Letter

Braxton Bragg to Iiteadquarters Cavalry Brigade, January 1, 1862

Author

Braxton Bragg

Recipient

Iiteadquarters Cavalry Brigade

Date

January 1, 1862

Type

Letter

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT NO. 2,
st 27, 1862.

Chattanooga, Tenn., Augi st 27, 1862.

Maj. Gen. SreRLinG PRICE, Comdg. District of the Tennessee, Tupelo, Miss. :

GENERAL: We move from here immediately, later by some days than expected, but in time, we hope, for a successful campaign. Buell has certainly fallen back from the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, and will probably not make a stand this side of Nashville, if there. He is now fortifying at that place. General E. K. Smith, re-enforced by two brigades from this army, has turned Cumberland Gap and is now marching on Lexington, Ky. General Morgan (Yankee) is thus cut off from all supplies. General Humphrey Marshall is to enter Eastern Kentucky from Western Virginia. We shall thus have Buell pretty well disposed of. Sherman and Rosecrans we leave to you and Van J)orn, satisfied that you can dispose of them, and we shall confidently expect to meet you on the Ohio and there open the way to Missouri.

your obedient servant,

General, Commanding.
(Similar letter of same date to Van Dorn at Tupelo.)

Holly Springs, Miss., August 27, 1862.
Maj. THomAs L. SNEAD,
Chief of Staff, District of the Tennessee :
Mason: I arrived here yesterday. By my request General Villepigue met me here, and after consulting with him I am satisfied there

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Summary: Braxton Bragg orders immediate movement to counter Union forces under Buell, coordinating with Generals Smith and Marshall to cut off supplies and expecting cavalry commanders to engage Sherman and Rosecrans en route to Missouri.

Topics

1862 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 17, Part 1 View original source ↗