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Pages 045-046, Civil War Diary of Confederate soldier George D. Wise, [April 27, 1864]

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Pages 045-046, Civil War Diary of Confederate soldier George D. Wise, [April 27, 1864]

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Title	Pages 045-046, Civil War Diary of Confederate soldier George D. Wise, [April 27, 1864]
Description	[Throughout the war Nathan Bedford Forrest’s reputation as a superb military commander and strategist always kept him one step ahead of the Union armies. Following the war, he returned to his native Tennessee to help found the Ku Klux Klan and served as its highest elected official ]…So much for Forrest - a very meager acct. of his achievements during the last month - but history will do impartial justice to the hero of the West. The siege of Charleston a confessed failure - our arms everywhere victorious - the hosts of gallant Lee & noble Johnston marshaled for the fray we have naught to fear - ‘give us victory or give us death,’ better to die all freemen than to live all slaves. My division (Genl. Stevenson comd’g) left their winter quarters yesterday & marched to the front (Crow valley). [General Thomas]Hindman’s Divn. Also went forward - taking position on our right.
Subjects	Civil War Soldiers
Creator	George D. Wise
Date	[ April 27, 1864]
Format	Handwritten diary
Rights	http://morristownlibrary.org/HCFindingAids/reproductions.pdf
Image ID	civilwardiary 045-046
Publisher	Morristown, NJ: Morristown & Morris Township Public Library, The North Jersey History & Genealogy Center

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