7th Mississippi Infantry
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- Sep 28, 2013
- Location
- Southwest Mississippi
They Didn't Like Each Other Much: Johnston and Pemberton at Vicksburg
By David M. Smith
September 19, 1996
© 2001 David M. Smith and the Cincinnati Civil War Round Table
The elderly man sat stiffly in the chair. Outside, chores remained to be done, but they could wait for the moment. The sun was still well up, and promised to provide sufficient daylight to continue on with his quest.
It was difficult not to react with anger. John C. Pemberton had spent four long years fighting against his family, and for a cause in which he and his country had lost everything. He had been disgraced and humbled. He spent the years after the war attempting to regain his honor and dignity -- both with his brothers, sisters, and family in Philadelphia, and the Southerners who blamed him for the loss of Vicksburg. All he wanted was for the record to be told fairly. And now, nearly ten years after Appomattox, General Johnston had reopened the old wound of Vicksburg.
Read the entire article at:
http://www.cincinnaticwrt.org/data/ccwrt_history/talks_text/smith_johnston_pemberton.html
By David M. Smith
September 19, 1996
© 2001 David M. Smith and the Cincinnati Civil War Round Table
The elderly man sat stiffly in the chair. Outside, chores remained to be done, but they could wait for the moment. The sun was still well up, and promised to provide sufficient daylight to continue on with his quest.
It was difficult not to react with anger. John C. Pemberton had spent four long years fighting against his family, and for a cause in which he and his country had lost everything. He had been disgraced and humbled. He spent the years after the war attempting to regain his honor and dignity -- both with his brothers, sisters, and family in Philadelphia, and the Southerners who blamed him for the loss of Vicksburg. All he wanted was for the record to be told fairly. And now, nearly ten years after Appomattox, General Johnston had reopened the old wound of Vicksburg.
Read the entire article at:
http://www.cincinnaticwrt.org/data/ccwrt_history/talks_text/smith_johnston_pemberton.html