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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), President Davis in reply to General Sherman. (search)
te, and made to embrace the deliberate misrepresentation by General Sherman of the communication to him by Colonel J. D Stevenson, in regard to Albert Sidney Johnston's command in San Francisco. In a letter to Colonel William H. Knight, of Cincinnati, Ohio, dated October 28, 1884, General Sherman asserted that Colonel J. D. Stevenson, now living in San Francisco, has often told me that he had cautioned the Government as to a plot or conspiracy, through the department commander, Albert Sidney o relieve Johnston of his command before the conspiracy was consummated. That statement of Sherman, the veteran Colonel J. D. Stevenson promptly and emphatically denied, saying: The history of this matter was published fully and in detail in the Sad relieving General Johnston, nor at any time afterward, do I believe any uprising or conspiracy was contemplated. Colonel Stevenson adds that General Sumner held General Albert Sidney Johnston to be a soldier, a gentleman and an honorable man; he