HEADQUARTERS, October 4, 1863.
Lieut. Gen. D. H. HILL:
GENERAL: Your note is received. I had not much hope for cooperation on the right, from the general's disinclination at first to use the heights on that part of the line. We have no positions here for the guns that you have; that is, the positions are not fortified, and they would be too much exposed without protection in that way. If during the effort your staff officers should see an opportunity to annoy the enemy by your long-range guns, I hope that you will order them to be used. There are points beyond you that Colonel Alexander thinks might be used by the troops on the right to great advantage. But, as I said before, I have not expected aid from there. The enemy's left batteries may partially enfilade some of mine. I was therefore anxious that some of our batteries on the right might engage these.
Most respectfully,
J. LONGSTREET,
Lieutenant-General.
Source: Official Records
Commentary
Note from Longstreet to D.H. Hill discussing problems along the line in front of Chatanooga related to artillery positions. Longstreet refers to Bragg's unwillingness to use heights for artillery that Colonel Alexander, of Longstreet's corps, had determined were proper for this use.