Order

M. M. Kimmel to and Assistant Adjutant-General, January 16, 1863

Author

M. M. Kimmel

Recipient

and Assistant Adjutant-General

Date

January 16, 1863

Type

Order

January 16, 1863.

No. 3 } Grenada, January 16, 1863.

The following-named commands of cavalry are detailed for duty with the Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and will at once report to the commanding officer of that army, viz: Jackson’s (Tennessee) cavalry, Second Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, Willis’ battalion cavalry, Wilbourn’s cavalry, Falkner’s cavalry, and two companies of Second Missouri Cavalry, now serving in Second Corps. All the cavalry serving in this corps will report without delay to Brig. Gen. W. H. Jackson at Grenada, Miss.

By order of General Van Dorn:

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

JACKSON, MISs., January 17, 1863.

His Excellency the PRESIDENT, Richmond:

I have four brigades of cavalry and but one brigadier-general; senior

colonels incompetent. An important expedition about to move under

General Van Dorn. Do give me by telegraph Armstrong, Cosby, and

R, A. Howard for brigadier-generals. They are strongly recommended

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Summary: Major Kimmel orders multiple cavalry units to report to Brig. Gen. W.H. Jackson in Mississippi and requests promotion of three officers to brigadier-general for an upcoming expedition under General Van Dorn.

Topics

1863 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 ↗