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THE WARTIME CORRESPONDENCE GEN. DANIEL RUGGLES: (1810 - 1897) Confederate brigadier general. Ruggles served with distinction in the Mexican War, winning two brevets, and therafter saw service on the frontier and Indian scouting. On Aug. 9, 1861, after a stint as a brigadier general of Virginia militia, Ruggles was given a CSA commission as brigadier general and sent to New Orleans to serve under David Twiggs, and thereafter led significant forces at Shiloh. In June, 1862 Ruggles was named to command defenses in Louisiana east of the Mississipi with Earl Van Dorn as his immediate superior. It was in this period that Ruggles frantically sought to defend Corinth from Halleck's 110,000 man force and serving as Beauregard's rerar guard along the Tuscumbia. Ruggles was replaced by Adams in 1863 and assigned to serve under Joe Johnston. However, by the Spring of 1864 he was virtually without command and frantically seeking a new role in the CSA army, ending the war in Richmond. . An extraordinary lot of over 125 various war-date A.D.S.'s, D.S.'s, and autograph letters and documents, plus seven related war-date documents and a post-war A.L.S., sporadically covering nearly all of Ruggles' entire service in the Confederate Army, with most of the material oncerning preparation of forces for the monumental battle at Shiloh, and Ruggles' desperate efforts to stem Henry Halleck's advance at Corinth, Miss. from late April to June, 1862. The vast majority of the items (100+) are entirely in Ruggles' hand, being either battlefield despatches or retained copies thereof, with 17 war-date signed documents, for a total of 132 items in this historic archive. The first Ruggles item is dated Apr. 21, 1861 arranging for transportation and supplies for the Sparta Greys. Another document, June 6, 1861 describes attacks at Acquia Creek and Ruggles determined efforts to repulse them. The correspondence shifts to New Orleans where Ruggles was placed under Twiggs. Thereafter, Ruggles' life becomes rather hectic. His despatches, quoted here only in the briefest manner, show his preparations for the Shiloh campaign and the attack on Corinth. In very small part: "[Shiloh] The Enemy is said to be coming up the Tennessee in force!...Is your battery ready?...Can you give me information about Gen. Johnston's movements...select a good position for a battery below Bear Creek...1200 cavalry were expected from Nashville...the Enemy is destroying the bridge between Bethel and Henderson...our bridge is burned...send [one regiment] post haste to Tuscumbia...you will hold your battery at Eastport at all hazards...enemy is reported as having landed at the mouth of Yellow Creek...Let me know when the enemy attempts to land so that I can move to your support...Generals Withers, Gladden & Anderson have all arrived...the enemy is landing at Savannah. Can you come down...take measures to prevent Clamstan's Cavalry from being surprised...is the Raid Road broken up between Decatur and Columbia?...the 10th Miss. will be sent...Bragg has ordered Miss. Troops to rendezvous at Grand Junction...Don't expose your force by fighting him under his gunboats...Make the best possible disposition of your force at Tuscumbia and meet me...Shall I continue to move troops to Bethel?...Col. For[r]est Regiment of Miss. Vols. will return to this Station...hold your regiment in readiness...enemy is landing troops at McWilliams...some 57 transports have arrived...Should he land in large force...you will of course fall back, skirmishing...Enemy's raid reported from Corinth in Tennessee Valley. March your cavalry to Fulton...leave with over 300 cavalry immediately...If you have evacuated Fort Pillow you will station your force at or near Memphis...and direct the defences of that city...I want a force at Hernando to cover Memphis...Protect Memphis with your troops and do not withdraw them...The enemy...occupy Bolivar...It is likely they go to Memphis...detach two companies of cavalry to proceed without delay to the vicinity of Hernando...break up the track of the Miss. Central R. Road...telegraph wires will also be taken down...many of the ties will be buried...[enemy] advancing rapidly on Holly Springs...enemy cavalry at Tallahatchie Bridge. He fears that he can't hold the bridge...Burn the bridge and guard the ford nearest...call out the Minute Men and Militia of the State of Mississippi...Burn the cotton in advance...do not burn the bridge over the Coldwater until compelled to do so by a large force...Shall I hold the hill of the Tallahatchie?...Wallace's Division [is] to cut the Rail Road below Granada...scouts and spies...say that Wallace's Division...were placed on transports...General Sherman is at Grand Junction...Hold 2,000 men with four guns at Oxford...no muskets have been received. Two thousand much needed...Pickets driven back by the enemy from Hernando and Cold Water bridge burned...I am prepared to fall back in a minute...the people cannot be relied upon to picket or fight...your division is orederd to Vicksburg...Transportation will be sent you as rapidly as possible to take your whole command to Vicksburg. Be ready. Breckenridge's corps will go first...Sherman has 25,000 at Grand Junction...Butler and staff with escort is said to have left New Orleans...I need 3,500 disciplined troops...Recommend movement against New Orleans...the enemy has 9,000 troops there demoralised...inroads of the enemy above Baton Rouge are represented as disastrous. Immediate relief is invoked...enemy has evacuated Baton Rouge...let me have for service at Port Hudson the three heavy guns received from the wrecks...Van Dorn attacked the enemy and drove him from the entrenchments at Corinth..." Much, much more excellent content! Additional documents include a manuscript clearly showing his indignation at being relieved of command in Mississippi, paroled prisoner rolls, a general order rounding up troops and "walkinmg wounded" to be pressed into service at Corinth, and a post-war letter discussing the feasibility of a rain-making scheme. Of particular importance is a manuscript report (in another hand) in which Ruggles relates in detail his actions during the battle of Shiloh setting forth the bloody back-and-forth retaking of the same disputed ground. This is a superb historic general's correspondence, a cohesive grouping of important general's autograph material rarely encountered in this day and age. We strongly urge all interested bidders to view this grouping, allowing ample time for review and research. Very good condition overall. $25,000-35,000
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