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General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 2 (search)
had so strongly impressed upon his mind the idea that we were defeated, that it was not immediately removed by the appearance of the field. I judged so, at least, from his first words, while we were shaking hands: How has the battle gone? In Alfriend's Life of Jefferson Davis it is asserted (p. 305) that the President reached the battle-field while the struggle was still in progress; that to the troops his name and bearing were the symbols of victory; that while the victory was assured, but d under the most favorable circumstances of the war, proves that the Confederacy was too weak for offensive warfare, and is very strong evidence in favor of the course against which Southern writers have declaimed vehemently. The authors of Alfriend's Life of Jefferson Davis seem to regard this tone of the Southern press as evidence of Southern opinion on this question, and claim that Mr. Davis was far from approving the inaction which followed Manassas. He confidently expected a different
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 4 (search)
xt morning set fire to the abandoned storehouses. Early on the 11th all the infantry and artillery crossed the Rappahannock. Ewell's and Early's divisions encamped near the river, on both sides of the railroad, and Smith and Longstreet marched on to Culpepper Court-House, as no enemy appeared on the turnpike. The cavalry occupied Warrenton Junction, with pickets on Cedar Run and the turnpike. My headquarters were near the Rappahannock Station, but south of the river. The authors of Alfriend's Life of Jefferson Davis assert that the destruction of valuable material, including an extensive meat-curing establishment containing large supplies of meat, and established by the Government, which ensued upon the evacuation of Manassas, elicited much exasperated censure. The censure elicited by this destruction should have been directed at those who located the great meat-curing establishment of the Government on the frontier, instead of in the interior of the country; this, too, wit
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 5 (search)
is own, and attacked the Confederates both in front and flank. The claims of the same officers to decided successes on Sunday are disproved by what immediately precedes, and the reports of Generals Hill and Pickett. The chances of success on that day were all in favor of the Confederates. The numbers of the opposing forces were nearly equal. But three of the six Federal divisions had, successively, been thoroughly beaten the day before by five Confederate brigades. The authors of Alfriend's Life of Jefferson Davis, and some other biographers, represent, to my disparagement, that the army with which General Lee fought in the seven days was only that which I had commanded. It is very far from the truth. General Lee did not attack the enemy until the 26th of June, because he was employed, from the 1st until then, in forming a great army, by bringing, to that which I had commanded, fifteen thousand General Holmes told me in General Lee's presence, just before the fight began
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 14 (search)
ted by the ablest engineer in the Confederacy, Colonel Andrew Tallcott. 4. McClellan placed not a division, but two corps of his army, on our side of the Chickahominy. We attacked them, and were successful until night interrupted the action. That the combat was successful is evidence that the dispositions for it were not very faulty. Tangible results were not secured, because the action was not continued See page 138. next day, as it would have been, but for my desperate wound. In Alfriend's See page 408. Life of Jefferson Davis, there is an elaborate attempt to show that Mr. Davis took an active part in the battle. If so, it could have been in no secondary one, but only as commander. This would make him responsible for the want of results. General Lee had not acquired the confidence of the army and people, then. His great fame was acquired subsequently, at the head of that army. Mr. Davis can claim no merit for the selection, for General Lee was the only general a