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Chapter 44: Generals Beauregard and Hardee meet, by appointment, at Augusta. they hold a conference at Green's Cut Station with Generals D. H. Hill and G. W. Smith. Military situation as there developed, and plan adopted and forwarded to the War Department, with General Beauregard's endorsement. disappointment as to the number of troops. order to General Stevenson. enemy begins his forward movement on 1st of February. disposition of his forces on the March. General Beauregard's plan for opposing him. he Advises concentration at Columbia, and abandonment of sea-coast cities and towns. his plan of operations, if aided by the Government. ordered to resume the command of General Hardee's Department. General Beauregard's instructions to General Wheeler. telegram to General Cooper. Tardiness of General Hardee in evacuating Charleston. General Beauregard in Columbia. Confers with General Hampton and the Mayor. General Hardee's anxiety. General Beauregard goes ag
wards reporting for duty; and to the fact that the Georgia State troops, or reserves, amounting to about fifteen hundred effectives, were not allowed to pass beyond the boundaries of their State, and were, therefore, not available for any operations in the two Carolinas. Cheatham's and Stewart's corps had also been delayed on their march from Tupelo, Miss.; and Lee's corps, under Major-General C. L. Stevenson, was still destitute of its means of transportation and of its artillery. On the 3d General Hill was required to return one of the brigades of Lee's corps which he then had with him at Green's Cut Station, and the following order was thereupon issued to Major-General Stevenson: Augusta, Feb. 3d, 1865. General,—General Beauregard desires that you will forthwith move with your corps by rail to Branchville, and assume command at that point of all troops which may be there. You will carry with you five days cooked rations. On reaching Branchville you will open communi
February 15th, 1865 AD (search for this): chapter 19
few hours later, at Sumterville he forwarded this telegraphic message to General Lee: Sumter Station, S. C., Feb. 15th, 1865. General R. E. Lee, Richmond, Va.: Generals Stevenson and Hampton report from Columbia enemy has appeared in theirn there. G. T. Beauregard. And to General Hardee he sent the following important despatch: Sumterville, Feb. 15th, 1865. Lieut.-General Hardee, Charleston, S. C.: Commence immediately movement as arranged; and, if practicable, averagwas the direct cause of this blameworthy procrastination. General Hardee's telegram read thus: Charleston, Feb. 15th, 1865. To General Beauregard: The following dispatch was received last night from President Davis: Your despatch of 12tated. General Beauregard's answer followed without delay. It was in the following words: Columbia S. C., Feb. 15th, 1865. General Hardee, Charleston, S. C.: Despatch of to-day received containing President's. I have far from sufficien
February 8th, 1865 AD (search for this): chapter 19
h it was still uncertain whether the enemy, after reaching Branchville, would attempt to strike Augusta, Columbia, or Charleston. He was, no doubt, inclined to move on the two last at once, and our force was insufficient to check his progress. He was advancing upon the Charleston Railroad, General Wheeler striving to get between him and Augusta, and having all bridges below Holman's Bridge destroyed. The following telegram from General Beauregard to General Cooper, dated Augusta., February 8th, 1865, describes the situation then existing: Enemy cut railroad to Charleston yesterday (the 7th) near Blackville. Lee's corps is in position on south fork of Edisto, protecting approaches to Columbia. Head of Cheatham's corps arrived here last night. McLaws's division is at and about Branchville. I shall leave here to-morrow for Columbia. Upon reaching Columbia, about noon on the 10th, General Beauregard immediately telegraphed General Hardee advising the concentration of his f
ommand at that point of all troops which may be there. You will carry with you five days cooked rations. On reaching Branchville you will open communication with Lieutenant-General Hardee, at Charleston, and advise him of your arrival. You will report here in person to General Beauregard, to receive instructions from him. Respectfully, your obedient servant, Geo. W. Brent, Col., and A. A. G. Major-General C. L. Stevenson, Comdg. Lee's corps. During the latter part of the month of January reports were rife that General Sherman would resume his march, on or about the 1st of February, after having consumed nearly a month and a half in recruiting and refitting his army. This would have given the Confederates ample time to collect and reorganize another army in his front, if the resources of the country had not been exhausted, and if the railroad communications and rollingstock then at our disposal had not been so much damaged by hard usage and the raiding incursions of the ene
ardee, who had informed him of the crossing of the enemy to James Island in front of his works, General Beauregard forwarded the following telegram: Columbia, S. C., Feb. 11th, 1865. Lieut.-General Hardee, Charleston, S. C.: By late movements of the enemy it is apparent that he intends to move upon Charleston, or to cut off your communications along the Northeastern Railroad. It is therefore advisable that you proceed to execute, as soon as possible, the movement agreed upon the 2d instant. Guard well your left flank and the crossings of the Santee. G. T. Beauregard. But General Hardee, for reasons which were never clearly explained, imprudently delayed following the advice thus given him. It is easy to understand that he was loath to abandon Charleston, in the effort to capture and destroy which millions of dollars had been spent in vain by the Federal Government, thousands of lives lost, and more than one military reputation irretrievably wrecked. No one felt greate
ral Beauregard were accepted with but little—if any—modification. They are embodied and clearly expressed in the following document, which is laid before the reader. Therein will be found a succinct but correct picture of the military situation at that time, and the reasons actuating General Beauregard in the formation of his judgment upon the subject: Headquarters, Military division of the West, Augusta, Ga., Feb. 3d, 1865. Notes of conference had on the 2d day of February, A. D. 1865, at Green's Cut Station, Ga., at which General Beauregard, Lieut.-General Hardee, Major-General D. H. Hill, and Major-General G. W. Smith were present. The following was the estimated strength of the forces, in and about Augusta and the State of South Carolina, which could be relied on as effectives to resist the advance of Sherman: General Hardee: Regular infantry, P. A. C. S8,000 Militia and reserves3,000 ——11,000 Light artillery2,000 Butler's division, mounted and dismounted1,50
February 11th, 1865 AD (search for this): chapter 19
ere to-morrow for Columbia. Upon reaching Columbia, about noon on the 10th, General Beauregard immediately telegraphed General Hardee advising the concentration of his forces from the Combahee line to a line behind the Edisto, so as to shorten it as much as possible. On the day following, in answer to General Hardee, who had informed him of the crossing of the enemy to James Island in front of his works, General Beauregard forwarded the following telegram: Columbia, S. C., Feb. 11th, 1865. Lieut.-General Hardee, Charleston, S. C.: By late movements of the enemy it is apparent that he intends to move upon Charleston, or to cut off your communications along the Northeastern Railroad. It is therefore advisable that you proceed to execute, as soon as possible, the movement agreed upon the 2d instant. Guard well your left flank and the crossings of the Santee. G. T. Beauregard. But General Hardee, for reasons which were never clearly explained, imprudently delayed f
February 16th, 1865 AD (search for this): chapter 19
sent by General Beauregard to General Lee, so thoroughly explain the whole situation, that no further explanation seems necessary: 1. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 16th, 1865. General R. E. Lee, General-in-chief, Richmond, Va.: I returned last evening from Charleston. I shall assume command to-day of all forces in South Carolinnding I have repeatedly urged him to do so, thereby losing several days of vital importance to future operations. G. T. Beauregard. 2. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 16th, 1865. General R. E. Lee, General-in-chief, Richmond, Va.: Enemy commenced shelling the city this morning. He is apparently moving up towards Saluda River. Our forces occupy south bank of that stream and Congaree. G. T. Beauregard. 3. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 16th, 1865. General R. E. Lee, General-in-chief, Richmond, Va.: Enemy has forced a passage across the Saluda River above Columbia. I will endeavor to prevent him from crossing the Broad, but my forces here are so small it is
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