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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 37: (search)
e of General Jackson, he determined to still further divide his army; and, while he, with the divisions of Anderson and McLaws, less than fourteen thousand men, should hold the enemy in his front, he would hurl Jackson upon his flank and rear, and crush and crumble him as between the upper and nether millstone. The very boldness of the movement contributed much to insure its success. The flank movement of Jackson's wing was attended with extraordinary success. On the afternoon of the 2d of May, he struck such a blow to the enemy on their extreme right as to cause dismay and demoralization to their entire army; this advantage was promptly and vigorously followed up the next day, when Generals Lee and Stuart (the latter then in command of Jackson's wing) joined elbows; and after most heroic and determined effort, their now united forces finally succeeded in storming and capturing the works of the enemy. Meantime Sedgwick had forced Early out of the heights at Fredericksburg, an
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 48: (search)
lk's command (then en route), the advance of which joined him at Resaca, the effective strength of General Johnston's army was not less than 68,620 men of all arms, excluding from the estimate the thousands of men employed on extra duty, amounting, as General Hood states, to ten thousand when he assumed command of the army. Army at Dalton, May 1, 1864, according to General Johnston's estimates Narrative, p. 302. 37,652 infantry. 2,812 artillery.2,392 cavalry. Mercer's brigade, joined May 2d 2,000 infantry. Thirty-seventh Mississippi Regiment, en route 400   infantry Dibrell's and Harrison's brigades in rear, recruiting their horses 2,336 cavalry. Martin's division at Cartersville 1,700   cavalry ——— 49,292 Polk's command 19,330 ——— Total effective 68,620 To enable General Johnston to repulse the hostile advance and assume the offensive, no effort was spared on the part of the government. Almost all the available military strength of the south and wes
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 54: (search)
nd an agreement that there should be an armistice; he says, however, that two days after that meeting news was received of Johnston's surrender and my capture. The latter was untrue, and he does not say who communicated it, but that he was at the same time notified that the Johnston-Sherman convention had been disavowed by the United States government, and notice given for the termination of the armistice. Under these circumstances he asked General Canby to meet him again, and on May 18th, two days before I was actually captured, but which he supposed had already occurred, he agreed with Canby on terms for the surrender of the land and naval forces in Mississippi and Alabama. These terms were similar to those made between Johnston and Sherman; the mounted men were to retain their horses, being their private property. On May 26th, the chief of staff of General E. Kirby Smith, and the chief of staff of General Canby, at Baton Rouge, arranged similar terms for the surrender of the