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General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 7 (search)
nt as my force, or if I may expect more troops. With the present force we cannot succeed, without great blunders by the enemy. In a telegram of the 3d, Mr. Seddon explained his estimate of my force; asked what his mistake was; expressed great anxiety concerning my plans, and desired me to inform him of them as far as I might think it safe to do so. To this I replied on the 4th: The mistake on your part is, that all your numbers are too large; in reference to General Beauregard, nearly as ten to six. The troops you mention, including Jackson's, just arrived, are less than twenty-six thousand. My only plan is to relieve Vicksburg. My force is too small for the purpose. Tell me if you can increase it, and how much. Grant is receiving reinforcements. Port Hudson is closely invested. The great object of the enemy in this campaign is to acquire possession of the Mississippi. Can you collect here a force sufficient to defeat this object? In Mr. Seddon's next dispatch, dated J