Order
C. Goddard to H. W. Halleok, August 16, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
August 16, 1862.
IX. The movement of troops directed by Paragraph I, Special Orders, No. 211, from these headquarters, will be deferred.
The First Brigade will move on Monday as soon as is practicable after the muster ordered by General Orders, No. 71, from district headquar-. ters.
By order of General Rosecrans:
First Lieut., Twelfth Infty., Ohio Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.
CORINTH, MIss., August 17, 1862.
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK:
Now that two divisions are on their way to General Buell, would it
not be well to abandon railroad from Tuscumbia to Decatur ?
U. 8S. GRANT,
Major-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Summary: C. Goddard informs H.W. Halleck of deferred troop movements and relays U.S. Grant's suggestion to abandon the Tuscumbia-Decatur railroad amid Civil War operations in 1862.
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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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