Braxton Bragg to Chattanooga, Tenn., August 14, 1862, August 14, 1862

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT NO. 2,

Chattanooga, Tenn., August 14, 1862.

Col. J. GorRGAS, Chief of Ordnance, Richmond, Va. : Sik: I beg to call your attention to the arsenal at Columbus, Miss., and suggest a thorough inspection and overhauling. It is being exCuar, XXIX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—CONFUDERATE.

panded into proportions too gigantic for my notions of its importance, and thus far the results from the labors there have been insignificant compared with the means furnished. I am certainly indisposed to make any additions to the very large number of operatives now detailed from my command unless some results are to follow. I am, colonel,

very respectfully, your obedient servant,

General, Commanding.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN., August 14, 1862.

General G. T. BEAUREGARD:

My Dear GENERAL: I had written you some days ago a long letter,

which I hope has reached you before this, explaining why I had not

written sooner. Until I.reached here I was without my usual office

assistance, and hence so much occupied that I could not write as satisfactorily to the Savannah Republican as I wished; and as the matter