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The Daily Dispatch: April 18, 1863., [Electronic resource], Gen. Van-Dorn's fight. (search)
success, displaying unusual knowledge of all these things, and there forced acceptance even by a blazed mind. The following is a graphic sketch of a council of war, held the evening before the battle of Shiloh, and worthy of republication: At about 8 o'clock P. M. a council of war was hold among the principal Generals, and the plan of battic arranged. In an open space, with a dim fire in the midst, and a drum on which to write, you could see grouped around their little Napoleon — as Beauregard was sometimes fondly called--ten or twelve Generals, the flickering light playing over their eager faces while they listened to his plans, and made suggestions as to the conduct of the fight. He soon warmed with the subject, and, throwing off his cloak to give full play to his arms, he walked about in the group, gesticulating rapidly and jerking out his sentences with a French accent. All listened attentively, and the dim light, just revealing their countenances, showed their different e