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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—the first winter. (search)
t's despatch did not indicate the road he was to follow, nor did it inform him that, the Federal right having been repulsed, he had to look for it near the mouth of Snake Creek. He therefore followed the road leading to the church of Shiloh, which would have taken him into the midst of the enemy's battalions. It was only when he came near the stream that he found out his mistake and the danger into which he was running. He was placed on the right road by two of Grant's aides-de-camp, Captain Rawlins, the faithful companion of the latter throughout the war, and McPherson, the young and brilliant officer, who, after attaining the highest rank, perished in the very hour of triumph, and whose untimely end is still deplored by the American army. Much precious time was wasted by these countermarches. The first division of Buell, commanded by Nelson, should also be already on the field of battle, for it had reached Savannah the evening before. Grant, on leaving his headquarters in the