Memphis Memphis, July 25, 1862. Col. JOHN A. RAWLINS, Assistant Adjutant-General, Corinth, Miss. : Sir: On Tuesday evening of last week, at Moscow, Tenn., I received General Grant’s telegraphic dispatch…
Washington, November 22, 1862. General ROBERT ALLEN, Saint Lowis, Mo. : I have telegraphed to General Grant that it is not intended to use the railroads south of Memphis, and…
HAMILTONâS HEADQUARTERS, November 23, 1862. November 23, 1862. Major-General GRANT: I have intelligence from private sources that turnpike bridge, over Tallahatchie, is destroyed. The rebels use floating bridge. Price is…
Holly Springs, Miss., November 30, 1862. Brig. Gen. C. S. HAMILTON, Commanding Left Wing : Your dispatch just received Watch the enemy closely, as 1 know you are doing, but…
Holly Springs, Miss., November 30, 1862. Colonel NoRTON, Commanding, La Grange, Tenn. : You will arrest at once Mr. J. C. Van Duzer, manager of the United States Military Telegraph…
Abbeville, Miss., December 2, 1862. Maj. Gen. J. B. MOPHERSON, Commanding Center : ff Brigadier-General Loganâs division has two daysâ rations send it forward to Oxford early to-morrow morning. By…
Abbeville, Miss., December 3, 1862. Col. T. LYLE DICKEY, Commanding Cavalry Division : Dispatch of 11 oâclock a. m. to-day is received. It was my intention to send the expedition…
Oxford, Miss., December 6, 1862. Col. T. LYLE DICKEY, Commanding Cavalry Division : Rest your borses and men where you are, and when sufficiently recruited strike to the east and…
Oxford, Miss., December 6, 1862. Brig. Gen. O. S. HamiiTon, Commanding Left Wing : You will put the divisions of your command (the one at Waterford and the one at…
Oxford, Miss., December 6, 1862. Maj. Gen. J. B. MCPHERSON, Commanding Center : You will put the division you have at Waterford in the best possible condition for defense and…
Saint Louis, Mo., December 9, 1862. Brigadier-General STEELE, Helena, Ark.: GENERAL: Your dispatches relating to the Grenada movement have been duly received and promptly reported to headquarters at Washington. I…
Oxford, Miss., December 10, 1862. Col. T. LYLE DICKEY, Commanding Cavalry Division: The detail to accompany Colonel McCulloughâs remains and effects may be made. The train for provisions for part…
Washington, December 11, 1862. Brigadier-General ELLET, Cairo, Ill. : General Grant has been ordered to assign Company K, Highteenth Illinois, to the ram fleet. Communicate with him in regard to…
Corinth, Miss., December 12, 1862. You will proceed, in command of two regiments of infantry in wagons, one section of artillery, and cavalry, south, if practicable, as far as Tupelo.…
HEADQUARTERS L/EPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, Oaford, Miss., December 17, 1862. Maj. Gen. J. B. MCPHERSON, Commanding Right Wing: I wish you as soon as practicable to make a reconnaissance to…
Oxford, Miss., December 19, 1862. Maj. Gen. J. B. MOPHERSON, Commanding Right Wing, &e. : There will be no farther advance of our forces until fur-her directions. The enemy under…
Oxford, Miss., December 20, 1862. Colonel Haron, hb ; i Ps Commanding Second Brigade, Cavalry Division: You will at once break all the cavalry camps in the front and send…
Oaford, Miss., December 22, 1862. Brig. Gen. I. F. QUINBY, Commanding Seventh Division : You will move from here to-morrow with your command and encamp it in the neighborhood of…
Helena, December 23, 1862. I will start 2,000 cavalry to the Tallahatchie to-morrow; will be at mouth of Coldwater the 25th. If they can cross they will come to Oxford…
Holly Springs, Miss., December 24, 1862. Inclosed I herewith send you a copy of dispatch just received from Colonel Grierson. One a little later from Grand Junction says fighting is…
Washington, December 26, 1862. Brigadier-General DaviEs, Columbus, Ky. : I beg leave to repeat that Columbus must be held at all hazards. No movements which will endanger that position must…
SPECIAL ORDERS, : HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, January 12, 1863. No. 12. Memphis, January 12, 1863. * * * * * * * X. Brigadier-General Ewing’s brigade, now under…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ; HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, January 15, 1863. No. 15. Memphis, Tenn., January 15, 1863. I. Lieut. Col. C. A. Reynolds, chief quartermaster of the department, is…
January 16, 1863. No. 5. } Memphis, Tenn., January 16, 1863. Hereafter there shall be collected by provost-marshals for secret-service and hospital fund the following fees: For each permit to…