Order
Jno. A. Rawlins to J. H. Hammond, August 11, 1862
August 11, 1862.
No. 68. Memphis, Tenn., August 11, 1862.
The following orders have been received from department headquarters, and are published for the benefit of all concerned :
In pursuance of orders from the Headquarters of the Army at Washington all restrictions on the sale of cotton and prohibition of the payment of gold therefor are hereby annulled. Every facility possible will be afforded for getting cotton to market,
By order of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant:
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Assistant Adjutant- General.
By order of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman:
SPECIAL ORDERS, HpQrs. DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE,
No. 160. } Corinth, Miss., August 11, 1862.
I. In accordance with directions from Headquarters of the Army,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Summary: John A. Rawlins announces the lifting of restrictions on cotton sales and gold payments in Memphis, facilitating market access under orders from Generals Grant and Sherman during the Civil War.
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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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