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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A Narrative of the service of Colonel Geo. A. Porterfield in Northwestern Virginia in 1861-1861, (search)
izing a military force. My letters to Colonel R. S. Garnett of May 14th and 16th, will show what p, whether done by myself or my successor, General Garnett, would have been labor thrown away. It cl. This was my position when relieved by General Garnett. I had no objection to being relieved. North Carolina were on the march to join him. Garnett had been, as I believe, influenced by the clat on each of these mountains was the top. General Garnett also writes: This force I consider more tese extracts show how utterly in the dark General Garnett was, and the extent to which he was decei you back if he can. The positions which General Garnett had selected and thought so strong were thold his position in case of attack until he (Garnett) could reinforce him. At last, July 11th, Ros men on the Rich Mountain, McClellan defeated Garnett's entire army of five thousand, and that so bmself of the whole northwestern country. General Garnett was so stunned by this unexpected result,[5 more...]