Order

Jno. A. Rawlins to Major General Edward Ord, July 22, 1862

Author

Jno. A. Rawlins

Recipient

Major General Edward Ord

Date

July 22, 1862

Type

Order

July 22, 1862.

Respectfully referred to the commanding general. I have ordered the Seventh Kansas Cavalry to join the brigade near Rienzi. G. GRANGER, Brigadier-General, Commanding.

SPECIAL Te HpDqQRs. DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE, No. 141. Corinth, Miss., July 22, 1862.

III. Major-General Ord, commanding United States forces at Corinth, Miss., will have all the cavalry in his command in readiness to march to-morrow evening, with three daysâ rations and one dayâs forage. He will report to these headquarters as early as practicable the number of such cavalry as are available.

By order of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant:

Assistant Adjutant-General.
ORDERS, } Hpqrs. FirtH Division, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE,
No. 58. Memphis, July 22, 1862.
All houses inside the new fort must be forthwith vacated by families
or persons not constituting a part of its garrison. Under no pretext
must any woman or family be allowed to sojourn inside the fort which
must be strictly military, all non-combatants excluded,

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Summary: John A. Rawlins orders Major General Edward Ord to prepare all cavalry for immediate deployment near Rienzi with provisions, and mandates evacuation of civilians from a new fort to maintain strict military control.

Topics

1862 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 17, Part 1 View original source ↗