Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-23
NOZZLE. Al. s,nambsr 5. 1902


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MOBILE, ALA, Sspsmber5 s. 1862
GENERAL: Uudsr Ehs sappositios thss or toe
TesioIsaoH ef Bsy hssith / would be rsturA As5 to
sAe es@msRd Of DsPsrFzssut Ne. 2 3, / hsi pre-
pared. Usi.e e. adm. Aishsrss, pl.s Of ups-
| rsEoRs IN TenHssxee aHd E-nsuck- bsrad Ui,
my kno#lsdge OF thas Bsrs Cf re tbs8ser Of
| war; sul hearing tsst ny iust eXpsct.tiocs ere
| @ Be dissBPqinssd, have ghs 1szor 70 coumu-
/ nicsie il = the WhE Department IL she hose
thss It mty Be 81 ssrvies % our srzs scd 10 our
sAsse I. vas sEbEislsd ky ne " Gan Br.gg
I on tks % iRsssat
] By locking o. tke usp, 10 viii bs sssn shat tns
/ f0fcss oFsTssEg Is teHE sscsioa Of coUetTy will
! be sspsrsseS - frst by enc riyef. (ths Teuues-
| see aad sfss7Wsrd By sso, (ths T-sness-e and
J Cgmbsrssd,) hsace they Hill bs unable 10
support sack ethsr, bsinF anErovidai wish
] PoutooA hsiRs but tAsir opsrsFeBs nus. be
/ mare CT lssa dspaRdeus on % connected sith
/ each othsr. I All fsst rsfsr 70 those in Esst
! TsnnSsfss ssd shen &c ihoss wa; of It.
Il ihs frat chse, eur ehiscETs P0iuss must
/ Be 6IEs, LouiBvils, Esd rses CiEeiEuaa HJu
I hsss 20 rssss them nos Chsttaaoogs, With Bu-
| ell It HunsFills, sns Stsvsnsur. is r.. os--tinn
/ i is evidsEt rs hAs shs sdvastsre Of Two bssss
! ef opsra:ions, she CumbsriSad ard Tsnuessss
! rivers. zDC Thas II Hs advances toHsrd our OBJ
! jec.ive P-isss without getting rd Of his, we
Tcuid expose Cur lines 81 cOamuuicsri.n wish
/ Cha,taUuogs W. must thea gIvs hiss battle
6T't or coSPei IN 50 Issr- before "a
Should he retire on Nashville, as the usHs-
papers ssy be "A 0W dsisg, We vii be s1vsrc
ing toward Louisville; bot should be vsnrur.
on Florence or SaTsnBsh, G unite sis forces
with Rosscrsns or Grant We aiLl havs to ccncsn
Ehte enCugA Of our ross from Kidd sud Es7k
Iernessee 20 follow hin rapidly, and defeat SIN
~ gEeEt bRtte-wbeH Es w0uid bs sbIs 20 re
sums ouz msrc5, Es before indiessed We must
however, as soon as practical ale. eOastrucE strong
works 70 command n tennessee and Cumbsr-
lard rivers, Tor Ctherwise cur comnuuicAtars
would be cUt rE by tEe ecemy IS soou - Es.ss
5TO rivers sbAii aavs RISEN sufficiently 20 aGra5s
the entrance Of tssir gulb5sts and traasp0rts
Ihe best ppsiGoUs Tor these woTks il about
forty Eles 5slo~ FoTts D5n-lsou E5d Henry.
net far from Eddyv1lis, where tAoss two rivers
come WitAln ons and hat mites of szeh C,hrr
/ an Informed shat here is a. thas peiat con-
nantiEg esvac0n, wbeTe e stFozg 6sld work
couid be csnsiraeted for q garrison Of about
twenty huDdrsd or thres thoessnd men, who
could hold on. (with ample provisions and am-
muuitou) Against large amy. Under ito
gsns Of tHis cork, and along sbs bsgk Of eaeh
rivar, series 0t batteries R1vd With the ha4v-
lest guns (sight sins .es-iacb AID iAsi euns)
ccuid be c0EsHuc-ed, bssisg cirectly On OBJ
s,rRcFons placed in eaca OF ssd rivsgs
When Louisville shall have fallen into our
pOssessiOn, / would cunsuBcta q werk thera for
the command Of the Ohio and the csnsl- srd I
v0ula destroy tks ist.sT a. soou IS possible 60
completely that future usveisrs Wcud hardly
know WseTe lives. Ths I would d. ss 70 I
iJf0 t1E the Haakee vandalism in sg.sgn s.i1z 20
0bsTuci forever ths ha5 sJfs 81 Sa7suash ssf
Ch-T.esBon. A dstacknsrl Of our army could. {
think take Lo0isviila, whilst me main body /
would be marching 70 CiseinRsti; bul if ~ F.
could got bOatE eaOuFh, it would ~ skozter e |
20 Up ths O1iO n tasm To k6ap shs c1musad /
Of Cincinnati, would construct = strong work. I
hsavtiJ armed, at Covipg.on
Now for tbs operations ia West Tennessee 4
The oFJ'ct there shouid Be 20 drive tbs enemy I
from there and resume the command OF the Ml5- /
sssippi river for these pnrposss
I would eonceatsta rsBidly Grand juno (
non, Pres 'sarny snd al tsss esul5 be spa-,d (
from Y-cksbusg II Van DUsns. FrUm thsfs I f
would make forced march 30 FsTg Plll1H I
which ! would take With probably osiy vary (
small loss. It's evident the forces 50 M.lrDhls 4
and Ysz O riveg -ouid then have their lns Of
communication by the river with the North cur /.
Of sud they Tonid have either 20 surrender OF 4
cross Witsont resources into Arkansas, yghsrs /
General Holmes would tske good care Of than |
From Fort Pillow I wouid compel he forces At {
CoTi1th and Jsckson, Isnnessee. TO fsli back |
to Humboldt and Columbus, or (
sneir lines OF communicates would he cut oe. 1
ss0 We would then pu-sUs ttsm vigorously (
beyond 'he Mississippi a Columbus, or the Ohio /
a. Psducah
We would thus c0mpsl the enemy 70 evacuets
the State Of N ssissIrp aud Wsste era Tennessee,
with probsbly th- loss on oar part cf q fs- has
dTed mes GsnsraJ Pres esulj shen be dsfach
81 into Missouri 20 supPoIs bis friends, where
BIS pTassDcs sioAs wsui9 be worsh ~ army te
.ne CsnHedeHasy.
The arnlsln-nt and aHlEnupiton 81 ths wui ks
rsieTfsd %. to be- esl ecJsd - soen as possbs st
Msridisn and Chattsaoosa
Soch are tie operations 9hioh I you'd carry
lsto @tfscs, with such mod dostisna IS cireus-
a.snSes m'gAt require, if ne Prssidsat hs1
Judged PfspsY to uT1sT re csgk % tbs canussBd
q thtt army rhich 4 bad wish Gsuafa B-ssv's
assstzucs cellscssd sogsghsr and orsan zed. ssd
y s1ch i hse Only len SC recover my shss,.tsd
H. and 'sntIl b. Informed me that it vas ready
20 gake the offensive
Hoping tor its entire sucesss, 1 rsfasiu. verv
respectfully, cur obed sct servant.
p Z BRAURsGARD.
General CorEderate States Amy.
BsAUREGARD To GENERAL BsrroN /
BRAGG
[ConfdeutsLl
CULLUa STRINGS. Bisdin. AIa.l
July - ls'2
NJ DEAR GENERAL; Your letter Of the 225
instant vas only received last nigh. give ysu
wish pleasure tie following views on y1nr pro /
posed operations from Tupeln, ior I wish you
The smplest sueeess, both On your and the eoun-
try's account
You had evidently bat one Of four things to
DO: First, to srtsek Haliefk ct Corinth; sec
ond, to attack Buei at or about Chattanooga
third 30 stack Grant at ~ about Memphis
fourih 10 remain Idle, at Tupelo.
From what you state. tie frst is evidently in
admissible, and the iast cannot be enter aimed
for one moment for action-action-actio is
vi ct we reqnre
Now, win egsld to the other propositions. e
is evident that uo'ess Yen reinforce General Z.