ORs: (CS) Message from Braxton Bragg - November 4, 1862

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Series 1, Volume 20, Part 2, Page 388

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT No. 2,
Knoxville,
November 4, 1862.

General S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond:

SIR:
In reorganizing my command so as to give proper commands to Lieutenant-Generals Polk and ilardee, I propose two army corps of three divisions, with a brigade of cavalry to each. This I can effect by withdrawing McCown’s division from Lieutenant-General Smith, and reorganizing Breckinridge’s division, with the addition of new regiments now formed. McCown’s division properly belongs to my command, having been sent, to General Smith from Tupelo just before my own
movement.

May I request you to secure the promotion, as early as practicable, of Cols. Joseph Wheeler and J. A. Wharton, now commanding cavalry brigades, that I may place them in the position they so justly deserve, and are so competent to fill?

I am, sir, respectfully, yours,

BRAXTON BRAGG,
General, Commanding.