The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

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sets Cavalry. In which were many
year they were off. He served prac-
| tlcally till the war was over. Into his
brief account of service we shall not
enter. To him It IL chiefly n list OF
/ mistakes BY himself and by others.
Hts life was made intolcrab,c by the
behavior Of his superior officers. cs-
/ pecially the Sargent brothers. 10 which
Senator Lodge alludes in his memorial
| address and Col. Henry Lee stig-
| matized ~ follows: "put II down that
IL will always remain an uncertainty
whether II was the insane vanity OF
! the elder brother or the drunken in
sanity of the younger which utterly
ruined the finest. regiment that ever
left Massachusetts" Adams served
for some months at the headquarters
of the Army Of tho Potomac. Here.
az everywhere. my lack Of SAVIOR faire
of natural effectiveness utter
deficiency in quick disccrnfncnt and
tact. my inability to avail myself of
! opportunity and tn do or say the right
I thing at the proper mOment-all this.
as I now see. stood sadly i'm the way"
! We fancy that his warlike ambitions
, were chiefly posthumous ana the re-
' suit OF HIS his'oT'ca' s'"o''s, -" wv
time ne seeme" con'c"t W uo Ia ou's
TO his country TIC ciaTac'er'Hes '"e
| Generals he knew briefly:
| Gen. Meade was u gentleman and a
man OF high character. hut he was peiu.
, Ian, and iyspcptic. Hc did not give the
| ,,., -, o,,w rcs,r,,d force Gran, did
| ,,, c,,,, u,s , ma, of cosrs. rbrc, and
a,d , - ,,nu,... with s.psc Of character,
Iiarco,k v,, . d,shinp fold marshal: a
band.one. s,perb commander OF a corps
v,.rra, ,o,. n, n. "a .onsc Of liyhtness.
,tum,hrc,s aud scJywtck v.r. the only
,ro c.,.r.,. I me, who inspired mo with
a., ad.op,,. soma, of force and rcllabil.
uv omcers ,hoy were also au,et uuas-
.um,,y y.,,i.m,r sheridan was essen
,lally an Irish adventurcr-a specie. ~
briil,au, Charles o'MaIl,y. with "A we'll
developed natural aptitude for military
life. he was not conspicuous Tor .harao
ter sherman J ohN saw nv WI
~ o'e'' Wv wv 49,. +, ns,,
"u ,, it,m,hrevs
| IT, ho,, Tho .,sm, q, ,ru. genius.
,is CON.
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w.. ,..,,, 81, ,ho s,,,o ,J,usc
n. 49,. :, ,xs, ,ud from ,h., time ,o-.
no "sN le'' v" .'''" w.,
""'n ~. .no,, ,,s.
80. .,i , o.,.n,o a, f,iriy GOOD work
in , limited c~ommand-,ha. Of q brigade
M di,i,ion-hc was utterly devoid " char
actor Tn. Army Of the io,omsc
! rtbcn, va. commanded ly 4 trio. % each
n, rh,m the ,sss. ,.id tho better. II con
sl.,.d %, "j,,'' uo,kc~. pan" SIchles and
N, h,,mtsh.a cb,-sttc-. when
,,-so,,i tnowL.dre ard o>psrierce that
the ueadausr,rrs W the Army Of ,hs
po,om,c was , Mace 4, which no self
rcSpec,inc man liked to go and no de-
con, vorsn couls 90 1, vas a comnlna.
lion a, b,rroom and bro;h,i
.Noai's '"i,' "u, ~ NV - "'n
III health' rathtr u~'Sappoin'e" '''" WIN
the feeling that he had 10 begin MS he
all over again. lie properly regarded
MS Years III 'he army as 'ne ">'
education he had mad ne ~ ot course
re'lceht aoou' MS 'o"r'ship anu mar
rage wn'ch was ioi'o"ed ny .''p d"
europe. ne was eiau to see ~ pe'ore
II become ~Nu'sari~e"' ine" :"
deiiperateiy UNDERTOOK 10 master '"e
prop'em OF inc rai'roaos' "rs' az !"
"riter' ~ pE HIS "ork u" '"e '"S.
sachuset's i'siIIo"" ' o'"''es.oh az"