Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05
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Bewildered North's Army
BY lightning Attacks
BY DAMON RUNYON

week services were held in
tribute 10 the dead of one of the
greatest armies the world has
ever known. In valor and in
fighting fury it has never been
surpassed.
II was defeated in the end and
only through superior numbers
and lack of supplies. But it was
not defeated by any foreign foe.
II took its own kind, its own
blood, in vastly greater force, to
beat the peerless legions that
made up the Confederate army.
Not many survivors of that
army are left in the land OF the
living.
THE sons and grandsons of
L the wearers of the gray have
fought side by side with the sons
and grandSonS of the men of the
blue brigades in two wars since
then.
Today their great-grandsons
stand together on the military
training fields of the nation as
comrades in arms. This is the
United States of America.
Had the Confederates the
same number of men and the
same equipment as the northern
forces, il is conceivable that
they would have waltzed through
the Union.
II looked a cinch for them al
First Manassas. They chased
the Unionists hclter-skelter back
10 Washington, out of which
Llncoln'S soldiers had marched
10 the music OF bands. with gov
eminent officials and citizens
ard their ladies IN carriages
accompanying them and cheer
ing them on 10 Richmond. the
Confederate capital
EIRST Manassas was A victory
L for the ConfederateS. but
bad thing for them as il turned
out. II gave the South the i'm
preston that the northern fell
lows could not fight a lick.
Confederate soldiers Quit
their commands without leave
and went visiting around some
even going home, thinking the
war was over.
II was more demorallzing 10
the South than a defeat. while
on the other hand II served as a
good kick in the pants 10 the
North.
II WAS First Manassas that
brought out the man who
may have been the creates,
American soldier that ever wore
a unIform--Gen. Thomas 6.
Jackson OF the southern forces.
who got new name there that
was 10 ring through history.
The NOrth'S Sherman and
Burnside We're pummeline the
South's Evans. Bee and Bartow
and the Confederates were Civ
ing way when Bee, who later
died in the action. pointed 10
jackson posted on a knoll and
cried:
Look Az Jackson. There he
stands like a stone wall. Rally
behind him.
II was this "Stonewall" Jack
son who developed the lightning
movement Of troops that Hitler
has elaborated into what is
called the "hlitzkrieg This is
just Jackson with tanks.
WHAT old "Stonewalr' would
w have done with mechanized
equipment can he imagined from
the way he kept the North's
fanclcSt generals bewildered by
his rapidlty of movement and
his swift slasheS AT their TANKS
He marched 300 miles in IS
days. fought and won four
battles. and grabbed enough mu-
nltionS and stores from the
Unlonists to stock his entire
army.
He lost only 1900 men. His
success is attributed to the fact
that he confided his plans to no
one and acted quickly. . He
moved so frequently and so
rapidly that his men we're called
foot cavalry"
A Squat-built. spade-bearded
chap named Grant finally figured
Dut the way to make the Confed-
crate army succumb. That was
10 simply wear il out by ham,
mering at II without a letup.
Grant had plenty Of men. He
could shove in two or three re-
placements for every man that
fell.
He had all kinds Of resources.
He knew the South was run
ming out of both soldiers and
supplies.
IT WAS the exhaustion Of man
L power that concerned Grant
more than anything else. He put
all the Confederates he captured
in prison and declined ex-
changes. arguing that an ex-
changed prisoner Just gave the
South another soldier.
Grants line Of reasoning was
correct, no doubt OF that. He
finally wore the Confederate
army out. But N was at the
cost of enormous Union losses.
Seventy-six years ago. Gen.