[Homer_J_Simpson]

Nashville: A Great Battle Yesterday – 2
Highly Important: A New and Formidable Expedition – 2
From Fortress Monroe: Arrival of the Steamer United States with Paroled Prisoners – 2
Sherman’s Army: Dispatches from Admiral Dahlgren – 2-3
News from Rebel Sources – 3
The St. Alban’s Robbers: Excitement in Canada – 3
The Union Martyrs: Their Delivery in Charleston Harbor – 3-5
News from Washington – 5
Thirty-Eighth Congress: Second Session – 5-7
Editorial: The Hostility of Canada – The Anglo-Rebel Alliance – 7-8
The Supplies for Our Prisoners – 8
Editorial: The Battle of Yesterday at Nashville – 8
Editorial: Sherman at Savannah -8
Editorial: Our Prisoners Once More – The Exchange and its Continuance – 8
Amusements – 8

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The "narrative" was that Grant was just about to relieve Thomas when Nashville fell. Thomas was probably the Union's best General, but he was from Virginia and was not completely trusted. Grant was pressuring Thomas to attack Hood, but Thomas would never have made the blunder that Grant did at Shiloh. Thomas prepared and had all his ducks in a row before initiating an attack. As he showed at Chickamauga, he could improvise and lead when the odds were against him as well.

The song. The Yellow Rose of Texas became popular among Confederate soldiers in the Texas Brigade; upon taking command of the Army of Tennessee in July 1864, General John Bell Hood introduced it as a marching song. The final verse and chorus were slightly altered by the remains of Hood's force after their crushing defeat at the Battle of Nashville that December:

(Last verse)

And now I'm going southward, for my heart is full of woe
I'm going back to Georgia, to find my Uncle Joe
You may talk about your Beauregard and sing of Bobby Lee
But the gallant Hood of Texas, he played hell in Tennessee

Uncle Joe refers to General Joseph Johnston