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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 149 (search)
son on May twenty-seventh, 1863. While on my way to Mississippi, where I thought my presence had become necessary, I received, in Mobile, on March twelfth, the following telegram from the Secretary of War, dated March ninth: Order General Bragg to report to the War Department for conference. Assume yourself direct charge of the Army of Middle Tennessee. In obedience to this order I at once proceeded to Tullahoma. On my arrival I informed the Secretary of War, by a telegram of March nineteenth, that General Bragg could not then be sent to Richmond, as he has ordered, on account of the critical condition of his family. On the tenth of April, I repeated this to the President, and added: Being unwell then, I afterward became sick, and am not now able to serve in the field. General Bragg is, therefore, necessary here. On the twenty-eighth, my unfitness for service in the field was reported to the Secretary of War. On the ninth of May I received, at Tullahoma, the followin