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General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 7 (search)
cted to attack. instead of attacking, begin a siege. evacuation of Jackson. army withdrawn to Morton. enemy, after burning much of Jackson, retire to Vicksburg. relieved of command of Department , in search of good camping-ground, until the 20th, when we halted three or four miles west of Morton. Two divisions of Federal infantry and a body of cavalry, drove our cavalry rear-guard thrount-General Hardee, transferred from the Army of Tennessee to that of Mississippi, had arrived at Morton. Confidence in that distinguished soldier made me feel at liberty to leave the army. I thereforal Lee. The accusations of this letter were answered seriatim, on my return to my office in Morton, in a letter dated August 8th. In its next session, and on the 11th of December, Congress ca the President and I thought ought not to be done constituted failure to discharge my duties. Morton, August 8, 1863. Mr. President: I. (Copy.) Your letter of July 15th was handed to me in Mo
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 14 (search)
engines was much felt in the latter part of the war, when they would have been very valuable, to transport provisions to Lee's army. Their preservation would have been easy. It would have required nothing more than the construction of a temporary bridge over Pearl River at Jackson. 6. After this the President's confidence in Johnston's ability as a general was so far destroyed, that he determined not to intrust him again with the command of an important army. He remained in command at Morton and Meridian until December, and in his department nothing of importance occurred. After the battle of Missionary Ridge, public clamor and the army demanded a change in the command of the Army of Tennessee. General Bragg's repeated applications to be relieved were finally granted, and, upon the earnest, repeated, and urgent appeals of many of the best and foremost men of the country, the President was induced, contrary to his judgment, to assign General Johnston to that command. That offic