Letter
John A. McClernand to Mortimer D. Leggett, July 5, 1862
Jackson
Jackson, July 5, 1862.
Colonel Leggett, commanding at [Grand] Junction and La Grange, informs me that he is actually relieved by a force sent by General] Sherman, and is instructed both by Sherman and Hurlbut to report to me for orders. At the moment of the receipt of your dispatch concerning Colonel Leggett’s command I was ordering him to withdraw to Bolivar, and Colonel Sanderson from Bolivar here, intending to send the latter with his regiment to Brownsville, about 26 miles from both Humboldt and Jackson, and west of the latter.
JOHN A. McCLERNAND,
Major-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Jackson. Summary: Major-General McClernand directs Colonel Leggett to withdraw to Bolivar and reassigns Colonel Sanderson to Brownsville following command changes involving Generals Sherman and Hurlbut.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 17, Part 1
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