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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the first conflict. (search)
ce of his soldiers and the promises of General Scott. He would, in fact, have achieved a certain victory if, as he believed, he had only had to contend with Beauregard's army. Patterson excused himself for the fatal inaction which had allowed Johnston to escape him by alleging that Scott had directed him to use the utmost caution, and had not kept him informed of McDowell's movements. The reader is referred to an able pamphlet issued by General Patterson in vindication of his conduct in th the arsenals of Charleston, Fayetteville, Augusta, Mount Vernon, and Baton Rouge, secured a complete armament for the first Confederate armies of sufficiently good quality. The conduct of Secretary Floyd is referred to at the close of General J. E. Johnston's Narrative, with a view to exonerate him from these charges. See pp. 426 and 427 of that work.—Ed. The war once begun, the Confederate government—thanks to the activity of its administrative departments, the zeal of private individuals,