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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Causes of the defeat of Gen. Lee's Army at the battle of Gettysburg-opinions of leading Confederate soldiers. (search)
atroled by war vessels, that it was a mere chance when the blockade was evaded. The large army under Grant, besieging Vicksburg and Port Hudson, could very readily have been brought against one or the other of our armies in the field on the fall of the beleaguered towns, which was a mere question of time, as Gen. Johnston was unable to concentrate a force large enough to relieve them. Our main Western army, under Bragg, was confronted in southern Tennessee by a much larger army under Rosecrantz,. while the Army of Northern Virginia was confronted on the Rappahannock by one of nearly, if not quite double its numbers, under Hooker. In this condition of things, it was very apparent that unless we could break through the cordon that was gradually closing and tightening around us, we must infallibly be crushed as a victim in the coils of a boaconstrictor. To set down and content ourselves with a mere defensive policy, would be to await an inevitable collapse of our cause, sooner or
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Recollections of campaign against Grant in North Mississippi in 1862-63. (search)
t in good time, for about four o'clock P. M. Rosecrantz came upon him with a sudden and heavy attackrged and captured the enemy's guns. While Rosecrantz advanced by this Jacinto road, which enters , with purpose to take part in the attack on Rosecrantz in the morning. Rosecrantz's force on theRosecrantz's force on the Jacinto road was estimated at over 17,000 men. Our army lay between Grant and Rosecrantz, and if th but the complete victory he would gain over Rosecrantz in the morning. He seemed to take no accounigade had gone on with the train. I think Rosecrantz must have thought our army was changing fronopportunity of counting the force with which Rosecrantz pursued us, and he reported it to me at 22,0we had every expectation of being pursued by Rosecrantz from Corinth. Therefore, Maury's division hght thousand men guarded Davis's bridge, and Rosecrantz with twenty thousand men watched the Tuscumbte his army and train from between Grant and Rosecrantz, and escape what would have been certain cap[18 more...]