...with honor, until it joins you. Yours sincerely, W. W. Mackall, A. A. G. The junction having been effected, he left for his new post; and held the works under him until after the battle of Shiloh , several days longer than would have been done otherwise. It was too late, however, to accomplish the main object General Beauregard had had in view, in assigning him to that important position. ...