The Washington herald., 1914-04-07
THE War DAY BY DAY
Fifty Years Ago.
April lss-G.s W. T. Sherman conpIetsd th. Reosss6os
Western Armies with Which He Was Perform His Part in he Grand
Devised BY Grant for Closing the Wr-Traaen Of
erals n the Interests Of Harmony.
cwntten .Iprss,ly for The Herald,

he discharged himself, when he should
have been with his corps.
This may have been an unjust por-
trayal Of him; but Grant marked him
at the time, and when, a few days
later. Gen. Granger was ordered to
Burnside at Knoxville. and made what
seemed to Grant but dilatory progress,
while expressing his personal opinions
Of the merits Of such, plan. he sealed
his own fate. Henceforth Grant would
do nothing to advance Gen. Granger.
Sherman shared In the feelings Of Grant.
Gen Granger, like Gen. Hooker, suf-
fered inhrmities of character which did
not permit him to refrain from censori-
Gus criticism Of his superiors- Like Gen.
Hooker he often felt himself asgrieved
by their acts. This did much to check
career than had promised brilliant
future.
Sherman's Great Force.
Another change in a corps command
was the assignment Of MAI. Gen. ]. N.
schoheld to the Twenty-third Corps. tneh
at Knoxville, on account of ili-heaith.
Gen. SchofieId had commanded in Mis-
souri,. and had been succeeded In the
command there by Mai Gen. W. q.
Rosecrans, who had commanded the
Army Of the Cumberland at Chatta-
nooga until October Is. 1853
. These changes were to be accompanied
by a great number of minor changes.
When the great force under Sherman
should be ready for the spring cam
paign Il would be with many old men
and officers missing. and many tried
officers in new places
The magnitude of a general reorgani-
zation and the scale of preparations of
Sherman and his commanders for the
coming campaign may be judged by the
returns Of +he number Of men serving
under Sherman These for April 10. 1854,
showed the enormous total Of 32. .2s2
These were embraced In the following
armies: Army OF the Cumberland, Mai.
Gen. George H. Thomas commanding,
so; Army OF the Tennessee, Mai Gen,
James B. Mcpherson, 13i.7s Army of the
Ohio. Maj. Gen J. NJ. schofeId, ls.s2.
II Is not to be supposed that all these
men were in the field or ready for duty.
The returns show, in fact, that nearly
half the total force was listed among fhe
absent. the strength OF the respective
armies present for duty being on April
10: Cumberland. Ss.sSs: Tennessee, pLs5I;
Ohio. 26,342. a total of lso,os7
Among the absent were two divisions,
numbering about 5000 men, which Gen.
Sherman had loaned Gen. y. p. Bank,
iO al eAPeolIon UP tne RED RIVER. The |
expedition was not proving a success, and
though Gen. Banks had promised to re-
turn the borrowed troops they were still |
on the Red River at the time OF the re-
organization Of Shermans forces.
One OF Gen. Sherman's greatest labors
In the period that followed the reorEani-
ration was to get back into the ranks as
many as possible OF the absentees: as
simulate the recruits and new regiments
that were coming in. and from the whole |
10 sift out 10000 men with which-si-
multaneously with that OF Grant In vir- |
make an advance upon the |
army under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
then at Dalton. Ga, with Atlanta his ul- |
innate objective.
Tomorrow; Gen Banks Meets Defeat
II Sabine Crossroads.
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