Leonard F. Ross to Mocleenand, August 3, 1862
General MOCLEENAND:
Letters dated at Tupelo, July 24, and captured by Colonel Lawler, represent the enemy leaving Tupelo and moving toward Chattanooga via Jacksonville, Ala.
L. F. ROSS, Brigadier-General.
Hpqrs. SEconD Division, DISTRICT OF JACKSON, Bolivar, Tenn., August 4, 1862.
From information obtained from our scouts we are lead to believe there are no troops at present at either La Grange or Grand J unction,
Cnar, XXIX,] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION.
A portion of Bragg’s infantry encamped on Wolf River, and there is a rumor that they intend to move to La Grange in a day or two. Thirty of Jackson’s cavalry left La Grange on the 2d for the neighborhood of Estanaula. I shall send a force of about 40 after them to-day. I an, sir,
very respectfully,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
SPECIAL ORDERS, Hpqrgs. DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE,
No. 154. } Corinth, Miss., August 5, 1862.
of Corinth.
constituting the garrison of Corinth, and will relieve Maj. Gen. B. E. O.
C. Ord.