New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-27
WGRE OF THE SECRET HISTORY
Ge .TuE REBELLHGN.
s:cbos Military Affairs i'm the South West
The Defense OF vicissburg-5en. Basis's
Correspondence with Zoe Johnston
Pic VIBRATIONS Of the Rebel Position.

General uafns 'Hs nioN'.S VI -i'y' o.'
iso'i when was suoni'''o IN ''op0HSo "
of tho Rebel House, adopted ON the llth OF January
| wore distributed among the membors. This CORE
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spo'uehSo" a''so ,,., -,
over 20 pages and covering ah tlel'tets ana Vegras
,b,ch passsd between tho Executive and Gen. Johns
=. A.. &C. 400, ,..;,,cJ 90 ,be cor.
ton from tns tu''o TUG i"'"H ""' ',isH'u "
mand OF the Army in Aiss pp until the Jlst OF uly
pcarlv one month after the fall of Vich sburg.
,art or ~. o,rresnopaenco tho President
-, mon c.n roLn.,on ,be neoessitv Of making an
-. o., ,ho tho ,arrison in yioksbnrr and on
'"''' WI WV - - -, i,s.,h
inc 24Ih % h"y no s'H' nun '"o "''''A'" "'P
which was IN response TO one Eou "en' d.
con6d,n M. I'm Cen Pemberton's teDaeity:
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10 ger. Do ~ Jo'sIVe oe't,oIi oi, NTH Which
eoneu, III your Isiyie' ~ w Si,J w., ,h a; -
Gen fembertpn wlI deiid ms P'3il,on' Dut 5le ul5
parity oi numbers lehd.i' ptoiyns,u u'ltsi " !E
on. hope you WIN soon b. abie 10 Dieh the h,rst
meat. make Junction, and carry IN MUNYON'S, zen
Rains, who has made valuable m'"I,iPhs ~ oIuefo
10 Jon ior special tcF'ee anu VII tnI'; " useIu
BON on lapd a.d fsF' ue" prsS S pnopn,aJ
muuicated with you. III my strrngn peIulttHu,
wond 20 TO you. Jfftfh5os DAVE
Again on tho sth the President tolegraphed That he
had Withheld rotbinC fron him which II was practicable
in give. that numerical nslity was not to be- hoped
for and that time would probably increase the dis
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parity.
On the same date, Gen. photographed TIE President
from, jackson. Miss "a follows;
To his EIeelieney, tse President.
NontSsmary tonigbt When ,hey arrive shall have
about % 600 P8mberton ian be saved only by beating
Grant Unless you can promise more troops We must
- -, H., yyn,hor frha odJs aoai,st ms ,uilI he
NY WIN tnaS nuVer ns o oo, "sast u' VII we
ysry great an yGl mo' aaa 49, Asn nor ref
We want good general officers quickly hay to OF.
snnize an army and collect ammunition 9r9yisions ana
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VIC '.'. 49,,
yonr .ratb Of Tie Ssth received The Secretary OF
Warrepors the reinforcement ordered you greater
than the number yon request Added to the forces YOU
nave i..a 60 N $500 % ~ iI,ic
bowen and Walker promo.ed Fronch and Breckin
rid 20 ordered 10 Won wilI hope meet your CT
Major.eenerals II another be required, s. d. Lee is
think equal that ade. Officers in the field here can
not BE- sent TO you without TOO great delay The troops
sent TO you SO fully organized that suppose you
viii have little trouble as TO organization unless t be %
militia Col stockton can ptoOaDy answer your fealn'
sition for ammunition. Yon no doubt will be embar-
fnssed Dy urhciscy "a nein INC Icc'"'
Toppeiles nave uniniSheu inc ulou' ~ ,ns
IA MI c Jo,us,o, r,p,ied On the lst of June from
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oeu'on, "iss'
10 y" Efceihh1y fM Prsssasft ,., T., RI;
Inc seere,aiy OF war treaty ~ ~ ~ Az H.
huu'oerr', ID; '"oi ON. N."'hn '"' "0VP' '' NJ ~
p@sl as+.iaoie asii1' 49, s,s NJ p.,1, ooo
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100
Not incudine a few Irregular --salFy. nor Jacksons
command. the strength OF which do not know bow
on and Lee In Vioksburs, beyond my reach La the
estimate that garrison is not incinded.
the toto! 81 the above twenty-iour thousand one
hundred GA io);
lheso are NUMBERS oi eneet'es' a. l. oonh5loN'
The first point OF difference appears TO have been
Nth ro,re,co IN Tho cnnointrent of a moio-g,uoro,
'' 49,. ii -.
Tor the MISSISSIPPI department uen' oo"is'Vn usAsu
for the appointment OF Brig Gen. Cadmus Wilcox To
which the Department responded by sending MJ'en
French On hearing OF the assignment OF Gen french
to 'he command OF DIVISION IN his apartment Ten
l"s'on 'e't 'no 'O''o"'"s ~
ut'e" jun )" ~
~ ,as heen 5ngge"tes 70 me TINT the roops in this
Department are very hostile to officers OF Northern
birth, and that, on hat account halor"fen tfenchs
arrival will weaken instead .! strengthen us Deg
you to consider tuat al me ohees o NoItherh Dth
are ON duty IN tlls bepaltUeht' lh,Te IN NO" WENT
OF nniorLienara~.
1t Is important 10 avoid any cause O iurth'r tlcou
tent. r. JohNsIoS
To this dispatch the President replied on the 18th of
juno as follows:
To Gen. d. i. JoBSsToS Your dispatch received:
Those VINO UNI. .e " I'll h -, ~
produce dseon'cIt "ons " uo'P aoo tha, b. !;
Northern br'h are NOT, piooapii a"o '"' .i 70,
ctiz'n OF aiissspPi Was Heatni Pnn'oI u"ti ,ie
Yankees robbed bin anu before ,he states
had an army was inc 'hioi u oiunhhco aIu Hiti! II,
the force which Ms'l'sppi S,s "a - In nur XIII
OF Succession. AS soon Us Ssissppi eoulu spio ,
Army OF the Confederate States, ana mas frequently
~ alcrity sbonld undermine hin, as il has another
yon are authorized notify him of the fact. and TO
heye him. communicating II 70 me oy telegram cur