The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19

Dertona array u yioksburg. when
eHipet Lon was outgeneraled and
ABOUT he time of his ehwbel,n,rr
feat at the battle OF r.dwa,d !.
IcneTai Johnston was ordered 10 AI,s.
sissippi, ana he quickly ,
force OF 5000 men. His order, ~
f~einperttin were to leave EicEsburc
ana try and save his army. a;yer.
sion. he thought, To the N~orthwcs ma
IN conjunction with the troops nc him
sell had assembled might ren sonabIv
" cNpccIcd 70 succeed. When his
ORDERS were d~isregarded. Vick.hurg
and It's garrison were doomed. copitns
iation sn0n followed. In December
1888, General Johnston was ordered -
take command of the Army OF Tonnes
SUE. e~auttGarters at Dalton. Georgia
The spring following the DaIton.At-
ianta caml,aign opened. and then blaz.
co out the resplendent genius Of this
sieaI commander He had to an emin.
- uesrse me power Of hurting large
nodies OF jnen against attachments Of
tho opposing army--as Forrest wo,,Jd
say. Getting the most men there FIRST"
MS is strategy. The limits OF this
paper preclude my going into detail.
out contemporaneous history Will. 7
think. show that General Shern,a ne
army was nnariT three times as large
rs that Of tft, Army of Tennessee. and
that he lost on that ampaig az NAM.
men az We had all told. No ono will
venture to 'feny that. after rdeploytnr
before our whole front, Gcneral Sher.
man had oi.c. sometimes two. corns
With which 10 threaten our con,n,un-
cations and hank us out OF position
We were fanked out of Northern
Gcorsla. not whipped out OF il. Gen
eral sherman Is reported to have said
nc never picsod up so much as a
W~hcelbarrow ON the retreat. At Pssac,
General Johnston, s]urroundcd nv SOM
thirty men. stationed himseif at Tho
SIDE or u hill exposed to the encuy.s
sharpshooters. * ball of soma kina
TOOK off the head of a man nearby and
ms brains were, eprinkled over me. we
all wanted safer quarters, but no man
IN mat group Ixsd the temerity to sue-
sest It. \ most remarkable retreat.
Every DAY a vdctory-from Dalton or
RIngoid to Atlanta, Resaca, Dallas
New Hope Church, Konnesaw. etc
would each make n thrilling chapter
1 recall a single dramatic sccno. when.
with our horses: saddIod. we waited
eral Hood, saying he was banked or
the right. General Johnston, with an
exclamation. said. 1T is impossib1e."
and sent General Mackall to ascertain
the facts and re1Sort- That night. after
o ohf oL VII, shared In hy Cen.
erals Johnston. Polk, Hardee md
Hood. had assembled and adjourned. |
was summoned to headquarters with
Lieutenants Manning. Hampton and
All Curry ca volunteer aide), and
charged with important duties Not
one Of us slept that night.
Figtttns by day and r~erreatine by
night NSSse at last reached Peach Tree
Creek. Sssld here began tho rliad ~
Our woesSs Generlz Johnston was re-
heved Of 12mmand nd General Hood
installed iifS his piace. Like q clap
OF In a clear and cloudless
sky came this unexpected blow Even
Hood see med appalled, The
Confectionery seemed doomed. Long az
tef the war General Johnston told ne
II he had not BEEN relieved OF COM
mand he would have won that cam
naign. LII common with others, l.
think so. too. W1an OF or near the
close OF the war he was again placed
IN command, he onplied Tor me.
Joined him promptly. and was by his