DaveBrt
1st Lieutenant
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2010
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
On March 23, 1862, Gen. A. S. Johnston sent the following to the Commanding Officers at Knoxville and Chattanooga:
"Make prompt inquiry as to whether shafting for gunboats at New Orleans has arrived at Knoxville. If it has, and is yet at Knoxville, forward it by special messenger via Atlanta to Mobile, thence to New Orleans."
A like message was sent to the officer at Stevenson, Ala., directing it through Corinth if it was at Stevenson.
Does anyone know the route the shafts (I assume for the Mississippi) actually took and any dates for their passage? Where were they when NO fell?
"Make prompt inquiry as to whether shafting for gunboats at New Orleans has arrived at Knoxville. If it has, and is yet at Knoxville, forward it by special messenger via Atlanta to Mobile, thence to New Orleans."
A like message was sent to the officer at Stevenson, Ala., directing it through Corinth if it was at Stevenson.
Does anyone know the route the shafts (I assume for the Mississippi) actually took and any dates for their passage? Where were they when NO fell?