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rvals along the extended frontiers, from Virginia to Kansas; but no general plan of defense had been adopted, and each emergency was met as best it might be. Want of coherence and cooperation, not lack of vigor or valor, prevented efficient action, and combined movement seemed impossible. Accordingly, on the 10th of September, General Johnston was assigned to command, under the following orders: Extract. Sepcial orders no. 149. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, September 10, 1861. General Albert Sidney Johnston, Confederate States Army, is assigned to the command of Department No. 2, which will hereafter embrace the States of Tennessee and Arkansas, and that part of the State of Mississippi west of the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern and Central Railroad; also, the military operations in Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, and the Indian country immediately west of Missouri and Arkansas. He will repair to Memphis, Tennessee, and assume command, fixing his hea

issippi, and 10,000 from Arkansas. Had they been promptly furnished, how different might have been the result! The letter to Governor Harris is here given; those to Governors Pettus and Rector were identical, except in the number of troops named, the places of rendezvous, and the clause referring to conversations about arms, which was omitted. headquarters, Department No. 2 Columbus, Kentucky, September 21, 1861. Sir: I have the honor to inform your Excellency that, under date of September 10, 1861, I was authorized by the President of the Confederate States to call upon the Governor of Tennessee for troops for the defense of the Mississippi River, and the States included in this military department. The defenseless condition of this department was patent, from the moment I arrived and had a hasty view of the field. The necessity for a strong and efficient army is present and pressing. I therefore avail myself of the permission above cited, to call upon your Excellency

Marshall and Garfield in eastern Kentucky. The Rev. Edward O. Guerrant, Assistant Adjutant-General to General Marshall. On the 10th of September, 1861, General Albert Sidney Johnston, one of the five officers who then held the rank of General in the Confederate army, was assigned to the command of Department No. 2, embracing the States of Tennessee and Arkansas, and that part of the State of Mississippi west of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern and Central Railroad; also, the military operations in Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, and the Indian country immediately west of Missouri and Arkansas. Tennessee had entered into a league with the Confederacy on the 7th of May, 1861, and although the efforts of the Confederates to take Kentucky out of the Union had been defeated, the State contained a large element friendly to secession, from Confederate private. From a tintype. which was recruited at an early day a number of regiments. In order to afford securer opportunities f

ed to bring it about. I suppose the difficulties now will only be adjusted by the sword. In my humble judgment, that was not the remedy. When he arrived in the new Confederacy, his coming was welcomed with a spontaneous outburst of popular enthusiasm, and deputations from the West preceded him to Richmond, entreating his assignment to that department. President Davis said that he regarded his coming as of more worth than the accession of an army of ten thousand men; and on the 10th of September, 1861, he was intrusted with the defense of that part of the Confederate States which lay west of the Alleghany Mountains, except the Gulf Coast (Bragg having control of the coast of West Florida and Alabama, and Mansfield Lovell of the coast of Mississippi and Louisiana). His command was General Albert Sidney Johnston at the age of fifty-seven. From a photograph taken in salt Lake City in 1860. the appearance of General Albert Sidney Johnston before the war is described as both co

d have present need to know what supplies and wagons were captured. I wish you would have prepared a statement of your wants in transportation and supplies of all kinds, to put your army on a proper footing for active operations . I am as ever your friend, (Signed) Jefferson Davis. General Johnston apparently becoming more and more impatient and irritated at affairs at Centreville and at Richmond, wrote to the President under date of September 10th, as follows: Manassas, September 10, 1861. his Excellency, the President. Sir: It was said that during the past summer I have been censured by the two persons in Richmond highest in military rank, for not having assumed command of this army, and that they complain of the inconvenience to the service which had been produced thereby. Permit me to say that this accusation is untrue. I am, and have been, in command of the army. Have felt the responsibility of that command, and understood that, even if so disposed, I coul

. (assault) 27 Drewry's Bluff, Va. 14 Petersburg, Va. (trenches) 21 Gill's Farm, Va. 4 Chaffin's Farm, Va. 2 Ware Bottom Church, Va. 19 Fair Oaks, Va., Oct. 27, 1864 7 Cold Harbor, Va. (assault) 22 Spring Hill, Va., Dec. 10, 1864 5 Cold Harbor, Va. (trenches) 4 Fall of Petersburg, Va. 4 Picket, July 4, 1862 1 Rice's Station, Va. 2 Present, also, at Fort Pulaski; Arrowfield Church; Chester Station; Petersburg Mine; Appomattox. notes.--The regiment left the State Sept. 10, 1861, and in the following month sailed from Annapolis with General T. W. Sherman's expedition to Port Royal, S. C. Landing at Hilton Head, Nov. 8, 1861, it remained on duty in that Military Department over two years. During its stay there it took part in the reduction of Fort Pulaski, the occupation of Jacksonville, Fla., and was present at the bombardment.of Fort Sumter. Most of the time, however, was passed in garrison duty at Hilton Head, and Beaufort, S. C. In the meantime, the regiment

s ---------- 10 8 14 32 12th New York Tyler's ---------- 5 19 10 34 First Bull Run, Va.             July 21, 1861.             1st Minnesota Heintzelman's ---------- 42 108 30 180 69th New York Tyler's ---------- 38 59 95 192 79th New York Tyler's ---------- 32 51 115 198 Wilson's Creek, Mo.             August 10, 1861.             1st Missouri Lyon's ---------- 76 208 11 295 1st Kansas Lyon's ---------- 77 187 20 284 Carn Fex Ferry, W. Va.             Sept. 10, 1861.             10th Ohio Rosecrans' ---------- 9 50 -- 59 Ball's Bluff, Va.             Oct. 21, 1861.             15th Massachusetts Baker's ---------- 14 61 227 302 20th Massachusetts Baker's ---------- 13 40 228 281 Belmont, Mo.             Nov. 7, 1861.             7th Iowa Grant's ---------- 26 93 -- 119 22d Illinois Grant's ---------- 23 74 -- 97 Camp Alleghany, W. Va.             Dec. 13, 186

Doc. 39 1/2. captures at Hatteras Inlet. Official report of Com. Rowan. U. S. Steamer Pawnee, Hatteras Inlet, September 10, 1861. Sir: I have to state, for the information of the Department, that I have taken a valuable prize this morning, now called the Susan Jane, of Nevis, West Indies. This schooner was called the Charles McCees when she cleared at Newbern, (N. C.,) two days before the blockade went into effect on this coast. She took a cargo of spirits of turpentine to the West Indies, and at Charleston, Nevis's Island, obtained an English register, but without a bill of sale or endorsement of any kind on the part of the master or agent, and without any other paper required under English law. She sailed from Nevis to Halifax, (N. S.,) and there took on board an assorted cargo, consisting of blankets, cloth, iron, steel, brogans, axes, &c., all of which were purchased in New York and Boston, as is shown by bills of lading from different leading houses in those cities.

Doc. 152 1/2. engagement at Norfolk, Mo., September 10, 1861. Lieutenant Phelps' report. United States gunboat Conestoga, Cairo, Illinois, September 10, 1861. sir: I have to inform you that this morning I got under way with this vessel, in company with the Lexington, at the request of Colonel Wagner, and proceeded down the river to cover an advance of troops from Norfolk in that direction. After passing considerably below the forces on shore, the Lexington turned back to be more nSeptember 10, 1861. sir: I have to inform you that this morning I got under way with this vessel, in company with the Lexington, at the request of Colonel Wagner, and proceeded down the river to cover an advance of troops from Norfolk in that direction. After passing considerably below the forces on shore, the Lexington turned back to be more near them. I proceeded further down to examine the head of Island No.2 for a reported battery, but failed to find it. I, however, discovered the enemy in force on the Missouri side, at Lucas' Bend, and at once proceeded down and opened fire upon their artillery and cavalry. The enemy had about sixteen pieces of field-artillery and, it is believed, one heavy piece in battery. Several of their pieces were rifled cannon, and ranged to and beyond this vessel, striking all about her. In a short tim

Garibaldi.--The following letter from Garibaldi has been received by the United States Consul at Antwerp: Caprera, Sept. 10, 1861. my dear sir: I saw Mr. Sanford, and regret to be obliged to announce to you that I shall not be able to go to the United States at present. I do not doubt of the triamph of the cause of the Union, and that shortly. But if the war should unfortunately continue in your beautiful country, I shall overcome all obstacles which detain me, and hasten to the defence of a people who are dear to me. G. Garibaldi. To Mr. Quiggle, U. S. Consul at Antwerp. --N. Y. Tribune, Oct. 29.