Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-02-12


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anxious ffrss an Offensive can.s,ns~s 81
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troops Ine Fresiaent ana zen. bragg.
and also t:en- Lee were des'rons inat
.he o.ehsase oe assumed saa An ~
tepps DC maos 20 oE'se tue feoesa's -
ths 0h'o riser eeiore large army cooio
oe concentfaied 70 move agasSs. ns.
johnston was 10 nave, 10 aauilion 70
his own force. Gen. Martins force
l5,VOO meal Liens.-Gen. Folks icrce
lo,OUVl; irom Gen. beauregards lUsUVO
men; and from Cen. LongstFeet losUVV
men. making, With his own army, 70.
tal force OF 1SsUOO men. Gen. Hood
reported to Gen. johnston al Dalton.
Hood says that even then johnston
thought It best Tor the Confederates 20
tall back and take up some position 10
rear OF Dalton. This, writes H9od, was
my introduction 70 the army Of Iennes-
see; albeit not calculated 10 inspire or
encourage military ardor--sinee u was
proposed to retreat. even before the en-
emy became in earnest-I neverthe-
less laid before Gen. Johnston the plan
to join Folks army and LongsiFeers
corps on the march into Tennessee,
gave him assurance that the authorit'es
~ Richmond would anord MIN every
assistance. ana INFORMED nih' mo.eD-
yer. that Gen. Lee favored the PFojec-
ted campaign. Gen. Johnston lmme-
diateiy took the ground that ne d'd not
very well know the country through
which y was proposed 10 pass % tne
rear OF the enemy; tnat there were u''-
hculties TO oe encountered eIe.. etc's
he desired Polk sand Longstreets forces
to join him al Dalton, where. TINS large
army being concentrated: ne conside req
he should De leit TO decide and act ior
the best: m other words. De iriteS move
forward, stand his ground OF retreat, A.
might seem most exPedient. To this
demand Gen. Lee was unwilling 70 ac-
cede; ne was retuctant 10 give up Long
streets corps. unless Tor the purpose OF
active work and dealing hard blows, IN
The performance OF which task u had
already SO often distinguished Itself
The war department objected TO the
withdrawal OF Folks army from Mis-
sissippi, until active operations were
to commence, as, oy sucn movement
one OF the BEST regions oi country TOT
supplies would De abandoned 70 the en-
envy.
But the assumed t9tieuities set forth
By Gen. Johnston prevented the execu-
lion OF, IN my opinion, one OF tne most
important csmpaigns projected during
the war; and one TACT - eertains what
ever may be said contraFiwise. Presi-
dent Davis offered every possible in-
ducement toward ats executlon, and
had, in regard TO the wisdom ofthe pro-
posed operations, the support ol Gen.
Robert 2. Lee. Thus Gen. hood vim
dicates Mr.. Davis from Johnston's
charges OF "incapacity' and 'Jealousy."
Hood comments IS follows: II cannot
name one OF Lees heutenant-generaIs
who would not have met tbs PROPOSE
tionsfom the war department with that
rpirlt oi co-opeFation wnisal - % easeH
tial in time % war. mofet'sef, any OF
Seer possessed Of even paFf Of that
heroic sell-reiiaHee 20 CHARACTERISTIC ot
Lee and Johnston wouid not Only have
gladly accepted the ninety-oue thous-
sud % ,O0J) men. but, having secured
. competent qaarteFmasier, would soon
have found the necessary transporta-
ton; wonid have seat : dispatch to
Richmond that he was moving forward.
and, God willing. would take from the
enemy al else needed % equip the
army Such might have been the re-
suit. ipstead OF unFemltsIng demands
upon The part q tisn- Johnston, InF sn
outfit egaal TO thsf oi Uniled States
troops, visions o. insupefaple difHculiies
and sacsllasions unendlng
Gen. Hood incidentally refers 70 Gen.
Sherman.s Mem0iEss wherein . -
SAID: 81 did not suppose that Gen.
Hood, though rash, would venture 10