MILES ON ROAD FROM
MICKEY'S TO CORINTH,
April 8, 1862
— 7.30 a.m.
[General BEAUREGARD:]
MY DEAR GENERAL: Our condition is horrible. Troops utterly disorganized
and demoralized. Road almost impassable. No provisions and no forage;
consequently everything is feeble. Straggling parties may get in to-night.
Those in rear will suffer much. The rear guard, Breckinridge commanding, is
left at Mickey's in charge of wounded, &c. The enemy, up to daylight, had
not pursued. Have ordered Breckinridge to hold on till pressed by the enemy,
but he will suffer for want of food. Can any fresh troops, with five days'
rations, be sent to his relief?
It is most lamentable to see the state of affairs, but I am
powerless and almost exhausted.
Our artillery is being left all along the road by its
officers; indeed I find but few officers with their men.
Relief of some kind is necessary, but how it is to reach us
I can hardly suggest, as no human power or animal power could carry empty
wagons over this road with such teams as we have.
Yours, most truly,
BRAXTON
BRAGG.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
10, Part 2 (Serial No. 11), p. 398-9
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