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t about a system of co-operation among the railroads, which improved the commissariat. There was a general desire on the part of the country and of the army that Gen. Joseph E. Johnston should be put in command. Gen. Leonidas Polk wrote to the President, I think your friends and history would justify you in this, and that magnanimity perhaps may require it at your hands. General Johnston was assigned to command December 16th, and assumed this position of tremendous responsibility December 27, 1863. On arriving at Dalton he found a letter of instructions from Secretary Seddon, which in brief expressed a hope that he would be able to provision the army and inspire in the people and authorities a more willing spirit, that as soon as the condition of the forces permitted, it was hoped he would be able to resume the offensive, and if the enemy ventured to separate his army, the detachments might be struck with effect. These instructions were prefaced by the statement that it is app