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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 89 (search)
ticise, misrepresent, and condemn everything done by or connected with General Smith. General Taylor is a very bad man. You understand that I speak deliberately sentiments I have held, with good reason, for more than twelve months, but which, for obvious reasons, I have never made known except to General Smith and some of his friends, who could see as much as I. I have been as cautious and particular as I know any person occupying my position should be about such matters. About the first of February last, it became evident from the movements of the enemy at New Orleans, Little Rock, and Fort Smith, that a combined offensive movement was preparing against the Trans-Mississippi Department. The Red River valley was to be the theatre of operations. This appeared both from the enemy's movements and from reports from his lines. The northern papers stated that Sherman's force, which had just returned from its expedition through Mississippi, would also be sent for a time to this side o