The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-21
IMPORTANT REVELATIONS RE.
GARDING BBAGG'S ARMY.
90 sDIssAtIsTactIOn and DeseVtIOn ANv-
N. fully PKevRlent.o
Longstreet Says BraggS Disposition Of
Troops toas Horrible" and D. II. HiH
Pronomces Him "a Personal Coioard."
[TIom the Rlohmond Enqulrer, Nov. D.

From the Richmond Enquirer, Nov. 0.
We published, In Saturdays paper, a communica.
tion exculpatory Of General Brsgg asking 'what
has General Bragg done that no should be compelled
10 smart under the meroiless lash Of your pen What
act OF bis during the fearful aud bloody struggle at
Chekamauga should sub him 20 suuhl fiery Crdeal
Did he not perform his part welY Was he either
whipped or out generaledg The results Of that ex.
traordinary battle too well konwn throughout the
Confsderacy for such conclusion 20 be thought
OF. He was victorious to a degree which has filed
the whole country with enthusiasm"
friend, whose opportunities for Information arc
unsurpassed IN the army OF Genoral Bragg, whose
high character AS a gentleman Of Intelligence and
integrity is a guarantee for the truthfunsss Of his
statement and for whose fairness and unprtj udood
disinterestedness We eau give the fullest pledge has
sent us tho following letter:
NEGR CHATTANOOGA, Ost 81, 1883
send you an extract from Atlanta raper, which
gives YOU idea, bat only a faint one OF The dc
plprabo condition Of affairs out here, In the hone
that you may be able TO draw from il some facts
which may aid you in writing upon the subject The
extract Is most bitter In its language, and as do
| not kno what inauenoCs may have operated on the
writer, we shall not publish II -ED | w.sh that |
could truly picture what the cost 10 the country has
| been by the command OF this depar mcnt being m
the hAnds @, Gen Bragg; OF opportunities upon op'
pOrtunities he has negl 'cted-to hold, first, Ken
lucky, then Tunnessee, and lastly 10 improve aud
pluck the fruits OF the victory Of Chckamaugun,
/ which Longst Get won Tor him
| When Lougstreet took command, on Sunday morn
ing ths 29th) Of the left wing Of the army ne found
II arranged helter skelter, with gaps mi long be-
/ tween the bfgades and every thing in confusion
/ generally. The position chosen for the night by
General Bragg was most uniayOrable Ia OF re.
pHlse, and altogether 10 favor OF the enemy. The
order was for the right TO hegn the attack at dawn
but IL was II O'Clock before IL opened, aud then II
rolled along until the eft took Il up. In very short
time, 10 use General Bragg's own words IA '' right
disasirousy repulsed aud had no hght In It, aud
| Longstreet bad 10 light the enemy entirely alone.
| After some hours Of hard hyhting he drove him In
confusion from every position, took from thirty Ia
forty pieces of artillery, thousands Of prisoners and
1 a hla INF ata HslN -
then that he saw that by forward movement OF the
whole army, Rosecrans's whole force could be cap.
tured In twenty hours, aud that no obstacle was be
/ tween us aud the Ohio, and perhaps peace. He
therefore, sent word TO Wheeler, WhO vas his len
| 70 dash forward between attanor ga and the enemy
aud cut him 10 p.eces but Just as Wheeler was about
10 execute this movement he recel, cd order from
/ General Bragg, directing him TO p OK up arms and
| stragglers IOngstroet had heard from Bragg but
once duriog this day and then II was ~ say that be
was beltan on the right lie now sent 10 beg him q
| advance, but the General In chief dec ed dUipg So
Then a council Of 0eaeGs entreated him 70 move
| on Knoxville, cut on Burnside, turn ROsecrans ai
| Nashville, and go INTO Kentucky lie consented d
the move the troops we're put 10 motion but aitel
| marching ten miles, he recalled the army wi h0ui
any explanation to his lleutenanta, and placed ~
without an oh ct 70 achieve before this place, Whert
scknsss and ueseFlion are doing more than the enc
| my hope for. Dissatisfaction aud detection are aW
fully prevalent, and no one hesitatea, from the highes
to the oweat, % speak of IN cir contempt FER their
commander. We all hoped that surely Mr.. Dayh
| would see the danger which was threatening tn
| oouatry by the mpunity VI Bragg, aud his arrYa
was hailed with JOY. He did perceive the intens
feetug against hi a. and called the corps commRnd-
ers TO meet Bragg and himself at headquarters
When they had assembled, he beg u with Geuera
LOnEstreet, and asked what lac thought Of him az
| General, aud OF his conduct 10 this hight. Genera
Iongstreet replied that he had not Bragg half
hour on the held before be saw be n0t the man
command an army, aud particularly this army, a.
was then situated; that Ills disposition Of troop
was "horrible" aud that his tactics we're wretched
tfat he had not the least confidence in hun, AM
that he was not removed, the Preside would sem
| him (LOn ,street) back 20 Virginia.
| He took down the map and showed how ROseorAn
expoasd himself by turning Bragg, who, w'th oor
| centrated army, allowed himself 10 be driven out O
ChaltanoOga BY an enemy whose army was divide
Into three portions seventy miles apart and unable
| reinforce each other eX ept by single mounthi
road which Bragg could always bold The oht
Gcprras rrplcd In the same manner, all saying TIA
they had not the least confidence In him, aud all aske
10 be relieved D. n. Hili said, among other thing
that he was personsl coward, Mr. Jaws sa,a
v,as Rrieyed 90 hear this, deeply greyed-and that
ali he has said or done. Bragg Is slill In Command
| the season for the eampaign has passed tho enoin
| viii hold Chattanooga as base Of spring operation
East Tennesses with ils inter caves, and Midd
Tennessee With It's necossares u ei are lost 70 a
our currency s being circulated n iower square mile
| and yet with an this, tharaUh hardened his hear
} aud viii not let the peop'e CO."
We have had, In the last three weeks, even, oppu
| tuniticz Tor striking the enemy terrible blow
> | moving on Stevenson, their depot, aud cutting
| Chattanooga but Bragg took tive weeks 70 think
the plan aud Ia Tie mean time ths enemy sent thf
, | thousand men there AM FORTH d a..
Such are the statements and reflections of q gent
4 man oonyersant with an the facts who has seen a
y knows that Of which he writes whose opportuuhI
OF Information enable him 10 ascertain the -entime
q OF the army.