. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . lared abounded inthe essentials of food. General Johnstons comments on the commis-sariat are unfounded. He requested an in-crease of provisions which his commissary alonecould determine, and allowed the accumulation togo on for twelve dajS after he knew that he hadmore than he wanted. When I was informed, Idid what he should have done — telegraphed theshippers to stop. Two weeks before his move hepromised my officer, Major Noland, the transpor-tation deemed sufficient, and of whic
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . lared abounded inthe essentials of food. General Johnstons comments on the commis-sariat are unfounded. He requested an in-crease of provisions which his commissary alonecould determine, and allowed the accumulation togo on for twelve dajS after he knew that he hadmore than he wanted. When I was informed, Idid what he should have done — telegraphed theshippers to stop. Two weeks before his move hepromised my officer, Major Noland, the transpor-tation deemed sufficient, and of which he had as-sumed direct control. Empty trains passed themeat which had been laid in piles, ready for ship-ment. Empty trains idle at Manassas fordays, in spite of Nolands efforts to get Johnston says the stores of the other de-partments were brought off. Eight hundred newarray saddles, several thousand pairs of new shoes,and a large number of new blankets were burned—Quartermasters stores then difficult of attainment. THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR IN MISSOURI. BY COLONEL THOMAS L. 8SEAD. ii. ^OUTH CAROLINA had just seceded and the whole coun-try was in the wildest excitement when the CieneralAssembly of Missouri met at Jefferson City on the lastday of the year 1860. Responding to the recommenda-tions of Governor Jackson and to the manifest will ofthe people of the State, it forthwith initiated measmvsfor ranging Missoi;ri with the South in the impendingconflict. A State Convention was called; Viills to organize,arm, and ccjuip the militia were introduced ; and the Fed-eral Government was solemnly warned that if it sent anarmy into South Carolina, or into any other slaveliold-iug State, in order to coeice it to remain in the Union,or to force its people to obey the laws of the UnitedStates, the people of Missomi would instantly rally onthe side of such State to resist the invaders at all hazardsand to the last extremity. The most conspicuous leader of this mov
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