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S H I L 0 H A D D. R B S S ,
the leaaL obstrnctive Uttel'lS the roads &el'V·
lng communication betwae•1 commands
here or there.
1f It is true thl\t on Frtday Colonel Buckland
and Major Ricker, returning from the
front, warned Genera.l Sherman of infantry
ROd artillery before him. Ricker told him
flatly that Beauregard's army was advancing.
Sherman pooh-poohed both Buckland
1\lld Ricker, and said it could not be possible.
·'Be&uregard. WM not such a fool as
to leave hi.s base of opemtions (Corinth)
and attack us tn ours. It was a mere reoonnolssance
in force."
'IT In o. word, my friends, the reoord.s will
have it that, with the two exceptions stated,
no precaution ~ taken agclinat surpriae,
or prep&mtion of any kind made for battle.
Never did an army receive an att&Ck under
so many serious disadvantages!
'IT It is a downright pleuure now to see how
the larger pNt of the Army of the Tennessee
behaved-how magnificently tb~y
received their hunters. The advanced divisions,
SbermM's a.nd Prentiss', where :
not alreAdy in line, formed onder ftre. The
diviafon commanders all roee to the ooouion.
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l •'
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SHILOH ADDRESS.
Hurlbut, W. H. L. Wallace, ud McClernand,
seeing the need of supporting Prentia
and ShermM, did it upon their own ordering.
Through the long houra of that t-.rrlble
Sund&y, with scant intermlulons for
restoring broken lines, the fight went on
fteroer growing. By noon every intelligent
Uulon DWl engaged bad reason to believe
the b&ttle loet, and himeelf with it, unleu
the foe could be held back until Buell
could come to the rescue. To ·that end
Gra.nt had the siege guns planted in battery
on . the bl\\ft of the landing. He never
thought of surrender.
1f Nelson, with his division, oroued the
river about sundown, and •t baa been said
he saved the Army of the Tenneuee. I do
not think so. It is my opinion, dlapualonately
given, that the chanoea of Confederate
victory went out with the pauing of
thegre&t soul of Albert Sidney Johnlton.
After that, my division having reached
tlle fteld, what wu left of the Army of thf
Tenneesee could have taken care of Itself.
'IT All this, my friends, I would have ,o\\
apply in fair proportion to the credit of the
Thirty-ftrtt, Twenty-fifth, and FortJ·fowth
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| Title | WALLACE_SERIES_I_REEL30_OCR 635 |
| Transcription | . .:: •·". .· . . . . -··-· ...•. ''"""·= ' . _,.,...,.-: ,.;•.: ,.:~"i;\ t~.;~~:.; '.--' -' , ,. · ... --- -· ·- - - -·- - · . ·- S H I L 0 H A D D. R B S S , the leaaL obstrnctive Uttel'lS the roads &el'V· lng communication betwae•1 commands here or there. 1f It is true thl\t on Frtday Colonel Buckland and Major Ricker, returning from the front, warned Genera.l Sherman of infantry ROd artillery before him. Ricker told him flatly that Beauregard's army was advancing. Sherman pooh-poohed both Buckland 1\lld Ricker, and said it could not be possible. ·'Be&uregard. WM not such a fool as to leave hi.s base of opemtions (Corinth) and attack us tn ours. It was a mere reoonnolssance in force." 'IT In o. word, my friends, the reoord.s will have it that, with the two exceptions stated, no precaution ~ taken agclinat surpriae, or prep&mtion of any kind made for battle. Never did an army receive an att&Ck under so many serious disadvantages! 'IT It is a downright pleuure now to see how the larger pNt of the Army of the Tennessee behaved-how magnificently tb~y received their hunters. The advanced divisions, SbermM's a.nd Prentiss', where : not alreAdy in line, formed onder ftre. The diviafon commanders all roee to the ooouion. 10 • ...,.( • ' • \ 6 .. . ::~~:,. '\ .. , ...... ... ~:.,.· :'.:.~: • l •' .. . SHILOH ADDRESS. Hurlbut, W. H. L. Wallace, ud McClernand, seeing the need of supporting Prentia and ShermM, did it upon their own ordering. Through the long houra of that t-.rrlble Sund&y, with scant intermlulons for restoring broken lines, the fight went on fteroer growing. By noon every intelligent Uulon DWl engaged bad reason to believe the b&ttle loet, and himeelf with it, unleu the foe could be held back until Buell could come to the rescue. To ·that end Gra.nt had the siege guns planted in battery on . the bl\\ft of the landing. He never thought of surrender. 1f Nelson, with his division, oroued the river about sundown, and •t baa been said he saved the Army of the Tenneuee. I do not think so. It is my opinion, dlapualonately given, that the chanoea of Confederate victory went out with the pauing of thegre&t soul of Albert Sidney Johnlton. After that, my division having reached tlle fteld, what wu left of the Army of thf Tenneesee could have taken care of Itself. 'IT All this, my friends, I would have ,o\\ apply in fair proportion to the credit of the Thirty-ftrtt, Twenty-fifth, and FortJ·fowth 11 |
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