The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-05-24

me clHHIng, however SeneiulE
they may feel the expenditure,
are inHced to buy AS + 1ut
natural. the cid Confederate yeJ-
erans fail the easiest prey to me
enterprising agents Of Messrs.
| Wright, LaBree &c Boyd
This "Official and Illustrated
War Record" in no sense, is
what it purports to be. The title
is fraudulent as the contents are
false. It's purpose is not to re-
cord, but to falsify history. In
| all its component parts the inten-
ton to elevate the Union cause.
army and leaders, at the expense
of those OF the Confederacy, is
plainly apparent. To effect this,
official records, universally ac-
cep,ed as reliable, are ignored,
garbled or completely changed,
as occasion prompts. The fol-
lowing extracts are samples Of
the many peryersions Of fact in
which this "Ofiicial Record =
abounds, and Will convey an
idea OF the character Of the work:
'April -, 1864, General Forrest
overpowers the Union fore IS at
Fort Pillow, eompels them to sur
render, and Immediately after
commences an inliscriminate
massacre Of both colored and
white, not excepting women and
children who have taken refuge
in the fort.
June 10, Is, 1864-The Con
federatos, under Forrest. defeat-
cd in five different battles near
Pontotoc, Miss. :
Page 435-The rate Of mortali-
| ty in prison is given as follows:
''In Union prisons l3 Ii per
cent.
"In Confederate prisons 38 =
10 per cent.
This statement is manufactured
solely for the purpose Of support
ing the charge Of maltreatment
of Union prisoners. 1t is direct
| lv at variance with the reports OF
Federal end Confederate medical
departments, to which General
Wright and his associates had
access. The per centage Of
ceaths was less in Confederate
than in Federal prisons.
In this "Oflicial Record" there
is a persistent and systematic
Justification Of numbers ana cas-
ualties in different battles. In
varlably the number Of Confed-
crates engaged is increased and
that Of the Federals correspond
ingly diminished. The motive to
enhance the credit Of the latter is
manifest. Notwithstanding the
returns made by General Lee OF
his strength at Gettysburg, Cen
eral Wright states it to have been
much greater, and credits him
with $1,000 infantry, 2S0 guns
and II, 600 cavalry. (See fage
352.
The "Ofdcial Record an
/ nounces the defeat By Grant Of
tho Confederatcg at Belmont, un-
der Sydney a. Johnston The
name If our great chieftain suf-
fers in mutilation as does the
I truth Of history.
4 Thd "Official Record = states
that Jackson gained no victory
4 lnear Chantiliy) and that Pope
retreated to the Potomac unas-
| sailed.
The ''OGicial Record places
/ General Stoneman in command
OF the Federal forces at the battle
! Of Pleasant Hill, La, and, as q
4 pleasurable incident Of the war,
makes Sheridan capture Juna.
Early ana 1,s00 men between
Staunton and Charlottesville, We.
March 2, is ). The Confederate
cruiser Alabama is designated 5y
General Wright as 2 corsair anl
Confederate soldiers arc claseeC
as rebels.
If you gill examine the 790 il.
, lustrations contained in the sol
fetal Record you vii o0s=rvt
5 that selection has been made
with but ore object in Yieu-tr
show the pgowess and enhanct
the glory oi the Federal army
, Incidents ana battles creditablt
to Confederate arms are couspic.
nous for their absence.
7 Is not my purpose to review
8 the "Dfhcial Record" in eZtenso
: out rather, bv exhibiting proofs,
: d call attention to It's character
Divested of ils authorship 8nl
guarantee of trutAiamess by higi
r Confederate officers, it nigat b,
, left contemptuously to the fate o
like vicious publications tha
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