Sunday, June 8, 2014

General John Bell Hood to General Braxton Bragg, September 8, 1864 – 2:30 p.m.

LOVEJOY'S STATION, GA., September 8, 1864 2.30 p.m.
 General BRAXTON BRAGG:

I suggest that all the reserves of Georgia, under General Cobb, be ordered to this army since the prisoners have been removed; that Lieutenant-General Taylor be ordered to relieve General Hardee, bringing with him all the troops he can.

 J. B. HOOD,
General.

SOURCES: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 38, Part 5 (Serial No. 76), p. 1030; John Bell Hood, Advance and Retreat, p. 249

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