The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-10-30
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cESERAIs BEAuREGARD's LETTERS.
Two letters, said to have been written By
Gen Bcadrfgard, one to Adjutant General
Cooper, dated Mobile, Sept 9Th, aud the
other to Gen. Braxtou Bragg, dated IIBladen,
Ala, July 18th, have been .pubiishqh.i in The
Northern papers. Whether tbose ldEters are
genuine VIC cannot say positively but NC
are inclined to think they are, Whether
genuine Or not, they contain a great deal Of
good sense md mark out a plan for tile West
ern campaian vhiea We deeply REGRET has
not been caI ried into effect. Cen Beadre
gard plan was to give. battle to Isuell Of
drive him bfforc our forces; take possession
of the Cumberland and Ten ncssee rivers
and 50 foftify them as to prcveat the enemy
from using Them hereafter lie sayk
:" We must, however. as soon as praeti,
cable, construct strenc works, 10 cJinmand
the Tennessee and Cumberland riycrss7iof
otherwise our communication would bc4cut
oh l,y the oHeAiy as soou=:ss these TWO ri9ers
shall have risen sufficiently 10 all Init the
entrance Of their sunboats and transports. =
The idea Of going into Keat4dky Rpd
leaving these two rivers ii the poss4ssioo 81;
the enemy 1yas no partef1 the pl4n pc Glen
Beaurcsard He we'll knew that 70 doing
he would bd exposing his own. conlfnunica
tiQn and lea wing that=of the enemy uninfcr.
rupted No amount of i.,rcc would be II /.
icient to hlIld Kentucky whist thu eaethy
were IN command of these channels Of epni-
muncasion because by means Of him they
could, without any difficulty, throw any
quantity of troops that light be NEEDED in
the rear Of our army cut off its retEeat md
capture or destroy the whole efit NotllingI
is more evident than that an inyElsiou Of
Kentucky, whilst the enemy held Nashville
and Cotinih, must prove disastroris The
eIpefiehee 6f last winter fully. de.npbstrsted
that. Had VIC succeeded, after Our ,ictory
at Perryyille, in driving the enemy back t5
louisville, unless we had been abIc to take.
that place, still VIC would have been eompell-F
ed to retreat so soon as the Tenncsseel and
Cumberland rivers should have rises sufi !.
ciently to have adlnitted the enhance Of
their sunboats and ransports Taking the
view which We do, we think that az we did
not have command of these riyeI{. ii was
fortunate thatlour army left Kentucky when
il did, otherwise il might have found great
difficulty after THE winter rains commenced
in getting away at.all We expressed the
opinion IN published article, that unless
we could construct works on the eunrber
laud aud Tennessee rivers so as)fo cpmlnadd
them, that we could do polbing Kin kentueky,
fapd nothing has occurred since to change
but everything to strengthen the opinion We
expressed at that time Gen Beauregardis
letters fully confirm rs in the views We thep
entertained Had Nashville been JecupielI
by our troops and the forces moving firm
Chattanooga operated with those Of Hricc
against Rosecrans, We entcrtain np doubt
Middle aud West Tennessee might Have
Deeu Iiupt Vic enemy, dHu tHcn, ditfl Sehons II
Notifications, as indicated By Gen, Beaurei
gard, had been erected on the rivers, an adj
vance might with safety have been made
into Kentucky, and even had we failed in
the taking of Louisville and CihcinnatiI
when was part Of Gen. Beauregard's plaul
aud been compelled to fall back, We could
have made successful stand on the Cum
berland Another part of Gen. Beauregard's
plan was, thus stated by himself .ltfIe mo-
ment you get to ChattanoOga you ought to
take the offensive, keeping in mind the foil
lowing grand principles of the art Of var
First, always bring thc masses Of vdur j. ar,,J
in contact with the fractions of tho ona,n,
second, operate as much as possible on his
communications without exposing ' bur ~
third, operate always on interior or shor.eF
Z lines. have no doubt that, with hnythSnl |,
like equal numbers, you will always meet
with success"
His policy was to fight Gen. Buell. befor.
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