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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Confederate loss at seven Pines.-letter from General J. E. Johnston . (search)
The Confederate loss at seven Pines.-letter from General J. E. Johnston.
[We take pleasure in publishing — the following letter from General Johnston, which explains itself, as we are always ready to make explanations or corrections of any thing that we may put into our Papers.]
Richmond, June 22d, 1877. Rev. J. Wm. Jones, D. D., Secretary Southern Historical Society:
Dear Sir: Major-General Longstreet's report of the battle of Seven Pines, as published in your Society's Papers-May and June, 1877-differs materially from his official report made to me, the commander of the Confederate army on that occasion.
The difference is in the interpolation of a list of killed, wounded, and missing in the paper you published.
No such list was in the official report.
General Longstreet's statement of his loss is in the sentence of his report next to the last, viz: A rough estimate of the loss on this part of the field may be put down at 3,000 killed and wounded.
This estimate was a
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Editorial Paragraphs. (search)