Letter
John A. McClernand to West Tenn. And Northern Miss. [cuar. Xx1x, January 8, 1863
Steamer Tigress, January 8, 1863.
Admiral DAvip D. PORTER, Commanding Mississippi Squadron :
ADMIRAL: The signal officer to whom you refer has left. I will first. send you word when my command is ready to move and afterward fire a signal gun; upon the doing of which, you leading off, I will follow with the transports, convoyed by your gunboats, according to the arrangement indicated by your General Orders, No. 30. ;
If you think it unsafe for the fleet to run all night I will stop with you at the cut-off; otherwise I would prefer to run to-night and arrive at the 2ost in the morning.
I will fadow your example and proceed or stop, a8 you may deem it
Your obedient servant,
; JOHN A. McCLERNAND,
Major-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Steamer Tigress. Summary: Major General John A. McClernand coordinates with Admiral David D. Porter on timing and safety for a joint military movement involving transports and gunboats on the Mississippi River 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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