The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-06-03
An Important Letter,

rns following important letter was fonnd II
the Headquarters of Gen Casey. after the bat
tie OF s;unday. The consequences of ,uhIu-
gation are here clearly set forth, and we see
the Infamous plans hatcbine ip ankee minds
to subiue end hold the South. Yankee troops
are 70 BE- quartered In cur cities; Yankee bay =
onets ara ID control our rulers; cur railroads
are to be controlled by Yankee officers, and
military Provisional Governments are to be
established in every State. The psrusal Of
this Infamous letter, second only TO the order
of Butler, will rouse the spirit of er eTy
Southern shdier tsnd nerve Ms arr, IN the
coming coltl st:
hEapsuARrER. UAsEY'a DIyisIoE,}
Tn hDssd steamer Cobsituticu,
March 31st, 1862.
10 he FoH E NJ Stanton, Secretary of War
Sir The few short notes which handed
you on The day / left w ash,o gtou, with regard
to the military defence OF the country after
this rebellion SHALL have been mastered, l
shall, by your kind permission. procssd now
briefly TO Ella boratS.
propose that we paintain al army of 100. q.
eco men, comHoscd RI the thres arms Of the
SCI vice IN tiletr due yropO, ton.
would assign 1000 men to The 6nience OF
that part OF tns country lying west Ct The
Mississippi river, Including ms Paclhc coast.
would assign $4,000 mea to the defence o;
"
log fIom Lake Superior . the mouth OF the
Mississippi, ;nciuitns Key West ana the Tor.
tugaa. The remaiuin & so 900 men would sta
ton on tbs ine OF the railroad from Memphis,
Tennessee, to Cha ttanOoga, ana from thence
on one railroad branch to Charleston. south
Carolina, and nn the other branch to Rich.
Inond, Va; occupying, between Memphis and
Ohattan oogs, IN porians intermediates points,
say Grand Junction, UoTinth, Decatur, aud
Stevenson.
Between Chattanooga and Char,eston j
would occnpy, say. Dalton, Atlenta, Uniop
Point, Augusta, BraEchville, and possibly,
uoium b8, ). ..
Between Chattanooga and Richmond
would occupy, say, Knoxville, Abingdon,
Wytheviiis, Ghrts;iausbure, Lynchburg, Char
iottssyiile Rurkeviile and Richmond Fred
sr!cksburg should also be occupied
Just as so0n az ihs pClnts indicated are re-
covered from the enemy they shonid bs per
manentiy occupied by military tcrcs. Che
important strategic points, suCb rs Ghat,a-
nooEs, Memphis, and richmond, shoulG bo
! asrcrgly fortified without delay.
have thus. In brief manner, stated what
l consider the best disposition to be made In q
military point Of view. Considered pohu
collg, AMI Of the opinion that tie lines are
cot without their advantage They pass, for
some considerable distance, fhIous d noun
famous region, BY the intro duction OF he
superior knowledge and civilization which q
disciplined and we!lappoint'd army would
caI1y Wi. h II, tho In habitants of that region
would become Us much attached 10 the Union,
t5utodt condition., "a any OF the Nottnern
States, thus placing al insurmountabIe bar
rIer to the OF that portion Of the Union
which would be most likely 20 again ,shsl
ag ainst the constituted authorities.
Il Is very tain that no argument Is worth
a straw witt the Southern rulers but that of
the BE- onet, and we would be reGreant to the
cause OF liberty or this earth If ue did not rs
1t sffsl tnaliy.
The President, be.ites ihe war power so to
do, is clothed with the legal power 20 take
military possession Of all The railroads IL the
United ~tates. The t0ct that III .iitary provi.
SICK al gCverE men. will hgye first to be ~ eti
III ted il the states containing the lines, will
render the possession an control o{them easy.
har" the honor to De,
Very respectfully,
Vour obed't servant,
SILus CAesY.
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