. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . or the morrow. I answered that I wasgoing to attack the enemy at daylight, and he expressed gratification at myreply, though apparently not because of any unmixed confidence in theresult. I had had no consultation with General Grant, and knew nothing ofhis purpose. I presumed that we would be in accord, but I had been only afew hours within the limits of his authority, and I did not look upon him asmy commander, though I would zealously have obeyed his orders. GeneralSherman allow
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . or the morrow. I answered that I wasgoing to attack the enemy at daylight, and he expressed gratification at myreply, though apparently not because of any unmixed confidence in theresult. I had had no consultation with General Grant, and knew nothing ofhis purpose. I presumed that we would be in accord, but I had been only afew hours within the limits of his authority, and I did not look upon him asmy commander, though I would zealously have obeyed his orders. GeneralSherman allowed me to take with me the map of which a fac-simile accompa-nies this article [page 496]. I never imagined that in the future it wouldhave the interest which now attaches to it, and after the battle it was laidaside and forgotten. Within two years after that meeting, quite contrary opinions developedthemselves between General Sherman and myself concerning the battle ofShiloh, and his Memous give a different account of the interview abovedescribed. He says that he handed the map to my engineer-officer. Captain. 4MAJOR-CtENEI!AL THOMAS J. FROjr AN ENGRAVING. -,20 SHILOH KEI^IEIVED. Mickler, who, in fact, was not present, and complains that it was neverretm-ned to him. He says that I giumbled about the stragglers, and that hefeared I would not bring my army across the river. One would suppose thathis fears would have been allayed by the fact that, at that very moment, mytroops were arriving and covering his front as fast as legs and steamboatscould caiTy them. In the execution of the retreat described in the reports of Mc(_lernand andSherman, from the west to the east side of Tillmans Creek, there was a quitethorough disintegi-ation of di\^sions and lirigades, lacking nothing but thepressure of a vigorous jjursuit to convert it into a complete rout. In itsseventh position, McCleruands di\ision recovered some force and preserveda recognized organization ; but not so wit
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