. Report of a Board of army officers upon the claim of Maj. Gen. William Farrar Smith; , major Army (retired) that he, and not General Rosencrans, originated the plan for the relief of Chattanooga in October, 1863 . ountain at some indefinite time in the future might becalled a plan. That was certainly not the plan followed by Grant six days after, andtherefore could not have been among the excellent suggestions of Rosecrans toGrant, and it follows that Grant could not have gone to Chattanooga with any suchplan in his mind. Wm. Farrak SMrPH. POSTSCRIPT. Since this paper was written
. Report of a Board of army officers upon the claim of Maj. Gen. William Farrar Smith; , major Army (retired) that he, and not General Rosencrans, originated the plan for the relief of Chattanooga in October, 1863 . ountain at some indefinite time in the future might becalled a plan. That was certainly not the plan followed by Grant six days after, andtherefore could not have been among the excellent suggestions of Rosecrans toGrant, and it follows that Grant could not have gone to Chattanooga with any suchplan in his mind. Wm. Farrak SMrPH. POSTSCRIPT. Since this paper was written I have received two letters from Col. (formerlyCapt.) P. V. Fox, who ran the two sawmills and made all the bridges that were madeat Chattanooga during my term of service as chief engineer of the Army of theCumberland. His letters are dated August 19 and September 11, 1891, and are fullof interesting details as to his preparations for the work accomplished at BrownsFerry. In the first letter Colonel Fox says: I never heard that the place for the bridge was Browns Ferry until told by you(confidentially). * * * Colonel Stanley had nothing whatever to do withrunning the sawmills or making the boats. Chatt<uwn<!a SVo^. Scalr 1 iiK-h to tl * Ml t Ctmip Stn^jLlm,. Alt,. Sijjt H. ItiSS Map of CHATTANOOGA & i^/c/Af/ry Com/lilnt Jrom t/f ^r ,„Jb,;n,4l,.,n . under , ,./• W. E ili-rrM. Clftt. Eno* Chit/Eftifijwer.^rmY ofthv (;/ Uriit 21 Jfl03 u-Mia,,/ /rtt^-r of transmitta/ .: 91 In the second letter Colonel Fox says: I regret that I can not fix the exact date that yon took me to near Browns Ferryand showed me where the bridge was to be laid and the materials to be packed nntilwanted. ]My recollection is that it was abont five days prior to the movement, andstrict secrecy enjoined. My own men did not know until the 26th of October wherethe bridge was to be laid. \\ . r . S. GENERAL SMITHS SECOND PRESENTATION OF HIS CLAIM, 1895. The History oi-^ the
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