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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Foreign recognition of the Confederacy — letter from Honorable James Lyons. (search)
Foreign recognition of the Confederacy — letter from Honorable James Lyons. White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier county, West Virginia, August 21, 1875. To Colonel Allen B. Magruder, Baltimore: Dear Colonel — I received your letter when I was too ill to reply to it, and have been since so fluctuating between convalescence an the purpose. But, said I, Monsieur Paul, what guarantee can you give us that, if we take so important a step, the Emperor will acknowledge us? He replied, Mr. Lyons, nobody can guarantee the Emperor, but you may be sure that the Emperor will do what I tell you he will do, which I considered as but another mode of saying thatm I had put that very question to the French Consul, and his answer was, France does not know the States, but she knows the Confederate Government and President Davis. Mr. Davis then said, Well, I must consult the Cabinet, and if they agree with you I will send for you. And there the matter ended. Yours truly, James Lyons
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Meeting at the White Sulphur Springs. (search)
get in front of Sturgis and retard his advance. Forrest moved before day to take position at Bryce's crossroads, on a dividing ridge where the waters of the Hatchie rise and run north and of the Tallahatchie rise and run south, and when in four miles of that place he learned that the enemy had already occupied it and were now between him and his headquarters at Tupelo. He had with him there his three smallest brigades, the effective strength of which at that time he reported as follows: Lyons', eight hundred; Rucker's, seven hundred, and Johnson's, five hundred; while Buford, with Bell's brigade, about fifteen hundred strong, and two batteries of artillery, were some distance in the rear. Ordering them to move instantly up, which they did, coming eight miles in a gallop, he moved forward with the men he had and opened the fight, and at the same time ordered Buford to send one regiment across the country to attack the enemy in rear. The battle raged fiercely for some hours with