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June 12th (search for this): chapter 42
direction, and a constant indication on my part, whenever I wrote on the subject, that in my judgment the public service required that the armies should be subject to your control. I now proceed to your second statement, in your telegram of June 12th, that you should not have felt authorized to take troops from that Department (Tennessee) after having been informed by the Executive that no more could be spared. To my inquiry for the basis of this statement, you answered on the 16th, by sistent repetition of statements which I had informed you were erroneous and without adducing a single fact to sustain them, induced me to terminate the matter at once by a review of all the facts. The original mistakes in your telegram of June 12th, would gladly have been overlooked as accidental, if acknowledged when pointed out. The perseverance with which they have been insisted on, has not permitted me to pass them by as a mere oversight, or, by refraining from an answer, to seem to a
June 8th (search for this): chapter 42
of several points. You know best concerning General Bragg's army, but I fear to withdraw more. We are too far outnumbered in Virginia to spare any, etc. On June 8th the Secretary was more explicit, if possible. He said: Do you advise more reinforcements from General Bragg? You, as Commandant of the Department, have power t of course, in a matter like this, your own explanation of your meaning is conclusive. The telegram of the Secretary of War of June 5th, followed by that of June 8th, conveyed unmistakably the very reverse of the meaning you attribute to them, and your reference to them as supporting your position is unintelligible. I revertl Officers quickly. I have to organize an army and collect ammunition, provisions, and transportation. June 10, 1863. To Secretary of War : Your despatch of June 8th in cipher received. You do not give orders in regard to the recently appointed General Officers. Please do it. I have not at my (disposal? Word not legi
June 5th (search for this): chapter 42
20th, apologized for carelessness in your first reply, and referred me to a passage from my telegram to you of May 20th, and to one from the Secretary of War of June 5th, and then informed me that you considered Executive as including the Secretary of War. Your telegram of June I 2th was addressed to the Secretary of War in erred to anyone but myself; but of course, in a matter like this, your own explanation of your meaning is conclusive. The telegram of the Secretary of War of June 5th, followed by that of June 8th, conveyed unmistakably the very reverse of the meaning you attribute to them, and your reference to them as supporting your positio, I referred to the words, we withheld nothing which it was practicable to give. In your telegram of May 28th, and the telegram of the Secretary of War to me of June 5th, except the last sentence, I considered Executive as including the Secretary of War. Candy Creek Camp, July 5th, via Jackson, July 7, 1863. To the President
January 22nd (search for this): chapter 42
ee. This general order has never been changed nor modified, so as to affect your command, in a single particular, nor has your control over it been interfered with. I have as Commander-in-Chief given you some orders which will be hereafter noticed, not one of them however indicating in any manner that the general control confided to you was restricted or impaired. You exercised this command by visiting in person the armies at Murfreesboro, Vicksburg, Mobile, and elsewhere, and on January 22d I wrote to you, directing that you should repair in person to the army at Tullahoma, on account of a reported want of harmony and confidence between General Bragg and his officers and troops. This letter closed with the following passages: As that army is part of your command, no order will be necessary to give you authority there, as, whether present or absent, you have a right to direct its operations, and to do whatever belongs to the General Commanding. Language cannot be plainer
June 4th (search for this): chapter 42
pair in person to any part of said command whenever your presence might be for the time necessary or desirable. You were therefore ordered, on May 9th, to proceed at once to Mississippi and take chief command of the forces, giving to those in the field, as far as practicable, the encouragement and benefit of your personal direction. Some details were added about reinforcements, but not a word affecting in the remotest degree your authority to command your geographical district. On June 4th you telegraphed to the Secretary of War, in response to his inquiry, saying: My only plan is to relieve Vicksburg; my force is far too small for the purpose. Tell me if you can increase it, and how much. To which he answered on the 5th: I regret inability to promise more troops, as we have drained resources, even to the danger of several points. You know best concerning General Bragg's army, but I fear to withdraw more. We are too far outnumbered in Virginia to spare any, etc. On
June 16th, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 42
r: Your despatch of 8th imperfectly deciphered and partially answered on the Ioth. I have not considered myself commanding in Tennessee since assignment here, and should not have felt authorized to take troops from that Department, after having been informed by the Executive that no more could be spared. To take from Bragg a force which would make this army fit to oppose Grant would involve yielding Tennessee. It is for the Government to decide between this State and Tennessee. June 16, 1863. to the President: Your despatch of 15th is received. I considered the order directing me to command here as limiting my authority to this Department. Especially when that order, accompanied by War Department orders transferring troops from Tennessee to Mississippi, and whether commanding there or not, that your reply to my application for more troops, that none could be spared, would have made it improper for me to order more from Tennessee. Permit me to repeat that an officer
June 20th, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 42
d here as limiting my authority to this Department. Especially when that order, accompanied by War Department orders transferring troops from Tennessee to Mississippi, and whether commanding there or not, that your reply to my application for more troops, that none could be spared, would have made it improper for me to order more from Tennessee. Permit me to repeat that an officer having a task like mine, far above his abilities, cannot in addition command other remote Departments. June 20, 1863. To the President: I much regret the carelessness of my reply of the 16th, to your telegram of the 15th. In my despatch of 12th to the Secretary of War, I referred to the words, we withheld nothing which it was practicable to give. In your telegram of May 28th, and the telegram of the Secretary of War to me of June 5th, except the last sentence, I considered Executive as including the Secretary of War. Candy Creek Camp, July 5th, via Jackson, July 7, 1863. To the President:
June 12th, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 42
0, 1863. To Secretary of War : Your despatch of June 8th in cipher received. You do not give orders in regard to the recently appointed General Officers. Please do it. I have not at my (disposal? Word not legible in cipher despatch.) half the number of troops necessary. It is for the Government to determine what Department, if any, can furnish the reinforcements required. I cannot know General Bragg's wants, compared with mine. The Government can make such comparisons. June 12, 1863. to the Secretary of War: Your despatch of 8th imperfectly deciphered and partially answered on the Ioth. I have not considered myself commanding in Tennessee since assignment here, and should not have felt authorized to take troops from that Department, after having been informed by the Executive that no more could be spared. To take from Bragg a force which would make this army fit to oppose Grant would involve yielding Tennessee. It is for the Government to decide between thi
May 28th (search for this): chapter 42
retary of War of June 5th, followed by that of June 8th, conveyed unmistakably the very reverse of the meaning you attribute to them, and your reference to them as supporting your position is unintelligible. I revert therefore to my telegram of May 28th. That telegram was in answer to one from you in which you stated that, on the arrival of certain reinforcements, then on the way, you would have about 23,000; that Penberton could be saved only by beating Grant; and you added, unless you can pent: I much regret the carelessness of my reply of the 16th, to your telegram of the 15th. In my despatch of 12th to the Secretary of War, I referred to the words, we withheld nothing which it was practicable to give. In your telegram of May 28th, and the telegram of the Secretary of War to me of June 5th, except the last sentence, I considered Executive as including the Secretary of War. Candy Creek Camp, July 5th, via Jackson, July 7, 1863. To the President: Your despatch of June
November 24th (search for this): chapter 42
nd being persisted in after your failure to point out, when requested, the letter or despatch justifying you in such a conclusion, rendered it necessary, as you were informed in my despatch of the 8th instant, that I should make a more extended reply than could be given in a telegram. That there may be no possible room for further mistake in this matter, I am compelled to recapitulate the substance of all orders and instructions given to you, so far as they bear on this question. On November 24th last you were assigned, by Special Order No. 275, to a defined geographical command. The description included a portion of Western North Carolina and Northern Georgia, the States of Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, and that portion of the State of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River. The order concluded in the following language: General Johnston will, for the purpose of correspondence and reports, establish his headquarters at Chattanooga, or such other place as in his judgme
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