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Port Hudson (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
hnston will, for the purpose of correspondence and reports, establish his headquarters at Chattanooga, or such other place as in his judgment will best secure communication with the troops within the limits of his command, and will repair in person to any part of said command, whenever his presence may for the time be necessary, or desirable. This command by its terms embraced the armies under command of General Bragg in Tennessee, of General Pemberton at Vicksburg, as well as those at Port Hudson, Mobile, and the forces in East Tennessee. This general order has never been changed nor modified, so as to affect your command, in a single particular, nor has your control over it been interfered with. I have as Commander-in-Chief given you some orders which will be hereafter noticed, not one of them however indicating in any manner that the general control confided to you was restricted or impaired. You exercised this command by visiting in person the armies at Murfreesboro, V
Jackson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
, has not permitted me to pass them by as a mere oversight, or, by refraining from an answer, to seem to admit the justice of some of the statements. Respectfully, etc., (Signed) Jefferson Davis. Telegrams sent by General Johnston from Jackson, Miss., to Richmond, Va. May 28, 1863. To President Davis: It is reported that the last infantry coming leave Montgomery to-night. When they arrive I shall have about twenty-three thousand. Pemberton can be saved only by beating Grant. ng which it was practicable to give. In your telegram of May 28th, and the telegram of the Secretary of War to me of June 5th, except the last sentence, I considered Executive as including the Secretary of War. Candy Creek Camp, July 5th, via Jackson, July 7, 1863. To the President: Your despatch of June 30th is received. I considered my assignment to the immediate command in Mississippi as giving me a new position and limiting my authority to this Department. The ordering of the War De
Candy Creek (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
bilities, cannot in addition command other remote Departments. June 20, 1863. To the President: I much regret the carelessness of my reply of the 16th, to your telegram of the 15th. In my despatch of 12th to the Secretary of War, I referred to the words, we withheld nothing which it was practicable to give. In your telegram of May 28th, and the telegram of the Secretary of War to me of June 5th, except the last sentence, I considered Executive as including the Secretary of War. Candy Creek Camp, July 5th, via Jackson, July 7, 1863. To the President: Your despatch of June 30th is received. I considered my assignment to the immediate command in Mississippi as giving me a new position and limiting my authority to this Department. The ordering of the War Department transferring three separate bodies of troops from General Bragg's army to thistwo of them without my knowledge, and all of them without consulting me, would have convinced me, had I doubted these orders of the
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
necessary, as you were informed in my despatch of the 8th instant, that I should make a more extended reply than could be given in a telegram. That there may be no possible room for further mistake in this matter, I am compelled to recapitulate the substance of all orders and instructions given to you, so far as they bear on this question. On November 24th last you were assigned, by Special Order No. 275, to a defined geographical command. The description included a portion of Western North Carolina and Northern Georgia, the States of Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, and that portion of the State of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River. The order concluded in the following language: General Johnston will, for the purpose of correspondence and reports, establish his headquarters at Chattanooga, or such other place as in his judgment will best secure communication with the troops within the limits of his command, and will repair in person to any part of said command, whene
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
Carolina and Northern Georgia, the States of Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, and that portion I have not considered myself commanding in Tennessee since assignment here, and should not have r Department orders transferring troops from Tennessee to Mississippi. This is in substance a re statement that troops were transferred from Tennessee to Mississippi by order of the War Departmenpi, and whom you were requested to divert to Tennessee, the purpose being to hasten reinforcements uary, that I should change the order placing Tennessee and Mississippi in one command under your diy fit to oppose Grant would involve yielding Tennessee. It is for the Government to decide between this State and Tennessee. June 16, 1863. to the President: Your despatch of 15th is receiver Department orders transferring troops from Tennessee to Mississippi, and whether commanding there the number of troops to be transferred from Tennessee. I could no more control this judgment b[13 more...]
Murfreesboro (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
at Port Hudson, Mobile, and the forces in East Tennessee. This general order has never been changed nor modified, so as to affect your command, in a single particular, nor has your control over it been interfered with. I have as Commander-in-Chief given you some orders which will be hereafter noticed, not one of them however indicating in any manner that the general control confided to you was restricted or impaired. You exercised this command by visiting in person the armies at Murfreesboro, Vicksburg, Mobile, and elsewhere, and on January 22d I wrote to you, directing that you should repair in person to the army at Tullahoma, on account of a reported want of harmony and confidence between General Bragg and his officers and troops. This letter closed with the following passages: As that army is part of your command, no order will be necessary to give you authority there, as, whether present or absent, you have a right to direct its operations, and to do whatever belongs to
Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
nt, that I should make a more extended reply than could be given in a telegram. That there may be no possible room for further mistake in this matter, I am compelled to recapitulate the substance of all orders and instructions given to you, so far as they bear on this question. On November 24th last you were assigned, by Special Order No. 275, to a defined geographical command. The description included a portion of Western North Carolina and Northern Georgia, the States of Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, and that portion of the State of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River. The order concluded in the following language: General Johnston will, for the purpose of correspondence and reports, establish his headquarters at Chattanooga, or such other place as in his judgment will best secure communication with the troops within the limits of his command, and will repair in person to any part of said command, whenever his presence may for the time be necessary, or desirable.
Montgomery (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
y have been overlooked as accidental, if acknowledged when pointed out. The perseverance with which they have been insisted on, has not permitted me to pass them by as a mere oversight, or, by refraining from an answer, to seem to admit the justice of some of the statements. Respectfully, etc., (Signed) Jefferson Davis. Telegrams sent by General Johnston from Jackson, Miss., to Richmond, Va. May 28, 1863. To President Davis: It is reported that the last infantry coming leave Montgomery to-night. When they arrive I shall have about twenty-three thousand. Pemberton can be saved only by beating Grant. Unless you can promise more troops we must try with that number. The odds against us will be very great. Can you add 7,000? I asked for another Major-General, Wilcox, or whoever you may prefer. We want good General Officers quickly. I have to organize an army and collect ammunition, provisions, and transportation. June 10, 1863. To Secretary of War : Your desp
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
and instructions given to you, so far as they bear on this question. On November 24th last you were assigned, by Special Order No. 275, to a defined geographical command. The description included a portion of Western North Carolina and Northern Georgia, the States of Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, and that portion of the State of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River. The order concluded in the following language: General Johnston will, for the purpose of correspondence and reportu from Tennessee was sent on a similar despatch from the Secretary of War to General Bragg, informing him of your earnest appeal for cavalry, and asking him if he could spare any. Your request was for a regiment of cavalry to be sent to you from Georgia. My despatch of May 18th pointed out to you the delay which a compliance would involve, and suggested that cavalry could be drawn from another part of your Department, as had been previously indicated. In no manner, by no act, by no languag
Mississippi (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
your assignment to the immediate command in Mississippi as giving you a new position and as limitinrgia, the States of Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, and that portion of the State of Louisianahad ordered the division of cavalry from North Mississippi to Tennessee, I telegraphed to you that ordered, on May 9th, to proceed at once to Mississippi and take chief command of the forces, givin Tennessee, since assignment here, i.e., in Mississippi. When you received my telegram of June 15th, informing you that the order to go to Mississippi did not diminish your authority in Tennessem by a greater number, then on their way to Mississippi, and whom you were requested to divert to T Tennessee, since assignment here (i.e., in Mississippi). Your despatch of the 5th instant is againnduced the instruction to you to proceed to Mississippi was the conviction that your views on the prders transferring troops from Tennessee to Mississippi, and whether commanding there or not, that [12 more...]
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