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and to which he contributed largely, we • look in vain for one word of self-laudation, I or a single omission of the praise due the '' - .subordinate officers and private soldiers._ OP-B-ICIA.L, S T A T E P A P E R . =j Had we the space to devote to an ex- ~ tended review of this excellent work, our TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1869, time is too much occupied to permit of the preparation of one that would do credit THE EIGHTH KANSAS REGIto the subject. Extending over a period 5 MENT. of four years, the term of service of the Regiment was marked by an unusual con- . That species of literature which furnishstancy ofdabor. Its fame was not won in es a trustworthy record of the doings of any portion of our heroic soldiery during the o~c*nips> in the displays of the parade, nor great struggle for the preservation of the through the kindly aids of partial newapa Union, confers a boon upon posterity. We per correspondents, but in those rougher of the present generation who noted the oc- experiences of war which try the mettle of currences of each day of that momentous men, expose shams, and give to genuine period as they transpired—who one day re- merit its brightest lustre. As an instance joiced over a victory, and the next mourn- o f t n e w o r l £ which the regiment had to do, ed a defeat—who watehed with breathless i w e maJ s t a t * that in the operations against suspense the incipiency aiu\ gradual devel- Atlanta, the Eighth Kansas was, from the opment of the military ' enterprises for 28th of June until the 5th of September, a breaking the power of the rebelli^fcldbiclii | period of sixty-nine days, under fire for were from time to time set on nfct—wno ! sixty-three days and forty-four nights. It

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observed the demonstration of capacity 4 b n i l t > d n r i , ) g that time, two thousand six here and of incompetency there—who drop- hl » n dred and eighty yards of breastworks, ped our tears for the fallen almost before a n d r i f l e P i t s without number. During their blood was dry—we, we say, do n o t , t h e thirty three days it lay in front of Atappreciate at its full value a record-which l a n t a > i t s men fired away one hundred and is, intrinsically, above price. - But ther^** 5 ^ t h o u j * ? d r Q B n d s o f cartridge* A t American Rebellion will live in history] this time its,,total effective force was 22 J forever. The occasion of the largest are make the following ex-lract from the mies and of the most gigantic warlike operations that ever shook the earth, coming History: " There were in the regiment, from the, generations will treasure the authentic acdate of its organization until its muster- , counts of them as the characters of the out, one thousand and eighty-one officers mythological era treasured the utterances andinen. On the first of Jnne, 18G">, a report (the latest in possession of the wriof the Delphic oracle. ter) we 3 made out, showing the losses from The History of the Eighth Kansas' Vol-j all ... „-««, It foots up as follows : Aggrennteer Infantry, now upon our table, is the g -.'. :.' •- .red out by expiration of service, humble and unpretentious story of as brave, 18? . ' ers resigned, 26 I aggregate discho i i;-om disability frtwn wounds or steadfast and patriotie a body of men as d i s c - . 178; dWhargeji'Mly ordt?r of the ever drew a sword or carried a musket. War iJepartmerit,.!*; offiepnf'died of disUpon such a theme comparisons may ease, 3 ; enlisted Men died' of disease, 02 ; seem invidious. Yet we hazard nothing aggregate kilted oi^died of wounds reccivedln b,i(ik ll><^ninsferft;d to other comin saying that few, if any volunteer regi- lnands^&Sf'ilroppcd as-missing, ft) dis: ments in the service of the Government charged by sentence jof N^t-nerul Court !in< i not apprehended, marched farther, fought oftener and with Martial, 4;'/flesprtekl 114. TotalUoK3>from nU'causes, 614. Aggreater success, and in all respects acquit- gregate strengtb-at that lime, 2CV. The ted themselves more nobly, than did the total loss by deathyirp to that time was 212, Eighth. The History before us occupies and the loss by-ttiscnarge because of disability from wounds ot disease, ITS, or a 112 printed pages, and was prepared by total loss by deatli or disability of 390. Col. John A. Martin for the forthcoming volume of the Adjutant General's Report. We take particular pleasnre in noting None more capable could have undertaken the fact that a single purpose aui'iint^l this labor, and although constantly com- the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Regpelled to «pe»fctjfcSpvements and suc- iment, and that purpose was the s V ; , v i cesses in which n e JKjt"a prominent part sion of the rebellion. We know something

of the partisanship and clique Spirit which prevailed in some other regiments—the constant struggle for promotion—the bitterness of one setj 'led' by ?one officer, towards another set, led by another officer —and the political ends which were often sought to be subserved ; but in the Eighth nothing of that kind existed. They knew a soldier's duty and did it. Although-not indifferent to the political movements of the period—movements which were scarcely less essential to a final success than the services of our armies in the field—they never came down to the subservient championship of local politicians-, nor permitted their splendid reputation to be made tbe capital of shysters. Another feature which we note with pride and gratification is, that no taint of peculation ever attached to any officer or maa ofthe regiment. With as many op- i portuuities for plunder as any regiment in the service, they never polluted their hands with it. Every officer came out of the1 service as poor as when he went in. We wish we could conscientiously say the same! of all, and that we did not feel assured that some who were higher in rank were infinitely lower in personal honor, and iit their sense of the dnty which they owed the Nation in its hour of peril. We are conscious that this mere mention of the -work before us is entirely inadequate to its merits, and we can only hope that the people will have an opportunity to read it for themselves. It is the simple life-story of a brave regiment, written by' its brave and accomplished leader, and is worthy of the place of honor in the archives j of the State. To the noble soldiers of the Eighth Regiment, and to the hundreds of thousands of heroic spirits who together suppressed the most stupendous revolt of history and preserved our institutions from i "overthrow, the present generation will everj \ turn with reverent admiration and warm af-1 | £ect)/»o ; while the record of their sufferings j and their triumphs, the unexampled gallant. ry of all and the costly sacrifice of, alas, how J many thousands !—will be tenderly trans ; mitted as long as iutelligence and patriot ism ^hall survive.

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Col. John Conotertaa given us s copy ef the History of. fhe Eighth Kansas— a regiment with which-ha was so honorably connected from ita organisation in 1861 to it* final nrartewmH •» » veteran regiment, on the 9th day^of January, 1866. No T0tanteW«Wfhwo*«*w* • * lieve, served longer than that. Our boy JohnConover, in whom wja^take a pardonable pride, we may remark, entered the Eighth' as Second Lieutenant of pany A, raised in Leavenworth. . Hehjft it, at the date we have*menj©ned, a«3i« commanding offioer. Of the thousands of faithful, gallant and intelligentjnen who voluntarily left their homes in Kansas to make the country a Nation, and to make it a Nation free for all of the children of our common Father, we do not know one more mainly and more , true than this same quiet, modest citizen, John Conover. This is not flattery or praise. We should be ashamed of ourselves if we coald descend to flatter any man who sincerely engaged In that struggle for more than five years and then came home poor and went to work —not asking office or any pay or aDy glory whatever, This is a credit due, a* a rule, only to private soldiers—our greatest heroes. "• «." The History of the Eighth is written by John A. Martin, ita Celonel aud ita fit and accomplished historian. The readers of this paper are>ell informed in regard to the record made by lbe Eighth We published hundreds, perhaps, of letters from its officers and men, and twice gave an abstract of it* history—the last one of which was written by Miss Mar tin, a sister of the Colonel andt' an accomplished writer. This fact we have never stated before, but we think it will do no harm. -.;••;" . _ " • /'"•f;' Martin is a practical printer and a practical editor, and of course he is able better to describe the battle* and marches of his regiment than many :|men were who were only- practical soldiers. W
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The telegraph to-day informs us that Col. John A . Martin, of the Atchison Champion, and Hon. George A . Crawford, of Fort Scott, have been appointed by the President as commissioners, or delegates, from Kansas, to the celebration of the centenial anniversary of American Independence, which is to take place in Philadelphia, J«iy 4th, 1876. -The President could act have made a better selection if he had been personally acquainted with all the men in Kaastii. 'Sj.^J-

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Itjjives us pleasure, always, to have the good opinion of our brethren of the press, and the following kind andflatteringnotices we have received, we assnre tie writers, with a grateful appreciation of the friendly spirit that prompted them: "We had the pleasure of greeting, yesterday, Col. John A. Martin, the well known editor of TIJE ATCHISON CUAMPIOK, who is

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on a visit to the Republican Valley. Like all others who visit our valley, he thinks it the most beautiful he ever saw. Col. M. is one of the ablest newspaper men in the State, and THE CHAMPION has done more than any other paper in Kansas to show np the advantages of the western and northwestern portions of the State. Tat CHAMhas trulj'Jbeen an able champion of our I PION interests, and onr people are under many obligations to its editor for the zeal manifested in their behalf. We have no donbt but that the Colonel will 'write ns up' in a proper manner."—Concordia, (Cloud Co.) Umpire. "We had the pleasure of meeting, Tuesday evening, on his return from the bond campaign in Cloud county, Col. John A. Martin, editor of THE ATCHISON CHAMPION.

Col. Martin is a veteran Kansas editor; one of those who have been the very longest in the service. He is, too, an able editor ; one who can not only do good work with the pea, but on occasion, can go out into the held, and do effective work for the advancement of the material interests of the people."—WatervilU Telegraph.

XOKUKENTS TO SOLMEHS AND MABTYKS. Ia alt the loyal states of the Union, the question of monuments to the valor of their soldiers has elicited public attention, and much has been done towards securing such mementoes of their sufferings, valor and patriotism. No public effort has yet been made in Kansas. Our article on a monument to the martyrs in the Lawrence massacre has elicited from Col. John A. Martin, of the Atchison Champion, the following appropriate remarks:

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Col^JohK A. Martin^ Vice President " Society A r m y of the Cumberland," ad-4' 1 dresses the people at Kansas relative to,, the proposed monament to George H Thomas. At the last meeting of this society Colonel Martin was appointed to solicit subscriptions irom Kansas for the " The Lawrence Tribune suggests a monument to the martyrs who perished object. It is the design to " build a in the massacre by Quantrell. One monument grander and richer than any hundred and eighty men perished on. yet constructed in the New World; one thai terrible day when the fiends from that will stand for ages after we have deMissouri sacked and burned the city parted from this stage; that will serve to of Lawrence. The suggestion of the tell those who follow of the spotless virTribune ia one deserviog consideration. tue, the heroism and courage of the model ''The State has never erected a monu-i soldier ; that will tell them of a character meat to her soldiers. This, also, ia a to emulate, of an example by which to duty (hat should be performed. Kansas: shape their lives." Several sub-agents sent more man to the war than any oth- have been appointed for the State, bat er State in the Union, in proportion to where nonesuch exists contributions may her population. There were no better be sent directly to Col. Martin at Atchison. or braver soldiers who fought for ' the Col. Martin's address closes as follows; deaf old flag.' Thousands of them laid "The proudest pages of our national down their lives, willing sacrifices for history record no name that is brighter, the nation. The State ought to honor no services of greater worth to the counthe memory of these men by the erec- try, than the name and services of George H. Thomas. The stainless purity of his tion of a monument commemorating! private life was so conspicuous that even their heroio services and sacrifices." envy and malice bowed before it with reWe don't know of a source from which spectful wonder. His steadfast courage, tried and tested on hundreds of battlesuggestions could more appropriately fields, was the heroism of duty, serene as a summer morning. His patriotism was oome than from Col. Martin, himself a . so devoted, so unselfish, so sound and ripe ! in fruitage, that neither love nor loyalty participant in the valorous deeds of t V can find words wherewith to fittingly Kansas heroes and &|jfeLfjJ(^i]a»S^ describe it. His mind was as clear, as and as capacious as Ids U
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For • f conanct or opinions of the pa perloBerno apologies, Ihave written what I thought, and if it pinched some one, it was their fault that their toes were It u better to be Right Qua Preaident."—Clay under the tart-wheel. Where I hove done wrong through mistake or misapprehension I have always been frank to avow JXO. A. W A R T 1 S , E D I T O R . it and earnest to make reparation; but when I have called a villa'n who was a ATCHISON, KANSAS villain, a villain, if be thought the epithe; was too harsh it waa his right to think so; 8 A T U R D A T , S E P T . 21, 1 8 6 1 . but as I didn't, I didn't chooee to use anotbr? er more velvety. OFFICIAL PAPEE OF THE CITY.

I have a week or two to settle up my business. I owe some friends, and a great many owe me. Before I go I want • To the Patrons of the Champion. to pay all tie former, and I want all the tSAM fete* tendered by the Governor/ I | a l l e , l 0 p a y m e ; j find o n m y books aoand have concluded to accept, the appoint-' £ c o u n l s a m 0 1 i m j D g t 0 over three thousand ment of Lieot. Col. of the Seventh Regi- s< £0]\tni fl I c a n g e , fife hundred of that meat of Kaosaa Volunteers. With the T , a m B U n t j c n o p a y m y debts and go to my present number of T U B CHAMPIOW, there-^ pIace .feeling that if a rebel bu let hits me fdri. my connection with it as ita active no 0Qe c a n g a y „ b e owe(j m e t d0|'ar.-_ Edhpr cease*, and I ahalt henceforth fight ' j b o p g i therefore, that t^ose who owe me

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,y, involving tbe~fightin|r f t o i *l»o to tbe deed* ,t batile* \before this 'reso.1motive* -which oony Teas aoebtnoUsbed. « ! • A m y "of tit*. r, relentless ontlelscn, Cinnberlai I p*r tt Bnc » « dot b a s i n »* tbe>' ate, has need the disseoting- b a n * ol Cbleltaniaoga, nor demoralize*, by U. By'! r the piquant entertainment •f- tbe Interposition of > beavy column at the *r.«jnjr'» i freely. I ' * i t U a attention to the eloaeat through en opening In the lines—in opening , tarliwaYl j UODJ of tbe more prominent events of tbe war ID v nrinmrn of mn bitter from the onmmand Army of the Cumberland, more than • third id of the service* of some of tbe moat duttn- tbe the effective force of tbe mitioual troop* en, ilibed leader* and their command!. ., b H i m e separated from tbe rent of the Army I n ranch of tola military literature, as might hare netted to tbe rear. Bat the troope that remei 1 i expected, da* eparauoaa near to Chattanooga, ask the field maintained their position against limiting with the audacious assault of Miahaoa- vigorouseffortsand furious assault* of"" Kioto, bare bad a vary fall •here of notice. In •Mfeiagthe whole of that long afternoon am phiaae, the theme haa been w o n threadbare, tt.pt. ¥0, 1863, a»d, until BiKbti«ll •< t It la eoaroetr possible to add Tory greatly to the , tenia* conflict With aorne reel'" r ofmjcis already know*, or to rehabilitate than 1 aorjustmem of the lines, eco. a iraab uehTiovel or attractive dress a* either to in- munition, which ooald hare bcea Wasrofore, „from „ „ „tbe „ „rear _ „during „ K u i ^_»««ntartaia the reading public tum nigh tber

federacy, and who commanded especially In wine of the Confederate Army in , the (real drat Chickamauga, baring need hi* laat ._ t at a «*r* ahortly aubaequeat to the terrific, but. futile, assaults against the tofMiaaionary EWae, and extending to the Steedmaa, Brannaa, and myself it (ita*, I bar* bean urgently preaeed by forcing the position without re I ttill in the military aenrico, by ex-eotdiere— baring applied to hit chief, <3*rv • md ihiaeshuil.ssi'earades in the (reat Army nave from tbe right, waa answered auaen aoidiera—and try persons aerer coioeated of tbetr right wing " had been so ' i the mUitary profession, to pubtiab my reeoK that tbey would be of no ser c> of the movement* and enaountera whlcu VlaiolT the Confederate Army bated in foreleg tbe Confederate Army from strength for immediate attack; bi on near to Chattanooga, and compelling it to on that portion of tbe Army at to Dalton. Tor more than a daaade of year* wbicb remained on the battle-Held, »rtpited to all auoh requests with a negative, failed to gala poaaeasion of th' . LS! =a ^ *Uajas) stl***. Latterly, But a reinforcement of atieaal _._._Jfcarwb a n *o numerous : comparatively freak troope could I ao warmly urged,' aepecialiy by former asmfrom the rear during tbe las la the volunteer aomce, that I hare oomo to or by a sufficiently that I ansae! lougar- refuse oonrplianoe with H next morning to have t reaueata without exposing nineli to the i tic had the Confederate Army I of.a wast of Comradeship, and that I moat,. '(lion, which it was net, to __j*t whatTnaay aow gire to the pnblle wtU be tud these troops (I say it Hdired of «rf lataortaaa* or a l l at least oast in .Would bar* aiaplayed tbe ' rtait* to the great historical oontributions which hicb baa erer sine* »beeu made on this sooject. 1 do net' ptunaaa, nder the oesnnund of rer, to write an exhaustive narrative of this eld the held under iaaeroating battle—pernaps tbe most dramatic k Inst vastly preoom war, \ • '. • ted to Uio rear db' oding that I will only deal with facta known n beaten in battls . auoh of my own naraonal knowledge, br rant- f allied. __ 1'bey had _^ ! oa such historical testimony and data a* to be t of'toe Araiy and the — ndoayil or question, and disclaiming all In- .' at a beavr column of JM to andciee either iadiviauau .!•»* iboti u^Ti J«.vT™" J2 moods further than criticism may be nnavoida the toporrapbv of the general position and of passes implicated In the frank and impai through Missionary Kidge by which they could ameat of facts and events, 1 propose, III have rejoined the Army on the battlefletd, (such ctaome erroneous historical statements 1 passes no exist,) ana the abtence of any commander Beet of the nattle of Chickamauga oa 'with th* retreating troops of sufficient rsnk —i of the Army of tbe Camberland, and la re anddecisim to take command of tbe whole and _ J to the oooditioD of (hat Army in the interval bring it back to it* eufferiag brethren on the batstweeu the battle of Chiokatuanga and tbe initiatte-n-id, explain why tbe retreat was continued tor I of the grand movements which culminated in Eossville. ••-•>• gjia Nigiat the Confederate Army from ail it* posiI will relate an incident, given in my report | l in the riclnlty af Chattanooga. $, ^ of th* battle of Chiekamamja, which tostains the*1 opinion I have expressed above of the moraU of the THE BATTLS OF CHICKaJHTJOA. .V, troon* who left the -field. Eat If in tbe aitaraoou of tbe 89th, when mv position was being a**att!ted i o i he bloody, fraltloas, wholly unnecessary, and, to tbe most inrious manner, two regiment*, (the Sey^a ita initiation was concerned, ill-oraared and enteentfc Kentooay. Cot, Stout commanding, and •] ulnted battle of Ckielntmanga was fought on the tbe Fortyfonrth Iodlant, Llsnt. Col. Aldrioh rom-, mandlng.) which belonged to that portion of Van.' aad 30th of September, 1863. The Confederate* tjoleve's division wbloh had been dissevered oh tbe edj a victory at Chickamauga, and they war* right, reported to me. Tbetr commanders, as s 'a-' ntltled to do ao in a mere technical aente, vor, requeated to b* allowed to fight with my dithey were enabled to oceupy the battle- I, lalon. 1 felt nt tbe moment, when the smallest was an luestiiotttol* boon, that ' withdrawal of the Army (lljiuloreanient there was any favor en either side "V daring the night «f the SOth, u> boot waa * - • - • " north of the soea* of the great ilnotwaiy L • qooatod. bat two regtoj al from the Ssld wad 1B hbe, to th* they might, tha conmaaderotth's , their entire which f Incident ta the rear of the Army hlAitinjt < 14 these two last it waaabaiTsn wtthoot y, pro«atrtrri4|fS» butlog bansfit*. ' The oasilaaecrit •oendstl ,oftb6<)t>af«!tar«|>ArmT eiceeded those of awarded I Anay or the < tiand, heavy as were thoae .snorettofOai gallao , latter. There • eXetj^jif a portion of th* latius nntir lined on withdraw

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The ,i J fable ao haraieally aun^ br uaeaaiar, of the one ware at ooee assigned to t>oei- u r twiu hrethms" woo led the central Jioiuan „....„ .bdr of constructing deieuaive works IT. where Auius, tbe JUioutor, comouuided Is tbe fight _mediatslY. f-u twaotyfoar bourn the by the ahore of the Lake of Botfillox. 9 to rer adTaDOdd that use-bail of taa ,,.( prkji I dooUt not Gen. Uraoi'a arriral at Chattasaaga it ooald bar* held them agabut the Slight, mora aantadsly than the arnrai ' o t a n y ,-od.nced assault of the whole of Biagg'e y\c other man," have wroagnt the Imputed mlraenlnaa -miweeaed deubtlesalr with the futility of transformation, if, flrat, tne days of auraolee had ptiug to tbroe at ost e( Chattanooga by du out llg not pasaed away, and, aocood. If there had baea any Bragg couflaeJ his operations to nuremmu oeoaniou for the working of a miracle; bat, in truth, communtcatloes, hoping to compel the 'et- none Of the eunditiana for thaaxarcue of luinuulooa C , _ _ of Chmtauodea tor want of supplies. . powers exiated at that time at uissttsnooga, at tbofrtoet* of eupphts, swing to, the leoiith or h i l'he_tiathia, my old friend and <ja.on4am cl e Use, on the noith side ««f the Ipsa fpaaoM with u e raatseaa w tue uvim omo LWD Tsaasetea *«uu»«~v «Hirer, .,«L, sxata tJopuae aeeame anthoaed enthoaed Witt tran»pottatloa from Bridgeport to Vbarta-i j y j y , tnfeiu&'iiiil, loatsc atoht of the faeta, he eimoat imjUaiMola eonfflties of the S i t X » a ^ o o a # " a tia^_ io oia eYerleo»ein»tlon. Pity ;roJda io tbe rainy, isotamesj Aatanin a . ' aud too exnberaat Im.onatl. e frequent raids made by the HOBtrltete aaptnna to L . OS tu* Una of sapoly, taggsstea historian, will hot fU poeaibiBty, perhaps probeoillty. lorded truthfalneaa of eoeetoir to withdraw to* buU of their eoda. Bapeol sattauooza, learing B ; • malt.bait ha raaMrked that aafflciest garnaoa to hold the plaoe aotli (he arrival, trioua a of Qen. Grant da I ot i el afore ansa ta woatd permit tbe drslo4sctui»at of | ire the praiaa to commend ' Ea Army from it* termjdasAt poation., preciauoo «f hla eousi .y euuxeated taroired the necessity of " iriliaed sationa. _ to adTaacae r«ry «tru*g, interior flaet i gtt* aorraapy to ,(aaeir» work* t a a eoaatrncioo Of tbeae U the aWote o f l k e Ai Its required moch eerere ?oii,'penormed in rery, tue lularval between emens Weather, by thuiir-aUd and Tcry hungry «f ""L^"" Toelahof was not only Industriously, faito-J and wtU-performed, hat with oneerfulaeeel3: been written . i i o e- i t lifabjgiiy.•,»;,. .. ^ g-t•<>•<,_•>'. T " aboat" the at' »*• truth Is, Cnai T B I COSlHTIOSl 0 » THB ABJfT eveu knraated, uanosga of rar Jiad ad exi It la trite that from aboui tbe l*t of Oetobtr to the agination of writers. : of Horember—the ahart Uo* at' eupply tHPKES3IOS» o » GSIAT eascxAluk] opened Oct, tt and - S3—there '. wat ehlai haagar felt to Chatanooga; bat 111 T l as aa spprapriat* spigrapu. an exti there *»» ' nana i af that' extreme pttra- „ fo^ ist and stoat readable memoira y u i " ; tloo, bordering oa startation, wblch, whan long Q011 einng credence to theea errors, f ( j cooUooed, wamoraiixea and degradea utterly both the -i jaaoth triead aad elissmste of mioe. G«n. W. mind and the body, Oa the con trary, during all toe y_ 3, exposed and relate J. is a brief oat, ^H time «f rary short oommoas the" oitmili of the „&,( wea-eoaaluen)d article, published { j e troop* r u exoelient, sad whan supplies b e c a m e , s tStbef magaxtna for Norember last, tbehto-f l a b a n d a s t W ^ t o e i a l t a t l o B . About to> svatte* h'taaeatW^i&.&jqa&i&'ttbH Ansffl^ of my ow«>«ftoBal.lb»oari*d«e., t a addi- t ^ « Camberland whflais Cbittaaopfla. aad the ao- n f u i pBtjtfU* BXPown command and aupar- " ^ , 1 , , , ^ ^ ^ ^ ^4 . ^ U w t o f j-.-^a j traotioa orthe w o r ^ i ^ t e j e d *>Jit i S C n o n f ^ t b a autemest hi b*a aa ^ ^ r o a a i y to1 he o a ^ m j d ^ y a a g e i i a ^ ^ a r a t v l f l 1 fardhiV mad*. O o ^ a r i a V t h a tZT^T^JKi idght me in direct ountaet with some If Shermam Shormss had bad lust Just ridden) into. into Cbmtinnnn Chattanooga, - 1 ^ tank and file from ererg command ta I without let or inndrauoe and that bis ooai- 1 prophet Is not wiUiout honor, tare maud, whiah he bad preceded, c o l d do- '*» country 1 so, at -least., the Scrlp- II the tame thing. -It aeeaw, ,*,»»«»*.-' siuguiar a ue Aud tbusitls with many luoideota that ae dlttisgaiabad and able a soldier as bo from the teens at their oeoaxfenee, 1 »uq.destiouaMyis—one so th»r»ngtilT reraod ^ ^ great rtisailyi -*JE»t and sahaeto ine abeorr and practice of t l t d liavo tustoric reawlna. Tb« celebrated rived at the eiogniar concla , patch * Tr«m'|«b/Utanui>«s, •--Wa the Cumberland ' wy t U l w . a U ^ ; wasBoexeeattsa 1 t n B uuie of hie arriTSl. rx5sVaoreapectfuTlT:aa'i the prophet hgwKhoat bailor l B » i - I d ga.tea that if Uwi. Gran* did toiaa. to Gea Saark es 80 far aa Gen. j W t - t a e n to Ldhla£" „ , ,wuli u £ J 3 w 7 « * ^ e ^ p « f o f ' IbSSl nation w « . eoB^MrX"toI i n T - t \|_ nudable W « V wawSe. clmm»did a rtow'Sr tL'SS | o nation ware coiweraed, the S diapatea positronthey eccaotod by the Co a ted era to Araiy, well, an t oai a aapuy affjet, for. in the apprehension teal taa Army of the Cuuioafiahdi satAV strae^it reat.ureJ rhaa was to demoralized tbaalt weald not move from I r apprenansiOB sooat the ooned hind Its tosreacamente, ssd that t-oops from 1 a s o i l important strtlejio poother army were oeeded to set it aa example < ...'Bnaaeasien had been long desired, aad Bertarmauee of the hiabaat daty darulyed , olaiilon Bad cost maoh effort and blooa ; eoldter—oliedienee ta orders, eeaeoiaily wba a* the Army of the GomlwrUnd waaaaav obedience iovolves tsO'daty of attacking to" _ - was tbe moat aamiti^ted fustian. 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••atour of sot (bant gad. tvMttegn aide* tai wood btlil hygooxl troops, » » W i fattlutt as ajramst General Saennan.'*. < fit tooKow iousTiik tdpograpby t o l b s l u b t »od lull m t < _ to the i.rni.dableu***' *fthe natural aallaov *!«, Q:n, Hooker took tip 'tn ao di*oos«i»o tha retired ml* IF- < wurk and did tba „tmess fertile Confederate* on """** , of thai LooKont, Mountain. ~J ^ ^ M H I laraJww.UM°aai»Ml.a*a aconl**** _„ p « M « v it v i a .foraiidabie trow the f OTMSIOD wean to prevail that the defense ; : M ">ch«r*ater' ; character ei tbe oomm.uider aod the laigt M J U U U U was mail* dtt ft* simmlt. .1 J' herd it- art successfully agslast »J«Ht Sherotaal t «0 error. Th» Confederate latteuchtuents ; V vigorous. I" Iu a r l p u M «»si»aita. It waa (' Cleburne's diyisiou ot toe Usnfederat*; J itehsd from ea*t to I H I wM ap. over tbe IhDtf Cleburi ," E " ,'IT'tb* i'eau«»s«<(a4*.r* fl .werof-that Army. C Ftba i?eau* •jr nor h*ni tsncmlt.r of tha monutiin, whwh a „ , d h t a f i S i « division were a.l.e ulati. seconds from tha beetling paiisadaa, oa wblej tha • among friend* aod toea ( t ( l i « terrific dj»li oi tuair f low hills s.tetcbiag uorthna

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w Hooker, by Judicious com- 1(/Sar*aslu, was Bet endued with a mure heroic nature '1rm»tJoo», made eminently successful oy tbe Intel- . than Cleburne, and however reprrbenaibta-tbe eadbe. ijfeot eo-operatioo of bia subordinate commanders it tor wmob be fombo so gsilanily, U » nana id the ){»llantry of his troops, atiuol th* hostile to be desired that auue future: historian, Intraaebmonie la froo;, rl unit, and resr, and drove )\ possesal oa tbe necessary materials, may du justice ^ nemy from wedt to east almoat to tba tiuuito the hendsoi Wbica Clshurne ever au^layed ' mjrtotru road, whiou winds up the eaaterii slope £ battle. Individual heroism ever command* Ot tba riiouutaiu to lie summit; bow he waa comadmiration or a (.'eneious and maillai pex. pelled to dtBut, la tbe aiteruoou ot the 24tb, just It When CieOBThslell on'the parapet of our work* Ibetae end,wa» gained, from lackof amiuunition, , trbn. ot fraaxlta, isan., voile lea'iinga desprtu. audbsoause the. heavy fog hau ao settled uowu oa 1(1 and heidioott enarg». oa tlaat tatefoi aituuoon « the mountain side a* to obecure tbe enemy from , Nov. 30,1384, tbe Confederate* teat in bun a boat view, bled not be told in detail bare. Eariy tbe for- C It U out beesattsy to go Into a detailed ag morning It was discovered the Confederates ,. of Gan. Sberioan's edort* oa the Uth to aeualed all thsir remaining pvaltions about 'J bail befd by Cieouroo's oivlaion. and get ^fountain. Xbe national aundard waa fin- j.- tbenue of ^uasiuna'y Ridge to tbe mnne g^fUnteloo its top moat peak. When tbe 1 wbieb bad been assigned to bim Oy Geo. lirant, oonooutao of troopa assembled In tbe uraud /•. On the attelnuient *f which, a* the eanditlu' jo formed try Lookout ilunutaio, Ulsarouary *' precedent, be era*- iubtequeutiy to receite tue i and tbe Tenaeaaee K I T C o-beld, lb the eaily ' D- operation of the ofebtra ot toe Annr of the CuuiO ' adbitebt, tb»preudsyaabeU "tbabtaraand '. ' bind. Xbohgb rsiutoice 1 by three divisions Ir • woosa aunneiaioy thev were doing bat-' ni tits A m y of the (.ouioetland, ma uqtwnos deathflojati^KTtonjit* iaf*jf "A***"*- '-"-^ ^ lug i h » tbe « h - attatsata j . . M i ^ were » « . made , . . , , . wrtu *w.. tbe ,u* irslianirTt I-HL.„H •Mm for woicb Goo. cfbermau is nroverbial. I were, the ptaodita vita wplob ettdiu wiet*' rattle, Xb* salient Dill, oocupted —irltlg. i'iV'V MHdKtuuUoB of u a urouad oa the north aide s< Cieburne, atood an . lasupentble barrier to tor.her prostreaa. Nor were iua attack Tennessee Hirer, opposite to Chattanooga, eminently fiVonible for the preparatory {] point* m4P successful. Geo. Shern iiemly reached tne 'tha* far ahalt t ant* of Gen. gberman'a attaofc. All Ou '"; r j - ' 'jjatsynk the bridge aeroes the t l further.'' It baa u * » aaaerted that Gen. Sbermaii'a fal td tbe otbgr- tnatanals r;q,oired by thai to aooompliab too distinct rasat alloioed t* bad beta assembled a; tba aooointed ren-'waa dub to the Want of tba cooperation which ( ^ • P o a t n of] »] North norl Chlctanawra 'Creek?' Grant intended Ue abould receive froa the e tb*re »is e"»i reaaon lor berisTtn* there gixidrtiaaOn oetlaTto* theen**** theeqaw-. «T»t*iH bla ngbC right;] <" *iat »If be waa to be assailed on bh <" H»« Anajy ot tbe Cumoerland. It in most res j*n. 5hertajtp'Jprelln»!narT a»oyementawer*>- lie u*»"* attgit»*fcd that Una aaaartion is equai,y at lu at stillful^ condoolei, but they" ware f * n u nnjait. It 1* farther aiMt~re»v««l racceisfel. I I 1 suggested tbs.a carafal and fair retrospect tbe attendant tacts a.id circumstance* will wari itrfftt o» th* * 1 tbe transportatlbir of tae atuteunent that Gen. Sherman received all » * « « » * tbe rlWf by boats w»s begun, and aoon cooperation and assistftiio'e irom th* oentre of BtientfoTca waafoTer lo aecore »;iodgtneo|. !dnatrttotion aia Jirldtreheaa w u at onoe e jm^' i m Army of tbe Cumberland that Geo. Grant'k m admirable plan ot Oattle coutempiated. roc boatsctntincol to ply aoroaa until ujloas wer«,*-tfc, when the laying down or fU Han the crest of *ti*.ton*ry Kio^e been »ucc9._ 4?irn« beaofcf by daylight on tbe 2«h fulty assaulted, the eeatre ot tne Confedarute Army 1 the; Drtd,"* »d »rltMe.bead were weir advance* JU irremediaeiy Oroiteo. and that Araiy Uualetf) ' —'in. i By 11 irk. M. t i e britlge wa»' |rfeol|Uit»»» retreat during tbe forenoon of tbe l i t Oivifitieu pas*ed *o tbe aoath a by too central d>vi»to»s ut tba Atmy of i b . •^ oerlaud, J'lstaaaJKbia was acraallydonelatei ai«*'tern Jiu of that aianie dayH ad obata.de to J Soerioan'a progreas tvjdl l most ass«r**Uy n oeju lusianisjieously roinovsd tram til*Tinajil comroeneed hla he would bavetbeau entirely tree to uo to the t T h * raoTemoat was by dlrliions C r without onpoal ion, or luueej to any other pfaoe in ktipii, wtoh thoheaul of eolamns cove^ad oy a mat vicinity be nui*d*eu hau\ oe tbo atorning ot tbe SJta. But tbe : , ' -- *— uud<* conaiueratKaB-i* Bui. the — hill* of Missionary gidge ed r i a t to what G.-u. dneraian'aooia tit* goal foi wh cb G»n. uotunad ine truoiuy o « n oampeited to leave - aot «e* wA.- ® » a G rant bis-trout by tne action of tost Army oi tae Cumberland ou auoiber part of the fieid at an earlier I wauld, by a rapid dadt. - ^rr taaiiit actually occurreo, nui tne historical qu ve asfcr aittn* tttacel belocatW' ' s'-irbwUer bueoVraaairaeeived all tt cobe«r hi* movtMneat, Had Geo. plaaot ba tie contempbued, and as ea'ty, IB ret*-' • n H « thla, be would not only have turned (II tiojato Gen. tiberutawa,movements, a* Gen. Grant tbe\*tiBB»ra right flaak and eattiaued hi», t». tnlepded. Tbe queatiot) as to tbe exact pqfcatj df frenCttM -line on Misbionarr Bldge. bat h« woald ill: his progress at waion Gen. 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