LOVEJOY'S STATION,
GA., September 13, 1864.
His Excellency JEFFERSON DAVIS,
Richmond, Va.:
In the battle of July 20 we failed on account of General
Hardee. Our success on July 22 not what it should have been, owing to this officer.
Our failure on August 31 I am now convinced was greatly owing to him. Please
confer with Lieutenant-Generals Stewart and S. D. Lee as to operations around
Atlanta. It is of the utmost importance that Hardee should be relieved at once.
He commands the best troops of this army. I must have another commander. Taylor
or Cheatham will answer. Hardee handed in his resignation a few days since, but
withdrew it. Can General Cobb give me all the reserve regiments he has?
J. B. HOOD.
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. 78), p. 832; John Bell Hood, Advance and
Retreat, p. 249
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