HEADQUARTERS, October 4, 1863.
Lieut. Gen. D. H. HILL, Commanding, &c.:
GENERAL: Colonel Chesnut, the President's aide-de-camp, has just passed my headquarters on his way to the mountain. In a ten minutes' conversation I told him of our distressed condition, and urged him to go on to Richmond with all speed and to urge upon the President relief for us.
I suggest that it would be better for you and Buckner to see him and hurry him on. My interview was so short that I had not time to tell him we should have more troops. I think that I said enough of other matters, but it would be well if you and Buckner would also talk with him. He will return from the mountain to General Bragg's headquarters.
Most respectfully,
J. LONGSTREET,
Lieutenant-General.
Source: Official Records
Commentary
Note from Longstreet to D.H. Hill commenting on a brief meeting between President Davis' aide-de-camp and Longstreet as the former was on his way to see General Bragg. This visit was a part of the failed effort by Richmond officials to discover the source of the problems within the Army of Tennessee.