The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-02-03

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F. log thr Savannah, anl mN.nE in
F. Niirna am1 itnnia hcine occupied
thus closing the eudfo lina NJ rtroal
10 inylor and Forrest of The defeat
. " Forrest q. ~oimH
Colonel lfeekiuHdga announced
/. his own determination uut to uufou
I. dcr until ordered vs. Nr Davis or
thn Sucrrtury of Wrr. lul that very
lcw Of hia men shared lhat feeling
and he would noi urge them 10 go
any further General Vaughn and
/ his command would ucccpi whatever
terms General Johnston had which
were then not known 10 w.. Mr.
Davis said it was then useless to keep
men under arms who would not
, fight; criminal TO risk the lives Of
the men who would fight, 10 tbr bra
very of those who would not. There
Z fore, the commands must be win
5 moved. That he could haze bccn at
, Shreveport by that day, but was not
, willing to leave the men who were
, still in the field. Thatlhc supposed
: General Johnston had surrendered
! that all the army left in the depart
:. ment were the commands represented
| in that meeting--that of them moi
G more than four hundred could be dc.
] pended upon any further, That he
f would attempt TO 90 to General Tay'
{ lor, and If that army went TO pieces
r he would cross the river, and if th,
}, cause should be finally lost, he woulC
: feel he had done all his duty as b,
best could. That, called to his place
j without his Intervention, he woult
n continue to discharge its duties n
d long as possible. That this contcs
n might have resulted disastrously, bu
: the cause was not lost; the bloot
d shed during four years was not shct
n in vain, and under other auspices an'
{, ADLER leaders, would yet succeed.
d After considerable discussion i
il was agreed that Mr.. Davis, with
II small escort should 20 Immediately {
o Washington Georgia, and then go oI
i such route as seemed best that Gen
If eral Dreckinridgc should take per
Ie sonal cammand Of the cavalry thcr,
:, and move that night across the Sa
% yannah river at Vienna, where ther
IS was pontoon bridge. This wa
1t carried out, and at daylight we eros
y ed the river. That day was spent ]
N paving the men actually present p'
Is capitd-Gen. Breckenridge and III
,r humblest private sharing alike; cac
a receiving about s2G in coin.
le The statement that at any tin
IN upon the march from Charlotte
lg Washington any attack was mad
upon the specie train was mistak
in This train was guarded to Abb
I'd willie by detachment Of midshipmc
a President Guards, and perhaps a ic
r other "Virginia army" soldiers:
x Abbcyille il was placed under a picl
se ed guard from Dukes Brigade, und
h. the command of Colonel Steele, AT
tie from Abbeyillc to Vienna it W
m was guarded by picked body fro
e- the whole cavalry, under the pc
cd sonal command of General Duke.
N. By this time more definite iniorr
Of alton had been received Of &c
re, Johnstons surrender. Gen. Naugl
"a, and his whole command, Gen. ID
I'm rcll, Col. McIemore and the wh'
he division, except Col. Breckinrid
and some fifty officers aud me
&c, about equally divided between I
le- two brigadcs, and all save about 0
ed hundred and fifty Of Gen. Duk
ns- command, determined to remain o
lis accept the terms received by Gene
ied Johnston. On the lth at Washir
'is- ton, Gen. Fergusnn'3 Briga
to stopped, leaving Gen. Brccklnrid
10 upon the morning OF the 9th, ~
les Woodstock, Georgia, with n CO
scs pany of about fifty kentuckians a
iey Tennesseoans, well armed
lies mounted under Col. Breckinrid
tie. and one hundred and fifty Kentu'
ac- ians, only tolcrably armed a
Ky mounted. under Gen. Duke.
sho The fctlcrals had possession
but Athens, Macon, Augusta; also
ant Montgomery, Selma and Mobile
lry, that with patrols and scouts eve
Ike. where, Il secmed hopeless TO after
-out any escape. No official annour
lde, m6nt Of the trims and extent
to Iuhnston's surrender had been
on coiged.
der On the morning Of the 9th q
ms eral Brcckinridge ordered Gen
mel Duke and Colonel Brrckinridg
ling surrender or disland, saving, IN
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