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J. H. Hammond to John A. Rawlins, September 5, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, September 5, 1862. No. 228. Memphis, September 5, 1862. General M. L. Smith will post one of his regiments at a point on the…
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Letters from J. H. Hammond
B. 1807 · D. 1864
James Henry Hammond was an American attorney, politician, and planter. He served as a United States representative from 1835 to 1836, the 60th governor of South Carolina from 1842 to 1844, and a United States senator from 1857 to 1860. A slave owner, Hammond was one of the most ardent supporters of slavery in the years before the American Civil War.
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J. H. Hammond, September 15, 1862
September 15, 1862. No. 82. Memphis, September 15, 1862. All seizures of personal property, contraband or otherwise, by brigade guard and pickets, provost guard, or other parties in the service…
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J. H. Hammond to A. Silfversparre, September 16, 1862
September 16, 1862. No. 243. } Memphis, September 16, 1862. Capt. A. Silfversparre, of the First Illinois Artillery,is hereby selected and detailed to take charge of the fixed and permanent…
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J. H. Hammond to West Tenn. And Northeen Mis8. [cuar. Xxix, September 24, 1862
September 24, 1862. No. 250. i Memphis, September 24, 1862. Col. J. A. McDowell will prepare a regiment of infantry at 4 p. m. this day. He will cause it…
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J. H. Hammond to Salem. It looks as if Van Dorn was trying to effect a lodgment on the, September 29, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, September 29, 1862. No. 255. Memphis, September 29, 1862. Brigadier-Gencral Denver will detach one regiment of his brigade and & section of artillery to…
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J. H. Hammond to Steam-ram Switzerland, October 13, 1862
ROSECRANSâ HEADQUARTERS, October 13, 1862. October 13, 1862. Major-General GRANT, Jackson: General McPherson arrived lastnight. No signs of an enemy. Pushed cavalry 17 miies on the Oxford road; nothing but…
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J. H. Hammond to Department, October 22, 1862
October 22, 1862. No. 285. } Memphis, October 22, 1862. Col. B. H. Grierson, Sixth Illinois Cavalry, will prepare a select battalion of about 400 strong and leave Memphis to-night…
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J. H. Hammond to H. W. HALLEOK, General-in-Ohief, October 24, 1862
Jackson, October 24, 1862. Respectfully forwarded to Headquarters of the Army for the information of the general-in-chief, embodying as it does a policy, which I approve but have given no…
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J. H. Hammond, November 8, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF MEMPHIS, November 8, 1862. No. 311. Memphis, November 8, 1862. A detachment of men, to be composed as follows: Seventy-second Ohio, Colonel Buckland ;…
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J. H. Hammond to Edwin M. Stanton, November 12, 1862
November 12, 1862. No. 93. } Memphis, November 12, 1862. The troops now at Memphis and arriving will be arranged into five brigades : First Brigade, Brig. Gen. M. L.…
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J. H. Hammond to O. 8. Haminton, November 23, 1862
November 23, 1862. No. 94. } Memphis, November 23, 1862. I. Brigadier-General Lauman, having reported for duty, is assigned to the command of the Sixth Brigade. The Fifth and Sixth…
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J. H. Hammond to Freeman V. Steele, November 25, 1862
Memphis, November 25, 1862. General STEELE, Commanding United States Forces, Helena: DEAR Siz: Yours of yesterday is before me.* I wish I had met you going down, but somehow we…
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J. H. Hammond to Hpqqks. Thirteenth A. C., Dept. Of The Tenn, November 25, 1862
SPECIAL ORDEES, } HEADQUARTERS DISTRIOT OF MEMPHIS, November 25, 1862. No. 332. Memphis, November 25, 1862. Maj. Gen. S. A. Hurlbut, having reported at these headquarters, is assigned to the…
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J. H. Hammond to Ulysses S. Grant, November 29, 1862
Holly Springs, Miss., Saturday, November 29, 1862. Maj. Gen. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, Commanding Right Wing : GENERAL: Your note to Lee I have just received. Your calendar is just one…
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J. H. Hammond to Washington, D. C, December 3, 1862
December 3, 1862. No. 6. Wyatt, Miss., December 3, 1862. The general commanding having observed with pain and regret the non-observance on the part of many of orders promulgated to…
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J. H. Hammond to A. Stageb, December 4, 1862
Oaford, Miss., December 4, 1862. Col. T. LYLE DIcKEy, Commanding Cavalry Division : Tilghman was left in command of troops at Rocky Ford and must now be working his way…
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J. H. Hammond to Onar. Xxix.] Correspondence, Etc.union. 435, December 19, 1862
Saint Louis, December 19, 1862. Maj. Gen. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN: GENERAL: I get orders and requests from everybody in relation toa down-river move and try to accommodate all. Your dispatch…
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J. H. Hammond to Special Orders, } Hpqrs. Department Of The Tennessee, January 12, 1863
GENERAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, January 12, 1863. No. 2. Post of Arkansas, January 12, 1863. Pursuant to General Orders, No. 210, dated December 18, 1862, Adjutant-General’s Office,…
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J. H. Hammond to H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief, January 13, 1863
January 13, 1863. No. 4 ; Post Arkansas, January 13, 1863. This corps will make preparation to re-embark on the transports as near as possible at the place where we…