Book may have numerous typos; missing text; images; or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1905. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV The Fall Of The Curtain GENERAL JOHNSTON REINSTATED TO COMMAND THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE--HIS SENTIMENTS ON THE SUBJECT THE SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX SENATOR WIGFALL ESCAPES IN DISGUISE THE LAST BALL OF THE CONFEDERACY RETURN OF MAJOR WIGFALL POEM ON THE CONFEDERATE FLAG. General Lee having been made Commander-inChief of the Armies of the Confederate States; a communication was sent to him dated Feb. 4th; 1865; from the Confederate Senate asking him to assign General Johnston to the command of the Army of Tennessee. After the fall of Columbia this was done. " C. S. Senate Chamber; " 4th February; 1865. " Genl. R. E. Lee. " Sir: The undersigned beg leave earnestly but respectfully to recommend the assignment of Genl. Joseph E. Johnston to the command of the troops lately composing the Army of Tennessee. We are induced to make this suggestion by information derived from such sources as to leave us no room to doubt its correctness; that the Army referred to is seriously disorganized; and that the surest; if not the only means of effecting its speedy reorganization; and of restoring its discipline and efficiency in time for the approaching campaign; will be the immediate return of its former commander; whose assignment to that position is universally desired by the Officers and Soldiers of that Army. We are further persuaded that among the people of those important and principal States of the Confederacy which have looked to the Army of Tennessee as furnishing their chief defence against the forces with which the enemy is seeking to overcome them; the desire is not only general; but intense; that the principal Army designed for their protection should be placed under the command of Genl. Johnston. And we are convinced that the gratification of their wishes on this point would mate...
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Blood and gold - a great and irresistible account of explorationBy StrategosThis is an excellent history of the sixteenth century exploration of the territories in South America which later became Colombia and Venezuela. Hemming draws from the early chronicles and his account is gripping. Inevitably; given the brutality of the conquistadores in their obsessive search for gold through trackless jungles and on the high plateaus and mountains of the Andes; each of the explorations and early conquests and settlements by is a story written in the blood and suffering of the native Indians.Thousands were enslaved and massacred by every adventurer who led groups of ruthless desperados; and the women and children were abused at will; often after the tribes had welcomed the strangers and offered them food and gifts. Many of the Spaniards and their followers (drawn from various European countries in the gold-rush fever of the times) suffered horribly and died of hunger; disease; or poisoned arrows; and some were even eaten by cannibals or themselves ate their companions or friendly Indians. The book ends tragically; with the disastrous expedition of Sir Walter Raleigh and his execution by order of James I.No better book has been written on the deadly 16th century; when like a swarm of venomous parasites invaders burst into South America - very much like aliens from another planet; bringing diseases to which the people they encountered had no resistance; wearing steel armor and wielding swords; riding horses to which there was no effective defense - killing; pillaging; enslaving; and subjugating vast new lands unimagined before the encounters. It is the story of an image and a myth and its power to delude generations to their destruction - the legend of El Dorado; the golden man and his golden land; of wealth far greater than the gold and silver of Mexico and Peru; waiting for the lucky conquistador who could find and fight his way to it.For anyone who has lived or traveled in Colombia or Venezuela; or who has looked at early maps of South America; or who has seen the movie "Aguirre: The Wrath of God"; this book will bring a whole new perspective in which to see these lands and the first settlements in them.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Tom R.All that glitters is gold.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Three StarsBy stuart cameroncomprehensive history; but too detailed
