Omar. Xxix } Correspondence, Etc.union. 231 to JoHN A. LoGan, Jackson, Tenn, September 19, 1862

In the Field, September 19, 1862.

Colonel LEGGETT, Commanding United States Cavalry :

COLONEL: The commanding officer of the Confederate forces near Iuka directs me to inform General Ord through you that he does not credit the dispatches from Cairo which the latter has so kindly forwarded to him, and that if the facts were as stated in those dispatches they would only move him and his soldiers to greater exertions in behalf of their country, and that neither he nor they will ever lay down their arms—as humanely suggested by General Ord—until the independence Pate tae States shall have been acknowledged by the United

I am, xery respectfully,

your obedient servant,

Colonel, Commanding Cavalry.
Omar. XXIX } CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION. 231
BOLIVAR, TENN., September 20, 1862.
Brig. Gen. JoHN A. LoG@an, Jackson, Tenn. :
I have this morning moved Lauman, with five regiments, twelve pieces
of artillery, and 400 cavalry, toward Grand Junction. They will either
find and fight the enemy or the rebels will pass our flank or disperse. I
want the wagon road to Jackson put in order. Will you see to it in