Ruggles, Daniel (1810-1897) to Braxton Bragg
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02460.13 Author/Creator: Ruggles, Daniel (1810-1897) Place Written: Grenada, Mississippi Type: Autograph document signed Date: 22 June 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 19.8 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy
Discusses various troop movements in Mississippi. States "General Van Dorn orders Breckinridges Corps and Six Thousand men from my Command forward to Vicksburg. General Villipigue telegraphs that his command is independent. He has all my armed troops, and calls on me to defend the Memphis and Tenn Rail Road route!" It is reported that "Holly Springs is reoccupied by the Enemy and that General Sherman has twenty five thousand men at Grand Junction." Verso states that the letter was telegramed to General Bragg. For the next year Vicksburg would be a heavily contested city.
John Villepigue was a Confederate Brigadier General serving under General Van Dorn.
Daniel Ruggles was a Confederate Brigadier General, serving under Bragg, whose duties at this time were largely administrative.
General Van Dorn orders Breckinridges Corps and Six Thousand men from my Command forward to Vicksburg.
General Villipigue telegraphs that his command is independent. He has all my armed troops, and calls on me to defend the Memphis and Tenn Rail Road route! He says Holly Springs is reoccupied by the Enemy and that General Sherman has twenty five thousand men at Grand Junction
Daniel Ruggles
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