Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898. To Genl. Wm. F. Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. Airdrie, (P.O. Paradise, Ky.), 16 Jan. 1894. ALS, 24 pp.
Call No.
Mss. C B
Content
Upon Smith's commendation, Buell desires to see Maj. [John Codman] Ropes' chapter of [Civil] war history. Buell states his opinion of the object of the book thus far and comments on Ropes' tendency to ascribe the final success to the military genius of one man, and the difficulty that this will cause for later historians.