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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 6 (search)
The battle in which General Johnston was wounded.
[from the Richmond times, March 29, 1891.] described by his Courier, Drury L. Armistead.
Among the many who will cherish the memory and mourn the death of that grand old soldier and chieftain, General Joseph E. Johnston, there will be no one more sincere and loving than his old courier and soldier, Drury L. Armistead, of Prince Edward county, who so gallantly rescued him from the battle-field of Seven Pines, and to whom the General was so attached, and upon one occasion said: Armistead is one of the bravest and truest soldiers I ever saw.
Your correspondent has fortunately obtained the following account from Mr. Armistead of that memorable day:
Farmville, Va., March 28, 1891.
A memorable day.
General Johnston having removed his headquarters from a position on the River road, 29th May, 1862, to a position on the Nine-Mile road several miles east of Richmond, and having decided to attack McClellan after the heavy rain of t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)