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Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 3,199 167 Browse Search
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John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies, Chapter 5: (search)
would only impede the accumulation of supplies necessary for your march. I here give the subjoined extract from a letter of General Bragg, addressed to me at the close of the war: near Lowndesboroa, Alabama, 17th December, 1865. my Dear General :-In addition to the Army of Tennessee, then at Dalton, the General commanding there was offered, for an offensive campaign, Polk's Corps from Mississippi and Alabama, Longstreet's Corps from East Tennessee, and a sufficient number from Beauregard's command in South Carolina and Georgia, to make up seventy-five thousand (75,000) effective infantry. The cavalry with these commands would have numbered at least ten thousand (10,000), and the artillery six thousand (6000)-Total, ninety-one thousand (91,000). Besides the effective, so reported, there were not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) able. bodied men bearing arms, but reported on extra duty. such as clerks, cooks, mechanics, laborers, teamsters, etc.,--one-half of whom, at l
John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies, Chapter 15: (search)
ems to me best that I should confer with General Beauregard, and, if quite acceptable to him, place Seddon, Secretary of War, Generals Bragg and Beauregard: [no. 500.] Van Wert, October 15th. paign which followed, unless withheld by General Beauregard or the authorities at Richmond. GeneralGeneral Beauregard at this time was journeying in my direction. I proposed, therefore, when he joined me, ongstreet's Ccrps, and ten thousand men from Beauregard, were proffered for the purpose. After haided to move to Gadsden, where, if I met General Beauregard, I intended to submit to him the foregoi possible to Memphis. Have not yet seen General Beauregard. Give me all the assistance you can to Shortly after my arrival at Gadsden, General Beauregard reached the same point; I at once unfold part of one night, with maps before us. General Beauregard at length took the ground that if I engah Georgia. After two days deliberation, General Beauregard authorized me, on the evening of the 21s[3 more...]
John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies, Chapter 16: (search)
ion to Florence Detention President Davis Beauregard Columbia Spring Hill. General BeauregaGeneral Beauregard's approval of a forward movement into Tennessee was soon made known to the Army. The prospect ofthat could happen for our general good. General Beauregard agrees with me as to my plan of operatioent. Before leaving Gadsden, I urged on General Beauregard to send General Forrest across the Tennethis date, I received the following from General Beauregard: Headquarters Military Division of Respectfully, your obedient servant, G. T. Beauregard, General. About the time all necessaabama, November 17th, 1864. General:--General Beauregard instructs me to say that a bridge about abama, November 17th, 1864. General:--General Beauregard desires me to say that he desires you will nigh drained of all its resources. General Beauregard, as previously mentioned, left me on therable J. A. Seddon, Secretary of War. General G. T. Beauregard, Macon, Ga. A good Lieutenant Gene[13 more...]
John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies, Chapter 17: (search)
he following dispatch to the Secretary of War and to General Beauregard: [no. 541.]headquarters, six miles to Nashvian as far south as Pulaski. Dispatches were sent to Generals Beauregard and Maury to repair the railroad from Corinth to Dece 7th, intelligence was received, and telegraphed to General Beauregard, that General Steele, with fifteen thousand (15,000)p on the loth of January, 1865. I had telegraphed General Beauregard from Bainbridge to meet me, and, in compliance with d, General. On the 15th, after consultation with General Beauregard, a system of furloughing the troops was agreed upon.le to go home and return within ten or fifteen days. General Beauregard concurred with me, and the general order above referor to their homes. This affords positive proof that General Beauregard and I judged aright at Gadsden and also at Florence,rrest's cavalry, which accompanied the Army. Upon General Beauregard's arrival at Tupelo, on the 14th of January, I infor
John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies, Appendix. (search)
before it crossed the Coosa river. The Army reached Gadsden, Alabama, on the 20th of October, at which point General G. T. Beauregard, commanding the Military Division of the West, joined us. It had been my hope that my movements would have causehe river, also to obtain supplies and, thus we should at least recover our lost territory. Orders had been sent by General Beauregard to General Forrest to move with his cavalry into Tennessee. Unfortunately, however, these orders did not reach h attempted a retrograde movement against Sherman. Upon all these questions I had a full and free conference with General Beauregard at Tuscumbia. General Beauregard left it optional with me either to divide the Army, sending a part after Sherman,General Beauregard left it optional with me either to divide the Army, sending a part after Sherman, and to push on with the remainder, or to move forward at once against Thomas with the entire force. The Army I thought too small to divide. I so informed him, when he directed me by telegraph, to push forward at once. Forrest's cavalry joined me