HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, September 10, 1864. Lieut. Col. A. G. HALL, Fort Pike: You will make an expedition up Pearl River after the jayhawkers you speak…
– HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Camp on Big Black, August 15, 1863. Major-General GRANT, Commanding Department of the Tennessee, Vicksburg: DEAR GENERAL: I had the satisfaction to receive, last night,…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Camp on Big Black, August 14, 1863. Capt. C. B. Comstock, Chief Engineer, Department of the Tennessee: Captain Jenney has just shown me your dispatch. The…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Camp, August 12, 1863. Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, The telegraph wire was put up to Haynes’ Bluff and out on the Ridge road as far…
Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn., July 31, 1862. General I. F. QUINBY, Commanding, Columbus, Ky. : Srr: I received yours, inclosing dispatches from General Grant, and would be obliged if you…
Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn., July 31, 1862. Col. JoHN A. RAWLINS, Assistant Adjutant-General, Corinth, Miss. : Sir: A scouting party returned last night from Colliersville and beyond; captured some officers…
Memphis Memphis, July 30, 1862. Col. JOHN A. RAWLINS, Headquarters Corinth, Miss. : Sir: I had the honor to write on the 25th instant, since which nothing has happened here…
ForT HEIMAN ForT HEIMAN, July 27, 1862. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL : Last night I received the following dispatch, viz: W. W. LOwE, Commanding Fort Henry: I have just received a communication…
GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS, 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…
Memphis Memphis, July 23, 1862. Dr. E. 8. PLUMMER ANI OTHERS, Physicians in Memphis, Signers to a Petition: GENTLEMEN: I have this moment received your communication, and assure you that…