. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . thePresident of the fact, on the 15th, at10:45 a. m., I sent a telegram to Gen-eral Whiting directing him to march toPort Walthall and join in the attack. % To avoid all possible misconstruc-tion of the real import of the telegram, I intrusted it to General (then Colonel)T. M. Logan, of the Hampton Legion, temporarily on duty with me as oneof my staff. I also gave him, for General Whiting, a rough copy of my orderof battle for the next day. | My object was to separate Butler from
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . thePresident of the fact, on the 15th, at10:45 a. m., I sent a telegram to Gen-eral Whiting directing him to march toPort Walthall and join in the attack. % To avoid all possible misconstruc-tion of the real import of the telegram, I intrusted it to General (then Colonel)T. M. Logan, of the Hampton Legion, temporarily on duty with me as oneof my staff. I also gave him, for General Whiting, a rough copy of my orderof battle for the next day. | My object was to separate Butler from his base and capture his wholearmy, if possible. The active cooperation of Whiting was, I thought, indis-pensable to attain such an end. I organized my forces into three divisions, under Hoke, Ransom, and Col-quitt, and called these officers to my headquarters to explain to them the partI expected each and all to play in the impending attack. General Ransomwas ordered to attack the Federal right flank at daybreak, to drive back theskirmishers in his front, and, following almost simultaneously with his entire. MAJOR-GENERAL R. F. HOKE, A PHOTOGRAPH. I Rise and Fall of the Confederate Govern-ment, Vol. II., p. 512—G. T. B. & The text of the orders is as follows : I shall attack enemy to-morrow at daylightby river road, to cut him off from his Bermudabase. You will take up your position to-nighton Swift Creek, with Wises, Martins, Dearings,and two regiments of Colquitts brigade, withabout twenty pieces under Colonel Jones. At day-break you will march to Port Walthall Junction ;and when you hear an engagement in your frontyou will advance boldly and rapidly, by the shortestroad, in direction of heaviest firing, to attack en-emy in rear or flank. You will protect your advanceand flanks with Dearings cavalry, taking neces- sary precautions to distinguish friends from communicate this to General Hill. Thisrevokes all former orders of movements. P. S. — I have ju
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