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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Battle of Shiloh: refutation of the so-called lost opportunity, on the evening of April 6th, 1862. (search)
rder (to retire), it is probable that something would have been said about it. （Military Operations of General Beauregard, by Colonel Roman, page 535.) Captain Clifton H. Smith, who carried to Bragg the order that General Beauregard really did give, states that it was in these words: Ride to the front and instruct General Bragg to arrest the conflict and reform the lines. Smith also writes that he found Bragg in a slight ravine in rear of Ruggles's division, accompanied by his staff and escort. * * * He had evidently but just retired from some portion of his line of battle. General Ruggles himself was immediately at hand. * * * I am confident none egard's) presence. It was quite dark, and he was at first unable to distinguish you. The darkness settles in my mind the time of our return to your headquarters. Smith further states, circumstantially, that the distance traversed by Bragg and himself was between one and two miles—no more; that is, not exceeding twenty minutes in