The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 32, In Three Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. Page: 697
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C APLIV.1 CORRESPONDENCE R ETC.--CONFEDERATE.
to meet and retard the advance of the enemy. The Eighteenth Mis-
sissippi Battalion will be sent to the left of the main road to attack
the enemy in the flank and attempt to capture their wagon train.
The remainder of the brigade will be put in the trenches. A detail
will be sent from each command to the wagons to cook four days
rations for their commands.
By order of Brigadier-General Chalmers :
W. A. GOODMAN,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
DALTON, February 8,- 1864.
Brig. Gen. A. R. LAWTON,
Richmond:
My telegram to the Secretary of War in regard to shoes was sent
because we require far more than your shops can furnish. I respect-
fully urge the adoption of immediate measures to obtain supplies
from other sources. Be so good as to inform me if what you say of
indiscriminate impressment is a message from the Secretary of War.
J. E. JOHNSTON.
DALTON, February 8, 1864.
Memorandum for Colonel Browne, aide-de-camp.
The effective total of the army (infantry and artillery), 36,111. At
the end of December it was 36,826, which during the month was
reduced by the transfer of Quarles' and Baldwin's brigades, 2,700.
The present brigades of the army were, therefore, increased by 1,000
effectives during January.
We have a few unarmed men in each brigade; about half ,are
without bayonets. Many barefooted; the number of the latter in-
creasing rapidly. Thirteen thousand three hundred pairs shoes are
now wanted for infantry and artillery.
The artillery is not efficient; is unorganized, and there are not
means of ascertaining if it has officers fit for colonels and lieutenant-
colonels; both those grades should be filled. I am endeavoring to
improve the organization.
About 400 artillery horses are wanting. I shall obtain a few by
dismounting orderlies. The chief quartermaster is procuring others.
There are 112 pieces, 64 of which are present with teams incapable
of maneuvering them on a field of battle. Forty-eight are near
Kingston to improve their horses.
I have applied, for the promotion and assignment of Col. E. P.
Alexander to the grade of brigadier-general to comm and this artil-
lery. It requires such an officer to prepare it for the field.
The efficient chief of ordnance supplies us well with everything
pertaining to his department except bayonets, which it is known
cannot be furnished.
By taking about 300 baggage wagons from the troops we have for
supply trains 600 wagons. Many of their mules require rest and
food to make them fit for a campaign. One hundred and thirty
other wagons are being altered to bear-pontoons. Such trains would
not carry food and forage for more than three days for this army.891
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 32, In Three Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc., book, 1891; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152633/m1/697/?q=Thrall: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.