. General Joseph Wheeler and the Army of Tennessee [electronic resource] . ements nearly equal to the whole that wasleft of the Confederates. What was the object? Theretreat continued over exceedingly bad roads. Cleburne wasin the rear, with Breckinridge in command of a rear guard seems to have been the most complete ofthe organization. With the others, at least very many,companies were broken into fragments; regimental and bri-gade commanders could not find their officers or men.^ Gen-eral Bragg was found, excited as none had ever seen himbefore. In the darkness he grasped wit
. General Joseph Wheeler and the Army of Tennessee [electronic resource] . ements nearly equal to the whole that wasleft of the Confederates. What was the object? Theretreat continued over exceedingly bad roads. Cleburne wasin the rear, with Breckinridge in command of a rear guard seems to have been the most complete ofthe organization. With the others, at least very many,companies were broken into fragments; regimental and bri-gade commanders could not find their officers or men.^ Gen-eral Bragg was found, excited as none had ever seen himbefore. In the darkness he grasped with both his own the handof a young staff officer of the commander of the rear guard, Qeburne and His Command, p. 174. 220 GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER AND exclaiming: Tell General Cleburne to hold his position atall hazards. Everything depends on him. The broken ranks were not pursued by Grant because hisartillery horses were yet too poor to haul the guns. The troops practically dissolved, halted at Dalton. Manyindividuals went home to obtain shoes and clothing. Grants ^ ifc^^^^&n i;em:rai., c. s, a. CHAPTER XIV 1864 JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSTON When General Bragg saw that the fragments of hisrouted army from Missionary Ridge had stopped at Daltonhe hastened to send his urgent request to Richmond to berelieved and ordered elsewhere. I must get away fromhere as soon as possible, he wrote. He expressed a prefer-ence to be assigned to a post near Atlanta, without givinghis reason. General Johnston had been in Mississippi and Alabama,practically unemployed, since the fall of Vicksburg. Hardeewas invited by the president to take permanent commandof the army at Dalton, but declined, hoping Johnston wouldbe allowed to succeed Bragg. On December 16, 1863, thepresident reluctantly ordered Johnston from Mississippi toproceed to Dalton and assume command of the Army ofTennessee, adding that a letter of instructions would besent to that army for his guidance. As soon as the com-mand in Miss
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