The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-18

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STATES army, who should rcsirs their COM
miSeions In that army 20 take service In
the army Of tho Cunfcdcracy. shouId rank
| relatively accordingly to tsrir rank In the
! United States army, which law was well
known TO these officers,
General bradley Johnson daposcS COM
plctsly Of tho law az the Coutcdcracy.
which fixed tho relative rank Of the five
| generals who had been serving In the army
| OF tho United Staten
Under the act OF the Confederate con.
rrusa OF March IL five brlsndiors were APP
pointed with relative rank as follows. viz !.
J. loseph n lohne'ka' erls'ei'er United
2 Samuel Cooper colonel United States
!. sidney Johnston>colOnci United s,atcs
army.
4. u. H. Lee lieutenant colonel United
Stltes army.
b. O. r. BeawrcGard. captain United
states army.
on MAY tG congress nussod another net
declaring that those tlvo hrigadlorS shall
hnvp the rank and denomination OF gen
erals but whom tho prceident issued TO
them commissions he CHANGED their lawful
rauk lhual
Fnst Coopcr Ia rank ns genera, May iG;
s,cond. A. 8 Johnston from May ~ thru.
Leo FROM June 10. fourth. j. ". Johnston
Juy 3 ntth Bcnuroelrd July ~
General Joe Johnston flied his remon-
strnnce sgainst a ruling SO unjust, and
than went on doing hls duty rs only he was
obic TO do e, 20 the very end,
ON July ~ wnR fought tho first battle
~ Manassas. OF which 200 Johnston was
the super.n,cndlne providence. He issued
the orlnrB md moved the troops and a.
rcc,od the blows which Produced the great
rcauit"
BATTLE or WILLIAMSBURG.
Early in Mny. 1862. tscc PAGE 81. bradley
Iohnsou) johnston hnd upon tho Peninsula
an army u 10000 mon. Mcclellan, With
900 mon. was elowy advancing hy rcgu-
lar anpronchcs to attack Johnston. Nc
poweu lying at Fredericksburg with 10000
men II was noccsasry for Johnston 10
withdraw from the Peninsula end take 20.
sition ncur Richmond, from which ne could
meet tho attack Of slther Wing
In tho execution of this movement no
was attacked May g. 1862. by Mcclellan,
who was repulscd with great vigor by
johnston.
Johnston captured many priscners ton
colorR aud twelve ricll pieces Mcclellan
made no further nttacl5
Iohustp held tho .lald alcpt upon II,
and next day pursucd hts march towards
Riohluoul Mcclellan made no further at
tempt 20 modest the Conieletate army.
which marched quietly on to richmond
hni took position near seven Pines. nix
mites from tho city
RMS hattla OF Williamsburg has teen
claimed by soue writer's na "a rroHt Union
victory" I, WIS ono of those brilliant
strokes OF bntiio which Johneton incw
how and when TO deliver, and an ctlectuai
defeat Of the great Federal army,
Johnston urged upon the president the
| inheritance 81 NJ once Assembling all Of
the dinpcrscd trnupa OF tho Coufadoracy into
ura great army aud with that falling upon
| Mcclellan whom he had thus drawn from
his hnFo and crushing him Neither tho
president nov General Lee approved ~ this.
ma 80 40 tho opno, lun''5 was 1921 OF destroy
! orranl1rd n,r,y HAT cy,r invs5,i v,rci,',
Mcclellan moved up aid occupied mo
oppositc hauie on the Chlehahpminy john
feJl, and Naltb re,oliS, XXI i,, Nv, 'm"' ,.t,nr
! pnrt or MAY his whole force was n 100
| cncclyea
,a Hn W., 49,, .ru 81 n"g ME- l,ll'n ulu %h@ ~.
HE chickahotnlpy with bls army tSrovlnr
the two corps Of Hcutzloman aud Keys
! 9lYer 10 inc Wrst me slde upan winch
opportunity tina aiysn Kim by lila rr.nt
adversary The separated corns advanced
very SLOWLY towards Johnston and in
| tronchod ~ they came jonnfton knew tho
ireaehoinus character Of tho Chickahomlny.
| aud hop"d from the weather indicated that
me stream would soon be In flood 90 that
| ne mlghi lca,ioy the two advanced corps
before M,, ie'lnu could g"i TO their hrlp
! ON tho &Sh of MAY Johnston prepared to
| "1N,eN ,u' N'NP''t,N ,pIA lhc elements
nN ,",'AM, hnlpea nm heavy lhn
','"S ~. hlvNnnoluin y" that az Coz
w. N'uu NY, l'nl" anu ms Sop
slrns, ~, i,, "r ''.l Whon Long
an ,,,,,, r. u''n,n9"u'r
slaup,t am" hact u,o ~, o,., TIE , '~ ,h-
ana un, no MIA ,tm, a,,a ~ va N''
iast rci,rol ilnn ,'"''' """ '"e 'on''h ana
r,trv v,,,pu mamma,