Letter signed to Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, regarding Breckenridge's orders to reinforce him in a campaign into Tennessee and urging a joint action against Union forces in Mississippi.
Tupelo, [MS]: 4 August 1862. 3 pp. (250 x 185 mm). price urges immediate action, written following the siege of Corinth and just prior to bragg's invasion. An urgent dispatch from Price to Van Dorn: "…I telegraphed you yesterday that dispatches from Gen. Bragg make it almost impossible for me to reinforce Gen. Breckinridge. He says very pointedly that West Tennessee is now open to my army, intimating that he expects me to enter it. I do not feel at liberty to disregard such an intimation, especially when I consider the very important relations which this army bears to that in Tennessee. I cannot get possession of the Rail Road before Thursday. It will then take at least a week to transport to this point the troops &c. which must be brought hither preparatory to a forward movement. I regret very much that I have to submit even to this unavoidable delay. I cannot think of protracting it, expect under compulsion of the greatest necessity. To attempt to reinforce Gen. Breckinridge would protract it indefinitely. The success of the campaign depends upon the promptness & boldness of our movements, & the ability which we may manifest to avail ourselves of our present advantages. The enemy are still transferring their troops from Corinth & its vicinity, eastward. They will, by the end of this week, have reduced their force to its minimum. We should be quick to take advantage of this for they will soon begin to get reinforcements under the late call for volunteers. The present obstructed condition of the Rail Roads is another reason for instant action. In fact, every consideration makes it important that I shall move forward without a day's unnecessary delay. I earnestly desire your cooperation in such a movement and will as I have before said be glad to place myself & my army under your command in that contingency. The very names of yourself and Gen. Breckinridge would bring thousands to our ranks, & carry dismay to those of the enemy…" Price and Van Dorn's movements discussed here would lead to the Second Battle of Corinth (3-4 October 1862). A nice war-date letter from the Confederate Major General from Missouri.
Letter signed to Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, regarding Breckenridge's orders to reinforce him in a campaign into Tennessee and urging a joint action against Union forces in Mississippi.
Tupelo, [MS]: 4 August 1862. 3 pp. (250 x 185 mm). price urges immediate action, written following the siege of Corinth and just prior to bragg's invasion. An urgent dispatch from Price to Van Dorn: "…I telegraphed you yesterday that dispatches from Gen. Bragg make it almost impossible for me to reinforce Gen. Breckinridge. He says very pointedly that West Tennessee is now open to my army, intimating that he expects me to enter it. I do not feel at liberty to disregard such an intimation, especially when I consider the very important relations which this army bears to that in Tennessee. I cannot get possession of the Rail Road before Thursday. It will then take at least a week to transport to this point the troops &c. which must be brought hither preparatory to a forward movement. I regret very much that I have to submit even to this unavoidable delay. I cannot think of protracting it, expect under compulsion of the greatest necessity. To attempt to reinforce Gen. Breckinridge would protract it indefinitely. The success of the campaign depends upon the promptness & boldness of our movements, & the ability which we may manifest to avail ourselves of our present advantages. The enemy are still transferring their troops from Corinth & its vicinity, eastward. They will, by the end of this week, have reduced their force to its minimum. We should be quick to take advantage of this for they will soon begin to get reinforcements under the late call for volunteers. The present obstructed condition of the Rail Roads is another reason for instant action. In fact, every consideration makes it important that I shall move forward without a day's unnecessary delay. I earnestly desire your cooperation in such a movement and will as I have before said be glad to place myself & my army under your command in that contingency. The very names of yourself and Gen. Breckinridge would bring thousands to our ranks, & carry dismay to those of the enemy…" Price and Van Dorn's movements discussed here would lead to the Second Battle of Corinth (3-4 October 1862). A nice war-date letter from the Confederate Major General from Missouri.
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