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Unknown to Henry W. Halleck, September 22, 1862
GRANTâS HEADQUARTERS, Near Corinth, Miss., September 22, 1862. General H. W. HALLECK: Will try to set an expedition on foot for the destruction of rebel boats on the Yazoo. DoI…
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Unknown to Henry W. Halleck, September 22, 1862
GRANTâS HEADQUARTERS, Near Oorinth, Miss., September 22, 1862. General H. W. HALLEOK, General-in-Chief: I would respectfully request that some of the new regiments now organizing be sent to thiscommand. They…
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Unknown to John A. Rawlins, September 22, 1862
Memphis, September 22, 1862. Maj. JoHN A. RAWLINS, Assistant Adjutant-General: Sir: Nothing whatever of interest has occurred here since my last. According to the most reliable information up to Wednesday…
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Unknown to Earl Van Dorn, September 22, 1862
Near Baldwyn, Miss., September 22, 1862. GENERAL: The army will get here to-morrow. Will be ready to move in two days, as suggested by you. Surplus arms will be sent…
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Unknown to Sterling Price, September 22, 1862
Baldwyn, Miss., September 22, 1862. General TILGHMAN, Jackson, Miss. : General Price will direct all disposable arms to be sent to Jackson for exchanged prisoners. His army will get here…
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Unknown to Colonel, September 30, 1862
HEADQUARTERS OWEN’S RIVER EXPEDITION, Camp Independence, Cal., September 30, 1862. CoLONEL: Inclosed please find a copy of a letter from the Indian superintendent (or agent) Southern District of California, directed…
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Unknown to William S. Rosecrans, October 1, 1862
Washington, October 1, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS, Corinth: GENERAL: Your unofficial letter of the 26th ultimo is just received. It would have given me the greatest pleasure if your commission could…
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Unknown to Benjamin H. Hamilton, October 2, 1862
Corinth, Miss., October 2, 1862. Brigadier-General HAMILTON, Commanding Division: The general commanding directs that you prepare your command to move by 3 oâclock with three daysâ rations. Move into the…
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Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, October 8, 1862
Washington, October 8, 1862. Major-General GRANT, Jackson, Tenn.: Prisoners of war will be paroled and delivered to the enemy at some point within his lines. A receipted list must be…
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Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, October 9, 1862
Bolivar, Tenn., October 9, 1862. Ovommanding Expedition : Report just received. The enemy are in greater force than I expected. You will watch your flanks, especially on the La Grange…
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Unknown to James B. McPherson, October 16, 1862
Jackson, October 16, 1862. Maj. Gen. J. B. MOPHERSON, Commanding Bolivar, Tenn. : It will be necessary to keep a vigilant lookout to the front and right flank in direction…
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Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, October 17, 1862
Washington, October 17, 1862. Maj. Gen. U. S. GRANT, Jackson, Tenn. : What is the condition of affairs in your department? Am anxious to know, as Governor Johnson and General…
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Unknown to John A. McClernand, October 21, 1862
CONFIDENTIAL. } WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, October 21, 1862. Ordered, That Major-General McClernand be, and he is, directed to proceed to the States of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, to organize…
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Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, October 21, 1862
ROSECRANSâ HEADQUARTERS, October 21, 1862. October 21, 1862â10.30 p. m. General GRANT, Jackson: My sending away paroled prisoners to Benton Barracks was in conformity with previous custom, and in supposed…
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Unknown to William S. Rosecrans, October 21, 1862
Washington City, D. C., October 21, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS. Corinth : Your requisitions of cavalry arms are filled and are on the way to you. The endrmous demand for arms…
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Unknown to William S. Rosecrans, October 21, 1862
October 21, 1862. October 21, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Corinth, Miss. : Colonel Dickey, accredited by General Grant as chief of cavalry, represented the regiments to whom I…
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Unknown to Edwin M. Stanton, October 22, 1862
October 22, 1862. THIRD DIv. OF THE DIST. OF WEST TENN., Corinth, Miss., October 22, 1862. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War, Washington : I have the honor to…
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Unknown to William S. Rosecrans, October 23, 1862
Washington, October 23, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS, Corinth, Miss. : You will immediately repair to Cincinnati, where you will receive orders. Telegraph your arrival. Go with the least possible delay. H.…
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Unknown to Charles S. Hamilton, October 25, 1862
Jackson, Tenn., October 25, 1862. General C. 8S. HAMILTON, Corinth, Miss. : General Quinby will probably be in Corinth to-morrow, and General Dodge as soon as relieved by General Davies.…
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Unknown to James B. McPherson, October 25, 1862
Jackson, Tenn., October 25, 1862. Major-General McPHERSON, Bolivar, Tenn. : GENERAL: Your dispatch received. I have dispatched Hamilton to hold his treops in readiness, with three daysâ provisions in haversacks,…
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Unknown to Henry W. Halleck, October 26, 1862
Jackson, Tenn., October 26, 1862. General H. W. HALLEOK, Washington, D. C.: You never have suggested to me any plan of operations in this department, and as I do not…
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Unknown to Major-General Wright, October 27, 1862
Washington, October 27, 1862. Major-General WRIGHT, Cincinnati, Ohio: All available troops in Illinois should be immediately sent down the Mississippi, reporting first to General Grant, at Columbus, and if not…
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Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, October 27, 1862
Cincinnati, Ohio, October 27, 1862. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK, General-in- Chief : Governor Yates has been requested, under your instructions, to send all the available troops in Illinois immediately…
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Unknown to James B. McPherson, October 28, 1862
Jackson, October 28, 1862. General MoPHERSON, Bolivar, Tenn. : Hamiltonâs scouts, also one of Priceâs escort, report troops moving south. âChis would look as if Mobile was threatened. If you…