J. H. Hammond to Steam-ram Switzerland, October 13, 1862
ROSECRANSâ HEADQUARTERS,
October 13, 1862.
October 13, 1862. Major-General GRANT, Jackson:
General McPherson arrived lastnight. No signs of an enemy. Pushed cavalry 17 miies on the Oxford road; nothing but stragglers. Enemy have gone to Oxford, except a few regiments to Tupelo. A rumor is gaining currency among the secesh that Johnston, with 40,000 men from Virginia, has arrived at Oxford. It must receive prompt attention. Pocahontas is a key which ought to be occupied in case the rebels dispose a portion of their Virginia forces to push in here. It would bea strong move. Tell Sherman to put spies in motion ; I will do the same,
to find out all I can. W. 8S. ROSECRANS, Major-General.
JACKSON, TENN., October 13, 1862â12 noon. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK, General-in-Chief:
General Rosecrans reports a rumor that Johnston, with 40,000 men, has arrived at Oxford. Should reports prove true I will concentrate my forces at Bolivar and be prepared to meet him.
U. S. GRANT, Major-General, Commanding.
SPECIAL ORDERS, ee Frrst Div., Dist. oF WEST TENN., No. 273. Memphis, October 13, 1862.
The Sixth Illinois Cavalry and one battery of artillery, to be designated by the chief of artillery, will take post in the city of Memphis, at the depot of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, and-the senior officer will be considered the commanding officer of the whole and be held responsible for the good conduct of all. His attention and the attention of his command is called to the thirty-second Article of War. This property is now substantially that of the United States, and any officer and soldier who damages it can be charged on the muster-roll with the
amount of damage, besides being liable to such other punishment as a court-martial may inflict.
II. The post quartermaster, (âaptain Fitch, will assiga specially to Colonel Grierson the property hereby directed, and may include one or more of the vacant cotton-sheds close by for stables, but in no case must any building be taken or appropriated until « specific assignment has been made of it by an officer of the Quartermasterâs Department. The regiment will keep in use its wagons and tents and be prepared alwaysâ for active field service.
Ill. The provost guard will vacate these premises, and their headquarters hereafter will be at the Irving Block.
By order of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman :
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Mound City, Ill., October 14, 1862.
Hon. E. M. STAnton,
Secretary of War:
I have the honor to forward you the report* of my nephew, Medical
Cadet Charles Rivers Ellet, respecting his late expedition down the