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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Bragg and the Chickamauga Campaign—a reply to General Martin. (search)
ow how little blame should have attached to him (General Bragg) for Hindman's palpable disobedience of orders in McLemore's Cove, and General Polk's failure to attack Crittenden's corps in its isolated position immediately after Hindman's fiasco. Of Hindman's failure I know nothing save what is to be found in the official reports. Hindman, although commanding one of the divisions in General Polk's corps, having been assigned to it just before the campaign, was, with his division, on September 9th, detached from Polk's corps in order that he might make the movement into McLemore's Cove, under the direct supervision of army headquarters, it being understood that General Bragg was then quite partial to him. The order detaching him was this: headquarters army of Tennessee, Gordon's Mills, Sept. 9th, 1863. General: Orders have been given to Major-General Hindman detaching him from your corps. He is directed to move at once. Respectfully, your obedient servant, Kinlock Fa
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Reunion of the Virginia division army of Northern Virginia Association (search)
f as was greatly feared by the authorities, the enemy should be merely making a feint with a small force to draw off our army, while with their main forces they stood ready to seize the first favorable opportunity to attack the capital. On September 9th, Halleck telegraphed to McClellan: It may be the enemy's object to draw off the mass of our forces and then attempt to attack from the Virginia side of the Potomac. Lee's 35,000 men were on that day preparing to march northward from Frederinted; whenever he relied upon his acting upon sound rules of strategy his expectations always failed. So it was, that when he relied upon the evacuation of Harpers Ferry he found that he was entirely mistaken in his calculations. On the 9th of September he learned that the forces in the Lower Valley had been concentrated at Harpers Ferry. In order to dispose of this threat upon his flank and rear, he at once set his army in motion, directing Major-General J. G. Walker to proceed by the Vir