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John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies 1 1 Browse Search
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John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies, Chapter 5: (search)
Dalton and Atlanta — how long is it supposed we would have remained at Cassville? I leave the answer to every fair minded man. This is the history of the much talked of affair at Cassville, in connection with which it is affirmed that Johnston wished to fight, but Polk and I were not inclined to do so. The following letter from Dr. A. M. Polk, son of General Polk, at that time aide-de-camp to his father, sustains the truthfulness of this representation of facts: New York, June 17th, 1874. Dear General:--I have just read your correction of General Johnston's statements in regard to my father's connection with the Cassville affair. Pray accept our sincere thanks, not only for the correction, but also for the manner in which it is expressed. He was killed so soon after, he left no written statement of the matter; but from conversations I held with him I know his position to have been just as you state it: not willing to stand there and wait for the enemy to attack
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 17., Medford artillery. (search)
rge thirty years ago? Some three years since we learned of their location. Though not generally known, they remain where the selectmen placed them—in the armory of the Light Guard. They are marked 458 and 459 (probably foundry numbers). They are about three and three-quarters inch bore, five and three-quarters outside at muzzle, nine at breech, and four feet in length. On each is cast the figure of an eagle, and in each is cut the inscription, Presented to the Town of Medford, Mass., June 17, 1874. No copy of Mr. Magoun's letter of presentation appears in the printed report of town officers, issued February, 1875. We recall it as it appeared in the Medford journal of June, 1874. It was probably overshadowed by the larger and more useful gift of Mr. Magoun of the Mansion House of my honoured father, for a library building. Yet the gift of the guns was prompted by a spirit of helpfulness to his town as an economic measure. We scarcely think that the donor expected his gift to