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Browsing named entities in Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones). You can also browse the collection for A. L. Long or search for A. L. Long in all documents.
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 3 (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Memoir of General John Bankhead Magruder
Memoir of General John Bankhead Magruder. General A. L. Long.
As far back as 1848 the name of Colonel John Bankhead Magruder became familiar to me through the press.
He had just returned from Mexico crowned with honor fairly won in the brilliant campaigns of General Scott.
But it was not until 1851 that I became personally acquainted with him. He was then in command of Fort Adams (the guardian of the harbor and town of Newport, Rhode Island). Here he enjoyed a fine field for exercising his high social qualities and fondness for military display.
His princely hospitality and the brilliant show-drills with which he entained his visitors made Fort Adams one of the most attractive features of the most celebrated watering place in America.
It was, however, not until some years later, when I came under his command, that I learned to appreciate the chivalric character and admire the military ability of Colonel Magruder.
This was at Fort Leavenworth, in the fall of 1858, after the s