The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28

Q barley of the contending offcars 1t
 was agreed that the wounded should
 be taken to the rear in safety. Con-
 federates an dthe Invader joined In the humane labor of removing the blue
 coats away from the fire. The Arkan-
 sas Colonel was among the workers. A United States officer approached him,
 took off his belt with brace of beau- tifully mounted pistols and buckled 1t
 on the Coloners waist.
 On July l. General Wheeler reported
 that while sherman still held a heavy
 force in front of the Confederate po- sition. he was mo wing a force also large
 around Johnston's left toward the
 Chattahooche River with intent to cross.
 General Mansfield Lowell seemed to | have lost confidence of the Confeder-
 ate Government, since he evacuated
 New Orleans in the spring of 1882. At any rate, he had never been reassianed to duty. He was native of New York.
 a graduate from West Point and was
 very highly esteemed by General John-
 ston. Joh nston applied to have him
 succeed the .lamented Polk. but in vain. Now Lowell had come to John
 ston's headquarters on a visit only
 Johnston requested him to locate
 works on the west side of the Chatta-
 hooche. to assist him in crossing the iiNcT IT ufdt Sttp ptCOIlt hCCcS-
 sary. Sherman says the works To-
 lated by Lowell were the most complete and formidable he ever saw. sherman crossed two of his armies, McPh erson's s and Schofield's. over the Chattahooche
 on July 4. He left Thomas, command
 ing the main army of his three on the west side. He crossed the two to the intog the Chattahooche coming from the Cnuntrv north Atlanta JOhn-
 ston crossed the river on three pom toons on July 8, south of the mouth of
 the creek. and took position seven miles west of Atlanta on a plateau overlooking the creek, so that Sher-
 man was on one side and Johnston on
 the other side of the creek. not ford
 able.
 As soon as McPherson got over the
 river he was hurried on to Stone Noun tain on the railroad to Augusta. with orders to destroy the road As soon as | Schofield crossed he was sent to Deca- tur on the Augusta railroad.
 It Is thus seen that while Johnston
 sheld his three corps in close contact with each other, Sherman scattered his | beyond the reach of each other. Johnston was elated at the situation | He Is just where I want him." he ex' | claimed of sherman. The army was IT SpleHuiu Cunuitiou, WSii icu anu Souh | dent. After dark, on July IT, orders were issued to the army to sleep on its arms and be ready to move forward l "at a moments notice" At 10 o'clock | the same night. as Johnston was lean l ing over table, instructing his engi- neer hof to complete the Notifications | of Atlanta, a telegram was delivered to | him from Secretary of War Seddon. in- structing him to turn his command over to Lieutenant General Hood. who | was appointed temporary General" fol | this occasion. The honorable Secre- | tary attached to the order his reason l Johnston had failed to fight!
 General Hood was immediately noti. | fled from army headquarters. John | ston at once prepared a very eloquent | and tender address to the troops. bid | ding them "one and all an affectionatt l farewell"
 Hood and Stewart reached headquar. | ters about sunrise of the 18th. Hood | earnestly and consistently urged John ston to put your (his) orders in youl l (his) pocket and fight your lhis) bat | tle." 'No," was the reply. Then said | Hood: q dc not even know where any | of the army is. but my own corps. You | remain here and instruct the Adjutani name" "No," was the reply.
 Hood, Hardee and Stewart promptly united in a telegram of protest to the | President and of warning. A second | telegram of like import was sent. The denial was emphatic and peremptory | The army was distressed, perplexed