Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Gen. Joseph E. Johnston” in chapter 1 of Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative:
...in writing. In that view of the matter, it may be said that the war was precipitated by giving important orders verbally. Another example will be found in the story of the battle of Seven Pines which Gen. Joseph E. Johnston lost by trusting to instructions given verbally.
Maj. Buell's memorandum of the verbal instructions given is a paper of over 300 words, and is a fair sample of explicit language.
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