Identifier: lifeofgeneralalb00john (find matches)
Title: Life of General Albert Sydney Johnston, embracing his services in the armies of the United States, the republic of Texas, and the Confederate States
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Johnston, William Preston
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Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and company, 1878
Contributing Library: Houston Public Library
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ery—on Oglesbysleft. According to the data of Appendix B to this chapter, McCler-nands division was about 8,500 strong of all arms. The attackingConfederate left wing, according to the writers estimate, was composedof five small brigades of infantry, 5,360 strong, and about 1,000 cavalry.Jordan, in his Life of Forrest, puts the cavalry at 800. Appendix Awill show the grounds for this estimate. The antagonists were well matched in courage, confidence, and prideof prowess. Usually one or the other of two opponents promptly per-ceives to which side the scales of victory incline. In extreme peril, allthe senses and perceptions of brave men are quickened ; and, as theGreeks at Salamis saw their guardian goddess hovering over them, sosome subtile instinct seems to say to men, This is the moment of yourfate—press on —or— yield. As Macbeth says of Banquo : . . . . There is none but heWhose being I do fear : and under himMy genius is rebuked ; as, it is said,Mark Antonys was by Caesar.
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DESPERATE FIGHTING. 459 But these hardy soldiers, kindred in blood, equally emulous of glory,and, like the Roman twins, jealous of the birthright and preeminenceof valor, saw nothing in any foe to quell the hope of final triumph.Each side believed that the fierce assault or stubborn stand was proofthat the weight of numbers was with the foe; but, nothing daunted,trusted to manhood for success. As has been seen, when Baldwin first struck the enemy, instead ofencountering pickets or skirmishers, he found the Federals in line ofbattle, on the alert, and ready for the fray. As other brigades came tohis aid, or entered on the combat, he was crowded off to the right, andhad the hard measure of continually meeting new regiments eager toreceive him—most probably the men of W. H. L. Wallaces brigade,who became engaged about seven oclock. Every attempt of the Confederate line to advance was met by aheavy raking fire from an enemy who seemed animated by desperateresolution. Overhead was the lo

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