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General Hood Desires General Beauregard to Visit the Army of Tennessee.—

Despatches Concerning General Cheatham.—General Beauregard's Inabil-

ity to go to General Hood's Assistance.—The Disaster at Nashville.—Gen-

eral Beauregard's Great Anxiety.--He is Again Urged to go to the West.

-He Telegraphs the War Department for Authority to Place General

Taylor in Command of the Army of Tennessee, if Necessary.-The War

Department Approves.-General Beauregard Starts for Corinth.-His In-

structions to General Hardee.-Reaches Macon on the 6th of January.—

Confers with General Cobb.-Suggests Advisability of Restoring General

J. E. Johnston to his Former Command.-Despatch from General Hood

Stating that the Army had Recrossed the Tennessee River.-He Again

Calls on General Beauregard.-Urges One Hundred Days' Furlough for

the Trans-Mississippi Troops.-The Idea Disapproved by the War Depart-

ment and by General Beauregard.-Troops from the Army of Tennessee

Sent to the Assistance of General Hardee.-General S. D. Lec's Corps,

under Stevenson, goes First.-Shattered Condition of the Army.-General

Hood Asks to be Relieved of his Command.-Lieut.-General Taylor Ap-

pointed in his Stead.-General Hood's Farewell Circular to his Troops.-

General Taylor Assumes Command.-General Beauregard Visits Mobile

January 21st.-He Inspects all the Works.-Leaves for Augusta.—The

Enemy Believed to be Advancing on that City. - General Beauregard

Gives his Attention to all the Threatened Points of his Vast Depart-

Generals Beauregard and Hardee Meet, by Appointment, at Augusta.—They

Hold a Conference at Green's Cut Station with Generals D. H. Hill and

G. W. Smith.-Military Situation as there Developed, and Plan Adopted

and Forwarded to the War Department, with General Beauregard's En-

dorsement.-Disappointment as to the Number of Troops. - Order to

General Stevenson.-Enemy begins his Forward Movement on 1st of

February.-Disposition of his Forces on the March.-General Beaure-

gard's Plan for Opposing him.-He Advises Concentration at Columbia,

and Abandonment of Sea-coast Cities and Towns.-His Plan of Opera-

tions, if Aided by the Government.-Ordered to Resume the Command

of General Hardee's Department.-General Beauregard's Instructions to

General Wheeler.-Telegram to General Cooper.-Tardiness of General

Hardee in Evacuating Charleston.--General Beauregard in Columbia.—

Confers with General Hampton and the Mayor.-General Hardee's Anx-

iety.-General Beauregard Goes again to Charleston.-Finds no Definite

Steps Taken for the Evacuation.-His Instructions to General Hardee.-

Despatches to General Lec.-Returns to Columbia.-General Beauregard

Orders Quartermaster and Commissary of Subsistence to Remove Stores

from that City.-General Hardee becomes Ill.-His Command Turned

Over to General McLaws.-General Beauregard's Telegrams to General

The Enemy Crosses Broad River on the 16th of February.-General Beaure-

gard Orders the Evacuation of Columbia.-It is Effected on the 17th.-

General Beauregard's Arrival at Ridgeway.-His Despatches to the War

Department.-General Hampton's Plan to Oppose the Advance of the En-

emy.-General Beauregard Goes to White Oak.-His Letter to General

Lee.-He Reaches Chesterville.-His Telegram to President Davis Urg-

ing Concentration.-Remarks upon General Badeau's Interpretation of this

Telegram.-Apprehension of the Enemy upon this Point.-Reasons upon

which General Beauregard Founded his Advice.-His Arrival at Charlotte

on the 22d.-General Lee's Despatch Giving Command of the Southern

Army to General Johnston.-Impossibility of Beating Back Sherman

without Reinforcements.-General Lee's Despatch to the Secretary of

War. Comments thereon.

- What Colonel Taylor (Lee's Adjutant)

Thought of the Necessity for Concentration.-General Beauregard's Plan

the only Wise One.—General Johnston Assumes Command.—His View of

the Situation.-General Beauregard's Answer to General Lee.-Arrival of

General Johnston at Charlotte on the 24th.-Sherman's Line of March

after Destroying Columbia.-Fall of Fort Fisher.-General Bragg Re-

treats to Goldsboro'.-His Tardy Junction with General Johnston.—

Wisdom of General Beauregard's Plan Vindicated.........

General Sherman's Preconceived Determination to have Columbia Burned.—

His Denial. His Despatch to General Halleck, Showing his Intent.—

Contradictions Contained in his Hartford Speech.-General Hampton's

Advice not to Burn the Cotton in Columbia.-General Beauregard of the

same Opinion. Orders to that effect Issued on the 16th of February.—

Statement of Generals Beauregard, Hampton, and Butler.-Surrender of

the City. How it was Pillaged.—Signal Thrown up at 8 P. M.-Outbreak

of the Fire.-Vain Efforts by the Citizens to Arrest its Progress.-General

Sherman's Connivance in the Plan.-Testimony of General Howard.—

Admission by General Sherman that his Troops Burned Columbia.—The

City Destroyed.-Orders of General Sherman in the Morning to Arrest

the Fire and Pillage.-Letters of General Wade Hampton................ 365

General Hardee's Despatch of the 3d of March to General Johnston.-His

Despatch of the 4th.-Failure to Follow General Beauregard's Instruc-

tions.-General Hampton Forms a Junction with General Hardee on the

10th.-General Hardee Retires towards Averysboro'.-General Sherman's

Entire Army Marching on Goldsboro'.-General Johnston at Smithfield.-

Is Attacked on the 15th, near Averysboro', by two Federal Corps.-Enemy

Repulsed. - General Hardee Falls Back towards Smithfield. - General

Johnston Determines to Attack General Sherman's Exposed Flank.

Battle of Bentonville.-Success of the Confederates.-Distinguished Con-

duct of Troops of the Army of Tennessee.-Number of General John-

ston's Troops at the Battle of Bentonville.-Confederate Loss.-Probable

Loss of the Enemy.-Junction on the 24th of Generals Sherman and Scho-

field.-General Beauregard Repairs to Smithfield on the 25th.-On the

26th he Returns to Raleigh.-His Various Telegrams, Suggestions, and

Orders.-General Johnston's Despatch to him of the 30th of March.-

General Beauregard Declines the Command of Western Virginia and East

Tennessee. Various and Contradictory Reports of Threatened Raids by

Stoneman's and Grierson's Commands.-General Beauregard Determines

to Repair to Greensboro'.
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CHAPTER XLVIII.

Strength of the Federal Army at Goldsboro'.-General Sherman's Reasons for

Remaining there Two Weeks.-Position of the Confederate Forces.-Gen-

eral Beauregard's Command Extended on the 1st of April.-Dispositions

Taken by him.-General Lee's Withdrawal from Petersburg.-Evacua-

tion of Richmond.—General Beauregard Returns to Greensboro'.-Re-

ceives Despatches from Mr. Davis on the 4th and 5th.-Goes Back to

Raleigh on the 7th, and to Smithfield on the 8th.-The President Urges

him to Come to Danville.-Surrender of General Lee's Army.-President

Davis Goes to Greensboro'.-General Beauregard Awaits him there.—In-

terview between them on the 11th.-President Davis's Despatches of

that Day. General Beauregard's Orders to Generals Lomax, Walker,

and Bradley Johnson.-President Davis Summons General Johnston to

Greensboro'.-He Arrives on the 12th.-Conference between the Presi-

dent, his Cabinet, and the Two Generals.-General Johnston Reluctantly

Authorized to Treat with General Sherman.-General Johnston Forwards

Letter to General Sherman on the 14th.-Incident Mentioned of Silver

Coin Transferred to General Beauregard.-General Sherman's Answer to

General Johnston.-Troops Ordered to Halt at all Points.-General Beau-

regard's Suggestion to General Johnston concerning Negotiations.-Gen-

eral Breckinridge Present on the Second Day of the Conference.-Agree-

ment Entered into between Generals Johnston and Sherman on the 18th.

-General Breckinridge Communicates Paper to President Davis.-His

Delay in Answering.-Letter of General Breckinridge to President Davis.

-His Final Answer to General Johnston.-Despatches from General Sher-

man.-Death of President Lincoln.-What the South Thought of it.-

General Breckinridge's Telegram of April 24th.-General Johnston's An-

swer.-Negotiation Renewed between Generals Johnston and Sherman.—

They Meet Again at Durham's Station.-Terms Agreed upon, April 26th.

-General Johnston Ignorant of the Whereabouts of President Davis.—

Responsibility of Concluding Terms Thrown upon Generals Johnston and

Beauregard.-President Davis's Efforts to Organize a Cavalry Escort.-

Circular of General Johnston to his Army on April 27th............. Page 384

General Beauregard Completes his Last Official Duties.-Turns his Thoughts

Homeward.-Names of the Officers Serving on his Staff.-His Efforts dur-

ing the War to Obtain Promotion for Deserving Staff-officers.-His Tele-

gram to General Cooper, April 28th.-General Cooper's Reply.-Promo-

tion Demanded for other Meritorious Officers, but Granted for Two only.

-Abandoned Box-car at the Depot at Greensboro' containing Confeder-

ate Archives.—General Beauregard Forwards it to Charlotte.—He Starts

to Return Home on the 1st of May.-Expedients Employed to Defray his

Expenses on the Journey.-Instance Given to Show the Patriotism of the

Southern People.-General Beauregard Reaches Newberry, S. C., on May

5th. He bids Adieu to those Members of his Staff who were from South

Carolina.-His Parting Visit to Governor Pickens.—He Passes through

Augusta, Atlanta, West Point, and Montgomery, reaching Mobile on the

19th.-Is Impressed by the Depression of the People.-How General Sher-

man could have been Checked and Defeated.-General Beauregard Avoids

the Visits of Confederate Officers and Men while in Mobile.-Leaves for

New Orleans.-Arrives on the 20th of May at the Pontchartrain End of

the Railroad, Five Miles from the City.-Is Informed of Crowds Waiting

to Greet him.-Endeavors to Avoid all Public Demonstrations.-Is Wel-

comed at every Step.-Reaches Home at Sunset.
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Management of the Confederate Administration. -Importation of Arms.—

Permitted under International Law. - Blockade Ineffective the First

Year. Federal Government Obtained all Arms Wanted from Abroad.-

Failure of Confederate Government in that Respect.-Inefficiency of the

Agent.-No Arms Forwarded during 1861.-Administration Occupied

with Manufacturing Arms at Home.-Nitre Beds.-Purchase of a Navy.—

Ten First-class Steamers Offered to the Confederate Government in May,

1861.-Offer Declined.-Attempts to Build Ironclads, and late Obtain-

ment of a Few Ships.-Object not to Raise the Blockade, but to Assail

the Federal Mercantile Marine. - Efforts Inefficient. - Financial Opera-

tions.-Sale of Time Bonds in Europe Secured by Cotton, our True Re-

source.-$75,000,000 Offered to the Confederates in London and Paris for

Time Bonds Secured by Cotton.-Administration Resorted to Constant

Issue of Treasury Notes, not Redeemed.-Compulsory Funding in Bonds.

-Destroyed Credit of Confederate States.-Diplomacy.-Consisted of

Arguments about Rights and Dependence of England on American Cot-

ton.-Confederate Administration Made no Offer of Commercial Advan-

tages by Treaty.-Low Duties and Navigation Laws.-No Diplomacy.—

Defence of Territory, Population, and Supplies.-Progressive Losses.--

Effect on Public Opinion and Feeling.-Confederate Conscription, in-

stead of State Troops. - Impressment Makeshifts, instead of Efficiency

in Commissary and Quartermaster Departments.--Causes Concurring to

Produce a Disastrous End.-The South after the War.- Present Atti-

tude in the Union.-The Future in Store.-Memory of the Late Strug-

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