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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The relative strength of the armies of Generals Lee and Grant. (search)
the head armies in the West, and continue on down that table until you reach the Army of East Tennessee, under which heading you will find the following, which is all that is necessary for my purposes:  date.Commander.for duty. 1863.OctoberSam. Jones7,975  NovemberSam. Jones10,546  DecemberJ. Longstreet15,342 1864.JanuaryJ. Longstreet18,667 1864.FebruaryJ. Longstreet19,010 1864.MarchJ. Longstreet18,387 1864.JulyS. B. Buckner14,907 Now is it not apparent that this return for MarchSam. Jones10,546  DecemberJ. Longstreet15,342 1864.JanuaryJ. Longstreet18,667 1864.FebruaryJ. Longstreet19,010 1864.MarchJ. Longstreet18,387 1864.JulyS. B. Buckner14,907 Now is it not apparent that this return for March, 1864, of the Army of East Tennessee, showing 18,387 present for duty, being the identical number claimed as the strength of Longstreet's corps, is the very same return of date nearest to the battle which General Badeau attempts to palm off on the British public as the return of that corps? If he ever saw the actual returns, and was not using a mere extract from them, he must have learned that the two divisions of Longstreet's corps, which were with him in East Tennessee, constituted less than
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Defence of Charleston from July 1st to July 10th, 1864. (search)
he careful study and labor of the military historian. As a part of the material for such a history, we present below General Jones' report and the accompanying report of General Taliaferro, of an important episode in the defence of Charleston]. Report of General Sam. Jones. headquarters Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, Charleston, S. C., August 22d, 1864. General — I have the honor to submit the following report of military operations in the vicinity of this place island, and he also reinforced Fort Johnston with a small detachment. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Sam. Jones, Major-General Commanding. To General S. Cooper, A. & I. General C. S. A., Richmond, Va. Report of General W. B. bove is a true copy of the original report made by me, and addressed to Major Stringfellow, Adjutant-General to Major-General Samuel Jones, Confederate States Army, commanding the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Wm. B. Talliaferro
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Editorial paragraphs. (search)
, and Gettysburg. These reports are a part of the collection made by General Robert E. Lee when he was preparing to write the history of his campaigns, and all of which General Custis Lee has kindly promised to donate the Society. From General Samuel Jones, Amelia County, Virginia--His own and General W. B. Taliaferro's reports of military operations in the vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina, from the 1st to the 10th of July, 1864; three letters from General Samuel Jones to General FosteGeneral Samuel Jones to General Foster in relation to treatment and exchange of prisoners; Letters from Brigadier-Generals H. W. Wessels, T. Seymour, E. P. Scannon, Alexander Shaler and C. A. Heckman, United States army, prisoners of war, to the Adjutant-General United States army, recommending an exchange of prisoners of war; letters from Brigadier-Generals H. W. Wessels, T. Seymour, E. P. Scannon, Alexander Shaler and C. A. Heckman, United States army, prisoners of war, to General Foster, stating that they are as pleasantly and c