Nebraska State Historical Society Publications (Volume 20) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922. Excerpt: ... Captain of the age' believed he deserved it--the army believed he deserved it...."87 Nov. 10. The ninth overland mail arrived on time. The Florilda will make the last trip of the season as high up as Sioux City. The A. B. Chambers, Victoria, Saracen, Skylark, Alonzo Child, Rowena, all still on, for St. Joseph but no higher. OVERLAND MAIL Nov. 21. The twelfth brought six through passengers. RAIN IN NEBRASKA Nov. 23. Letter from one of two travelers who drove from Council Bluffs to St. Joseph through almost constant rain which flooded the roads. After crossing the Little Nemaha, after dark, they were fiercely assailed by wolves and were in great peril until their cries for help were heard in a settler's cabin containing an old man, "The total force in Utah, under command of General Albert Sidney Johnston--colonel of the Second Cavalry--numbered 2,645. On June 30, 1858, there were 3,699 additional soldiers on the march to Utah, but by November 30, the date of the adjutant general's report, all but one company of the Third Artillery and nine companies of the Seventh Infantry had been recalled or diverted. Those eight companies proceeded to Utah. Ex. Docs. 1858-'9, II, pt. 2, pp. 781, 782. The secretary of war, John B. Floyd, defended and praised General Johnston with a clumsy verbosity which must have been irritating to a man of very fine character and a soldier of great ability, thus: The commander, Brevet Brigadiei Oeneral A. S. Johnston, who joined hla command at a time of great tiial and embarrassment with a calm and lofty bearing, with a true and manly sympathy for all around him, infused into his command a spirit of serenity and contentment which amounted to cheerfulness, amidst uncommon hardships and privations which were unabated throughout the tediou...