Letter
A. Schwartz to and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, January 6, 1863
Steamer Tigress, January 6, 1863.
Rear-Admiral PORTER, Commanding Mississippi River Flotilla :
ADMIRAL: I have the honor to transmit for your information a copy of the instructions* communicated to the general commanding the two army corps of the Army of the Mississippi.
I am, admiral, very resy ectfully,
your obedient servant,
Major and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
“Not found. Probably copy of instructions on p. 537.
SING OF THE PIGEON Roost AND M. AND C. R. KR.
ey January 6, 1863.
GENERAL: There is a continuous stream of wagons loaded with cotton coming from Mississippi over the Pigeon Roost road, taking out on
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Steamer Tigress. Summary: Major Schwartz transmits instructions regarding military operations and logistics, including the movement of cotton-laden wagons, to Rear-Admiral Porter and General Grant during the Mississippi campaign in 1863.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 17, Part 1
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