Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-29
A GREAT AMERICAN SOLDIER.
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Charleston l hope that by some acci-
dent the place may be destroyed, and
il little salt should be sown upon
its site it may prevent the growth of
future crops of nullifcation and se-
cession," and Sherman's reply in his
dispatch of December "a, 1864, 81
will bear in mind your hint as to
Charleston, and don't think salt will
be necessary. When move the
\ Fifteenth corps will be on the right
Vof the right wing, and their position
will bring them, naturally, into
Charleston first; and if you have
watched the history of that corps
you will have remarked that they
generally do their work up pretty
well. The truth is the whole army.
is burning with an Unsuitable desire
to wreak vengeance upon South
Carolina
" And may it not transcribe upon
its pages that other order to his eff
cient Lieut.. Hunter: "He (Grant)
further says that he wants your
troops to eat out Virginia clear and
clean, as far as they 60, 80 that crows
flying over it for the balance of the
season will have to carry their prov
ender with them"
OF Lee as General, President
Roosevelt, in his life, of Thomas III.
Benton, says:
"The world has never seen better
soldiers than those who followed Lee,
and their leader will undoubtedly
rank as without any exception, the
very greatest of all the great cap
tains that the English-speaking peo-
pies have brought forth--and this,
although the last and chief of his
antagonists may himself claim to
stand as the full equal of Marlbor-
ough and Wellington"
From no more capable source
could higher praise be given.
In the "Story of Soldiers Life"
Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley,
commander-in-c chief of the British
army, speaking of the Seven Days.
battle, says:
seen. McClellan's splendidly
equipped army had been driven from
the. peninsula, and Gen. Pope had
been made short work of it on the
Rappahannock. They were unable
to cope with Gen. Lees army, though
it was far inferior in strength. In
fact, the Confederates had won all
along the line, thanks to the ably
conceived and well calculated STRAIT
egy of the great Virginian leader and
the brilliant tactics of Stonewall
Jackson and other capable soldiers
and to the superior fighting qualities
of their splendid and patriotic rank
and file.
"That campaign was mast erpiece,
both in conception and execution,
and did high honor to the soldier-like
spirit and patriotism of the ill shod,
overworked, badly clothed regimen
tai officers, and men of the Southern
army.
according to my notion of mill
tary history there is as much instruc.
tion, both in strategy and in tactics,
to be CLEANED from Gen. Lees opera
tions of 1862 as there is to be found
in Napoleon's campaigns of 1895.
Though badly found in weapons,
ammunition, military equipment, etc.,
his army had nevertheless achieved
great things. His men were so badly
shod Gndeed, considerable portion
had no boots or shoes> that at the
battle of Antietam Sen. Lee assured
me he never had more than $4,000
men with him. The remainder of
his army, shoeless and foo,sore, were
struggling along the roads in the
rear trying in vain to reachj him in
time for the battle.o
Of this visit to Lee, Gen. Wolseley
says:
Gas waited outside of Gen. Lees
tent, while his aide camp entered