Letter
Grenville M. Dodge to Mersy, August 12, 1863
CoRINTH
CoRINTH, August 12, 1863.
Colonel MERsy :
Have 50 of the aes Regiment—to be selected by Major Flad— accompany the Ninth Illinois. Have them start as soon as possible, with six days’ rations. They will go via Ripley to Oxford, where they will join column from La Grange.
By order of Brig. Gen. G. M. Dodge:
J. W. BARNES,
Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
CoRINTH, August 12, 1863.
'Colonel MERSsY :
Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
CoRINTH, August 12, 1863.
'Colonel MERSsY :
If no better method can be devised, mount 50 of the Engineer Regiment on mules of the Ninth and have them start as soon as possible.
By order of General Dodge :
By order of General Dodge :
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: CoRINTH. Summary: General Dodge orders Colonel Mersy to dispatch 50 men from the Engineer Regiment, selected by Major Flad, mounted on Ninth Illinois mules, to join a military column via Ripley to Oxford with six days' rations.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 30, Part 1
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