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The Daily Dispatch: November 2, 1863., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
who arrived from Stevenson last night, accompanied them back. General Rosecrans is said to be at Stevenson, where I doubt not there will be a conference between Thomas, Hooker, and Grant. The situation on the Tennessee is, in its main features, unchanged. We have a force at Bridgeport working at the bridge. Communication The General commanding announces to the officers and soldiers of the Army of the Cumberland that he leaves them under orders from the President. Major-General George H. Thomas, in compliance with orders, will assume the command of this army and department. The chiefs of all the staff departments will report to him for orders.--In taking leave of you, his brothers in arms, officers and soldiers, he congratulates you that your new commander comes to you not as a stranger.--General Thomas has been identified with this army from its first organization, and has led you often in battles. To his renown, precedents, dauntless courage, and true patriotism,
The Daily Dispatch: November 2, 1863., [Electronic resource], The movement of the enemy at Chattanooga. (search)
r, speaking of it, says: The announcement of the passage of the Tennessee at Bridgeport by a column of Federal troops develops to some extent the plans of Gen. Thomas. Bridgeport is 28 miles east of Chattanooga, the railroad connecting the two points.--While we hold Lookout Mountain on the northwest side of Chattanooga, and thus command the railway at its base, it will be impossible for Thomas to secure supplies for his main army in the city. He expects, by the movement of this column in our rear, to induce the abandonment of Lookout Mountain, and thus open communication with Bridgeport, Shelbyville, and Murfreesboro'. The movement now being eumbers. The enemy cannot hold the railroad till Lookout Mountain is abandoned. By force it cannot be taken; by the movement now commenced it possibly may be. If Thomas gain the mountain and possess the railroad he will be content to remain quiet till the opening of the spring campaign. In the effort to secure these ends another