▁estimate ▁of ▁between ▁ 6 , 0 0 0 ▁and ▁ 9 , 0 0 0 ▁Confeder ates ▁and ▁perhaps ▁ 7 , 0 0 0 ▁Feder als ▁seems ▁reasonable ." ▁ ▁Pl anning ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁day ▁At ▁Bra xt on ▁B rag g ' s ▁headquarters ▁at ▁Th ed ford ▁Ford , ▁the ▁command ing ▁general ▁was ▁officially ▁pleased ▁with ▁the ▁day ' s ▁events . ▁He ▁reported ▁that ▁" N ight ▁found ▁us ▁master s ▁of ▁the ▁ground , ▁after ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁very ▁obst inate ▁cont ests ▁with ▁largely ▁superior ▁numbers ." ▁However , ▁his ▁attacks ▁had ▁been ▁launched ▁in ▁a ▁dis joint ed ▁fashion , ▁failing ▁to ▁achieve ▁a ▁concentration ▁of ▁mass ▁to ▁defeat ▁Rose cr ans ▁or ▁cut ▁him ▁off ▁from ▁Ch att ano oga . ▁Army ▁of ▁Tennessee ▁historian ▁Thomas ▁Con nel ly ▁critic ized ▁B rag g ' s ▁conduct ▁of ▁the ▁battle ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 9 , ▁cit ing ▁his ▁lack ▁of ▁specific ▁orders ▁to ▁his ▁sub ordinates , ▁and ▁his ▁series ▁of ▁" sp or adic ▁attacks ▁which ▁only ▁sa pped ▁B rag g ' s ▁strength ▁and ▁enabled ▁Rose cr ans ▁to ▁locate ▁the ▁Reb el ▁position ." ▁He ▁wrote ▁that ▁B rag g ▁by pass ed ▁two ▁opportun ities ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁battle ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 9 : ▁ ▁B rag g ▁met ▁individually ▁with ▁his ▁sub ordinates ▁and ▁informed ▁them ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁re organ izing ▁the ▁Army ▁of ▁Tennessee ▁into ▁two ▁wings . ▁Leon idas ▁Pol k