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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 24 4 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 15 3 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 12 8 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 5 1 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 2 2 Browse Search
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 6.34 (search)
ot take the commissariat into his own hands and perfect measures for the better care of his men; but it is criticism based on imperfect knowledge, for, under General St. John, the commissariat at this time reached a creditable state of efficiency, General John C. Breckinridge was created Secretary of War on February 5th, 1865, and at once placed General I. M. St. John at the head of the Commissary Department. In a letter, now in my possession, written by General Breckinridge, he says: General St. John's conduct of the department was so satisfactory, that a few weeks afterwards I received a letter from General Lee, in which he said that his army had notGeneral St. John's conduct of the department was so satisfactory, that a few weeks afterwards I received a letter from General Lee, in which he said that his army had not been so well supplied for many months. and these critics should not forget that the dictum of the foremost master of the art of war is, that to command an army well, a general must think of nothing else. Others have expressed surprise that a soldier of such nice foresight should have persisted for so long a time in endeavoring