Washington, August 31, 1862. Major-General GRANT, Corinth, Miss. : Could you send any more troops into Tennessee or Kentucky, east of the Cumberland, without risking your own positions ; if…
GENERAL GRANTâS HEADQUARTERS, September 1, 1862. September 1, 1862â5.30 p. m. General H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief : I am weak and threatened with present forces from Humboldt to Bolivar, and…
Jackson, Tenn., September 2, 1862. General JoHN A. LOGAN, Cairo: Re-enforcements have been sent. The enemy are still in check. R. R. TOWNES, Assistant Adjutant-General. CoLuMBUS, Ky., Via Cairo, Ill.,…
GENERAL GRANT’S HEADQUARTERS, September 3, 1862. September 3, 1862—12 m. (Via Cairo, IL, 3 p. m.) Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, Generalin-Chié : Your dispatch for troops to go to…
Washington, September 3, 1862. Brigadier-General QUINBY, Columbus, Hy. : I can give you no additional troops at present. All are required in East Kentucky. H. W. HALLECK ate General-in- Chief.…
GENERAL GRANTâS HEADQUARTERS, September 4, 1862. September 4, 1862â3.15 p. m. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK, General-in-Chief: I am hurrying Granger all practicable. Your dispatch was explained by one from…
Corinth, Miss., September 4, 1862. General JoHN A. LOGAN: If not already you will soon have a force from Shermanâs command in supporting distance of you. Be as quiet as…
Memphis, Tenn., September 4, 1862. Maj. JOHN A. RAWLINS, Assistant Adjutant-General, Corinth: Sir: I have allowed more time to pass than I should to communicate with the general commanding, but…
Bethel, Tenn., September 5, 1862. General JoHN A. LOGAN: Allis quiet. Work going on vigorously. Information as to the enemy so conflicting I am in uncertainty. Scouts report them on…
Tupelo, Miss., September 5, 1862. Comdg. District of the Mississippi, Jackson, Miss. : GENERAL: I have received your reply to my letter of the 2d instant, and regret very much…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ARIZONA, September 5, 1862. No, 20. f Las Cruces, N. Mex., September 5, 1862. I. Maj. Theodore A. Coult, Fifth California Volunteer Infantry, will…
Tupelo, Miss., September 8, 1862. Col. JOHN ADAMS, Commanding Post, Columbus, Miss. : COLONEL: I am directed by General Price to instruct you to put the troops which are still…
Jackson, Miss., September 8, 1862. Maj. Gen. STERLING PRICE, Commanding Army of the West: GENERAL: Your letter of September 5 has been received. I have requested Major Wright to go…
GRANTâS HEADQUARTERS, September 9, 1862. September 9, 1862â11 a. m. Major-General HALLECK, General-in-Chief : For two days now I have been advised of the advance of Price and Van Dorn…
Memphis, September 12, 1862. Maj. JoHN A. RAWLINS, Assistant Adjutant-General, Oorinth, Miss. : Sim: I have been waiting for definite news from tke interior to con216 WEST TENN. AND NORTHERN…
Memphis, Tenn., September 13, 1862. Maj. JoHN A. RAWLINS, Assistant Adjutant-General, Corinth, Miss. : Sir: I wrote yesterday as to the movements of troops in this quarter. Since its dispatch…
September 15, 1862. * Olear Oreek, September 15, 1862. Major-General GRANT, Commanding : GENERAL: Yours, including list of prisoners paroled and to be exchanged, is received. I dispatch the letter…
GRANTâS HEADQUARTERS, Near Corinth, Miss., September 16, 1862. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in- Chief: For ten days or more the enemy have been hovering in our front in reported…
HEADQUARTERS OWEN’S RIVER EXPEDITION, September 16, 1862. September 16, 1862. COLONEL: I arrived at this place, twenty-five miles below Camp Independence, on yesterday, where I met the command moving down…
September 17, 1862. September 17, 1862. General GRANT: Colonel Mizner has returned from his reconnaissance. Road directly east from Jacinto and all south clear as far as Peytonâs Mill, and…
September 18, 1862. September 18, 1862â7.45 p. mn. Brigadier-General LITTLE: GENERAL: General Armstrong reports that his pickets have been driven in by the enemy, who seem to be advancing in…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, September 18, 1862. No. 84. y Santa Fé, N. Mex., September 18, 1862. I. The undersigned hereby assumes command of the Department…
Iuka, Miss., September 19, 1862. Brigdier-General LITTLE : GENERAL: The enemy are driving in our pickets upon the Iuka and Bay Springs road, the one by which the army approached…
Iuka, Miss., September 19, 1862. General ARMSTRONG: GENERAL: General Hébert has been ordered to move with his brigade upon Iuka and Bay Springs road (the one by which we entered…