The National tribune., 1909-05-27
- sHERMANs HEADQUARTERS AT THE HOWARD HOUSE

-. SHERMAN'S HEADQUARTE
| ton to find out the meaning of the
| tumult. Gen. Sherman says:
Mcpherson was then IN his prime
| (abOut "a years oid), over six feet high,
J and a very handsome man in every
way, was universally liked and had
many noble Qualities. He had on his
boots outside his pantaloons, gantlets
| on his hands, had on his Major -Gener-
| ais uniform, and wore sword belt
| but no sword. He hastily gathered his
papers (saye one. which j now pos
sess) into a pocketbook. put it in his
breast pocket, and jumped on his horse,
/ saying he would hurry down his line,
j and send me back word what these
| sounds meant. His Adjutant- General.
| Clark; InspectOr-General, Strong, and
| his Aids, Capts. Steele and Gle, were
| with him. Altho the sound of mus
| kerry on our left grew in volume,
was not so much disturbed by it as by
the sound of artillery back toward De-
catur- | ordered Schofield at once to
send brigade back to Decatur (some
five miles,, and was walking up and
down the porch of the Howard House.
I listening, when one of Mcpherson's
staff, with his horse covered with sweat.
dashed up'to THE porch, and reported
| that Gen. Mcpherson was either killed
| or a prisoner He explained that when
! they had left me a few minutes before
| they had ridden rapidly across to the
railroad, 1.-THE sounds of battle increas-
ing as tiNef neared the position occu-
fpied by Gen. Giles A. Smiths Division,
and that NICHOLSON had sent first one.
| then another of diis staff to bring some
of the reserve brigades of the Fifteenth
Corps over to the exposed left flank;
| that he had j[ieached the head of
Dodge's Corps (marching by the flank
on the diagonal road as deScribed),
and had 6rderedsi it to hurry forward to
the same point: that then, almost il
not entirely altffe, he had followed this
road Leading across the wooded valley
behind the Seventeenth Corps, and had
disappeared in.athese woods, doubtless
| with a sense OF absolute security. The
sound of musketry was : heard there,
and McPherson'Ss horse came back,
bleeding. wounded and riderless. I or
dered the staff officer who brought this
message to return at once, to find Gen.
Logan (the senior. officer present with
| the Army of the Tennessee), to report
| the same facts to him, and to instruct
| him to drive back this supposed small
force, which had evidently got around
the Seventeenth Corps thru the blind
| woods in rear of our flank. / soon dis
patched one of my own staff mccoy.
1 Think to Gen. Logan. with similar
orders, telling him to refuse his left
flank, and to fight the battle (holding
fast to Leggett's HID with the Army
of the Tennessee; that 1 would person.
ally look to Decatur and to the safety |
of his rear, and would reinforce him IL |
he needed ii. I dispatched orders to |
Gen. Thomas, on our right, telling him |
Of this strong sally, and my Inference |
that the lines in his front had evident |
ly been weakened by reason thereof. |
and that he ought to take advantage of |
the opportunity to make a lodgment in |
Atlanta, IL possible"
49, Killed by Clcburne's Men.
Gen. Mcpherson first met Gems. Lo-
gan and Blair. near the railroad, but |
they could not explain the tumult any
more than he, and after giving direc-
tions to them what to do he rode on to
Gen. Dodge's headquarters, where he
learned something more, and sent Off
all his Aids and crderlies except two.
He then turned to go thru the thick
woods to Gen. Bla.r's left, but ran into
Cleburne's skirmishers, who were
pressing thru the woods to turn the
flank. Mcpherson was upon them be-
fore he was aware. and when they
yelled "Surrender!' to him simply sa-
luted, turned his horse and tried to
brought to the ground by a shot. One
of his Orderlies was wounded and cap
tured, and the other ESCAPED to carry
the news. In the meanwhile the Gath
Ill, which Gen. Fuller had sent out to
protect the wagons, had dashed on
fore them. The cath was armed with
Henry rifles. and Cheatham's men
could make but a brief stand against
them. When Gen Mcpherson fell the s
near him instantly emp
tied his pockets CT his watch, pocket I
book and papers, but before they could !
get away with them the Gath III. was !
upon. them, and the Generals effects II
were recovered; "
The eqAttaek Upon Logan. :
Hood. watching anxiously for the
progress, Of Harlee from a prominentJ
point neaJl. Atlanta. learned by the
smoke and sound that the attack had 7
been deilveredI and he rushed Cheat .
hams DivifionIts attack Logan's CORPS. j
In the midst OF the awrlf whirI and !
carnage, Whiles directing and encourag- G
ing his men, Logan received an order c
from Sherspan 10 take command of the q
Army of ,fbe Tennessee, and, placing h
inat trieo 9da veteran, Morgan L. Smith, I
In command OF shis corps, he rode off S
to assume the larger and more momen- a
tous dutyatGln spite of the well-known s
courage and steadiness of the Fifteenth | g
Corps, part OF the line was broken t
by the fiercenhss of Cheatham's at a
lack, aIat pasuons of two bat I
~, 'eiic cHeIly 3 nanuS. L
sherman rushed up some batteries to "
open croSs-ffre upon the breach. and C
Logan came up swiftly with counter h
charge, which. thrust the Southerners d
pack and recovered the guns. n
Capture Of De Gress,s Battery. Fl
Maj. Landgraeber, Chief of ARTILLERY. Il
First Division. Fifteenth Corps, makes
his report OF the capture Of De Gress's
Battery:
:. Early in the morning of July % the IL
First Division of the Fifteenth Army m
Corps approached the evacuated lines C
II the enemy. I brought the artillery al
Q q rendezvous POSITION ON the right ii
u the Decatur and Atlanta road. After 81