The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-11

stiff and erect, against this barricade
OF dead, with their CHASTITY ewes wide
open and their chins dropped down, as
though looking in horror at the enemy
that had done all this.
Gen. Managault fell, severely wound
ed, in front Of Moore's Brigade. The
loss Of general officers in Stewards
Corps was also large, but not SO fatal.
Gen. Cockerell brigade commander in
French's Division, fell with two severe
wounds. Gen. Quarles's command, of
Walthall's Division, suffered heavily;
staff officers were all killed. The regi-
mental field officers were all killed and
wounded, SO that the ranking officer of
the brigade who led them off was only
a Captain. Gen. Scott, brigade COM
mander in Loring's Division, was
wounded by shell during the first
charge. Gen. Cranberry, of Cleburne' s
Division, was killed on the pike in one
of the desperate charges that were
made to carry the center. This terri
BILE loss Of general officers is probably
the greatest known in SO short battle
was also surprisingly large. In some
OF the regiments of French's line there
were no commissioned officers ready for
duty, all being either killed, wounded
or captured. Many of the field and
line officers gave themselves UP and
came over our lines, the most of them
reporting to Gen. Cox, and their stories
were gloomy in the extreme. They said
that the organization of the whole
army was broken: that there was hard
~ a company officer that knew where
his men were. Some of them were in
the battle before Atlanta, on the 22d
Of July (the dav Mcpherson was
killed), and they thought that was a
warm reception. but it was nothing
compared to this, and they added:
What is the use in fighting any more !?
Haven't we had enough Of it?'
Hood Calls a Council of War.
few years after the war it was NV
pleasure to ride in the cars from CO.
lumbus. O., to Baltimore in company
with Gen. s. d. Lee, one of Hoods
corps commanders in the Tennessee
campaign. After Introducing ourselves.
ne being from Mississippi and I from
Ohio, our conversation soon drifted into
war matters, and when he found that l
had a pretty fair idea of the battlefield
or FRANKLIN We were warm friends, and
IN friendly way we fought over that
battle all the way to Baltimore He
told me what shape they were in that
night. At II o'clock they were not
aware of our retreat, and Hood had
called council Of war He first asked
Stewart what he had to report. That
General replied that his army was all
/ cut to pieces; that there was 10 organ
izatfon left except with the artillery:
that his losses had been very heavy.
and that he would not be able to make
an active move in the morning.
Cheatham was then called upon. and
his report was even more respondent
and gloomy. Then, looking fiercely at
Lee. Hood said: "Are you, too. going
back on me?" He replied: General,
two OF my divisions are badly cut up.
but have one division left that has not
been engaged. and If you say SO in the
morning 1 will take them and charge
with the bayonet." Hood saw Of
course. that there was no use In at
tempting offensive operations again.
but decided right there at daylight thev
would mass their artillery and hurl
snot ana shell at our works and the
town during the entire day, and make
as oold show as possible, preparatory
to getting out Of the bad situation
Wnere his foolhardy intrepidity had led
him.
There is no doubt that when in the
early morning he discovered that our
troops were withdrawn there never
lived man more surprised In fact
instead of closely pursuing, he remained
there, not knowing what to do. and #
was not until the Sd of December that
he moved up to Nashville and estab-
lished his line. Even this timid move
ment was doubtless only intended to
cover his retreat, to give him a
chance to fix up the railroad and
bridges, so as to get his trans
portation safely back across Duck Riy-
err How we'll he succeeded in this we
learned from the fact that not even a
'camp-Feffle was captured on the road
from Nashville to Franklin after we