Forty-Six Years in the Army | Page 2

IV.
Halleck Relieves Frémont of the Command in Missouri-- A Special
State Militia--Brigadier-General of the Missouri Militia --A Hostile
Committee Sent to Washington--The Missouri Quarrel of 1862--In
Command of the "Army of the Frontier"--Absent Through
Illness--Battle of Prairie Grove--Compelled to be Inactive-- Transferred
to Tennessee--In Command of Thomas's Old Division of the

Fourteenth Corps--Reappointed Major-General--A Hibernian "Striker."
Chapter V.
In Command of the Department of the Missouri--Troops Sent to
General Grant--Satisfaction of the President--Conditions on which
Governor Gamble would Continue in Office--Anti-Slavery
Views--Lincoln on Emancipation in Missouri--Trouble Following the
Lawrence Massacre--A Visit to Kansas, and the Party Quarrel There
--Mutiny in the State Militia--Repressive Measures--A Revolutionary
Plot.
Chapter VI.
A Memorandum for Mr. Lincoln--The President's Instructions --His
Reply to the Radical Delegation--The Matter of Colored
Enlistments--Modification of the Order Respecting Elections Refused
--A Letter to the President on the Condition of Missouri--Former
Confederates in Union Militia Regiments--Summoned to Washington
by Mr. Lincoln--Offered the Command of the Army of the
Ohio--Anecdote of General Grant.
Chapter VII.
Condition of the Troops at Knoxville--Effect of the Promotion of Grant
and Sherman--Letter to Senator Henderson--A Visit from General
Sherman--United with his other Armies for the Atlanta
Campaign--Comments on Sherman's "Memoirs"--Faulty Organization
of Sherman's Army--McPherson's Task at Resaca--McPherson's
Character--Example of the Working of a Faulty System.
Chapter VIII.
Sherman's Displeasure with Hooker growing out the Affair at Kolb's
Farm--Hooker's Despatch Evidently Misinterpreted --A Conversation
with James B. McPherson over the Question of Relative
Rank--Encouraging John B. Hood to become a Soldier--Visit to the

Camp of Frank P. Blair, Jr.--Anecdote of Sherman and Hooker under
Fire--The Assault on Kenesaw--Tendency of Veteran Troops-- The
Death of McPherson before Atlanta--Sherman's error in a Question of
Relative Rank.
Chapter IX.
The Final Blow at Atlanta--Johnston's Untried Plan of
Resistance--Hood's Faulty Move--Holding the Pivot of the Position
--Anecdotes of the Men in the Ranks--Deferring to General Stanley in a
Question of Relative Rank--The Failure at Jonesboro'--The Capture of
Atlanta--Absent from the Army--Hood's Operations in Sherman's
Rear--Sent Back to Thomas's Aid--Faulty Instructions to Oppose Hood
at Pulaski--At Columbia--Reason of the Delay in Exchanging
Messages.
Chapter X.
Hood Forces the Crossing of Duck River--Importance of Gaining Time
for Thomas to Concentrate Reinforcements at Nashville --The Affair at
Spring Hill--Incidents of the Night Retreat--Thomas's Reply to the
Request that a Bridge be Laid over the Harpeth--The Necessity of
Standing Ground at Franklin--Hood's Formidable Attack --Serious
Error of Two Brigades of the Rear-Guard--Brilliant Services of the
Reserve--Yellow Fever Averted--Hood's Assaults Repulsed--
Johnston's Criticism of Hood--The Advantage of Continuing the
Retreat to Nashville.
Chapter XI.
The Correspondence with General Thomas previous to the Battle of
Franklin--The Untenable Position at Pulaski--Available Troops which
were not Sent to the Front--Correspondence with General
Thomas--Instructions Usually Received too Late--Advantage of
Delaying the Retreat from Duck River--No Serious Danger at Spring
Hill-- General Thomas Hoping that Hood might be Delayed for Three
Days at Franklin.

Chapter XII.
After the Battle of Franklin--The Arrival at Nashville --General
Thomas's Greeting--A Refreshing Sleep--Services of the Cavalry Corps
and the Fourth Army Corps--Hood's Mistake after Crossing Duck
River--An Incident of the Atlanta Campaign Bearing on Hood's
Character--An Embarrassing Method of Transmitting Messages in
Cipher--The Aggressive Policy of the South.
Chapter XIII.
Grant Orders Thomas to Attack Hood or Relinquish the
Command--Thomas's Corps Commanders Support Him in
Delay--Grant's Intentions in Sending Logan to Relieve
Thomas--Change of Plan before the Battle of Nashville--The Fighting
of December 15--Expectation that Hood would Retreat--Delay in
Renewing the Attack on the 16th --Hopelessness of Hood's
Position--Letters to Grant and Sherman-- Transferred to the
East--Financial Burden of the War--Thomas's Attitude toward the War.
Chapter XIV.
Hood's Motive in Attempting the Impossible at Nashville --Diversity of
Opinions Concerning that Battle--No Orders on Record for the Battle
of December 16--That Battle due to the Spontaneous Action of
Subordinate Commanders--Statements in the Reports of the Corps
Commanders--Explanation of the Absence of Orders--The Phraseology
of General Thomas's Report.
Chapter XV.
General Thomas's Indorsement on the Report of the Battle of
Franklin--Courtesies to Him in Washington--Peculiarities of the
Official Records in Regard to Franklin and Nashville-- Documents
Which Have Disappeared from the Records--Inconsistencies in General
Thomas's Report--False Representations Made to Him-- Their Falsity
Confirmed by General Grant.

Chapter XVI.
Sherman's "March to the Sea"--The Military Theory On Which It Was
Based--Did It Involve War or Statesmanship?--The Correspondence
Between Grant and Sherman, and Sherman and Thomas-- The Effect of
Jefferson Davis's Speech on Sherman--Rawlins's Reported Opposition
to the March, and Grant's Final Judgment On It.
Chapter XVII.
Sherman's Purpose in Marching to the Sea--His Expectations that the
Change of Base Would Be "Statesmanship," If Not "War"--The
Thousand-Mile March of Hood's Men to Surrender to Sherman--The
Credit Given by Grant to Sherman--"Master of the Situation"--The
Fame of Sherman's Grand Marches--His Great Ability as a Strategist.
Chapter XVIII.
Transfer of the Twenty-Third Corps to North Carolina --Sherman's
Plan of Marching to the Rear