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January 17, 1865

Bryan, Henry, fl. 1865

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Title: Memorandum of condition of the Army of Tennessee, Jan. 17/19th 1865

A report on the general condition of Confederate General Stephen D. Lee's corps of the Army of Tennessee. Documents corps, divisions, brigades, number of soldiers, supplies needed by soldiers, health, and general remarks following Confederate losses in the Franklin-Nashville campaign of November-December 1864. Reports on the condition of soldiers under the command of Generals Carter L. Stevenson, Edward Johnson, and Henry D. Clayton. In the "General Remarks" for Clayton's division, states: "they lack confidence in Army commander, which tended to keep back the absentees - would agree to…

GLC00841.01

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