"I don't hold much stock in the ranking of these commanders as to their position in the overall army."
I don't know how it worked but that was the order that Davis submitted them and just like today, there were ego's to be fed. Johnston was in part basing his complaint on his position on the U S Army, I think.
Part of his letter;
"It seeks to tarninsh my fair fame as a soldier and a man, earned by more that thirty years of laborious and perilous service." (Joe Johnston)
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