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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Confederate treasure-statement of Paymaster John F. Wheless. (search)
on, Ga., where we took the cars for Augusta. We reached the Georgia railroad at Barnett's station, and I there met friends returning from the vicinity of Atlanta who informed me that they had seen in the Federal papers that Generals Sherman and Johnston had agreed upon an armistice. I immediately communicated the information to Captain Parker, and assured him of my confidence in the reliability of the report, and my conviction that it would end in General Johnston's surrender, and that a complGeneral Johnston's surrender, and that a complete collapse of the Confederacy would immediately follow, and as soon as this became known Confederate money would become valueless, and the thousands of people of Augusta, and the large force of soldiers employed in the arsenal and other government shops there, having no other means with which to purchase supplies, would attempt the capture of the Confederate treasure, and in such an event our force was wholly inadequate for its protection, consisting only of the midshipmen and officers formerl
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Peninsula — McClellan's campaign of 1862, by Alexander S. Webb. (search)
y, and then move an army twice as numerous as Johnston's to the Rappahannock or the lower Chesapeakeossessed many advantages over all the others, Johnston expected his adversary to move by it, and thean choose a more southerly line of approach. Johnston continued to maintain a bold front at Manassask of holding the Federal army in check until Johnston's forces could arrive. We believe that histones were held for one month — long enough for Johnston and the bulk of his army to reach Yorktown — s about ready to open his powerful batteries, Johnston quietly retreated towards Richmond, and so suthe fear of McDowell's forces from the North, Johnston, who had determined to attack McClellan beforre and more from their supports. On May 30th Johnston concentrated twenty-three of his twenty-sevenrks a mile or two in the rear. Unfortunately Johnston did not order Smith forward promptly. Longsted his going to Longstreet's assistance. General Johnston fell severely wounded at night-fall and t[14 more...]<