Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Johnston” in chapter 1.3 of Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government:
...vail him at Shiloh.
As has been elsewhere explained, the condition of the South did not enable the Confederacy to meet the enemy on the water except at great odds.
If it be asked, Why did not General Johnston wait until the enemy marched from the river instead of attacking him at Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing?
the answer is, That would have been to delay until the junction of the enemy's armies had been e...
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