long service together, during which each had frequent opportunities of seeing the other tested on many a hard-fought field.
Very truly, yours, &c.,
And Major Samuel L. Black, the officer here referred to by Colonel White, in his communication of May 31st, 1880, heretofore quoted from, states the position and movements of Cleburne's division, and describes what transpired between Hardee and Cleburne on the occasion referred to, and the circumstances under which that division was recalled from the assault, in substantial identity with the statement of Colonel White.
The following are extracts from a letter of Lunsford P. Yandell, M. D., of Louisville, Kentucky, written under date of June 12th, 1880:
"I served with General Hardee during the Georgia campaign as his Staff Surgeon, and was with him during all the engagements that occurred after the battle of New Hope church. My chief duty was to be with the General when on the field, and I was seldom absent from his person. I was with him during the fight of 20th July, 1864, at Atlanta. I do not think I was out of sight of him during the day. I recollect distinctly seeing Cleburne, Maney, Bate and Walker during the day. Had General Hardee given any such absurd and unusual warning to Cleburne, as is charged by General Hood, I must certainly have heard it. Everybody knew there were breastworks to be encountered, as there always were on such occasions. I recollect vividly Cleburne's reporting to the General, on the afternoon of the 20th, that his division was ready; and I recollect the position that the General and we of the staff occupied. I did not hear the General make any reference to breastworks; he simply ordered Cleburne forward to the assault. And I further recollect that before Cleburne's division had gone into action, the information came from General Hood which led to Cleburne's being ordered to the extreme right. . . .
"I know that the relations between General Hardee and General Cleburne were of the most intimate and affectionate character. I had many private talks with Cleburne, and I know that no man ever loved or admired another more than he did General Hardee. The parting between these two Generals at Palmetto was one that I shall never forget. . . . I either heard him (Cleburne) say, or heard immediately afterwards from General Hardee, that he had said that except for his duty to his division he would resign his major-generalship and accept a place on Hardee's staff.
The following is an extract from the letter of Captain Buck, Cleburne's Adjutant-General, the first of which is quoted above:
