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I.id.in in ure air t irr IIt !lfillr Flit ll’stHie Army of Tennessee.The army of Tennetwoa, although it Indicted a lesion the enemy about equal, according to ()■ n. J-mnston, to the whole of our army, *Mreduced in strength and much enfeebled by the battle. A Urge portion of the army had been previously withdrawn for the defence of Vicksburg. After that battle it was regarded a* very uncertain whether Goa. Bragg could maintain his position in Tennessee, and whether he would not he compelled, if the enemy were reinforced, to fall back south of the Tenrtessef rl ver, and give up the State u» be ravaged and desolated by our barbarous foe, He, therefore! promptly created a '*Volunteer and Conscript Bureau for the Army of Tennessee,1' and placed at the hcsd of this bureau brig. Gem l’illow, who had just reported for duty on the battle (laid of Murfreesboro, and taken part in that engagement. Gen. Bragg placed under Oe?t. Billow's orders about eleven hundred oflic. r.i, with authority to establish rendezvous iu the Status of Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisi-.'.aii, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and North Carolina.With such machinery in the hands of an o'i r ilistinguishod for his activity and •ti'T-V, Ocu Bragg has been enabled to tut uis army from its state of weakness to a state of g '. lying strength, without weakening our army in other quarters, and t'lt; snv« Mldll!*' llolmesse^J from that total desm.itioa and ty . «y that marks the track of those Northern V ntidals.The following exhibit* the officers arm rendezvous established by Gen. Billow forthis work.TE.VSESBEErayflttt vilb' - 1 loll Campbell.V Minnville—Col. Nixon.Columbia -Mu;. NicholsonWinchester—Lb Col. JohnsLil.dnn--Lt, (’ill, FriersonI’u Wi afaj, F dcorvlt.Ch ittftuoogn i C l. Ungi vney.Gr- anville, E. T. - Col Colter;.tttTany irin on impor Bragg knop a : meritsm,! Post f I day fosay wtarus allexpectHolytatthe in:Wo wiIfolf! thenas hA ii’the re#1 F. Hob ut thea ardwjON I will itence. L* ten si ltarrnu Mare; one I.n tile, mbitt HkcxpA! A BAM*.M infgnincry • Col. Echol* Fay .-it.-villa— Sf uj. Matthew*. Mi.at-vi 11.’ ( id Ceil.ICK |ml,»Csalie-lidalli ru 1 hetuthetrylllll VO IonipWtSHSKim(’olllllihlH- Col. W. It. Wi.de Grenada —CM. T. W. TiVhit*Knterpii *• —Lt. Cr*t. Smith Ll)l' 1HI ASA Curnp Moore—Cul. Cewi-Nnvhetochee -Cul, Gibson, rLOtiint.Taliehawe (VI. W. Miller.JUiHAXaALittle Ii L -Col. Turnbull.Camden (VI. WiUhmmn.So [ST 11 I'AKOt.tNA.A. hville -(VI. Hnrdcastlu,Tie sr i.rlieera ire Commandants '■i- lor I. awarding of conscript* nrnl stragglers to tie army of Tennoisw. and imve control of ail ih- officers detail- 1 whose r jiir.ents were raised in their respective district:, These i tfieers, s» we understand, go out with assurance# that if absentees from the army report promptly they are pardoned, and that (til may volunteer and elect tln-ir companies mid regiment* that choos i.i Ju . .NOT virtue Hump I'ouri ! -utu.i t will, «•Post iVI (INIat pllb!trot i 1 wit: Pl.K-l| t!‘i(| sin-[ fttOidVof rvitdes volunteerslare?St»* ! 11.. t!d‘ Shadi* h;i tenS5(wshare*.Nt'-ci [■any. !8 toe! (Vm pa Slue Ipuny. •Ska![Advertisement.]Who are our Friends ?Com j hi Steel d share St.-cl shares, Tern and (ViThe found i arc my
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Winchester Daily Bulletin
Winchester, Tennessee, US
Sun, Mar 22, 1863
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