▁ ▁The ▁income ▁from ▁this ▁vent ure ▁allowed ▁him ▁to ▁dev ote ▁time ▁to ▁his ▁great ▁post war ▁activity , ▁writing ▁his ▁mem oir s , ▁as ▁did ▁several ▁fellow ▁officers . ▁His ▁N arr ative ▁of ▁Military ▁Oper ations ▁( 1 8 7 4 ) ▁was ▁highly ▁critical ▁of ▁Davis ▁and ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁fellow ▁gener als . ▁He ▁repeated ▁his ▁gr iev ance ▁about ▁his ▁ranking ▁as ▁a ▁general ▁in ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁Army ▁and ▁attempted ▁to ▁justify ▁his ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁c aut ious ▁campaign er . ▁The ▁book ▁sold ▁poor ly ▁and ▁its ▁publish er ▁failed ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁profit . ▁ ▁Although ▁many ▁Confeder ate ▁gener als ▁critic ized ▁John ston , ▁both ▁Sh erman ▁and ▁Grant ▁port rayed ▁him ▁favor ably ▁in ▁their ▁mem oir s . ▁Sh erman ▁described ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁" d anger ous ▁and ▁w ily ▁oppon ent " ▁and ▁critic ized ▁John ston ' s ▁nem eses , ▁H ood ▁and ▁Davis . ▁Grant ▁supported ▁his ▁dec isions ▁in ▁the ▁V icks burg ▁Camp aign : ▁" John ston ▁evidently ▁took ▁in ▁the ▁situation , ▁and ▁wis ely , ▁I ▁think , ▁ab st ained ▁from ▁making ▁an ▁assault ▁on ▁us ▁because ▁it ▁would ▁simply ▁have ▁inf lic ted ▁losses ▁on ▁both ▁sides ▁without ▁accomplish ing ▁any ▁result ." ▁Comment ing ▁on ▁the ▁Atlanta ▁Camp aign , ▁Grant ▁wrote , ▁ ▁For ▁my ▁own ▁part , ▁I ▁think ▁that ▁John ston ' s ▁tact ics ▁were ▁right . ▁An yth ing ▁that