The story of a Confederate boy in the Civil War (1914) (14762477572)

Identifier: storyofconfederajohn (find matches)
Title: The story of a Confederate boy in the Civil War
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Johnston, David E. (David Emmons), 1845-1917 Johnston, David E. (David Emmons), 1845-1917. Four years a soldier
Subjects: Johnston, David E. (David Emmons), 1845-1917 Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 7th. Company D
Publisher: Portland, Or. : Glass & Prudhomme Co.
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



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w these three men, all sergeants, through andthrough, this proceeding was excessive and un-warranted. Surely three long years of untiringdevotion and loyalty to the cause for which wefought should be counted worth something. General Pendleton, the chief of artillery of thearmy, visited our lines the middle of March andmade a speech, in which he said, The time israpidly approaching for the opening of the cam-paign, and that man Grant over there means mis-chief. Only with a union of strong arms andbrave hearts can we hope to win. Pack yourhaversacks and be ready to move. There wasnow great activity within the lines of the enemy;the whistle of the locomotive, the inclination andthe action of the enemy to crowd us, all pointedto an early movement, but the question con-fronted us—What are we to do? Can we getaway and how far? Not a mule nor horse thatcan pull a hundred pounds five miles throughthe mud. It was suggested, let us go south andjoin General Joe Johnston, unite forces with him,
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Bripadier-General David E. Johnstonand Aid-de-Camp D. E. J. Wilson A CONFEDERATE BOY 305 whip Grant and then Sherman. Some said onething, some another, but all agreed that if Rich-mond had to be given up, it were better it hadbeen abandoned the fall before, when our trans-portation was in better shape and our armynumerically stronger, and General Grants not insuch good condition, not yet having recoveredfrom its bloody campaign from the Rapidan toPetersburg, and not so confident as now. In March, 1865, at night, our division waswithdrawn from the lines, Mahones division tak-ing our place. We were hurried up to Richmondto the outer intrenchments north of the city tomeet the Federal General Sheridans cavalry corpsof 10,000 men, which a few days before had over-whelmed the little band of about 1500 men ofGeneral ILarly in the valley near Waynesboro, andwere now rapidly approaching Richmond by wayof Charlottesville. Near Ashland Corses brigadehad a brisk skirmish with Sheridans advance. I