Order
C. Goddard to Cuar. Xxix.] Correspondence, Etc.union. 175, August 15, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
August 15, 1862.
I, The Second Division will proceed to relieve the troops of First and Fourth Divisions now guarding the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. They will carry with them all their transportation, arms, ammunition camp equipage, and baggage, reducing the latter to the quantity allowed by regulations. They will prepare and carry three daysâ cooked rations.
The First Brigade will move on Sunday morning, the 17th instant; the Second as soon thereafter as practicable.
The First and Fourth Divisions, upon being relieved by the Second Division, will proceed without delay to Decatur.
By order of General Rosecrans :
. C. GODDARD,
First Lieut., Twelfth Infty., Ohio Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.
Cuar. XXIX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.âUNION. 175
CORINTH, MISS., August 16, 1862â1.20 p. m.
First Lieut., Twelfth Infty., Ohio Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.
Cuar. XXIX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.âUNION. 175
CORINTH, MISS., August 16, 1862â1.20 p. m.
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK:
The rebels have bridge across the Tallahatchie completed and run
cars to within 8 miles of Grand Junction. If General Curtis could move
on Panola from Helena rebels could be cleared out of Northwest Mississippi. I could send General Sherman at the same time on Oxford.
The rebels have bridge across the Tallahatchie completed and run
cars to within 8 miles of Grand Junction. If General Curtis could move
on Panola from Helena rebels could be cleared out of Northwest Mississippi. I could send General Sherman at the same time on Oxford.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Summary: General Rosecrans orders the Second Division to relieve First and Fourth Divisions guarding the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, while reporting Confederate advances near Grand Junction and suggesting coordinated Union movements.
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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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