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Chapter 10: President Davis and Generals Johnston and Beauregard discuss the propriety of pursuing the enemy during the night following the battle. error of Mr. Davis as to the order he wrote. on the 22d General Beauregard assigns his troops to new positions. the President confers the rank of General on General Beauregard, subject to the approval of congress. on the 25th, address issued to troops by Generals Johnston and Beauregard. organization of General Beauregard's army ins especially the case with the newly arrived troops. With regard to my remarks about marching on to Washington, you must have misunderstood them, for I never stated that we could have pursued the enemy on the evening of the 21st, or even on the 22d. I wrote: The want of food and transportation has made us lose all the fruits of our victory. We ought at this time, the 29th of July, to be in or about Washington, and, from all accounts, Washington could have been taken up to the 24th inst. (J
has it, but also in General Beauregard's repeated communications to the War Department, before and after the battle of Manassas, and especially in his letter to President Davis, dated August 10th, 1861, The whole of this letter is to be found in Chapter X. of this work, at page 123. in which he said: With regard to my remarks about marching on to Washington, you must have misunderstood them, for I never stated that we could have pursued the enemy on the evening of the 21st, or even on the 22d. I wrote: The want of food and transportation has made us lose all the fruits of our victory. We ought, at this time, the 29th July, to be in or about Washington, and from all accounts Washington could have been taken up to the 24th instant, by twenty thousand men. Every news from there confirms me still more in that opinion. For several days' (about one week) after the battle, I could not put my new regiments in position for want of transportation. I do not say this to injure my friend
upelo, where no incident of note had thus far happened, General Bragg addressed an interesting communication to General Beauregard, setting forth a plan of active operations which he had prepared, and asking his opinion and advice thereon. This communication is to be found in Appendix. General Beauregard answered as follows: Cullum Springs, Bladon, Ala., July 28th, 1862. General Braxton Bragg, Commanding Department No. 2, Mobile, Ala.: My dear General,—Your letter of the 22d instant was received only last night. I give you with pleasure the following views on your proposed operations from Tupelo, for I wish you the amplest success, both on your own and the country's account. You have evidently but one of four things to do. First, to attack Halleck at Corinth; second, to attack Buell at or about Chattanooga; third, to attack Grant at or about Memphis; fourth, to remain idle at Tupelo. From what you state the first is evidently inadmissible, and the last cannot
r. Chopping will be able to tell you all you may desire to know, but because I am sure you have enough to occupy your attention, without troubling you about home matters. With the sincere hope and confident expectation that you will win additional honors in your new field of exertion. I remain, yours very truly, Thomas O. Moore, Governor. To General G. T. Beauregard, Jackson, Tenn. Langley, Fairfax County, Va., Sept. 25th, 1878. My dear General,—Your two letters of the 20th and 22d ultimo have reached me. Business and indisposition prevented an earlier reply. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I cannot recall the various visits of your aids to General J. en route. I do remember that a telegram was received from you, urging a speedy junction. Are you not, however, mistaken as to where the message which you think induced J.'s change of direction reached him? You say Murfreesboro. My strong impression is, that as early as the night before we reached that point I was aware