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Col. Robert White, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.2, West Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 2: (search)
ictory and a defeat, took it seriously to heart, and adjured the government, In Heaven's name give me some general officers who understand their profession. Unless I command every picket and lead every column I cannot be sure of success, he added, strangely oblivious to the fact that his success thus far had been entirely due to the energy of Rosecrans as a column leader. General Wise, though jubilant over his victory, realized the difficulty of his position, and on the 19th sent Maj. C. B. Duffield to Richmond with official reports and a letter, in which he complained bitterly of hostile feeling of the inhabitants of the valley, and of the difficulty of defending a position threatened by over 3,000 Federals at the Pocotaligo, 1,500 from Ripley to Sissonville, and forces from the north by Summersville. He had an engineer, Colonel Adler, a Hungarian, a man of consummate ability, science and bravery, aided by Prof. Thomas I. L. Snead, of William and Mary, and Lieut. J. B. Harvie.