Saturday, June 14, 2014

General John Bell Hood to General Braxton Bragg, October 2, 1864

PALMETTO, GA., October 2, 1864.
General B. BRAGG,
Richmond, Va.:

To-night my right will be at Powder Springs with my left at Lost Mountain. This will, I think, force the enemy to move on me or to move south. Should he move toward Augusta all available troops should be sent there, with an able officer of high rank to command. Could General Lee spare a division for that place in such an event?

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 39, Part 2 (Serial No. 79), p. 880; John Bell Hood, Advance and Retreat, p. 256

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