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General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 6 (search)
lonel Morgan's achievement at Hartsville. meet the President at Chattanooga, and accompany him to Mississippi. battle of Murfreesboroa. Vaiced. Several railroad accidents delayed me in my journey to Chattanooga — the location for my headquarters chosen by the War Department-ondition of General Bragg's army, I was summoned by telegraph to Chattanooga to meet the President. On doing so, I found that the object of enant-General Pemberton's command. The President returned to Chattanooga in a few days, and directed me to give the orders necessary to c, and informing me that an explanatory letter would be found at Chattanooga. The object of this visit, as explained in the letter found in Chattanooga, was to ascertain the feeling toward the general entertained by the army-whether he had so far lost its confidence as to impair heemed to me more proper in Mississippi than in Tennessee, I left Chattanooga for Jackson, on the 9th, and at Mobile, when continuing on the 1
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 7 (search)
and reports, establish his headquarters at Chattanooga, or such other place as in his judgment wile ordered to join General Bragg's army near Chattanooga, and were engaged in the battle of Chickamar way, it was supposed, to join the army at Chattanooga. On the 28th, six or eight regiments ofilable forces. He is strongly fortified in Chattanooga, but is embarrassed to supply over the mounhe points on the railroad from Nashville to Chattanooga, where most injury could be done to it withn its way to join the United States army at Chattanooga. On the 10th of October, Brigadier-Genen against the communications of the army at Chattanooga. There he met General Wheeler with his div from Vicksburg via Memphis, to the army at Chattanooga, was then between Tuscumbia and Corinth. Ie Shoals and then resumed his course toward Chattanooga on the north side of the river. General to join the Army of Tennessee in front of Chattanooga. They were Quarles's and Baldwin's, the la
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 9 (search)
nts to about eighty thousand men; occupying Chattanooga, now strongly fortified, Bridgeport, and Stpredecessor estimated the enemy's force at Chattanooga, Bridgeport, and Stevenson, at about eightyTennessee. To the first, the obstacles are Chattanooga, now a fortress, the Tennessee River, the rer who belonged to General Grant's staff at Chattanooga. These troops occupied Chattanooga, BridgepChattanooga, Bridgeport, and Stevenson. Besides them, the Ninth and Twenty-third Corps, twenty-five or thirty thousandof the enemy. The railroad from Atlanta to Chattanooga passes through Rocky-Faced Ridge by Mill-Cre same time covers any direct approach from Chattanooga to Resaca or Calhoun-points on the route frhs, half of it in the rugged region between Chattanooga and Dalton, had so much reduced the conditith all the troops that could be spared from Chattanooga, to cooperate with the Army of the Ohio in army, in marching order, had advanced from Chattanooga to Ringgold that day, and that a large body
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 10 (search)
s in a great measure on its connection with Chattanooga for support, and both are entirely dependen and destroy the railroad from Nashville to Chattanooga, fulfills both conditions. To accomplisrland is low, similar to the one in passing Chattanooga, you isolate that position and compel a retle. Such a position can only be found near Chattanooga. The march into Middle Tennessee, via Kailroads enough to compel the evacuation of Chattanooga. Certainly it could make a powerful diversral army at Knoxville, equally distant from Chattanooga and Dalton, was exactly between Longstreet nited forces on the road from that place to Chattanooga, at the point nearest to Dalton, and employe navigation of the Tennessee — the army in Chattanooga might be induced in that way to attack in or position, and repairing the railroad from Chattanooga to Ringgold. The intelligence received on t Charleston, on the 2d, both on the way to Chattanooga; and that these troops and the Army of the [1 more...]
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 11 (search)
ame year. At Dalton, the great numerical superiority of the Federal army would have made the chances of battle on equal ground much against us, and that army, even if beaten, would have had a secure place of refuge near, in the fortress of Chattanooga; while our nearest, indeed only place of safety in the event of defeat, was Atlanta — a hundred miles off, with three rivers intervening. Therefore, a victory gained by us could not have been decisive, while defeat would have been utterly dis I received your dispatch last night. I regret exceedingly that you cannot grant my request, as I am satisfied Sherman's escape with his army would be impossible if ten thousand good cavalry under Forrest were thrown in his rear this side of Chattanooga, and his supplies cut off. The whole country expects this, though points of less importance should, for a time, be overrun. Our people believe that General Johnston is doing all in his power with the means at his command, and all expect you t
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 14 (search)
country. 5. Although the President's confidence in General Johnston's ability was somewhat shaken by that officer's conduct, he determined to place him in command of the most important department of the Confederacy. Johnston's friends were confident of his ability, and the President thought that his own judgment should not be put in opposition to so many good, judicious, and intelligent men. He was therefore assigned to the command of the Department of the West; his headquarters at Chattanooga; with full and complete control over the armies operating in Tennessee and Mississippi. After assuming that command, he was directed to go to Tullahoma, to ascertain if General Bragg had so lost the confidence of his troops as to render it expedient to remove him. After reporting in favor of that officer, he remained in Tullahoma, instead of returning to Jackson, where his presence was required by the imminence of General Grant's invasion; and, even in such a crisis, he went to Mississip
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Letters. (search)
ent servant, J. E. Johnston, General. Chattanooga, Tennessee, December 4, 1862. General S. Cooper, J. E. Johnston, General. Telegram. Chattanooga, Tennessee, December 4, 1862. General Cooper, Ricorrow. J. E. Johnston. Telegram.Chattanooga, Tennessee, ) December 4, 1862. General Bragg, MuVirginia: Colonel Ewell informs me, from Chattanooga, that on the 31st General Bragg had thirty-, January 22, 1863. General J. E. Johnston, Chattanooga. General: As announced in my telegram, Ibedient servant, J. E. Johnston, General. Chattanooga, February 26, 1853. Major-General Van Dorn.bedient servant, J. E. Johnston, General. Chattanooga, February 25, 1863. Hon. J. A. Seddon, Secrispatches (telegraphic) from you, by way of Chattanooga, to which I have briefly replied by telegra April 18, 1863. Brigadier-General Jackson, Chattanooga: Stop all troops from the Department of Misrton's orders. Do it at Atlanta, as well as Chattanooga. J. E. Johnston, General. Jackson, May[1 more...]