The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-11-21
GENERALS IN WAR


rank as was ever given an American
soldier 1t called forth a great many
very eloquent orations from members
of that body some OF which were so
full of useful information that it oc
ours to us ought to be- read with in.
terest.
The one that we shall quote from
was delivered by Hon. Isaac r. Sher-
wood, now 81 years of age. He enlist
ed as a private in the federal army
and was mustered out brigadier
general. He was in forty-three bat
ties and 123 days under fire, some of
the days the most terrific in that con-
flict. He was ten times compliment
ed in general and special orders on
the battlefield by his commanding of
ficers for gallant conduct.
He said that in the war between
the states from 1861 to 1865 we lost
one hundred and twenty-one general
officers, most of whom were killed
leading their armies. into battle.
OF that number seventy-five were
Confederate generals and forty-six
were Union generals. The Union
side lost twelve major generals and
the Confederate side eleven; the
Union side thirty four brigadier gen.
erals and the Confederates sixty
four.
In the Meuse-Argonue battle 1900.
600 American soldiers were engaged,
the greatest battle ever fought on
either continent, lasting forty-seven
days, with a casualty list of 10000
killed wounded and missing. We did
not lose a general. Weshad four hun.
dred and seventy eight generals in
uniform and all escaped nnharmed.
The following thrilling account of
the battle of Franklin ought to be
read with interest:
Il was at Franklin. on the Union
side, and | saw and heard it all from
an advanced position near the center
of the federal line. | saw and heard
it all-all that soldier can see and
hear amid the glare, the thunderous
roar. the sitting battle smoke. the
yells of the victors, the agonizing
groans of the wounded and dying. II
remember the scene Just before the
battle. | see it now, as / saw it then.
a lovely valley basking in the mellow
glory of November sunshine. see
the little town of Franklin, quiet yeti
restless, just inside the circle of the
federal lines. These lines extended
from river to river. There were
patches of woodland in the rich foil.
age of the autumn leaves, in scarlet,
gold and green, tinged with the early
frosts to gladden. and glorify their
fall.
Il was speaking of Gen. Hood, the
commanding general who sat on his
horse under the linden tree taking
a survey of the federal lines. Sud
denly he closed his field glasses,
wheeled his horse, and rode back toI
Gen. Stewart with the command:
General, we will charge the federal
line in front" Stewart formed his
corps on the right Gen Cheatham
formal hic p0YpC on tho loft aDd 0D
the extreme right. on the Harpeth
river, rested Gen. Forests cavalry
A cannon on the ridge sounded the
signal for the charge. With bayonets
fixed the heavy columns. all veterans,
marched with steady and even tread
down the slope. The fiercest and
blOodiest battle of the centuries was
on say that because it is fact
that more men were lost in that battle
in proportion to the number of troops
engaged than in any fight that was
ever fought on either continent
Hoods losses were over 40 per cent.
''In 1874 a southern soldier. who
was IN tnat battle line with Gen. Gle
burne. wrote valuable article on
this marvellous charge in the Southern
Magazine. then edited by Gen BAIL
Duke. of Louisville l quote para
graph
The hottest part OF the line was
black locust thieket just at the right
of the Columbia Pike
This is correct, was at that part
of the line. have distinct recol.
lection of that locust thicket. and
can see now. as saw then, that wav-
ing line of shining bayonets as it
rushed to the works with that defiant
rebel YELL. and the mad and murder
Gus conflict that followed. My horse,
FREELY, coal black, that | had rid.