- 21 Oct 2020 13:39
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October 22, Wednesday
It appears, after two weeks of skirmishing and less than vigorous pursuit, that Bragg’s Confederate army is making good its escape from Buell in Kentucky following the Battle of Perryville. The response from General in Chief Halleck to Buell’s refusal to pursue was sharp: Buell should not retire but instead should “drive the enemy from Kentucky and East Tennessee. If we cannot do it now, we need never to hope for it.” The President, Halleck wrote in a later message, “does not understand why we cannot march as the enemy marches, live as he lives, and fight as he fights, unless we admit the inferiority of our troops and of our generals.” Buell readily admits exactly that. “The spirit of the rebellion,” he complains today in a long account of his problems, “enforces a subordination and want which public sentiment renders impossible among our troops.” Because of this fortitude, plus a willingness among the Confederates to impose the death penalty, “the discipline of the rebel army is superior to ours.”
Cotton speculation causes President Lincoln to say that individuals purchasing cotton should not impose terms not included in the Federal rules.
Fighting occurs at two points in Arkansas, Helena, and Huntsville; at Van Buren, Missouri; Snickersville, Virginia; and Confederate cavalry under General Joseph Wheeler take London, Kentucky. A Union attack on Pocotaglico or Yemassee, South Carolina, is repulsed after several skirmishes October 22-23. A Federal expedition from Fort Donelson to Waverly, Tennessee, will fight several times October 22-25. There is a skirmish at Fort Wayne, Indian Territory, near the Arkansas border.
It appears, after two weeks of skirmishing and less than vigorous pursuit, that Bragg’s Confederate army is making good its escape from Buell in Kentucky following the Battle of Perryville. The response from General in Chief Halleck to Buell’s refusal to pursue was sharp: Buell should not retire but instead should “drive the enemy from Kentucky and East Tennessee. If we cannot do it now, we need never to hope for it.” The President, Halleck wrote in a later message, “does not understand why we cannot march as the enemy marches, live as he lives, and fight as he fights, unless we admit the inferiority of our troops and of our generals.” Buell readily admits exactly that. “The spirit of the rebellion,” he complains today in a long account of his problems, “enforces a subordination and want which public sentiment renders impossible among our troops.” Because of this fortitude, plus a willingness among the Confederates to impose the death penalty, “the discipline of the rebel army is superior to ours.”
Cotton speculation causes President Lincoln to say that individuals purchasing cotton should not impose terms not included in the Federal rules.
Fighting occurs at two points in Arkansas, Helena, and Huntsville; at Van Buren, Missouri; Snickersville, Virginia; and Confederate cavalry under General Joseph Wheeler take London, Kentucky. A Union attack on Pocotaglico or Yemassee, South Carolina, is repulsed after several skirmishes October 22-23. A Federal expedition from Fort Donelson to Waverly, Tennessee, will fight several times October 22-25. There is a skirmish at Fort Wayne, Indian Territory, near the Arkansas border.
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—Edmund Burke
—Edmund Burke