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May 13th (search for this): chapter 15
with eight brigades near Edwards's Depot. On the morning of the 14th, while on my way to Edwards's Depot from Bovina, I received the following dispatch, dated May 13th, from General Johnston, then at Jackson: I have lately arrived, and learn that Major-General Sherman is between us, with four divisions, at Clinton. It is impor July last, in justice to myself I request to be permitted to make the following additional report: The first order from General Johnston, dated at Jackson, the 13th of May, was received by me near Bovina, on the morning of the 14th, I think, between nine and ten o'clock. It was in these terms: I have lately arrived, and learn that had conceived to be the main purpose of the Government in retaining the army in Mississippi. I would only further remark that when General Johnston, on the 13th of May, informed me that Sherman was at Clinton, and ordered me to attack him in the rear, neither he nor I knew that Sherman was in the act of advancing on Jackson,
May 14th (search for this): chapter 15
n with trans-Mississippi. You may expect whatever it is in my power to do. I have now shown how important I considered it not to advance beyond my direct communication with Vicksburg, and close proximity to the Big Black. Nor would I have done so, and I believe that every general officer of my command, who attended the council held at Edwards's Depot, will sustain me in the assertion (so far as his opinion may go), but for the orders received from General Johnston on the morning of the 14th May. They know, one and all, the loud-voiced public sentiment which urged a forward movement. They also know (there may be an individual exception or two) how eager they themselves were though they differed as to the preferable movement) to leave the position in which they had been in line of battle from the 13th to the morning of the 15th, and to advance upon the enemy; and they know, further, the feeling of their respective commands on the same subject. I have stated in my official report,
May 15th (search for this): chapter 15
speedily as possible, to reorganize the depressed and discomfited troops. Orders were accordingly issued, at ten A. M., and Major-General Stevenson directed to conduct the retreat, which was executed without haste and in good order. I myself proceeded at once to Vicksburg to prepare for its defense. I think it due to myself, in bringing this portion of my report to a conclusion, to state emphatically that the advance movement of the army from Edwards's Depot, on the afternoon of the 15th of May, was made against my judgment, in opposition to my previously-expressed intentions, and to the subversion of my matured plans. In one contingency alone I had determined to move toward Jackson. The safety of Vicksburg was of paramount importance; under no circumstances could I abandon my communication with it. A sufficient force must also be left to defend the riverfront of the city, the approaches by Chickasaw Bayou, by Snyder's Mills, and Warrenton, against a coup de main. My effective
May 18th (search for this): chapter 15
ate to this purpose. During the night of the 17th nothing of importance occurred. Most of the artillery was speedily placed in position on the lines, and immediately measures were taken to arm all men who had either unavoidably lost or who had thrown away their arms on the retreat. General Johnston was notified, on the 17th, of the result of the battles of Baker's Creek and Big Black, and informed that I had, in consequence, been compelled to evacuate Snyder's Mills. About noon of the 18th of May, while engaged in an inspection of the intrenchments with Major Lockett, my chief-engineer, and several of my general officers, the enemy was reported to be advancing by the Jackson road. Just at this moment the following communication was received by courier: Camp between Livingston and Brownsville, May 17, 1863. Lieutenant-General Pemberton: Your dispatch of to-day, by Captain Henderson was received. If Haines's Bluff is untenable, Vicksburg is of no value, and cannot be held. If
May 25th (search for this): chapter 15
eneral Breckenridge reports to-day five thousand eight hundred. Brigadier-General Jackson's cavalry, numbering about sixteen hundred when I was in Tennessee, not included, nor five field-batteries, probably four hundred. General Cooper informs me that no other reinforcements have been ordered to this department. Major-General Gardner is invested in Port Hudson. J. E. Johnston, General. Canton, June 5, 1863. Hon. J. A. Seddon. Dear Sir: I thank you cordially for your kind letter of May 25th, but almost regret that you feel such confidence in me as is expressed in it. From the present condition of affairs, I fear that confidence dooms you to disappointment. Every day gives some new intelligence of the enemy's strength, and of reenforcements on the way to him. My first intention on learning that Lieutenant-General Pemberton was in Vicksburg was to form an army to succor him. I suppose from my telegraphic correspondence with the Government that all the troops to be hoped for hav
May 28th (search for this): chapter 15
cite as a restriction on you against withdrawing troops from Tennessee, and have to repeat my inquiry, To what do you refer? Give date of dispatch or letter. (Signed) Jefferson Davis. Jackson, June 20, 1863. To his Excellency the President: I much regret the carelessness of my reply of the 16th to your telegram of the 15th. In my dispatch of the 12th, to the Secretary of War, I referred to your words, We have withheld nothing which it was practicable to give, in your telegram of May 28th, and to the telegram of June 5th, From the Secretary of War. except the last sentence. I considered Executive as including the Secretary of War. J. E. Johnston. War Department, June 16, 1863. General J. E. Johnston: Your telegram That of June 15th. grieves and alarms me. Vicksburg must not be lost without a desperate struggle. The interest and honor of the Confederacy forbid it. I rely on you still to avert the loss. If better resources do not offer, you must hazard attack.
June (search for this): chapter 15
. To his Excellency the President: Your dispatch of to-day received. I have never meant to fail in the duty of reporting to the Executive whatever might interest it in my command. I informed the Secretary of War that my force was much too weak to attempt to raise the siege of Vicksburg, and that to attempt to relieve Port Hudson would be to give up Mississippi, as it would involve the loss of this point, and that want of adequate means of transportation kept me inactive until the end of June. I then moved toward Vicksburg to attempt to extricate the garrison, but could not devise a plan until after reconnoitring, for which I was too late. Without General Pemberton's cooperation, any attempt must have resulted in disaster. The slowness and difficulty of communication rendered cooperation next to impossible. J. E. Johnston. Extract from Lieutenant-General Pemberton's report of the battles of Port Gibson, Baker's Creek, and the siege of Vicksburg. Headquarters, Gai
June 5th (search for this): chapter 15
inst withdrawing troops from Tennessee, and have to repeat my inquiry, To what do you refer? Give date of dispatch or letter. (Signed) Jefferson Davis. Jackson, June 20, 1863. To his Excellency the President: I much regret the carelessness of my reply of the 16th to your telegram of the 15th. In my dispatch of the 12th, to the Secretary of War, I referred to your words, We have withheld nothing which it was practicable to give, in your telegram of May 28th, and to the telegram of June 5th, From the Secretary of War. except the last sentence. I considered Executive as including the Secretary of War. J. E. Johnston. War Department, June 16, 1863. General J. E. Johnston: Your telegram That of June 15th. grieves and alarms me. Vicksburg must not be lost without a desperate struggle. The interest and honor of the Confederacy forbid it. I rely on you still to avert the loss. If better resources do not offer, you must hazard attack. It may be made in concert with th
June 8th (search for this): chapter 15
neral J. E. Johnston: General — was believed to be peculiarly acceptable to his brigade. What is the objection? Do you advise more reenforcements from General Bragg? You, as commandant of the department, have the power so to order, if you, in view of the whole case, so determine. We cannot send from Virginia or elsewhere, for we stand already not one to two. (Signed) J. A. Seddon, Secretary of War. Jackson, June 10, 1863. Hon. J. A. Seddon, Secretary of War: Your dispatch of June 8th, in cipher, received. You do not give orders in regard to the recently-appointed general officers. I have not at my command half the number of troops necessary. It is for the Government to determine what department, if any, can furnish the troops required. I cannot know here General Bragg's wants compared with mine. The Government can make such comparisons. Your dispatch is imperfectly deciphered. J. E. Johnston. Jackson, June 12, 1863. Hon. Hon. J. A. Seddon, Secretary of War:
June 15th (search for this): chapter 15
gret the carelessness of my reply of the 16th to your telegram of the 15th. In my dispatch of the 12th, to the Secretary of War, I referred to your words, We have withheld nothing which it was practicable to give, in your telegram of May 28th, and to the telegram of June 5th, From the Secretary of War. except the last sentence. I considered Executive as including the Secretary of War. J. E. Johnston. War Department, June 16, 1863. General J. E. Johnston: Your telegram That of June 15th. grieves and alarms me. Vicksburg must not be lost without a desperate struggle. The interest and honor of the Confederacy forbid it. I rely on you still to avert the loss. If better resources do not offer, you must hazard attack. It may be made in concert with the garrison, if practicable, but otherwise without, by day or night, as you think best. James A. Seddon, Secretary of War. Jackson, June 19, 1863. Hon. J. A. Seddon: Dispatch of 16th received. I think that you do not a
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