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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Notes of a Confederate staff-officer at Shiloh. (search)
ough draught of it. Afterward the copies were made by an aide-de-camp on the staff of General Bragg. These orders were delivered to Generals Polk and Hardee by 1:40 A. M., as shown by their receipts, which I required to be taken. The orders to General Breckinridge were given by telegraph, he having been called by me to the military telegraph office nearest his headquarters to receive them and to answer queries regarding his command. As I find from a paper officially signed by me April 21st, 1862, this reserve consisted of 6436 rank and file effectives. ( Official Records, Series I., Vol. X., p. 396.)-T. J. Thus did it happen that the Confederate army was brought to undertake the offensive at Pittsburg Landing. Ii. Upon quitting General Bragg's quarters I proceeded immediately to the tent of Colonel A. R. Chisolm, aide-de-camp to General Beauregard, separated from my office by some thirty or forty yards, roused him from sleep, and asked him to inform the general at daylig