Sale, John B., fl. 1864 to Braxton Bragg
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08491 Author/Creator: Sale, John B., fl. 1864 Place Written: Montgomery, Alabama Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 September 1864 Pagination: 7 p. : docket ; Height: 29.5 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy
Writes to Confederate General Bragg just after the fall of Atlanta about Union General William T. Sherman's and Confederate General John Bell Hood's 10 day armistice. "Sherman & Hood's 10 days Armistice is troubling the public mind hereabout." Mentions the absentee officers and soldiers and states that though some are sick and wounded, many are not. Asks what Bragg thinks Sherman's course will be. Informs that Sherman "has utterly demolished the Macon road out from Atlanta, ... showing thereby no intention of advancing further in that direction ... If Canby & Sherman could meet here, our Armies East are cut off from supplies, & the Confederacy again divided." Discusses Confederate General Daniel W. Adams command district in Alabama and what it consists of. Writes that the Confederacy wants Beauregard to be sent to the Army of Tennessee (A.T.) and are spreading rumors that he is on his way. Sall advises that Bragg come to the Army of Tennessee for the next two months because his influence is desperately needed, "They say there was universal joy at your appearance before, and some of the men march two miles to look at you again. You cannot do as much good, General, in any part of the work as you can here."
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