The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 789
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ARKANSAS POST.
[Indorsements.]
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT TENNESSEE,
Dalton, Ga., February 2, 1864.
Respectfully forwarded.
W. W. MACKALL,
Chief of Staff.
ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
February 11, 1864.
Respectfully returned to General J. E. Johnston. Attention invited
to Paragraph II of General Orders, No. 3, of January 9, 1863, from this
office [following], which is important in the present instance.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GEN.'S OFFICE,
No. 3. Richmond, January 9, 1863.
II. Not only are all papers and applications to be forwarded through
the regular channels of communication, but the officers through whom
they come, and who are generally supposed to be informed on the merits
of the case presented, are required to express their opinions thereon,
either in approval or disapproval. These opinions are frequently im-
portant to the D- artment, and the rule which prescribes them must not
be overlooked.
By order:
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
DALTON, February 19, 1864.
Respectfully returned, approved. I call attention to the fact that
he action in this case was by one of my predecessors.
J. E. JOHNSTON,
General.
MARCH 2, 1864.
Respectfully submitted to the Secretary of War. Is a court of in.
quiry to be granted in this case 7
By order :
C. H. LEE,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
MARCH 4, 1864.
To adjutant and inspector general for remarks.
By order:
J. A. CAMPBELL,
Assistant Secretary of War.
A court of inquiry in this case would involve the examination of the
surrender of the Arkansas Post, which would be a tedious and profitless
undertaking at this time. There is, it is true, a censure directly passed
by General Churchill's report on the conduct of Colonel Garland, but if
this necessarily required the opinion of a court of inquiry every officer
who might be so unfortunate as to meet the disapproval of his superior789
CaP. Xxx.]
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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 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1886; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154626/m1/800/?q=hart: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.