The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-12
rpA1, sHERMAN'S LETTERS.

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iii ,,,s of General sherman Edit
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from this large. handsome
y spp,bot sherman was voIumlnous
oluho ,;,er ,n 10 his home folks and his
tel.Na The dates run from August,
sn,. rnc 1883. They are extreme
~. IN expressions of opinion and
'Isnn events, and in pictures of
eiais " ,,roundings. His letters from
lesppp p.;ut arc full of affection, and
RssI V,ob sortb we'll the strict discipline
n st'nyehcnsivc ~ routine that were
fd .o%F After graduating, sherman
slaH,e' Florida. then TO Fort Moultrie
s1' ,t y Cardinal. then TO California in
soe'n n,omnd Caape Horn, and his let
fio 80 o,Uu the coast, the last of which
n ia .,yI March ). lSi9, give very
en.a nrcounts of early life in that
'nsp' Then he is transferred TO the
hyu; Valley. and a number of his
sHNr ,yr dated from st, Louis. Back
l'toNrsornia again. he writes from
>. ~ ISIS. then from Lcaveuworth,
~ Die and Indian Creek (kansas),
il the carly part OF 1892 be
,ontb and is the military director
e 'oonnn;nary at Alexandria, Louisl-
The next year the question or
.,nn came. and IN February, 1861,
,bo- secession was actually be-
rius uss.complishcd. he came north and
vi, accented as an officer in the
a,ony army. He was free to cX-
,bc onnion that Mcclellan was
n Tn n
E,roc of the Union forces, Dnt aftcr.
III he altered his opinion. and pinned
II. fai,n TO Grant. sherman was so
Esrokeo and bad such an advanced
IC, Of what il would require to sup
Er.. .he rebellion that he was sup
L. by some OF the politicians. and
E. ;dca was encouraged by some of the
EF,.y men. To be- crazy. He said
L, m early time that it would take
T,5reds of thousands Of men 10 put
ET The rebellion. that at least two
E,5red thousand would be needed IN
E, Mississippi Valley. and an immense
E,rr in Virginia. To those who cN
Erlsa that the war would be over in
I,s, davs. all this sort Of talk WAS
I,ud foolish. aud Sherman was for
IL ubilc under a cloud. 1t is altogether
Lax that if il had not been for this
IL himself would have been the lead
4, man Of the war. especially IN the
Ec,. His unsound views" Gas they
I'm supposed to be at that timc) on
pteis of the war put him out Of the |
E1sriug for a while.
1bc letters which he wrote from
Lnui. places during the war are all |
IN the most Interesting character. and,
kng AZ they were confidential, and !
|t,v0ucni!y frank they disclose the |
Ins mind and heart in Il way that |
JuT conld have been done otherwise. |
III through these letters there is shown |
2Mmau 4 sort OF rabid autipatby |
newspaper men and to politicians |
|ii, lahcd calmly and considerably. |
/ Ifss 10 be mere raving. Undoubtedly |
u, 0Rn backsct a; the outset Of the |
IIr. caused by his extremely frauk |
.lR and resulting in scathlng crlti~ |
su put his mind on the bias. and |
vas never able TO get away from it. |
tHN is no doubt, however. from the 1
talsr idea originated and fostcrcd
\ Seward and others of the optimistic |
~; Of politicians. that General Sher-
Ia' measured bv that standard, could
IEtf w iHVuSHl btSeiIHlSJlt III IUG
EDn cause and absolutely daft as to
pa would be needed TO suppress the
: ketllion. As matter of fact. his
Rrast was amply justified. and even
lIHuu. Even he did not sec the trc-
EiNous efforts that would be pcccs-
Pa % SUPPRESS the Rebellion. Yet
I'it bis military foresight. if the re-
tres which he called for at the out
lad been put at his disposal. we
't Do doubt but that he could have
IEs 'he war shorter aud less cx.
tsEe in blood and treasure. A Shcr.
w listened to in 1861 would have
ihs dnration OF the war in two, the
Of life IN three, and the cost in
ssy would probably have been d-
,m BY four, And that is what a
~ Military man could have done for
tpOn,ry II he had been given the
,a'unly; but his frank and sound
n cost him tho opportunity. and
tounlry was the sufferer thereby.
Il iee letters disclose sherman s
Il " hs character. aud as the great
AID General, in even more distinct
eAr light than he was ever known