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 238 Southern Historical Satiety Papers.

This is an accurate statement of that affair, without any vivid ac- count of the imaginary captures and recaptures of a mythical bat- tery, as in the Sun' s last article.

From the report of Brigadier-General George A. Custer, General "Jeb" Stuart is supposed to have received his death wound from Private John H. Huff, a sharpshooter, Company E, Fifth Michigan Cavalry, Custer' s Brigade, who died from a wound received at Haw's Shop on May 28, 1864.

' ' Gus ' ' W. Dorsey was Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the First Maryland Cavalry, Munford's Brigade, April 28, 1865.

FRANK DORSEY. Baltimore, December 20, 1902.

[This supposition of Custer is more than doubtful, as his brigade, Torbett's Division, commanded by Merritt, attacked the left(Lomax), whilst General Stuart was wounded on the extreme right, Wick- ham, who was attacked by Wilson's Division.]

[From the New Orleans (La.) Picayune, October 19, 1902.J

THE BATTLE OF PERRYVILLE.

There Was no Action in the Civil War Where the Confed- erate Soldier Displayed More Desperate Courage Bragg's Men Fought Against Overwhelming Odds.

By Colonel LUKE W. FINLEY, Confederate States Army.

Can it be of any service to man to recount anything that was done at Perryville ? Was the heroic in any way exemplified there ? Is the heroic consecration to duty of any worth ? Soldiers living have seen Forrest, the very impersonation of courage, exhibit the heroic on many fields. This does not mean that this is the highest type of manhood. The act of Forrest wherein he confessed, late in life, that he had been " building on the sand " and witnessed before men his accountability to his Maker was the highest type.