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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 89 (search)
Red River campaign. To the Secretary of War: While engaged in earnest efforts to effect the capture of Galveston, with a view to these general operations, contemplated for the winter campaign, I was informed by a despatch received January twenty-third, and dated January fourth, that it was proposed that General Steele should advance to Red River if he could rely upon your (my) cooperation, and be certain of receiving supplies on that line; and that the best military opinions of the Gene perfect unity of command and of purpose, as well as of constant communication between the forces assigned to this duty, and then separated by hundreds of miles, was too apparent to admit of question. I replied to this despatch on the twenty-third of January, stating that with the forces proposed --to wit, General Sherman and General Steele, and my own disposable force — I concurred in the opinion that the Red River was the shortest and best line of defence for Louisiana and Arkansas, and as