September 30, 1863
---Chickamauga Campaign: Trouble between commanders and their generals
are not limited to the hapless Army of the Cumberland, but also in their
opponents, the C.S. Army of Tennessee.
Gen. Bragg, dissatisfied with the way some of his subordinates conducted
the Battle of Chickamauga, demands explanations from Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk and
Maj. Gen. Thomas Hindman---but the government in Richmond reminds him that he
cannot remove general officers from command, but only arrest them. Pres. Davis hopes that will resolve the quarreling---but
is shocked then Gen. Bragg does, in fact, the unthinkable: he prefers charges
against both generals. Ironically
enough, Gen. James Longstreet (on loan from the Army of Northern Virginia)
heads up a small group (himself, D.H. Hill, Simon B. Buckner, Leonidas Polk) of
general officers who petition to Richmond for Bragg to be relieved and Lee sent
west to deal with the Union forces there.
Trouble with dissatisfied officers and his inability to confide in them
will plague Bragg through the entire coming campaign.
---Brig.
Gen. George Crook reports a massive incursion of Rebel cavalry at several
points on the Tennessee River, both below and above his position, near Smith’s
Cross Roads. Crook’s men fight the dismounted
Southern troopers for about an hour, and then withdraws farther west.
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