having said in sub stance, that he and Sheridan would often go to Grants headquarters and each outline a plan of campaign; that Grant would listen to them and then. in half dozen words point out the impracticability of the plans they sug- gested, and in another half dozen words outline one of his own plans. so masterly that he and Sheridan would immediately give it their endorsement
 He said:
 Nothing in it. First. Sheridan and l never served together except a few
 months, and at that time he was only a commander of a division. If the pa
 per had said McPherson, there would
 have been more probability in it. but
 even then no truth. Grant did not
 often consult any of us, and I do not remember his ever giving to me any of
 his plans and all we had to do was to carry them out. AcPherson was a su- periOr soldier and more than any one else enjoyed the confidence of Grant but I do not think he was taken into confidence when a campaign was being planned The western army was a great army with a corps of brigade and di-
 vision commanders unexcelled. Why.
 with that army I could have Overturn-
 ed every power in Europe"
 The Confederate General, John B.
 Gordon, was very much like Sherman
 in his breezy way of talking. I met him . once when he was on one of his lee
 turing tours and enjoyed several hours listening to his remiscenCes- He pos sessed great dramatic powers in de- scribing battle scenes In listening to
 him the whole battle panorama moved before you, and you could almost think you heard the rattle of the musketry and the laundering of cannon. We were talking about disappointments when he said:
 'I was many times disappointed as 10 results. but twice 5the disappoint-
 ments were actually heartbreaking. In both l could have cursed fate with as much vim as the army swore in Elan ! ders. The first was at Cedar Creek. | We had surprised and beaten Sheri- 1 dams army to a frazzle Oh. it was | just beautiful the way all our plans | worked out In all of the war there [ had been no defeat more complete ] With the exception of a small nucleus | SheTidan's army was a rabble and ] that nucleus we could have destroyed | in another half hour. Our men were ! elated and nothing the federals could | have done would have stopped them. l In the very midst of our triumph we ] stOpped-nOt from anything the enemy | did, but because our commander | thought we had won enough glory for ! one day. It was actually heart break | ing, and before night it turned out to l be army breaking, and it was not ! Sheridan's army. either. but our army that had been so triumphant in the morning.
 ! The other occasion was during the ! first days fight in the Wilderness ] From some strange ratuity Sedgwicl had his flank in the air. and was with. 4 out pickets or patrols. I discovered this and proposed to move around his
 exposed flank, taking him in flank and