Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-20
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confederate 0lllcer Answers
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aud Oncers stood True TO
m..,hrep Across the Mighty
River.
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o1 -,S,o TEX, Dec. ia recent
.Se Chicago Times, under the
y ,,u w stories" has created a big
w" he prominent Texas Confed-
en .b,s city, among whom is Col.
pis ire is ruled in consequence
lg.,uratiou in the Express to-day,
dres hot shot as
DIN your issue of to-day
i asb an article from the
T,mes. headed War Stories,
nd Texas, aud signed A. A.
TSe said article contained un.
4 i misrepresentations in geogra-
~ etc. / must express sur
d. KAT the editor of Texas news
I ,onnosed to be acquainted with
w ~ his state, should allow so
mace in his columns for the
4 ,.,ion of pretended facts which are
mon the people Of Texas,
4 .iers men, both dead and living,
4. word Of comment. Can any
a Who was military governor OF
4 5nrine the days of the Con.
and appointed by that
E1spt tell when the mas
"A, New Braunfels occurred?
A extent of the Union sentiment
4 tbe vote on the ratification of
4 r,nce of essIon is evidence.
4 n o opposed the movement as
A n was an open question acqul-
the verdict Of the majority
\ sme dauntless defenders OF
S,lederacy. The vote polled in
4 had never been more than
H md at one time she claimed to
A hundred regiments in the Con-
n service. The exaggerated
EEp,entalions of the matter of
Hrt1re OF Col. Davis and Capt.
Enery do not require a notice
Ia Gen. Bee is still living and
Ndeiend his fair name. l am not
IA Of what happened in reference
Il during the presidency of Mr..
Il | am aware that in regard to the
Il which took place at that point Just
. the campaign began, which
4 the evacuation of Mobile by the
Nerates, A. A. Hayes has been
armed Gen. Slaughter, then
mndng on the lower Rio Grande,
IA communication from Maj
n Lew Wallace inviting him
conference at Point Isabel.
Exposition was accepted. Gen.
II er requested the writer to accom-
IA. The meeting was held at the
Muse. Gen. Wallace said he was
n Gen. Grant to propose terms for
Ennder of the Trans-Mlssissippi
brent, Gen, Slaughter and myself
N him that we had no au-
N to act in the matter.
oppressed a decided refusal
FNch action unless it included ali
HnIederacy. Gen. Wallace sub
n terms which were liberal. The
II was TO take the states
b Tmns-Mlssissippi department
into the Union Just as
Mere, to leave the question
&ry to be adjusted in the future,
IN told us Mobile would be in the
The Union troops before he re-
10 New Orleans, and insisted that
should be made by the armies
~ in the field, and were able to
" the terms. lie assured us we
Beaten, and had nothing 20 hope
n prOlonging the war, which
unconditional surrender in the
lhe only agreement arrived at was
N parties stationed in that section
un within their respective lines.
Evident that no operation there
Pave any effect on the final result.
ers submitted by Gen. Wallace
'kwarded to Gen. John G.. Walker
RastOn by Lieut.-Col. Fairfax
4 Gen. Slaughter and myself
Pc reports, which were inclosed in
N package. The reports assumed
n officials of the Trans-Mississippi
2ent could not accept the terms
EWlthout acting in bad faith to
Brethren on the other side OF
fssippl. Gen. Walker published
prs and perhaps the propositions.
as a reason that the public OBJ
r Idea that something was going
understood the matter, and to
gslltment he caused the publication
Pes. As far as / am personally
h have no objections to the re-
lon OF my report; it would be a
II liquidation OF the inductions
a. Hayes and Il defense
Elle charge of a REASONABLE viola
llty toward the Confederate gov
81 With the lights before me |
f4FOrable to a peace, so
ale men, as reported after
examination by Capt. Theo. G.
~ and other officers, yet nearly
tAlhs after the conference, May,
fen the Union troops advanced in
#'cuon OF Brownsville, we met and
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