Thursday, August 14, 2014

General Pierre G. T. Beauregard to General John Bell Hood, November 20, 1864 – 10 a.m.

WEST POINT, November 20, 1864 10 a.m.
General J. B. HOOD:

Push on active offensive immediately. Colonel Brent informs me first order for movement one of Jackson's brigades to Wheeler has been suspended by you. It is indispensable; it should be sent by best and quickest route to Newnan, to cut off communications of enemy with Kingston, and to protect construction of telegraph lines and railroad to Augusta via Atlanta. I have appealed to people of Georgia to defend their homes.

G. T. BEAUREGARD,
General.

SOURCES: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 44 (Serial No. 92), p. 872; John Bell Hood, Advance and Retreat, p. 281

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