The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-02-05

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Correspondents Of the Richmond Dspstch.f c.
-.-.. SAVANNAH, Ga, Jan 23,4864
For reasons beyond my control, have
been compelled to discontinue my sketches
ofthe officers in the Army Of Tennessee
Some of my notes have been anislaid, white
in my review of Bragg's late campaign,
was led into an error by a very high 9th
Ger, which desire to correct. The error
- occurred in the following paragraph of the
review %t..i i,E. .-i .s8 - s-
"a council of war was called at night
MONDAY night after the battle of Chicka
mauga) by the General commanding, al
which it was determined, as ! am credibly
informed, to put the army in motion up the
~ Tennessee river the following day. with the
intention of crossing that stream, turning
the enemy's left flank, and pushing on
across the mountains toward Nashville
Accordingly on the next day the troops
were moved by the right flank toward
Graysvile and Chickamauga station in
pursuance of the resolution came to at the
council OF war; but that night the whole
prog aramme was changed By the commander
in-chief, and the head Of the column turn
ed back TO Chattanooga"
An intelligent officer who was with Gen.
Bragg at the time indicated, points out the
error in letter, from which take the fol-
lowing extract: q =
you state that g. the evening OF the
2lst of September a council Of war was
held, AZ which it was determined to cross
the tennessee River, DC. Now, to my Ger
tain knowledge, no such council was held.
About noon of the day mentioned General
Bragg and staff left the field of Chicka'
mauga and proceeded to Red House Ford,
where we arrived during the afternoon,
from which time until the middle of the
following day he did not see any one of
his corps commanders. On Tuesday, the
22d, Gen Longstreet came to headquarters
and dined with Gen. Mccall (tben Chief OF
Staff. While there information was
brought that the enemy were leaving Chatta
nooga, and Gems. l.. and NJ. urged General
Bragg TO cross the river at Chattanooga and
move in the direction of Nashville; to which
Gen B. replied thatit was impossible to do
so at once in consequence OF the lack OF
provisions; but orders were issued looking
to such movement as soon as sufficient
supplies could be obtained But this, bear
in mind, was based upon the supposed
evacuation Of Chattanooga by t ne enemy: !"
learn from the same source that early
on Monday morning, the 2lst, one of his
Lieutenant Generals did suggest the move
ment by the right, to cross the Tennessee
ab we and then move ON toward3 Nashville;
put that Gen. Bragg considered the project
so yisionarJ-so utterly impracticable-and
that it gave to the enemy such certain ad>
yaptaees. while it almost as surely entailed
our own destruction, that it was not even
entertained. At that time noiinttmation
had reached him of the enemys retreat.
1t will not be amiss to repeat, in this
connection, remark made by General
Wheeler when speaking of the cavalry ope-
rations in Tennessee and Kentucky. 1t
was rhis: He said that all the cavalry ex
petitions and raids undertaken from the
q rmy of Tennessee, which had been success
fal. were planned and ordered by General
Bragg who determined the force to be em
ployed, laid down the route to be taken,
and indicated the points 10 be assailed, and
that any departure from his plans and in
structions had generally proved disastrous.
will add another fact iu this place, to
wit, that the last expedition undertaken by
that popular favorite, Gen. Morgan, was
suggested by himself, and that it did not
embrace movement across the Ohio