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far. He wants twenty thousand more men to secure East Tennessee.
Can any large part of it be furnished?
E. K. Smith's troops here might be spared for a few weeks, unless Sherman reappears.
One of Grant's divisions is at Humboldt.
Which is most valuable, Tennessee or the Mississippi
J. E. Johnston, General.
Jackson, Mississippi, January 6, 1863.
To General Pemberton, Vicksburg: Please have a message sent across the river to learn if there are any movements from Arkansas connected with ours.
To General Pemberton, Vicksburg: Please have a message sent across the river to learn if there are any movements from Arkansas connected with ours.
J. E. Johnston, General.
The following dispatch was received from General M. L. Smith: “I am returning from Little Rock.
No troops will be sent.”
J. E. Johnston, General.
I am much relieved to find our troops are on the Duck River.
Not at Deckered.
J. E. Johnston, General.
Colonel Ewell informs me, from Chattanooga, that on the 31st General Bragg had thirty-five thousand, including Wharton's cavalry.
Lost nine thousand-three thousand sick since from exposure.
We have not force enough here if the enemy is vigorous.
Prisoners tell General Bragg of Federal reenforcements from West Tennessee.
J. E Johnston, General.
