Col. Greene's Speech Before the McClellan Club of Ward Eleven, Boston, October 28, 1864 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Col. Greene's Speech Before the McClellan Club of Ward Eleven, Boston, October 28, 1864 The Rebels hold a large portion of Missouri, seriously threaten the remainder of the State, and the people of St. Louis are congratulating themselves that Fremont's fortifications will save their city from captivity. All we held in Texas has been abandoned by our troops, except a small garrison at Point Isabel. To these reverses we may add the failure at Charleston, the raid upon Maryland and Washington, and the destruction of hundreds of vessels and millions of property upon the ocean. A "Veteran Observer, " in the New York Times thus summed up the result of the Spring campaigns: "What have they been doing this Spring? Four expeditions, and what looks to me four failures. An expedition from Jacksonville marches into Florida, and is driven back with loss. General Sherman marches from Vicksburg having gone 120 miles in his grand strategy, marches back again! Gen. Smith starts a cavalry expedition (from Memphis!) to join Sherman, and they march back again. The cavalry under Kilpatrick start off to Richmond, and after destroying some mills, and canal locks, find themselves comfortably at Fort Monroe. Thomas makes a tremendous movement on Dalton, captures Tunnel Hill and marches back again! Now we have the telegraphic reporters (those most enlightened of all living generals) announcing that these are only a series of raids! Well, what was this object? What was to be got? They march back again. Who commands the American army? Why, obviously, General Scatteration, and these are his performances. He marched out five armies in five different directions, - not one of them strong enough to accomplish any definite object." To counterbalance this we have Sherman's brilliant campaign, - one of the most remarkable in the annals of war, - the results of which depend upon his ability to maintain his communication over land of five hundred miles infested with guerrillas, Farragut's splended victory in the harbor of Mobile, the capture of the Alabama, Sheridan's gallant dashes and conquests in the Shenandoah Valley, and Grants advance towards Richmond. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.