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Narrative of the western theatre in the American Civil War, 1880s

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But the fact that Corinth was of vital importance to the Confederacy & that many of the troops were raw ought to have made our commanders more cautious  but the lesson was the dying gift of Albert Sidny Johnson and Grant & Sherman never failed to profit by it afterward
Look at the Confederate army 
Johnston a Corinth is organizing his army preparing for a move giving attention in person to the details looking after the sick and the wants of his men  
his force in the language of  Bragy "was a hetrogeneous mass in which there was more enthusiasm than disciplin more capacity than knowledge & more valor than instruction."  
Some were armed with shot guns and some with squirrel rifles and some had good arms, some were raw troops and some had had a taste of battle before.  
Gen Beaureguard was second in command

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But the fact that Corinth was of vital importance to the Confederacy & that many of the troops were raw ought to have made our commanders more cautious but the lesson was the dying gift of Albert Sidny Johnson and Grant & Sherman never failed to profit by it afterward Look at the Confederate army Johnston a Corinth is organizing his army preparing for a move giving attention in person to the details looking after the sick and the wants of his men his force in the language of Bragy "was a hetrogeneous mass in which there was more enthusiasm than disciplin more capacity than knowledge & more valor than instruction." Some were armed with shot guns and some with squirrel rifles and some had good arms, some were raw troops and some had had a taste of battle before. Gen Beaureguard was second in command