The southern civilian Generals have been very unfortunate in
the present war. There are eleven of
this class, who received no military education, and who never before had a
military command. The following are their
names:
Henry A. Wise, whipped in Virginia.
John B. Floyd, whipped everywhere.
Robert Toombs, never been in battle.
Richard Taylor, never been in battle.
Thos. B. Flournoy, never been in battle.
L. Pope Walker, whipped in the West.
F. K. Zollicoffer, killed in his first engagement.
Wm. Mahone, never heard of.
L. O. B. Branch,, whipped at Newbern.
Wm. H. Carroll, never on a field.
R. E. Rhodes, never on a field.
– Published in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 12, 1862, p. 4
