Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-23
TUESDAY MORNING, FEE. %. 1863.
General Bragg is In Richmond. Less thai

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General Bragg is In I:;'sazaond. Less thai
two years as, hc was at Tupelo. Daring
+:,s+ lima he has attra oted much public atten'
ton. and history viii not fail TO recognize The
mart he has played. Ho succeeded virtually
to The command OF the Army Of Mississippi
WHEN Sidney Johnston fell at Shiloh in the
riss. of victory and returning justice
S;-ate,v wss for a few weeks retained bJ
B~o.c7ozsrd, but the sasire administrator and
Internal government Of the army were lett g
him :, w5o,, hands for two d-eary years the
d.,t;,ie, Of the West were conided. At the
AN, r,,,smsnt of his administration II mum.
barsd a. lsass seveuty-f7e thousand for duty
Tba whale force on the muster rolls was faIi
~ many m,rs. Ga paper it then and no"
e.c.ods the Army Of Virginia. More troops
w,-e s,ns to Tennessee than tn the Petomac
Tn. West aEl,dsl MORO military resources
TIA, -, East. It has more railroads, larger
,,v;rab,s rivers. q. N orc fertile soil, and a
-,,,i,.ion. perhaps, more enthusiastic and
anxious for war. These armies were sne oe'
fsa,e Of a people ~ho were Struggling los a.
An. ia valuable in government or hcaorsh!e
n lifs. With Q comm,n object, ana that the
n,5,oss that e,s: ..a,s,,.oi zen to action, aGd
with numbers aad appointments not greatly
n,s,.al, tn, vas. disparity Of results caun"t
fill To strike one who loves his country ard
f.s,s n,:-.- substitute for the future. In
ii. Eas:, army asse- army of the invaders
Ia, been thrown bask in sickeninS discoan-
ture. The territory over which the hostile
limos hay, advanced is not much c:ore than IS
n,slsa By the enemy Tor camping ground TO-
his corps, and graves for his soldiers. T"ie"
the var has bssn carried to the door OF the
invader; aa1, safely relying upon the p"Sient
courage a2i noble aspirations Of Lea, Rich>
mon i stin continues the u~nconqucTed Capital
o. Virginia aad of tho Confsleraoy. In tie
W,,t. ons hundred thousand men were log.
from Tupslo to Missionary Ridge, aad lot e
,!ory won BY the commludec whose powers
war, as u~nlini.ed 90 wore ever conferred
u,,n a Roman pro-coasul Territory has
he, abandoned US large ss Englard, sno
loyal populations have been deserted aai leI'
70 t,c;r tormentors. Railroads have been
s,:zsa. private properly impressed, arbitrary
Iw enforced, citizens Imprisoned, civil pro
,a;s dsaicd. ms7itorious officers dismissed Tie
ue-vice without charge or trial, and tie press
;oyuiiassd, accompanied b >eonstau1 carnage
aci huuisiasiag rctrsa:.
Wnoa the eaemy lay ~ our marcy, ard the
.-r,oro;,l metropolis of the West Vas tce;d-
him, :, it's foundations, CIT army vas d!yi-
,a.. a battle fought with a traction against
masses, and a friendly State abaasonod to
s,s7sry sal despair. Fron noon till night
more than twenty taonsaud Of our troops lis
tone to tho biz gans icing % tue field ct
Ps--v1;llo, telling tdon that their Comrades
--ers ssvu gsl;ng il deadly conflict with an
overwhelming f,e. Bat ths5 vera forbidden
:, Nh +, The yas,ls Of those whose fortunes
-=5 common 70 al.
t., gra1ayiss aua miuss Of E'ds Iennesses
VIVA ,rie.si 70 bs s~lese-3ersi without battle,
aal the --,.. raags OF the Cun5sricaa, With
i, ws.l, Of rouk sars3,hing away n irieii'y
lsay.a, 60! -4flsiny t, loSoc Il: sa'n:n':s 10:
the ESSAY, o. .hj.o ~i1 wn'd ensia7o e77
n,ao,ar AMI its magnificent Fortress, which
ia the KY shs. ualosk7 the g,to nat leads 20
tas -anl;nia; hon:5 o. Sao s'uso, wcre
handel over without c struggle to gao onemy'
w, bsnsasal on the top - L2Gkou. M"nn-
tain. a,t,ri.i Nv his W success. An order
,,as given ID as.ack O. separated corps OF the
on,n7. and wasa the off ,ec in charge was IN
FL, a.. Of OF ,c!;n, 40 entire capture, the order
w,7 81 m,lia,l a, necessarily % permit the
a,,;nr foe 3, ese,n,. Aai wnen as last tho
sc..ssrsi columns of tae enemy were allowed
. son7erys without molsstation, and a Hp!en-
d;l victory Vas won hy . snSardlna.n, who
-syo7,.i sas piaa OF bsstic, ani dliregarded
FL, orlc-s OF tho commaade--!n-catef, who
Ind mistaken the position Of the enemy, and
WIS to, rar away TO perceive his erE"r, Toe eN'
u,tin, aria; Wa Rorb;idsa 10 pursue, and in
.hrs, days was allowed to advance only u
Is.yae il feoas Of tae feld which had wit
n,,s,i. the m,st complsse route Ia the history
o. cas va. W.c2 the enemy retHed within
hi; ;nprsznabls Fortress, q reinforeemcnts
v,r, pouria, in from eTnry quarter, corps
acsr ,o.p,. scon tbs Mis'is ,ippi to sas Poto
u,,. a,i iu4: as .hN c7idsaces were Us ciea.
a,E,ht .1i sra;h cha; tao s2enJ was a5out
T., rsoe7 thu bi..is. our army was again d.
yi,sd, aud M;s1io,a:y Rig, was the melar-
o,,,v resale. Tasse disasters were often pre-
di,.ei By tho very army which has suffered
=, much. Petitions have been signed ly
general officers praying a change in ths mar
A yam mt OF tho Department Of the Vest
COMMUNICATIONS have bsen written BY COM
m.,isrs Of corps and divisions, addressed to
thu, c,mmauaer-ia CHIEF, urging him to yisli
a command to which hs VIZ, who"y unequal.
TIC petitions were passed by unhseaed, and
FL. re,uss.s were followed by c%onsumely and
inias;ce. At last an indignant people, whose
coaat.y was being plundersd; o press whose
voice broke tho saassle3 that had beea imposed
bya military chieftsiu; and ca army that relus'
eli to sa5uis 70 further slaughter without intel
Icon: command, d,nsndel and secured re'ies
BIZ the removal Of MIN VIA hnd loan the
eIuss Of all their misfortuncs. Bat strange
rumors fill the city. Il is said that he who
l,.. Kentucky, Tennessee, rssryTiile, MUIR
f.ossboro', Chiokamauga, and Chattanooga, is
+, BE- ordered to tho consolidated department.
Of Alabama and Mississippi, ard in command
or AUGMENTED forces. Oacs in command he
will insist .t:. his forces are no. equal to re-
sistiug the heavy oolamn' of Sherman, and be
will demand ta.t J ohnston's army be depleted
to the relief Of the aeH department. This
m,y or MAJ not DO trus. Bat thsre must be
~- c. IL. .aaank Con E.nrn