From the beginning of the war private property had not been taken, either for the use of the army or of individuals, without full compensation.

We explored to a distance of about three miles from the entrance, and found a succession of chambers of great dimensions and of great beauty when lit up with our rockets.

Some of the former were many feet in diameter and extended from ceiling to floor; some of the latter were but a few feet high from the floor; but the formation is going on constantly, and many centuries hence these stalagmites will extend…

But my appreciation of my enemies was certainly affected by this knowledge.

I therefore myself dismissed the contractor and made a new contract with a native, at more than double the original price.

During my year on the Columbia River, the small-pox exterminated one small remnant of a band of Indians entirely, and reduced others materially.

But the great majority of people at the North, where slavery did not exist, were opposed to the institution, and looked upon its existence in any part of the country as unfortunate.

They did not hold the States where slavery existed responsible for it; and believed that protection should be given to the right of property in slaves until some satisfactory way could be reached to be rid of the institution.

The Republican party was regarded in the South and the border States not only as opposed to the extension of slavery, but as favoring the compulsory abolition of the institution without compensation to the owners.

Doubtless the founders of our government, the majority of them at least, regarded the confederation of the colonies as an experiment.

But I feared it was possible that he might make a rapid dash upon Crump's and destroy our transports and stores, most of which were kept at that point, and then retreat before Wallace could be reinforced.

While I was at breakfast, however, heavy firing was heard in the direction of Pittsburg landing, and I hastened there, sending a hurried note to Buell informing him of the reason why I could not meet him at Savannah.

If it had been true, as currently reported at the time and yet believed by thousands of people, that Prentiss and his division had been captured in their beds, there would not have been an all-day struggle, with the loss of thousands…

There was no hour during the day when there was not heavy firing and generally hard fighting at some point on the line, but seldom at all points at the same time.

In these cases the colonels were constitutional cowards, unfit for any military position; but not so the officers and men led out of danger by them.

Later in the war, while occupying the country between the Tennessee and the Mississippi, I learned that the panic in the Confederate lines had not differed much from that within our own.

The Army of the Tennessee lost on that day at least 7,000 men.

So confident was I before firing had ceased on the 6th that the next day would bring victory to our arms if we could only take the initiative, that I visited each division commander in person before any reinforcements had reached the field.

To Sherman I told the story of the assault at Fort Donelson, and said that the same tactics would win at Shiloh.

About three o'clock, being near that point and seeing that the enemy was giving way everywhere else, I gathered up a couple of regiments, or parts of regiments, from troops near by, formed them in line of battle and marched them forward…

The opportunity frequently occurred for me to defend General Buell against what I believed to be most unjust charges.

On one occasion a correspondent put in my mouth the very charge I had so often refuted--of disloyalty.

I had all such released the moment I learned of their arrest; and finally sent a staff officer north to release every prisoner who was said to be confined by my order.

My desire was to attack Price before Van Dorn could reach Corinth or go to his relief.

I remember him well, seated with his elbows on the table in front of him, his chin between his hands, and looking the picture of despair.