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General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 5 (search)
welve days before, to concentrate all his available forces before McClellan's army. In making the suggestion on this second occasion, I had no doubt of its adoption, for the Federal forces on the Peninsula were to ours at least in the ratio of five to two; the expediency, even necessity, of this concentration, was much greater at that time than in June, when the measure was adopted, for the ratio had been reduced then to about eleven to seven. In my correspondence with the Administration in May, this suggestion was repeated more than once, but was never noticed in the replies to my letters. Intelligence of the destruction of the iron-clad Virginia was received on the 14th. I had predicted that its gallant commander, Commodore Tatnall, would never permit the vessel to fall into the hands of the enemy. The possession of James River by the naval forces of the United States, consequent upon this event, and their attack upon the Confederate battery at Drury's Bluff, suggested the n
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 7 (search)
nd offered very slight obstacle to a vigorous assault. The commanding officers of the comparatively small bodies of our troops that had encamped near Jackson in May and June, had reported that no other supply of water for troops was to be found than that of Pearl River. This led me to believe that the Federal army, which, as r, Congress called for the correspondence of the President, Secretary of War, and Adjutant and Inspector General, with General J. E. Johnston, during the months of May, June, and July, concerning his command, and the operations in his department. This was on the motion of Mr. Grimes, of Texas, a devoted follower of the President.e having once entertained it is a military offense, or that the manner in which I attempted to extenuate my misapprehension of the Honorable Secretary's telegram of May 9th, makes me obnoxious to the imputations of your letter, especially those of the concluding paragraph. Most respectfully Your obedient servant, (Signed) J. E
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 10 (search)
to me, but to officers who receive their orders from Richmond — not from my headquarters. The defects in the organization of the artillery cannot be remedied without competent superior officers. For them we must depend upon the Government. I respectfully beg leave to refer to my letter to the President, dated January 2d, for my opinions on the subject of our operations on this line. Is it probable that the enemy's forces will increase during the spring? Or will they diminish in May and June by expiration of terms of service? It seems to me that our policy depends on the answers to these questions. If that to the first is affirmative, we should act promptly. If that to the second is so, we should not, but on the contrary put off action, if possible, until the discharge of many of his soldiers, if any considerable number is to be discharged. P. S.-Should Sherman join Thomas, this army would require reinforcement to enable it to hold its ground. Our army that take
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 11 (search)
eived much greater accessions. Our scouts, observing the railroad in its rear, reported several trains filled with troops, passing to it daily, in all the month of May. They were generally garrisons and bridge-guards from Kentucky and Tennessee, relieved by hundred days men, to join the army in the field. And the Seventeenth Corn the enemy greater injury, in proportion to that it received, than we read of in the history of any other campaign of the war-unless in General Lee's operations in May of the same year. At Dalton, the great numerical superiority of the Federal army would have made the chances of battle on equal ground much against us, and thathoochee, we could have given battle only by attacking the enemy in intrenchments, unless we had opportunities on the 19th See page 321. and 28th See page 333. of May. The loss of the Confederate army in this campaign, while under my command, was nine thousand nine hundred and seventy-two killed and wounded, See Medical Dire
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 12 (search)
and Petersburg, or to the right of that line. Major-General Slocum will conduct the Army of Georgia to Richmond by roads to the left of the one indicated for General Howard, viz., by Oxford, Boydton, and Nottoway Court-House. These armies will turn in, at this point, the contents of their ordnance-trains, and use the wagons for extra forage and provisions. These columns will be conducted slowly and in the best of order, and aim to be at Richmond, ready to resume the march, by the middle of May. 4. The chief quartermaster and commissary of the military division, Generals Easton and Beckwith, after making proper dispositions of their departments here, will proceed to Richmond and make suitable preparations to receive those columns, and provide them for the further journey. Before the Confederate army came to Greensboroa, much of the provisions in depot there had been consumed or wasted by fugitives from the Army of Virginia; still, enough was left for the subsistence of the tr
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 13 (search)
ry, and the mode of raising it, were generally understood in the country. It was that the Government should take the cotton from the owners and send it to Europe as fast as possible, to be sold there. This was easily practicable; for the owners were ready to accept any terms the Government might fix; and sending to Europe was easy in all the first year of the Confederacy's existence. Its Government went into operation early in February. The blockade of the Southern ports was proclaimed in May, but not at all effective until the end of the following winter; so that there was a period of about twelve months for the operation of converting four or five million bales of cotton into money. The sum raised in that way would have enabled the War Department to procure at once arms enough for half a million of men, and after that expenditure the Confederate treasury would have been much richer than that of the United States. By applying the first money obtained in this way, to the purchas
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 14 (search)
de it officially impossible for me to return to Jackson; so that all my absence from Mississippi, in 1863, was compelled by the President. I went to Mississippi in May only in consequence of a positive order, because I had been deprived by the President of the power to go without one. On arriving at Jackson, I took the promptest ent to reinforce the Army of the Mississippi. About eighteen thousand men were sent to it from Beauregard's and Bragg's departments between the 12th and the end of May. This could have been done as easily between the middle of April, when General Grant's plan became distinctly known, and the 1st of May, when he crossed the Missisred, were impressed for their use. It was with such assistance that one company repaired its road and the other was repairing its bridge, after.their destruction in May by General Grant's orders. As that course was not disapproved in the first case, it was reasonable to follow it in the second; especially as we had not seen Confed
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Letters. (search)
reiterated orders to attack, and I do feel assured that my orders were received by him. Hoping, sir, that these explanations may be satisfactory, I am, with respect, your obedient servant, J. C. Pemberton, Lieutenant-General commanding. Richmond, December 14, 1863. Hon. James A. Seddon, Secretary of War. Sir: Having been allowed the opportunity of reading General J. E. Johnston's report of the military operations in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana during the months of May, June, and July last, in justice to myself I request to be permitted to make the following additional report: The first order from General Johnston, dated at Jackson, the 13th of May, was received by me near Bovina, on the morning of the 14th, I think, between nine and ten o'clock. It was in these terms: I have lately arrived, and learn that Major-General Sherman is between us, with four divisions, at Clinton. It is important to reestablish communication that you may be reinforced. If pract