Letter
Brigadier-General Dodge to Mzgrsy, August 12, 1863
CorRINTH
CorRINTH, August 12, 1863.
Colonel Mzgrsy :
Start Lieutenant-Colonel Phillips immediately. He will move via Ripley to Oxford, where he will form a junction with column from La Grange. Ifthe detachment of the Engineer Regiment cannot be mounted, have the Ninth move without them.
By order of Brigadier-General Dodge:
J. W. BARNES,
Lneutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
Lneutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: CorRINTH. Summary: Brigadier-General Dodge orders Colonel Mzgrsy to dispatch Lieutenant-Colonel Phillips to join forces at Oxford, instructing the Ninth to proceed without engineers if necessary.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 30, Part 1
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