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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 78 (search)
gun had to be indulged until the humored delay reached long past the day's sunrise, It was 10 o'clock A. M. before General Polk made the attack. (General Bragg's letter, February 8, 1873.) for which falterings General Polk was a few days thereafter removed from the command of his corps. See the charges and specifications preferred by General Bragg against this officer, copies of which are in my possession. Also, General Bragg's reasons, telegraphed to the President at Richmond, October 1, 1863, from near Chattanooga, likewise in my possession. It may be just and proper to state here that some assign as a reason why Polk did not move and attack as ordered, was that he ascertained that Longstreet's right lapped his (Polk's) left front, and to have advanced would have resulted in the slaughter of our own men. General Polk's assigned reasons for his delay appears in part in the reports of his subordinate commanders, but were not satisfactory to the Commanding General. （Ge