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Savannah (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 6.49
Jefferson City (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 6.49
Alexandria (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 6.49
Texas (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 6.49
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The defense of the Red River.
I have found amongst my war papers two letters upon the Red River campaign which I believe have never been published.
They were written by me to Mr. Davis, the President of the Confederacy, immediately after the ssippi River March 7th, 1863, and held it until the end of the war.--editors. I became convinced that the valley of the Red River was the only practicable line of operations by which the enemy could penetrate the country.
This fact was well underst elf to the task of defending this line with the slender means at my disposal.
Fortifications were erected on the lower Red River; Shreveport and Camden were fortified, and works were ordered on the Sabine and the crossings of the upper Red River.
tions.
Though 25,000 of the enemy were reported on the Texas coast, my information convinced me that the valley of the Red River would be the principal theater of operations and Shreveport the objective point of the columns moving from Arkansas and