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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 26 (search)
bsequently conferred with General Joseph E. Johnston and Bishop Beckwith, of Georgia, who were present on the field and near General Polk when he fell, he was able not only to correct the inaccuracies of the Journal, but to set at rest any future dispute as to a remarkable historical occurrence of the late war. I determined to ask General Joseph E. Johnston to write his account of it, and now have the pleasure to enclose his reply. In his letter to Mr. Peters, which is dated Washington, September 25th, General Johnston says: I have seen lately what is purported to be an account of General Polk's death, probably that to which you refer, for it is an invention from beginning to end. Bate's division, of Hardee's corps, occupied the summit of Pine Mount as an outpost. As it was nearly a mile in front of our line, General Hardee thought it exposed, and I agreed to ride to it with him and decide the question on the ground. General Polk joined us. We reached the hill directly from