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General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 32: failure to follow success. (search)
Chapter 32: failure to follow success. Longstreet differs with General Bragg as to movements of pursuit the Confederates on Lookout Mountain Federals gain comfortable positions around it superior officers of Bragg's command call for his removal Bragg seeks scapegoats President Davis visits the army Tests the temper of the officers towards Bragg he offers the command to Longstreet he declines his reasons General Bragg ignores signal-service reports and is surprised General Joe Hooker's advance night attack beyond Lookout Mountain Colonel Bratton's clever work review of the western movement and combination it should have been effected in May instead of September inference as to results had the first proposition been promptly acted upon. About sunrise of the next morning, General Bragg rode to my bivouac, where report was made to him of orders of the night before, to replenish supplies and prepare to take up pursuit at daylight. He asked my views of the next