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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
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J. H. Hammond to Brigadier-General Stephen A. Hurlbut, September 5, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, September 5, 1862. No. 227. Memphis, Tenn., September 5, 1862. The Fourth Division, Army of the Tennessee, Brigadier-General Hurlbut commanding, will march via…
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J. H. Hammond to Henry W. Halleck, August 25, 1862
GENERAL GRANT’S HEADQUARTERS, Corinth, Miss., August 25, 1862. GENERAL: Colonel Mason, with portion of the Seventy-first Ohio surrendered Clarksville to the guerrillas. Prisoners were paroled and sent down the river.…
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J. H. Hammond to Benjamin Grierson, August 13, 1862
August 13, 1862. No. 177. } Memphis, August 13, 1862. Colonel Grierson, Sixth Illinois Cavalry, will detail a force of 150 good men, well mounted, armed, and equipped, and provided…
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J. H. Hammond to Orders, } Hpqrs. Firth Div., Army Of The Tenn, August 7, 1862
August 7, 1862. No. 66. } Memphis, Tenn., August 7, 1862. I. The general commanding announces with shame and mortification that he has discovered a case of bribery in one…
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J. H. Hammond to Morgan L. Smith, August 1, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS, August 1, 1862. No. 156. Memphis, Tenn., August 1, 1862. General Morgan L. Smith will send an expedition for three days, composed of one regiment of…
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J. H. Hammond, July 24, 1862
July 24, 1862. No. 62. Memphis, Tenn., July 24, 1862. The following is announced as the stations of the troops in and near Memphis : ; General Denver’s brigade in…
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J. H. Hammond to Rvol Xvii, Pt U, July 22, 1862
July 22, 1862. No. 60. } Memphis, Tenn., July 22, 1862. While negroes are employed on public works, fortifications, driving teams, and such public work, they will be subsisted by…
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J. H. Hammond to Roseorans, July 22, 1862, July 21, 1862
Trenton, July 21, 1862. I have 900 effective cavalry, with the worst guerrilla country to take care of on line of road. All my cavalry are now out, and it…
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J. H. Hammond to Hpgrrs. Central Division Of The Mississippi, July 20, 1862
ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS, July 20, 1862. No. 55. Memphis, Tenn., July 20, 1862. In consequence of the total absence of water fit for man or beast at any point near…