. Slavery and four years of war : a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865 . APPENDIX D Springfield, Ohio, October 22, 1888. General Horatio G. Wright, Washington, D. C. My Dear Friend,—After expressing to you that high regard Ihave always had for you, and also expressing the hope that yourhealth is good, also that of your family, I have the honor to callyour attention to the following matter, of some interest to you nodoubt. General R. S. Ewell, of date of December 20,
. Slavery and four years of war : a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865 . APPENDIX D Springfield, Ohio, October 22, 1888. General Horatio G. Wright, Washington, D. C. My Dear Friend,—After expressing to you that high regard Ihave always had for you, and also expressing the hope that yourhealth is good, also that of your family, I have the honor to callyour attention to the following matter, of some interest to you nodoubt. General R. S. Ewell, of date of December 20, 1865, in the formof a report addressed to General R. E. Lee, to be found in Vol. XIII.,Southern Historical Papers, page 247, in speaking of the battle ofSailors Creek, after having concluded his general report of thatbattle says : * I was informed at General Wrights headquarters, whither Iwas carried after my capture, that 30,000 men were engaged withus when we surrendered, viz., two infantry corps and Custers andMerritts divisions of cavalry, the whole under command of GeneralSheridan. On page 257, same book, in a note appended to a report of thesame battle, by General G. W. C. Lee, he says
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