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'O, dim it! exclaimed Bragg, clasping the front of the stand as if it was a horse, and throwing himself off, an operation that had the effect of bringing the new saddle on which he was seated bang on the floor.

Hereafter, under the column of 'Effective Total' in the reports from this army, extra-duty men and men in arrest will not be included. The 'Effective Total' must include only the fighting field force those who are carried into the field of battle with fire-arms in their hands. By command of General Bragg. GEORGE WM. BRENT, Assistant Adjutant-General."

But mind, they must be steady I'll keep no unsteady servants; the first act of drunkenness, with me, is the last. 'I shall also want a second horseman; and here I wouldn't mind a mute boy who could keep his elbows down and never touch the curb; but he must be bred in the line; a huntsman's second horseman is a critical article, and the sporting world must not be put in mourning for Dick Bragg.

Lee and Meade maneuvered over the old Virginian scenes of action, each trying to outflank the other, and each being hampered by having to send reinforcements to their friends in Tennessee, where, as we have seen already, Bragg and Rosecrans were now maneuvering in front of Chattanooga.

When we starve out we'll call on you for rations, but at present we are not starving, by a jug full; but if you want any whisky or tobacco, send over and we'll give you some. We've got all we wanted, and assure you we are satisfied." The above remarks are the supposed colloquy that took place between the two armies. Bragg, in trying to starve the Yankees out, was starved out himself.

Grant's desire for activity in the winter Scattering to live Subordinate movements The Meridian expedition Use of the Mississippi Sherman's estimate of it Concentration to be made in the spring Grant joins the Potomac Army Motives in doing so Meade as an army commander Halleck on concentration North Carolina expedition given up Burnside to join Grant Old relations of Sherman and Halleck Present cordial friendship Frank correspondence The supply question Railway administration Bridge defences Reduction of baggage Tents Sherman on spies and deserters Changes in Confederate army Bragg relieved Hardee Beauregard Johnston Davis's suggestion of plans Correspondence with Johnston Polk's mediation Characteristics Bragg's letters Lee writes Longstreet Johnston's dilatory discussion No results Longstreet joins Lee Grant and Sherman have the initiative Prices in the Confederacy.

Before acting further the Confederate President sent out General Bragg to Atlanta to examine on the spot and report upon the condition of affairs. Bragg arrived on the 13th and reported that an entire evacuation of Atlanta seemed to be indicated by what he saw. The army was sadly depleted, he said, and reported 10,000 less than the return of June 10th.

Before it could arrive Rosecrans felt obliged to draw together within the fortifications of Chattanooga, while Bragg quickly closed about him, and, by practically blockading Rosecrans's river communication, placed him in a state of siege. In a few weeks the limited supplies brought the Union army face to face with famine.

At 2 o'clock on the morning of the 31st General Sill came back to me to report that on his front a continuous movement of infantry and artillery had been going on all night within the Confederate lines, and that he was convinced that Bragg was massing on our right with the purpose of making an attack from that direction early in the morning.

Opening the door without knocking, what should he find but the swell huntsman, Mr. Bragg, full fig, in his cap, best scarlet and leathers, astride a saddle-stand, sitting for his portrait!