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Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 10: (search)
olonel Lee to the President. General Beauregard to Colonels Chestnut and miles. his telegram to Colonel Myers. answer of President Davis. General Beauregard's reply. Colonel Myers alleges ignorance of want of transportation in the army of the Potomac. General Beauregard's answer. cause of the failure of the campaign. effect of General Beauregard's letter upon congress. an apparent improvement in Commissary and Quartermaster Departments. General Beauregard complains again on the 23d of August. no action taken. Suggests removal of Colonel Northrop. the President believes in his efficiency, and upholds him. fifteen and twenty days rations asked for by General Beauregard.> Towards 11 P. M., on the day of the battle, while President Davis, at General Beauregard's headquarters, was engaged in writing the despatch to General Cooper given in the preceding chapter, information was received, through Captain Hill, of General Johnston's forces, that the enemy, at Centreville, was
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 11: (search)
f the enemy. On the 13th of August General Beauregard was officially informed, by the Hon. L. P. Walker, Secretary of War, of his appointment, by and with the advice and consent of Congress, as General in the army of the Confederate States, to take rank from July 21st, 1861. He gratefully accepted the high distinction thus conferred upon him by the President, who, it will be remembered, had not awaited the action of Congress to reward his services. The reader is aware that, on the 23d of August, General Beauregard again addressed the President See Chapter X. with regard to the insufficiency of subsistence for the army at Manassas. He also urged the sanitary benefits and economy of procuring for each company a good professional cook and baker, with portable kitchens and ovens for encampments. Out of thirty-two thousand six hundred and fifty-five men, the total of his own army at that time, only twenty-two thousand two hundred and ninety-one were fit for duty; much of the si