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On This Day in Confederate History, Sept. 26.
1864: President Jefferson Davis made an inspection trip to the Army of Tennessee after the recent loss of Atlanta, Georgia to evaluate the situation for himself. The relationship between his two top generals, General John Bell Hood and Lt. Gen. William Hardee, had reached the breaking point and Davis tried to find a solution for the good of the army and nation. After meeting separately with both Hood and Hardee, he decided to move Hardee to the command of South Carolina. He also moved General P.G.T. Beauregard to coordinate the entire western region, which gave him technical command over Hood in Georgia and Tennessee, and of Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor in Alabama, Mississippi, and Eastern Louisiana. But in reality, he would be in command of one or the other only if he was physically present with either one. So Beauregard's position became advisory in nature with no actual control. The situation in the western Confederacy would steadily deteriorate, especially with Hood and his Tennessee campaign.
Also at this time, Lt.Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's raid into Tennessee to cut Sherman's supply line was nearing Pulaski, Tennessee. And in Missouri, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's raid into Missouri was advancing on Pilot Knob, Missouri.
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