The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-20
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ties. HstaH me he had been wounded
ten times Speaking ofStonewall Jack
son, he said that "ahhough he did not
possess any great qualifications as strate-
gist, and was perhaps unfit for the inde-
pendent command of a large army, yet
he was gifted with wonderful courage
and determination, and a perfect faith in
Providence that he was destined to ,des-
troy the enemy. He was much indebted
to General Ewell in the campaigns in the
Virginia Valley, and was fortunate in
commanding the flower of the Virginia
troops, and being opposed to the most
incapable Federal commanders, such, as
Fremont and Banks"
GENERAL BEAUREGARD,
Is man of middle height, about At
years of age. He would be very youth
full in appearance were it not Tor the
color Of his hair, which is much grayer
than his earlier photographs represent.
Some persons account. for the sudden
manner in which his hair turned gray by
allusion to his cares and anxieties during
the past two years but the real and less
romantic reason is to he found in the
rigidity of the Yankee blockade, which
interrupts the arrival of articles of toilet.
He has a long, straight nose, handsome
brown eyes, and dark moustache with
out whiskers, and be is extremely polite.
He Is New Orleans Creole, and French
is his native language. He spoke to me
of the inevitable necessity, sooner or Ia
ter, of a war between the Northern States
and Great Britain and he remarked that
if England would join the South at once,
the Southern armies, relieved of the
present blockade and enormous Yankee
pressure, would be able to march ri ght
tinto the Northern States, and by!occu-
pying their principal cities would give
the Yankees so much employment that
they would be unable to spare many men
for Canada lie acknowledged that in
Mississippi, Gen. Grant had displayed
uncommon vigor, and met with consid-
erable success, considering that he had
no great military capacity. He regarded
the question of ironclads versus forces as
settled, especially when Tie IRE from the
latter is plunging. If the other moni-
tors had approached as near as the kco-
I.kpk, they would have met the same fate.
He said lis official orders, both from the
Government and the City Council, were
that he was TO allow Charleston to be laid
in ashes sooner than surrender it; the
Confederatcs being unanimous in the de-
termination that whatever happened the
capital of South Carolina should never
have to submit.o the fate of New Orleans.
But he did not, however, anticipate any
such alternative.
! LIEUTENANT GENERAL LoNGSTREET,
Is an Albanian thick set, deter
mined looking man, forty-thrce years.
He was an infantry major in the old
army, apd now commands the First Corps
d'Armec. He is never far from General
Lee, who relics very much upon his
judgment. BY the soldiers he is uni
vcrsally spoken of as the chest fighter in
the whole army" While speaking Of
entering upon the encrny's soil, he said
to mo that although it might be fair in
just retaliation to apply the torch, yet
that so doing would dcmoralizc the army
and ruin its now excellent discipline.
Private property is, therefore, to be re,
spectcd. Gen. Longstrect is generally u
particularly taciturn man, but this eve
ming he and l had long talk about Texas,
where he had been quartared when in
the old army. In the course Of his con-
versation he said that Meade was an
honorable man, bat not SO bold, perhaps,
as Hooker.