The National tribune., 1909-04-22

,.1oF-G General, gives out that during the
same period he lost 46S killed and 3,4S0
wounded As he does not report his
prisont>s, of whom more than 2.eoe
were captured during the month, his
losses. IN spite of his being on the de-.
fensiye and of having received at Kene-
saw comparatively small loss as COM
pared to that which he inflicted, ap-
pear proportionately as large as those
Sherman suffered; that is. his strength
was to Shes,man's as to 10. and he had
lost altogether 3.94S- to Sherman's7 $50.
After the Battle.
s The decisive repulse of the assaults
all along the line banished any hope
that the Confederate position could be
carried by such tactics. Near as the
assaulting columns had forced them
selves, 40 one could say that repeti-
tion of the effort would carry them. over
the works. These latter were every
where too strong for such possibility,
and, of course. the works opposite the
secured points gained were at once
made as much stronger as military art
could make them The men nearest
the Confederate works could see most
clearly the hcpeiessness of a repetition
Of the assault.
Gen. Thomas. who had ordered his
men to establish themselves at the first
shelter they reached and had at once
raise covered works, was strongly op-
posed to another renewal of the direct
attack. In response to Sherman's teIe-
gram Thomas wrote:
Headquarters Department of the Cum
beriand. June 81.
Gen. Sherman: Your dispatch of
2:25 received. We still hold all the
ground we have gained, and the division
commanders report their ability TO hold
They also report the enemy,s works ex-
ceedingly strong; in fact, so strong that
they cannot be carried by assault ey-
eept by immense sacrifice, even IL they
can be carried at ALL / think, there
fore, the best chance is to approach
them by regular saps, If We can find a
favorable approach to batter them
down. We have already lost heavily
to-day, without gaining any material
advantage One or two more such as
s3dlts would use UP this army.
Geo. h Thomas. Major General, u.
S. ""
IT was necessary that something else
be decided upon and at once. Sher-
mans great army could not remain
Idle; the temper OF the commander. of
his subordinates and, above all. of his
men, as well as the political and fnan-
ciaf situation OF the country, demanded
constant aggressive action. The coun-
try had strained its financial sinews "a
the utmost TO equip great armies for
what was hoped would be the final
campaign. This strain was shown by
the steady depreciation in the value o,
the greenback and the rise in the price
of goio. Great risks had been taken 10
secure success and stop the downward
course of the greenback, which was
clearly pointing toward bankruptcy
This calamity could only be averted by
victory, and victory nlnst be had a.
any price. The Peace Party in tn,
North were becoming more impudeni
and dangerous daily, since il gained
constant accessions from not oyerstroue
hearts. which sickened at the slaugh
ter and sank with the lack of decisiv,
success. Secret agents of the Govern.
ment discovered that in the States O
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois ant
Missouri were several hundred men en-
rolled and more or less well drilled anf
armed These were under the leader.
ship of tie knights of the Colder
Circle" ana were only waiting for sons
whelming misfortune to Grant or Sfler
man, or some decided check even
which would give them reason for de.
claring that the war was a failure tha
no more of the eountry's best and BRAY
est men should be sacrificed to the hor.
rible Moloch of Abolitionism, and thai
the time had come for the Western
States to break away from the East or
the line of the Alieghenies, and the es
tabhshment of a Northwestern Confed
eraey to enter upon terms of peace and
alliance with the Southern Confederacy
The disaster at Kenesaw was fra,
grant breath TO the nostriis Of these