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Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 33
easurably secure and free to send reenforcements to Johnson. His forces in East Tennessee could seriously harass our left flank and constantly disturb our communicaturlburt has sent the most of his forces away to General Grant, thus leaving West Tennessee uncovered, and laying our right flank and rear open to raids of the enemy. le Johnson will send back to Bragg a force sufficient to insure the safety of Tennessee. If Grant fails, the same result will inevitably follow, so far as Bragg's ar and the abandonment of the rich and abundant harvest now nearly ripe in Central Tennessee. He would lose heavily by desertion. It is well known that a wide-spread dissatisfaction exists among his Kentucky and Tennessee troops. They are already deserting in large numbers. A retreat would greatly increase both the desire andve us possession of McMinnsville, and enable us to threaten Chattanooga and East Tennessee; and it would not be unreasonable to expect an early occupation of the form
E. D. Townsend (search for this): chapter 33
is army ought to move upon the enemy — the army desires it, and the country is anxiously hoping for it. 8. Our true objective point is the rebel army, whose last reserves are substantially in the field, and an effective blow will crush the shell, and soon be followed by the collapse of the rebel government. 9. You have, in my judgment, wisely delayed a general movement hitherto till your army could be massed and your cavalry could be mounted. Your Mobile force can now be concentrated in twenty-four hours, and your cavalry, if not equal in numerical strength to that of the enemy, is greatly superior in efficiency and morale. For these reasons, I believe an immediate advance of all our available forces is advisable, and, under the providence of God will be successful. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. A. Garfield, Brigadier-General, Chief of Staff. Major-General Rosecrans, Commanding Department Cumberland. Official: E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant-General.
McCown (search for this): chapter 33
, say500 each,17,500 Artillery, 26 batteries, say100 each,2,600     Total,58,100 This force has been reduced by detachments to Johnson. It is as well known as we can ever expect to ascertain such facts, that three brigades have gone from McCown's division and two or three from Breckinridge's; say two. It is clear that there are now but four infantry divisions in Bragg's army — the fourth being composed of fragments of McCown's and Breckinridge's divisions, and must be much smaller thanMcCown's and Breckinridge's divisions, and must be much smaller than the average. Deducting the five brigades, and supposing them composed of only four regiments each, which is below the general average, it gives an infantry reduction of twenty regiments, four hundred each,--eight thousand; leaving a remainder of thirty thousand It is clearly ascertained that at least two brigades of cavalry have been sent from Van Dorn's command to Mississippi, and it is asserted in the Chattanooga rebel, of June eleventh, that General Morgan's command has been permanently
William S. Rosecrans (search for this): chapter 33
Doc. 33.-General Garfield's letter to General Rosecrans. headquarters Department Cumberland, Murfreesboroa, June 12, 1863. General: In your confidential letter of the eighth instant to the Corps and Division Commanders and Generals of cavalry of this army, there were substantially five questions propounded for their consWisconsin cavalry, nor Coburn's brigade of infantry, now arriving, nor the two thousand three hundred and ninety-four convalescents now on light duty in Fortress Rosecrans. There are detached from this force as follows:-- At Gallatin,969 At Carthage,1,149 At Fort Donelson,1,495 At Clarkesville,1,138 At Nashville,7,292 Atieve an immediate advance of all our available forces is advisable, and, under the providence of God will be successful. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. A. Garfield, Brigadier-General, Chief of Staff. Major-General Rosecrans, Commanding Department Cumberland. Official: E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant-General.
B. R. Johnson (search for this): chapter 33
and answer, viz.:-- 1. Has the enemy in our front been materially weakened by detachments to Johnson or elsewhere? 2. Can this army advance on him at this time with reasonable chances of fightised the Tennessee River, where he would be measurably secure and free to send reenforcements to Johnson. His forces in East Tennessee could seriously harass our left flank and constantly disturb ourcimated regiments and irregular organizations, and at the time of his sending reenforcements to Johnson his army had reached its greatest effective strength. It consisted of five divisions of infantteries, say100 each,2,600     Total,58,100 This force has been reduced by detachments to Johnson. It is as well known as we can ever expect to ascertain such facts, that three brigades have gs army will require many weeks to recover from the shock and strain of his late campaign, while Johnson will send back to Bragg a force sufficient to insure the safety of Tennessee. If Grant fails,
J. A. Garfield (search for this): chapter 33
Doc. 33.-General Garfield's letter to General Rosecrans. headquarters Department Cumberland, Murfreesboroa, June 12, 1863. General: In your confidential letter of the eighth instant to the Corps and Division Commanders and Generals of cavalry of this army, there were substantially five questions propounded for their consideration and answer, viz.:-- 1. Has the enemy in our front been materially weakened by detachments to Johnson or elsewhere? 2. Can this army advance on him at twenty-four hours, and your cavalry, if not equal in numerical strength to that of the enemy, is greatly superior in efficiency and morale. For these reasons, I believe an immediate advance of all our available forces is advisable, and, under the providence of God will be successful. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. A. Garfield, Brigadier-General, Chief of Staff. Major-General Rosecrans, Commanding Department Cumberland. Official: E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant-General.
James Breckinridge (search for this): chapter 33
es, say100 each,2,600     Total,58,100 This force has been reduced by detachments to Johnson. It is as well known as we can ever expect to ascertain such facts, that three brigades have gone from McCown's division and two or three from Breckinridge's; say two. It is clear that there are now but four infantry divisions in Bragg's army — the fourth being composed of fragments of McCown's and Breckinridge's divisions, and must be much smaller than the average. Deducting the five brigades,Breckinridge's divisions, and must be much smaller than the average. Deducting the five brigades, and supposing them composed of only four regiments each, which is below the general average, it gives an infantry reduction of twenty regiments, four hundred each,--eight thousand; leaving a remainder of thirty thousand It is clearly ascertained that at least two brigades of cavalry have been sent from Van Dorn's command to Mississippi, and it is asserted in the Chattanooga rebel, of June eleventh, that General Morgan's command has been permanently detached and sent to Eastern Kentucky. It
Doc (search for this): chapter 33
Doc. 33.-General Garfield's letter to General Rosecrans. headquarters Department Cumberland, Murfreesboroa, June 12, 1863. General: In your confidential letter of the eighth instant to the Corps and Division Commanders and Generals of cavalry of this army, there were substantially five questions propounded for their consideration and answer, viz.:-- 1. Has the enemy in our front been materially weakened by detachments to Johnson or elsewhere? 2. Can this army advance on him at this time with reasonable chances of fighting a great and successful battle P 3. Do you think an advance of our army at present likely to prevent additional reenforcements being sent against General Grant by the enemy in our front? 4. Do you think an immediate advance of this army advisable? 5. Do you think an early advance advisable? Many of.these answers are not categorical, and cannot be clearly set down either as affirmative or negative; especially in answer to the first question
Joseph Hooker (search for this): chapter 33
d thus:-- Answer to first question,6 Yes. 11 No. Answer to second question,2 Yes. 11 No. Answer to third question,4 Yes. 10 No. Answer to fourth question,0 Yes. 15 No. Answer to fifth question,0 Yes. 2 No. On the fifth question, three gave it as their opinion that this *army ought to advance as soon as Vicksburg falls, should that event happen. The following is a summary of the reasons assigned why we should not, at this time, advance upon the enemy :-- 1. With Hooker's army defeated, and Grant's bending all its energies in a yet undecided struggle, it is bad policy to risk our only reserve army to the chances of a general engagement. A failure here would have most disastrous effects on our lines of communication, and on politics in the loyal states. 2. We should be compelled to fight the enemy on his own ground, or follow him in a fruitless stern chase, or, if we attempted to outflank him and turn his position, we should expose our line of communicat
Philip H. Sheridan (search for this): chapter 33
d. With the nine brigades of the two arms thus detached, it will be safe to say there have gone six batteries, eighty men each: four hundred and eighty; leaving him twenty batteries, two thousand one hundred and twenty, making a total reduction of sixteen thousand four hundred and eighty, leaving, of the three arms, a total of forty-one thousand six hundred and eighty. In this estimate I have placed all doubts in Bragg's favor, and I have no doubt it is considerably beyond the truth. General Sheridan, who has taken great pains to collect evidence on this point, places it considerably below these figures; but assuming these to be correct, and granting what is still more improbable, that Bragg would abandon all his rear posts, and entirely neglect his communications, and could bring his last man into battle, I next ask, What have we to oppose to him? The last official report of effective strength of this army, now on file in the office of the Assistant Adjutant-General, is dated Ju
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