Thursday, April 11, 2024

General Albert S. Johnston to Judah P. Benjamin, March 4, 1862

SHELBYVILLE, March 4, 1862.
J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War:

My army will move beyond this to-day on the road to Decatur. One brigade remains here to protect the stores until they are shipped south. I will be at the telegraph office at Fayetteville to-morrow morning to receive any communications.

A. S. JOHNSTON,        
General.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 7 (Serial No. 7), p. 917

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