The war and its heroes . deis of theSouthern Army, we must anticipate for the future many and costly have many, as the record of these pages well attest, yet to adorn the fieldand inspire the charge; but none, none to spare. As the war drags its slowlength along, all will be needed, and though it seems not iu their nature, wojet trust that it will be in their power, to husband their courage and succeed. CONTENTS. PACK General Samuel Cooper 17 General Robert Edward Lee 21 Lieutenant-General Thomas Jonathan Jackson 27 Major John Singleton Mosby t 35 Major-General Wade Hampton 43 Ma
The war and its heroes . deis of theSouthern Army, we must anticipate for the future many and costly have many, as the record of these pages well attest, yet to adorn the fieldand inspire the charge; but none, none to spare. As the war drags its slowlength along, all will be needed, and though it seems not iu their nature, wojet trust that it will be in their power, to husband their courage and succeed. CONTENTS. PACK General Samuel Cooper 17 General Robert Edward Lee 21 Lieutenant-General Thomas Jonathan Jackson 27 Major John Singleton Mosby t 35 Major-General Wade Hampton 43 Major-General Gustavus Woodson Smith 4T Lieutenant-General James Longstreet 50 Lieutenant-General Ambrose Powell Hill 54 Lieutenant-General Richard S. Eweil 56 Major John Pelham 60 General Joseph Eggleston Johnston 67 Brigadier-General James H. Lane 74 Lieutenant-General John C. Pemberton 76 Commodore George N. Hoiiins 78 Lieutenant-General John B. Hood 81 Major-General T. C. Hindman 84 Major-General Martin Luther Smith 86. GENERAL SAMUEL COOTER. GENERAL SAMUEL COOPER. The world has seen but one Crcsar and one Napoleon, nor is it probable thatit will see another of either for ten centuries to come. Yet, when armies arealready organized, and provided with all the weapons and munitions of war,there will always be found generals to lead them with, at least, tolerable originate armies out of the mass of a population unused to the stern disci-pline of the camp—to create the munitions of war out of literally nothing—toform soldiers out of a population brave indeed, but undisciplined and impatientof restraint—this is a task quite as difficult as to lead them to victory after theyhave been once organized. The mind that accomplishes this is, at least as rareas the mind that conceived the battle of Pharsalia, or that planned the over-throw of the Russians and Austrians at Austerlitz. Carnot possessed this faculty in a high degree, and so does the illustriousgeneral, whose
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