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William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 1: Introductory. (search)
able, and cruelly unjust to nearly all his distinguished associates. Our erratic General thrusts his pen recklessly through reputations which are as dear to the country as his own. He detracts from what right fully belongs to Grant; misrepresents and belittles Thomas; withholds justice from Buell, repeatedly loads failures for which he was responsible, now upon Thomas, now upon Schofield, now upon McPherson, and again upon the three jointly; is unjust in the extreme to Rosecrans; sneers at Logan and Blair; insults Hooker, and slanders Stanton. The salient points of the long story are readily found by those who either followed, or made themselves familiar by study with his campaigns. The reader turns naturally for explanations of the surprise and attending disgrace at Shiloh; the ill-judged and fatal assault at Chickasaw Bayou; the protest against the move by which Vicksburg was captured; his failure to carry the point assigned him at the battle of Chattanooga; the escape of John
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 10: (search)
of two of the prominent actors in that battle, he says: I regarded both Generals Logan and Blair as volunteers, that looked to personal fame and glory as auxiliaright by his troops, commanded by these same political Generals and volunteers, Logan and Blair, assisted by that other well known politcian and volunteer, General Ddered the staff officer who brought this message to return at once, to find General Logan (the senior officer present with the Army of the Tennessee), to report the our left flank. I soon dispatched one of my own staff (McCoy, I think) to General Logan, with similar orders, telling him to refuse his left flank, and to fight thGeneral Halleck, General Sherman telegraphed: McPherson's sudden death, and Logan succeeding to the command, as it were, in the midst of battle, made some confus three and A half miles East of Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864. Major-General John A. Logan, Commanding Fifteenth Army Corps: The enemy having evacuated thei
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 11: (search)
outh from there, and, if possible, will throw troops as far east as Selma; or if he finds Mobile so far unguarded as to make his force sufficient for the enterprise, will go there. To cooperate with this movement, you want to keep up appearances of preparation of an advance from Chattanooga. It may be necessary even to move a column as far as Lafayette. The time for the advance, however, would not be before the 30th inst., or when you might learn the enemy were contemplating an attack. Logan will also be instructed to move, at the same time, what force he can from Bellefontaine toward Rome. We will want to be ready at the earliest possible moment in the Spring for the advance. I look upon the line for this army to secure in the next campaign to be that from Chattanooga to Mobile, Atlanta and Montgomery being the important intermediate points. I look upon the Tennessee River and Mobile as being the most practicable points from which to start, and to hold as bases of supplies
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 13: (search)
mber, 1864; and the country, as well as General Grant, was alarmed at the seeming passive conduct of General Thomas; and General Grant at one time considered the situation so dangerous that he thought of going to Nashville in person, but General John A. Logan, happening to be at City Point, was sent out to supersede General Thomas. Luckily for the latter, he acted in time, gained a magnificent victory, and thus escaped so terrible a fate. It seems never to have occurred to General Shermah to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole (Hood's army), it brings those who sat in darkness to see great light. To which General Sherman replied: I am gratified at the receipt of your letter of December 26th, at the hands of General Logan, especially to observe that you appreciate the division I made of my army, and that each part was duly proportioned to its work. Two pictures will rise here before the mind. In one appears General Thomas, struggling in the face of a vet
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 14: (search)
gerous that he thought of going to Nashville in person, but General John A. Logan, happening to be at City Point, was sent out to supersede Gr-General U. S. Vols. commanding. On the 13th of December General Logan, then at City Point, was ordered to proceed to Nashville, and ithe forces around Nashville and fight a battle. The order to General Logan was as follows: headquarters armies of the United State., December 13, 1864. [special orders no. 149.] I. Major-General John A. Logan, United States Volunteers, will proceed immediately to N] Geo. H. Thomas, Major-General On reaching Louisville, General Logan learned that Thomas had made a successful move, and in reportinwould seem best that I return to join my command with Sherman. John A. Logan, Major-General. In reply to this, General Grant telegraphed an order directing Logan to report to General Sherman. Immediately after the congratulatory dispatches, and while every effort was bein
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 17: (search)
officers after his first interview with Johnston in regard to the character of terms that should be offered: During the evening of the 17th and morning of the 18th, I saw nearly all the general officers of the army (Schofield, Slocum, Howard, Logan, Blair), and we talked over the matter of the conference at Bennett's house of the day before, and without exception, all advised me to agree to some terms, for they all dreaded the long and harassing march in pursuit of a dissolving and fleeing we found ourselves. We discussed all the probabilities, among which was, whether, if Johnston made a point of it, I should assent to the escape from the country of Jeff. Davis and his fugitive Cabinet; and some one of my general officers, either Logan or Blair, insisted that if asked for, we should even provide a vessel to carry them to Nassau from Charleston. In Craven's Prison Life of Jeff. Davis, the author gives this version of the circumstances attending the surrender of Johnston, wh