The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-21
FURTHER FROM THE NORTH.


We continue our extracts from Northern
papers of the 18th inst:
CAPTURED CosFEpERATE LETTERS - REAusI.
CARDS PLANS FOR THE WESTERN CAMPAIGN.
The following letters were captured soria ine
ago by Gen. Buell. while In process of transmission
FER die 10 hrgadier General Thomas Josd Al. Assist
ant AdjutAnt-0eneral Of the Confederate array:
General Beaarfsard 10 Adjutaat Genernt Cooper
tConGdential
MOBILE. ALA Sept 5, ls6a.
General: Urdsr tie supposition that ON the res.
tcrstioI Of my health ] would be returned to ihe
command OF Department No. z, had prepared
whilst at E!adin Alabama, plan Of operations in
Tenncssee and Kentucky, based my knowledge
o. that part of the thestre Of war bat kesrirg
that my jast expectations to be disappointed.
have the honor TO communicate it 10 the War De-
phrtnens, In the hope that it may be of service to
our arms and to our cause /. WAS submitted by
10 Gen. Bragg on the I'd inst.
By looking 81 the map II will be seen that the
forces operating in that section of country will be
separated at first by river, (Ge Tennessee and
afterwards by two, ('he Tennessee and Cuu5er-
land.) hence they viii, be unable to supper. each
other. beiog unprovided with pontoon trains. bat
their operations mus: be more less dependent
or connected with each other. l viii first refer
to those in East Tennessee and then 10 tLose wes.
OF it,.
In the first case, our objective points muss te
first Louisville, and then Cincnns.i. How best 20
reach them from Chattanooga, with buell. at Hunts
Vile and Stevenson ia the question. f. is evident
be has the advantage OF two bases Of operations -
the Cunbei l2ud aud Tennessee riveTs-aDd that if
We advances towards our objective points without
getting rid OF him we would expose cur lines of
communication with Chattanooga We must then
give him battle nrst compel him TO retirs Cefore
us
Should he retire on Nashville {s.s the newspapers
say he is now doing) we will be aavan ing towards
Louisville but should he venture el Florence or
Savannah to unite his forces with Eesecrans or
Grant We will have to concentrate enough of cur
forces from Middle Snd East Tennessee to follow
him rapidly and defeat him in a great battle when
we would be able to resume our march as before
indicated We must, however, soon practiea-
be, construct strong works to command tine Ten.
nessee end Cumberland rivers, for otherwise our
communication would be cut Off by the enemy as
these two rivers shall have risen sufficiently
to admirt5e entrance OF their gunbo 4ts sr1 trans
ports
The best positions for said works sre about forty
miles beiow Ports Douelson and Henry. not far
from Eddvsvlla. where these two rivers come with.
i'll one and half miles OF each other ! III.
formed there is at that point a commanding eleva.
tion where strong field work could be construct
ed for garrison OF about twenty five hundred or
three throusand men, who could holi out with an,
Pile provisions and ammuniticn) against large
may. Under the guns OF this work and along the
bank Of each river series of batteries armed with
the heaviest guns eight. nine ten-inch and rited
guna) could be constructed, bearing directly OBJ
structious placed in each of said rivers
When Louisville shall have fallen into our pcs.
session would construct work there for the ccra
nand of the Ohio and the canal, and would de-
stEoy the latter as soon as possible SO completely
that future travellers would hardly know where it
WA This would do a return fer the Yankee
vandalism In attempting to obstruet forever the
ha bors of Charleston and Savannah A detach
inert of our army could think, take Louisville
" niis tie main body would be marching to CIncin-
natl; but il We could get boats enough it would be
sao.tersto go up the Chic in them To keep the
of ct,y1ct g
work, heavily armed at Covington
Now for the operation 10 Western Tennessee
The object there should be to drive the enemy f ON
there, end resume the command of the Misfiss;ppi
river for these purposes
would concentrate rapidly 1T Graud Junction
Prices army and all thst could be spared from,
vicksburg Of Van Dcrn's From there / would
make forced march to Fort Pillow, which would
tase with probably only very suail loss It is
evident the forces st Memphis and Yaxoo river
would then have their line of communication By
tie river with tide North cut off. and key would
have either TO surrender ar without rasol
into Arkansas where Cen. Holmes would tahe
good este CT the;n. From Fort Piow would
compel the forces =: CUTnth and Jackson, Tenn to
fall back precip.tatety 80 Humboldt. and Columbus
or their lines OF communication would be cat oil
also. We would than pursue them vigorously be-
yond the mississippi ii Columbus. or the Ohio at
Paducah.
We would thus compei the enemy 20 eseeuate
the State Of Mississippi and Western Tenre-see.
| with probably the loss part OF 6 f4v hun.
dTed men. General Er!ce could then be detache j
Into Missouri to support his lends where lis pre-
| seEcs aione would be worth al army TO the Con
! federacy.
The armament and sliiniini ion of tie works re-
terIed TO to be collected as possible ~ Me-
| rilisn and Chattanooga
such are The operations which would carry into
effect, with luch niod,hcatcn5 creurlst All ces
| might require if the Fresid3nt hsd judged proper
! to order Ine back TO the command of that sr1ly
! which had with Gen. Bragg assistance collected
which | IA utv left
~ recover my shattered health while ny presence
couid be spared from il, and uD:il he informed NE
/ that i: was ready to take the offensive.
Hoping TOR its entire success, .ellain, very re-
spec.iuiiy, your obedieHt servant,
@. T. BEAuREdARD, General, G. S. a
General beaartsard 10 General Bras.oa Bragg.
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