HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CAIRO, Cairo, Ill., January 24, 1862. Sig: Being in temporary command of this district, it becomes my duty to submit the following report of the expedition which…
Steamer Tigress, January 18, 1863. GENERAL: General Ewing’s brigade has been attached to General Sherman’s corpsin pursuance of your order. This addition gives General Sherman’s corps thirty-one regiments, and, according…
Post Arkansas, January 14, 1863. Commanding Department of the Tennessee: GENERAL: I have all the prisoners embarked for Saint Louis, Mo. My reasons for sending them are these: 1st, I…
Steamer Tigress, January 8, 1863. Admiral DAvip D. PORTER, Commanding Mississippi Squadron : ADMIRAL: The signal officer to whom you refer has left. I will first. send you word when…
Steamer Tigress, January 8, 1863. Maj. Gen. U. S. GRANT, Commanding Department of the Tennessee : When I arrived at the mouth of the Yazoo River I found that our…
Steamer Tigress, January 8, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS, ~ Oommanding Department of the Frontier, Saint Louis, Mo. : GENERAL: Upon the retirement of the forces under Major-General Shermanâs…
Steamer Tigress, January 5, 1863. Maj. Gen. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, Commanding, &c.: GENERAL: The following instructions are transmitted for your information. They only give an outline of the movement contemplated…
October 21, 1862. Steamer Tigress, Milltkenâs Bend, Mississippi River, Jan. 3, 1863. Hon. BE. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: Siz: Notwithstanding your order of October 21, 1862, authorizing the Mississippi…
Springfield, Ill., December 12, 1862. Hon. BE. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: If the recent victory achieved by our arms at Prairie Grove, Ark., is as decisive as reported, why…
Springfield, Ill., December 12, 1862. His Excellency ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Since my return here on the 25th October last, and receipt of orders to assist the Governors of Illinois, Indiana, and…