Life of General Albert Sydney Johnston, embracing his services in the armies of the United States, the republic of Texas, and the Confederate States . nent prudence and distinguished ability. It may be remembered that Ben McCulloch, one of the commission-ers, had been disappointed in not receiving the colonelcy of the SecondCavalry when General Johnston was appointed to it. His magnanimi-ty was evinced not only in his correspondence with General Johnston,but in his conversation with others. Colonel Love, writing to GeneralJohnston from Washington City, June 11, 1860, says; Ben McCulloch told m
Life of General Albert Sydney Johnston, embracing his services in the armies of the United States, the republic of Texas, and the Confederate States . nent prudence and distinguished ability. It may be remembered that Ben McCulloch, one of the commission-ers, had been disappointed in not receiving the colonelcy of the SecondCavalry when General Johnston was appointed to it. His magnanimi-ty was evinced not only in his correspondence with General Johnston,but in his conversation with others. Colonel Love, writing to GeneralJohnston from Washington City, June 11, 1860, says; Ben McCulloch told me yesterday that he was rejoiced that you had been ap-pointed, instead of himself, colonel of the regiment, as, from close observationin Utah, he believed you were the best man that could have been sent there,and that he yielded to you in everything in the line of your duty, as you hadnobly performed it. As the army approached Salt Lake City, Governor Gumming wroteto General Johnston, June 17th: The present excited condition of the public mind demands the utmost cau-tion on your part. ... It is my duty to protest against your occupancy of post-. ARMY ORDERS. 229 tions in the immediate vicinity of this city or other dense settlements of thepopulation. Should you resolve to act in opposition to my solemn protest, youmay rest assured that it will result in disastrous consequences, such as cannot beapproved by our Government. General Johnston had no intention of fixing his headquarters in anysuch location; and, for the obvious advantages of commanding situation,isolation, grass, water, wood, and shelter, had selected the north end ofCedar Valley as a proper site. Nevertheless, it was evident that theMormons ought to feel that the Federal authority extended everywhere;and, therefore, General Johnston marcheol his command in perfect orderthrough the chief streets of the sacred city. After thus formally assert-ing the Federal authority, he moved his troops to Cedar Valley, andmade his
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