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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones),
Recollections of a Confederate staff officer by(search). Gen. G. M. Sorrel
Recollections of a Confederate staff officer by Gen. G. M. Sorrel.
A correction, and a vindication of Gen. D. H. Hill.
This communication, in admirable spirit, from the TimesDis-patch of Oct. 1, 1905, justly finds place in the Southern Historical Society Papers.—Ed.
Richmond, Va., September 27, 1905. Editor Times-Dispatch,
Sir,—I have just read the late General Sorrel's charming Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer, and desire to correct an error in regard to myself, inGeneral Sorrel's charming Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer, and desire to correct an error in regard to myself, into which the writer has inadvertently fallen.
On page 107 the impression is made on the reader that I was on duty as General D. H. Hill's adjutant general in 1862, near Frederick, Maryland, at the time when it is alleged that General Hill or an officer of his staff lost an important order from General Lee, which fell into McClellan's hands.
I was not with General D. H. Hill at that period of the campaign.
I had been wounded, as his official report shows, in a skirmish immediately after his di
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)