The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1865-03-31

tftth,sns, II ca,alrJ Htrs ~ asvvsl, ,eot
Win !nssrnetions 10 dtstroy u hSch !.
they could ~ The ranrcad hsewssn psjioa
and Etowah All failed hedasss too
weak. We could never spsss 1 samcien.
body Of cSMlry foe t.,s servior, ~ ia ~.
distance vas ahs0lusly neceAaary Ia Ns
dsxnse Of every po~itioo fwe occupied
Cspt Hur,Vys, an oacsr II srNt csursge
su9 sAaacity. vas detached on this service,
sth oae hundred mon, ~ sh< ltd oil
June Ard ~-ssauea Tor se<srai weeks nee,
ths rsilsosd. frequently isterspe,ns. Al.
thossh DOT slrcng enough 10 frever, IL
Use. . rr
Early uibe Campaign the statement oi
the strength u tie cavalry III the Dpsrt.
meat Of Mississippi, and East Lonisiana
given me by E1eht. Gem Pom just from
the command Of that depAr laen,, and my
,eIegraphic correspondence with bis sue
cceor, Lieut.. Gen S. D. Lee, gave mc
r1sons 10 hore that competed, fore,
could BE- s'a' from Mississippi aud Ala
5asua to prevent the use u 'hera'h Dad by
the Uni.ed States Army ,iarfore sag
gested !, 10 the President Directly Oh The
18th Jnnc and the 10th Ji'y. ard through
ten. Bragg, on the 10th l2,h. 9Th, ! 9Th
and 10Th Of June and also to Lieut.. Gen
Lee on the 10th May and Sd, llth and
10th. did TO IN the belief that This
cavalry would serve the colkdcracy bet
ter by causing the defeat Of Astn Gen,
Shormsns army han by rcl-,llng raid
IN Mississippi
Besides The causes OF my removal, 81.
lodged IN the telegram announcing It vari.
Gus o.l,ei accusations have h~eu made
against mc--some publi.ne IL newspapers
IN sHch 'aanncr as 10 appear TO have
official authority, ard others circulated
orally in Georgia aad Alabama, ard i'm
puiri TO Gen Bragg
The principal are. that ! perstcn,,y
d'sfegsf5ed the Instructions Of the prcsi
uvnl that reused 10 defend Atlanta
that refused to communicate With Gen.
Bragg in relation 20 'ne operations Of
the army tha, disr.,rer,lcd his cu,l,atics
TO change NY c0rre aBd sttscs To- epe-
my and srlas lIsggcFatlogs n. the l0sss
o. the army,
bad not the aiyauta 70 Of rcccigin. the
Presidents DISTRACTIONS ~ relation to the
manner II conducting the ca npaisn
Bat "a The cot-luot VI my predrcessor, in
reircGtigg lefle odd, less than those COZ.
fronting M, had apparently been approved.
md az nu lee 10 keeping on The d.lcn
save aud r,tresing towards brsn's u
Jrctp. point under circnm5isne,- like
nine, vas adding Ia hi. rrr, t,nr., both
IN the estimation OF the administration
aud people. supposed That my course
would rot b. ccnsnrsl ! believed then
a. | 10 now.,h.i II was the only me at my
command whiuh promised success
! think that The foregoing narrative
shows that the army Of Tennessee did
fight, and With nj least rs much N CT IS !
have ever d01I before.
The proofs lha, ! intended to hold At
,auta are tie tact that under Iny orders
TIA surS Vi strengthening It's leisns's ~n.
gong On vigorously, the communication
On the subject made by IRE to Gee lood
and the met that my iamily IA. IA town
lsnt The psblie workshops w2r, removed
and 10 large supplies deposited N the town.
a. alleged by Gen. Bragg, were measures
Of common prudence, aud no more indicated
,Ae intention 10 abandon the p.aec than
the uliug tAc wagons .. al army % the
rear 81 day Of battle proves f,rrrnc
determination to abandon tbs ihll
While Gen. Bragg Was ~ Atlanta,
about the middle of July sc had no other
conversation concerning the army there
than such a. Introduced IL asked
me no questions regardiG. rs operations
past or future made 10 comments upon
them, 70 suggestions ard had not the
slightest rsa.ou 10 suppose that Atlanta
would not be defended Tie told mo That
the object of bis jourucy was 20 consult
wilh Lieut. Cen he, ard cumuuui1tc
with Gra. h. h smith, ~ relation TO
teiniofcenlgu,s for me He talked much
more Of afnrs In Nmginia than in Geor.
gia asserting What believed. that Sher
mans army os.,pnmrrod Grant and
.mpre.s-sd sae With the bci,ei .ha, BIZ visits
10 NJ, we're nnonit nj.
A csry of a nfici repc, by Gen Hood
accompanies tbs.
Ao~t respectfully. your ote,issnt rrvsu',
j l. JOHNSTON. usDer.l