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The Daily Dispatch: December 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], Farewell order of Gen. Bragg . (search)
Farewell order of Gen. Bragg.
The following is Gen. Bragg's farewell order to his army:
General Order, No. 214.
Upon renewed application to the President his consent has been obtained for the relinquishment of the command of thisGen. Bragg's farewell order to his army:
General Order, No. 214.
Upon renewed application to the President his consent has been obtained for the relinquishment of the command of this army.
It is accordingly transferred to Lieut. General Hardee.
The announcement of this separation is made with unfeigned regret.
An association of more than two years, which bold together a commander and his trusted troops, cannot be severed ed.
Bidding them and the army an affectionate farewell, they have the blessings and prayers of a grateful friend. Braxton Bragg.
On assuming command, Lt. Gen. Hardee issued the following General Order:
Soldiers of the Army of Tennessee: General Bragg having been relieved from duty with the army, the command has devolved upon me. The steady courage, the unsullied patriotism of the distinguished leader who has shared your fortunes for more than a year, will long be remembered
The Daily Dispatch: December 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], The cause of the late Defeat. (search)
The cause of the late Defeat.
--An article appears in the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, of last Monday morning, from Senator Hill, of that State, upon the cause of the late disaster to our arms in Northern Georgia. Senator Hill says:
More than half the new officers and privates on Gen. Bragg's muster rolls are absent from duty, and that of the 103,000 men drawing pay in that army, only 40,000 were present for duty.
They are to be found around our hotels, around their homes, and upon all our railroads — some with legitimate leaves of absence, but it is surmised that at least ninety out of every hundred are able for duty, and ought to be at their posts.
find all the well men been present at the late battle the invading army would not only been defeated but annihilated.