CHAPTER XXXVII.

LAST DAYS IN TENNESSEE.

Longstreet's Army at Bull's Gap--U. S. Grant made Lieutenant-General--Richmond Authorities awake to the Gravity of the Situation--Longstreet's Proposition for Campaign-- Approved by General Lee--Richmond Authorities fail to adopt it--General Bragg's Plan--A Memorable and Unpleasant Council at the Capital--Orders from President Davis--The Case of General Law--Longstreet ordered to the Army of Northern Virginia-- Resolutions of Thanks from Confederate Congress 542