Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-12

less il ho Of milidp, Col, stockton can probably
answer your roqnisiion' for ammunition You y,
donM VIII pe embarrassed by agnegncy % Atl'
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IsanoIl jgryrn,oy DAVIS.
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Of limo from Canton. Miss,
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jackson. command. the strength Of which 10 no,
know, Bowen ana loo oo in Nickshars beyond
rIadd
Tim lr,,l IF thc aloyc iyeuty-r,ur ihou,and ono
bur!rl
These arc numbers OF electives
TSiroedl j L. JouysToY.
The hrSt point OF difference appears 10
have been with reference TO the appoint
mcut of a Major General for the Missis,ipui
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D'P"' '"'>"' W.. '",''''on "'N'' ~ w. 'HN
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'nt "NaISnHv"t ~ ven, lI,i'u ~ '"c 'o'H-
mand OF n division IN his department. Gen.
Johnston sent the following dispatch to the
President dated June no. iSG3,
TO ms L'c3lcHcv He fre@dt"i;
1t h"' been suggested 70 me 'hai lho troops IN lh'
lirb and tbgt ON ih,i ucronnl Nri Con Fr,ncb.s
arrived will weaken mstcpd Of strengthen u.s.
beg You to consider that all the General officers Of
Northern or'h are on I9'y IN tHia 4eP'Hm'hI'-
IJ't = "M |' ovI w. Ip 9pr c,"sc oG further d.
content
TsigncdI j. E. JouNsTox.
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secession. As soon as Mississippi could spare Linn
he was appointed Brigade" General in the rroyis-
qurhtv u" " ,.cn, ,,, on,, y.b.r, N, ,o5 , ,be
senior officer. II maign LII ,n l,rn,iro hin,
as II hps another you ure authorized 20 nouy,'-
Of th' fact and to relieve him. communicating ii TO
me by telegram. Surprised 'y your remarks rs to
the general officers Of Northern birth | turned TO
the register and find that large majority of the
number are elsewhere than in the Department of
Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana.
tScncdl JLyFEEsoS DAVIS
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have been with reference to the ceographi-
cal limits Of Gen ,Iohnstons military de-
nartmcnt tina, officer concciving lhat his
transfer to Mississippi relieved him from
the command Of the Confederate forces in
Tennessee On the 10Th Of Juno he rclc-
graphcd the Secretary of War. from Jack.
SON Miss:
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T.nrpssoa ., G' SINCE ass~r"ort here and Should n",
have fol, authorized 10 take troons from that dcpqrt
ment after having been informed by the Executive
that no more could be spared: l" take from Bragg
Cropt wonld involve yieldin, Tennessee. Il is for
tho Government 10 decide between this State and
Tcpnc.sco
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President. under dats o. the lJth oi June;
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On the 18th Of June, Gen. Johnston tel
ccraphcd from Jackson. Miss, to tn, Sec.
retary OF War, that he could notsadriso in
regard to the points from which troops
could be taken, having no means of know
iEt; thai il was for the Government to de-
eide which it was best to yield Tennessee
or MissisSipp; that without some. great
blpnder Of the enemy, both could not be
held.
q. u, L. IL.