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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Letter from General A. S. Johnston. (search)
Letter from General A. S. Johnston. [Anything from the lamented hero of Shiloh will be read with interest, and the forthcoming memoir of him by his gifted son (Colonel William Preston Johnston) is looked for with peculiar pleasure, in the hope that it will contain much of the inner life of the great chieftain. The following autograph letter to General Cooper is of historic value as showing the condition of things in Kentucky, in October, 1861, and General Johnston's opinions as to what General Johnston's opinions as to what the future movements of the enemy would be.] headquarters Western Department, Bowling Green, Ky., October 17, 1861. General — I informed you by telegraph on the 12th, that in consequence of information received from General Buckner of the advance of the enemy in considerable force, I had ordered forward all my available force to his support. Hardee's division and Terry's regiment have arrived here; and in advance our force may be estimated at twelve thousand men. Correct returns cannot
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Zagonyi's charge with Fremont's body-guard--a Picturesque Fol-de-rol. (search)
Zagonyi's charge with Fremont's body-guard--a Picturesque Fol-de-rol. By Colonel William Preston Johnston. In some recent studies on the late civil war, the attention of the writer has directed itself to the amazing exaggeration of certain fighters, and the equally wonderful credulity of certain writers. This was quite notable in the war in Missouri in 1861. The following instance will illustrate this class of cases. Its extreme improbability rests not more upon its explicit denial by the Confederates engaged, than on the internal evidences of inveracity. The writer has no individual interest in the question, except that of historical truth. But if this communication should tend to elicit the exact facts in this case, or to start similar inquiries in other cases, it will do something towards giving a solid basis to our war history, which should not rest upon fiction. Among the stories that have been repeated until they have acquired currency and are liable to pass into hi