RICHMOND, September 5,
1864.
General W. J. HARDEE:
Your
dispatch of yesterday received. The necessity for re-enforcements was
realized, and every effort was made to bring forward reserves, militia, and
detailed men for the purpose. Polk, Maury, S. D. Lee, and Jones had been drawn
on to fullest extent; E. K. Smith had been called on. No other resource
remains. It is now requisite that absentees be brought back, the addition
required from the surrounding country be promptly made available, and that the
means in hand be used with energy proportionate to the country's need.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
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. 1021; John Bell Hood, Advance and
Retreat, p. 245 in which this letter was addressed to “General John B. Hood”
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