. Anecdotes, poetry, and incidents of the war : North and South : 1860-1865 . the last. Why was this ? Didthe good of the cause require that it should beso ? Let us suppose that, in refusing to surren-der at Fort Donelson, he committed a the good of the country require that heshould never be forgiven? If General Floydcommitted a wrong, General Pillow was guilty ofa like offence. General Pillow was reinstated inhis command. Why was not the same justicerendered towards General Floyd ? The writer ofthis is a friend and ardent admirer of PresidentDavis. He has full confidence in his patr
. Anecdotes, poetry, and incidents of the war : North and South : 1860-1865 . the last. Why was this ? Didthe good of the cause require that it should beso ? Let us suppose that, in refusing to surren-der at Fort Donelson, he committed a the good of the country require that heshould never be forgiven? If General Floydcommitted a wrong, General Pillow was guilty ofa like offence. General Pillow was reinstated inhis command. Why was not the same justicerendered towards General Floyd ? The writer ofthis is a friend and ardent admirer of PresidentDavis. He has full confidence in his patriotism,integrity, and ability; but he is constrained to saythat the old patriot, who has gone down to hisgrave, was wronged at his hands. A more patri-otic man than John B. Floyd did. not live in thelimits of this Confederacy. He was brave andable, honest and sagacious, kind and courteousto those under him, and one of the truest men Iever knew. Those who served under him at FortDonelson, who saw him sharing the dangers andperils of his men, his face and breast bared to the. \ Gen Ill SHERIDAN. ANECDOTES, POETRY, AND INCIDENTS. 435 pitiless storm, with the icicles hanging to his graybeard; those who heard his words of cheer andcomfort to the doubtful and desponding willnever forget him. And again at Nashville, afterthe fall of Donelson, restoring order out ofchaos, quieting the fears of the timid, puttingdown the lawlessness of the rabble, and saving theproperty of the Government. Before the arrivalof the Federals at Nashville he had removed toa place of safety more than a million dollarsworth of Government stores, which would other-wise have been destroyed in the general also saved the State of Tennessee many hun-dreds of thousands of dollars by his timely ax-rival at the capital. Such was John B. Floyd. This imperfect, butimpartial sketch is but a poor tribute to the future historian will do him justice. He wasa noble, chivalrous, patriotic Virginian ; but
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