Elias S. Dennis to Hpdqrs. Oentral Division Of The Mississippi, August 29, 1862

GENERAL GRANT’S HEADQUARTERS,
August 29, 1862.
August 29, 1862—7 p. m. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK, General-in-Ohief :

Independent forces can be organized here, and from here east to Decatur. Shall they be accepted and received into the service? I am only in favor of it when they go into our old organizations.

U. S. GRANT, Major-General.

*See Special Orders, No. 225, Headquarters Army of the Mississippi, August 30, 1862, p. 193.

Post HEADQUARTERS, Estanaula, Tenn., August 29, 1862. Col. M. K. LAWLER:

Sr: I received your communication advising me of the probable approach of the enemy to attack our lines and the necessity of keeping up a strict watch to prevent being surprised. ;

I beg leave to state, colonel, that I learn from sources which I deem perfectly reliable that General Bragg is at Guntown with an army of seven brigades of infantry and 6,000 cavalry. He has advanced 2,000 cavalry to within 5 miles of La Grange, Tenn. He is busily engaged repairing bridges on the Mississippi Central Railroad. His cavalry seems to be covering his left wing. I also learn that General Price’s headquarters is at Tupelo, Miss.

ELIAS S. DENNIS, –
Colonel, Commanding Post.
HpDQRS. OENTRAL DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Trenton, Tenn., August 29, 1862.
Capt. M. ROCHESTER,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Columbus, Ky. :
OAPTAIN: From all the information I can obtain there is some movement in contemplation in West Tennessee by the rebels. They are
massing all their cavalry; have drawn in all their guerrilla bands, and