Newbern weekly progress., 1862-10-25
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s-Iaierestins Rebel Leiers.
Bs.srsGsrds Pias. Ter ,hs wrs,ers Cam
paige.
as-s Fs,hingioA, Oct. u, ls6a
~ folIiwins letters we're captured some
time ago by General Buell. while ia process Of
transmission for Ole to Brigadner General Thcs
Jurdan, Assistant Adja,snt GsnerAl of be
rebel army -
GENERAL BEAuHEsASD TO ADJurASr eESESAL
COOPER
fC,nhdsntiall
Mobile, Aid, Sept, 8, 1859.
i GEsERAL-Under the supposillon that on the
restoration Of my health would be returned
TO the command Of Department No. ., | had
prepared. whilst at Blalm, Alabama, plan Of
Operations in Tennessee and Kentucky based
on my knowledge Of that part Of the th Rtre Vr
war; but hearing that my just sxpectaliors
are to be disappointed, have the honor to
communicate II TO the War Department, in the
hope that II may be Of service 10 our arms and
i 10 oar cause. II was Submitted by me TO Gen.
Bragg on the I'd inst
4 By looking at the map it will be seen that
1.-THE forces. operating in that section of country
w;lI bs s.nsrated n, fitst bv one river fihe
TENNESSEE and afterwards 6y two nhe Ten
lnessse and Cumhe,landl. hence ibav will ba
! unable 10 sunport each other being unuroyidcd
w;,h pon,oon trains. hui ,heir one,a,,ons m,,s,
he mn, q oSless dcnendsnt an ar conn,cled with
each other i viii .first refer to those m Essl
= Tennessee and then IN those vest of |,
In The 6r,A case ,pr ol,icc i've na;n,s must
J be. first Louisyillc aud then Cincinnatl Unw
! best 10 reach them from Chattano0ei. with
Buell. at Huntsville and Stevenson is the cues.
tion. Il ID evident he has the advantage Of two
bases of operations the Cumberland and Ten.
nessee rivers, and that If VIZ advance towards
oar objective points without getting rid Of him,
| We would expose our lines of communication
: with Chattanooga We mast then give him
5 battle first, or compel him to retire before us.
> Should he retire on Nashville (as the papers
say he is now, dolng) we will be advancing
towards Louisville, but should he venture on
Florence or Savannah, to unite his forces with
. Rosencrans or Grant, we win have to concen
I tra,e enough Of our forces from Middle and
e East Tennessee to follow him rapidly aud de
feat him in great battle, when we would bt
o able to resume our march as before Indicted
i We must however, as soon as practicable, con
struct strong works to command the Tennessee
: aud Cumberland rivers, for Otherwise our CON
u munication would1be cut oft by the enemy al
Il soon as these two myers shall have risen suIti
: Fcienlly to admit the entrance OF their gnnboat
i and transports. :.
The best position for said works are sbou
i forty miles below, forts 7Dnnelson and Henry
not far from Eddysviile where these two rrer
- come within one and half mile Of each other
l am informed there is Al that punt command
Z, ing elevation, where a. stIong field work c0ul
r be constructed for garrison Of about twenty
lr i've hundred or thre. thousand men. WHO cOu
). hold out with ample provisions and amlnun
,e tom asalIsta large army. Under the guns .
:, this work and along the bank VI each RIVER
series Of batteries armed with the heayist gun
u eight, nine, ten inch aud rifsd guns could b
a constructed, bearing directly Oh obstruction
" placed on each side Of said rivers.
r. Wien louisville shall have fallen in,o on
A. possession would construct work there 10
Ir the command ol the Ohio and the canal, aud
. would destroy the latter as 5000 as possible, $
W coul llctely that future travellers would hardl
~ know where Il was, This would do AZ
return For The Yankee vandalism m altelnptin
70 obSiruct forever the harbors o Charlesto
and savannah. A detachment Of our arm
could. L. think. take Louisville. whist tl
main Indy uorId he marc in, 40 f',nc;nn. ii
In, II a.. .o,lJ ,.t -. ,n',,oh !, .o,,ld !
yha,,.. =, H.. M, - ~"
""''' W 81 "P wy v"" W '"en, ~ A'e
'he coulnlanl oi CINCINNATI "ould constru
), slronS Work, beL'liy armed NJ Coylnglon.
Nowior the operation in Western Tennessee
, The object there should be TO drive the encm
= from there and resume the command of ii
Mississippi RIVER for thee putnoses
I wonld conc.n,r,,. ra,,idiY q, Cror1 J,,,