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The Daily Dispatch: November 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Perils of Peace. (search)
eld, and was promoted to a Generalship, on the strength of his own account of the prodigies of valor which he performed in that battle. The miserable braggart was never in the battle at all, and was the first to lead the retreat. The other, Gen. McKinstry, has not brains enough to engineer a team of mules, and is notoriously deficient in pluck. The Federals must be badly off for Generals when they elevate such men as Sturgess and McKinstry to posts of such distinction and responsibility. If art was never in the battle at all, and was the first to lead the retreat. The other, Gen. McKinstry, has not brains enough to engineer a team of mules, and is notoriously deficient in pluck. The Federals must be badly off for Generals when they elevate such men as Sturgess and McKinstry to posts of such distinction and responsibility. If any of the Missouri marksmen succeed in hitting either of these officers, they will be obliged to use rifles of longer range than any now in our service.