Bragg, Braxton (1817-1876) [Military telegram requesting Daniel H. Hill be assigned to command one of Pierre G. T. Beauregard's divisions]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00864 Author/Creator: Bragg, Braxton (1817-1876) Place Written: Drewry's Bluff, Virginia Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 18 May 1864 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20 x 12 cm. Order a Copy
Also with autograph endorsement signed by Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General of the Confederate Army. Recipient's copy of a telegram from Beauregard to Bragg. Beauregard had requested that General Hill be assigned to his department as a division commander. Bragg's endorsement denying the request appears on the verso. Bragg, backed by President Davis, for whom he now served as special military advisor, did not approve of Beauregard's request because of a prior feud between him and Hill, who remained on duty in the Charleston area. Written during Union General Benjamin Butler's Bermuda Hundred campaign. On stationery of the "Confederate States of America. Military Telegram." See GLC03013 for a related document.
Dated Drewry's Bluff May 17 1864
Rec'd at Richmond 17 1864 11 o'clock 11 mins P M.
To. Gen'l Bragg
9 o' clock P.M. - In accordance with my understanding with the War Department I have assigned Maj Gen'l D.H. Hill to the temporary command of a Division subject to the approval of the Department. He is entirely without staff officers. Cannot Lt Col Archer Anderson be ordered to report to him? If not, please order - some other efficient A.A.G. to report to him.
G.T. Beauregard
[2] Respectfully refered to Adjt Genl, I do not know of any understanding with the War Dept. about Genl Hill. Nor do I know by what authority he is in the Dept of N.C. & S. Va. But three divisions can be made of Genl Beauregard five & he has Maj. Genl Hoke, Pickett & Whiting - With their staff officers - I can not spare Lt. Col. Anderson and his rank is above that allowed a division.
Braxton Bragg,
Genl.
May 18/64
[Cooper's endorsement2]
Maj. Lt. D.H. Hill, was, by direction of the President assigned to the Dept. of So Ca Ga & Flor; & to report to Gl. Beauregard. He went to Charleston but did not enter on duty. He declined to go on duty unless he recd. an order giving him, as he accessed it, a clear record. This was refused him by the President as unnecessary & improper. Genl. DH Hill left that Dept. on his own responsibility & has not since been considered as under the command of Genl. Beauregard.
Respfy: returned to Genl. Bragg
May 18/64 S.Cooper
AdJ Gen
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