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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 2 0 Browse Search
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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—the siege of Chattanooga. (search)
of the enemy. Requests for furloughs, at first readily granted, multiply at a fearful rate. It appears to be the belief that the army has accomplished its task. Besides, Halleck continues to parcel it out, for at the beginning of September he asks Grant for a division to reinforce Steele in Arkansas. Finally, the army beholds its chief himself reduced for a time to inactivity. The Federal Government wished to re-establish its authority in Texas and occupy the frontier formed by the Rio Grande River. The creation of the ephemeral empire of Mexico, together with the difficulties which it had raised between Paris and Washington, caused the latter to fear lest a foreign army, crossing the Rio Grande, might come and join with the Confederates. But Grant was still thinking of the expedition to Mobile. Whether the troops landed at the mouth of the Alabama or of the Rio Grande, they had to embark at New Orleans. Toward the latter part of August he went to that city in order to confer