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minds of officers and men the impression of a vast holiday frolic ; and 
in the reunions of the veterans since the war, this campaign has always 
been a romantic dream more than a reality, and no chorus rings out 
with so joyous a swell as when they join in the refrain, “ As we were 
marching through Georgia.”—“ The March to the Sea?’ Jacob D. Cox , 
ch. ii., p. 41-42. 
Use of Telegraph in America. —At Mechanicsville, “sitting for 
hours near the telegraph operator at my quarters, prior to the attack, I 
listened to the constant and rapid ticking of his machine, and was kept 
informed, by the various intercommunicating messages at the head¬ 
quarters of the army, of the condition of affairs in front of the three 
corps farthest to the left.” — General Fitz-John Porter. 
The Confederate Morgan’s Great Raid.—I left Knoxville on 
the 4th July 1862, with about 900 men, and returned to Livingstone on 
the 28th with nearly 1200, having been absent just 24 days, during which 
time I travelled over 1,000 miles, captured 17 towns, destroyed all the 
government supplies and arms in them, dispersed about 1,500 home 
guards and paroled nearly 1,200 regular troops. I lossed in killed, 
wounded, and missing of the number that I carried into Kentucky, 
about 90.— Morgan's. 
Morgan’s Disregard for Truth.— “ On July 15th, Morgan reached 
Midway, captured the telegraph operator and installed his own operator 
at the instrument, sent dispatches in the name of the federal generals, 
and changed the orders for the movement of troops. He telegraphed 
in all directions, without the slightest regard for the truth , and succeeded 
in creating the utmost confusion and alarm at Cincinnati, Louisville, 
Lexington, and Frankfort.”— Cist, page 38. 
Jackson’s Marches. —His wonderful celerity of movement was a 
very simple matter. He never broke down his men by too long 
continued marching. He rested the whole column very often, but only 
for a few minutes at a time, and he liked to see the men lie flat on the 
ground to rest, saying, “ a man rests all over when he lies down.”— 
General Imboden. 
A Master of Ruses. —During Lee’s absence north of the Chicka- 
homing, Richmond was at the mercy of McClellan, but Magruder was 
there to keep up a “ clatter.” No one was better fitted for such a work. 
When McClellan landed on the Peninsula he had 118,000 men, and 
Magruder had 11,500, to cover a defensive line of fourteen miles. But 
“ Prince John,” as Magruder was called, amused the enemy by keeping 
up a “ clatter,” and, it may be, amused himself as well. No one ever 
lived who could play off the Grand Seignior with a more lordly air than 
could the “ Prince.” During the absence of Lee, he kept up such a 
“ clatter,” that each of McClellan’s corps commanders was expecting a 
special visit from the much-plumed cap and once-gaudy attire of the 
master of ruses and strategy. He put on naturally all these grand and 
imposing devices which so successfully deceive the military opponent. 
— General D. W. Hill. 
