. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . a., Col. Z. C. Deas, ton (w) ; Ky. Squadron, Capt. John H. Morgan. John C. Marrast; 25th Ala., Col. J. Q. Loomis lerg: Ark. Battery, Capt. George T. Hubbard ; Tenn.(w), Maj. George D. Johnston; 26th Ala., Col. J. G. Col- Battery, Capt. H. L. W. MeClung. The total Confederate loss, as officially reported, was 1728 killed, 8012 wounded, and 959 missing = 10,699. According to a field return for April 3d, 1862 ( Official Records, Vol. X, 398), the effective strength
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . a., Col. Z. C. Deas, ton (w) ; Ky. Squadron, Capt. John H. Morgan. John C. Marrast; 25th Ala., Col. J. Q. Loomis lerg: Ark. Battery, Capt. George T. Hubbard ; Tenn.(w), Maj. George D. Johnston; 26th Ala., Col. J. G. Col- Battery, Capt. H. L. W. MeClung. The total Confederate loss, as officially reported, was 1728 killed, 8012 wounded, and 959 missing = 10,699. According to a field return for April 3d, 1862 ( Official Records, Vol. X, 398), the effective strength of the Con-federate forces that marched from Corinth was as follows : Infantry, 34,727; artillery, 1973 ; cavalry, 2073,—or anaggregate of 38,773. The 47th Tennessee Regimeut reached the field on the 7th with probably 550 men, making inall 39,323. Another return ( Official Records, Vol. X., 396) gives the following effective total before the battle :Infantry and artillery, 35,953; cavalry, 4382,—grand total, 40,335. ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON AT BY HIS SON, WILLIAM PRESTOX JOUXSTOX. COLOXEL. C. S. D -^ jURINGr the angiy ijolitical stiife which pre-ceded the contest of arms, General AlbertSidney Johnston 5,- remained silent, stem, and sor-rowful. He determined to stand at his post inSan Francisco, perfonning his fnll duty as anofficer of the United States, until events shouldii(|uire a decision as to his course. WhenTiXtis — his adopted State — passed the ordi-nance of secession from the Union, the alterna-tive was presented, and, on the day he heard thenews, he resigned his commission in the army. ALBERT aiDNEr JOHNSTON AT THE AGE OF 35. ----- Ill 1 A • A FRo«. M,N,.Tu« 8» THOMAS cAMPBEu, FAiNTEo,. He Kcpt thc tact coucealcd, however, lest itmight stii- up disaffection among the turbulentpoijulatiou of the Pacific Coast. He said, I shall do my duty to the last,and, when absolved, shall take my coiuse. All honest and competent wit-nesses now accord
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