Order
E.D. Townsend to H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief, December 15, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE,
December 15, 1862.
No. 394. } Washington, December 15, 1862. cd * * * * + *
Ill. Brig. Gen. W. K. Strong, U.S. Volunteers, is relieved from duty in New York and will report to Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, U.S. Volunteers, for duty with his command.
By command of Major-General Halleck :
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL., December 16, 1862.
Having substantially accomplished the purpose of the order sending
me to the States of Indiana, Hlinois, and lowa, by forwarding upward
of 40,000 troops, as more particularly explained in my letter of the 1st
instant to the Secretary of War and referred by him to you, I beg to be
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Summary: E. D. Townsend informs General Halleck of Brig. Gen. W. K. Strong's reassignment to Maj. Gen. Grant's command and reports successful troop movements in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa.
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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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