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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The lost Dispatch—Letter from General D. H. Hill. (search)
as it moved by, and was observed to drop a paper from his pocket, which was picked up as soon as he left, and delivered to McClellan on his arrival on the 13th. The two stories do not harmonize very well, and to them might be added that of E. A. Pollard, who stated that I threw down the order petulantly, because I was not pleased with its contents! In my reply to Pollard, seventeen years ago, in my magazine, The Land We Love, I exposed the unfairness of attributing to me the loss of a papePollard, seventeen years ago, in my magazine, The Land We Love, I exposed the unfairness of attributing to me the loss of a paper, solely upon the ground that it was directed to me. I also published the statement of my Adjutant-General, Major J. W. Ratchford, that Lee's order had never been received at our headquarters. There are many still living, who know that I occupied a tent, and not a house, outside of Frederick. Whittier said in reference to the story of Barbara Fritchie that it was as well authenticated as any fact in history, on a rumor current in Frederick. It is a very painful thought to me that a Confeder