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W. L. Sanderson to Ulysses S. Grant, July 2, 1862
JACKSON, TENN. JACKSON, TENN., July 2, 1862. General Grant orders me to take command of the troops and district south of Union City and north of Memphis and Charleston Railroad,…
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Henry W. Halleck to Elliott, July 1, 1862
HEADQUARTERS RESERVE HEADQUARTERS RESERVE, July 1, 1862. General ELLIOTT : I directed Colonel Sheridan, according to orders received, to fall back slowly. Shall I, under these circumstances, re-enforce him now…
Dispatch
William S. Rosecrans to Elliott, July 1, 1862
CORINTH CORINTH, July 1, 1862. General ELLIoTT: Sheridan’s dispatches received. Asboth must at once re-enforce Sheridan with a good regiment and a battery. Your detail and orders to Asboth are…
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Alexander S. Asboth to Communication just received from Booneville as follows, July 1, 1862
HEADQUARTERS RESERVE, Rienzi, July 1, 1862. Brigadier-General ELLIOTT, Chief of Staff: Communication just received from Booneville as follows : I have received your order to fall back. I have driven…
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Philip H. Sheridan to Alexander S. Asboth, July 1, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, OAVALRY DIVISION, July 1, 1862. July 1, 1862—5 p. m. General ASBOTH: GENERAL: I will not want any infantry supports; I have whipped the enemy to-day. I…
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William S. Rosecrans to J. O. Kelton, June 30, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, June 30, 1862. June 30, 1862. Col. J. O. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General, Corinth, Miss. : I report the following for the information of the commanding…
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William S. Rosecrans to J. C. Kelton, June 30, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, June 30, 1862. June 30, 1862. Col. J. C. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General, Corinth, Miss. : I have sent a copy of the commanding general’s dispatch…
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Henry W. Halleck to William S. Rosecrans, June 30, 1862
OORINTH OORINTH, June 30, 1862. General ROSECRANS: Tapas Le You will immediately recall the expedition to Holly Springs if satisfied that there is no considerable force of the enemy ‘ab…
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B. P. Chenowith to H. W. Halleok, June 30, 1862
TRENTON, TENN. TRENTON, TENN., June 30, 1862. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK, Commanding Department of the Mississippi : GENERAL: About a week ago I was appointed provost-marshal of this town…
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Unknown to Henry W. Halleck, June 30, 1862
WAR DEPARTMENT, June 30, 1862. June 30, 1862-3 p. m. Major-General HALLECK, Corinth: Your telegram of this date just received. The Chattanooga expedition must not on any account be given…
Telegram
Henry W. Halleck to E, M. Stanton, June 30, 1862
OORINTH OORINTH, June 30, 1862. Hon. E, M. STANTON, Secretary of War: Your telegram of the 28th is just received, but it is so imperfect that parts of it cannot…
Order
William T. Sherman to J. H. Hammond, June 29, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS, June 29, 1862. No. 107. } Moscow, June 29, 1862. General Hurlbut will take temporary command of the regiments and detachments of General McClernand’s force at Grand…
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William T. Sherman to Stephen A. Hurlbut, June 29, 1862
Moscow, Tenn. Moscow, Tenn., June 29, 1862. General HURLBUT, La Grange, Tenn. : I have a guard at Ammon’s Bridge. No cavalry has passed there. No men are reported missing,…
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Unknown to Henry W. Halleck, June 29, 1862
Moscow, Tenn. Moscow, Tenn., June 29, 1862. General HALLECK, Corinth, Miss. : One of my most sucessful scouts, Sergeant Gould, was in Holly Springs five days ago, and he reported…
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William T. Sherman to Halleok, June 29, 1862
Moscow, Tenn. Moscow, Tenn., June 29, 1862. General HALLEOK, Oorinth, Miss. : I have been studying my maps. If Hamilton passed Hatchie yesterday he had 65 miles to reach Holly…
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Washington L. Elliott to Alexander Hamilton, June 29, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, June 29, 1862. June 29, 1862. General HAMILTON, Commanding, Ripley, Miss. : The general commanding directs me to say that Generals Sherman and Hurlbut continue…
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William S. Rosecrans to J. O. Kelton, June 29, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, June 29, 1862. June 29, 1862. Col. J. O. KELTON, , Assistant Adjutant-General, Oorinth, Miss. : The following from General Hamilton, beyond Hatchie, 2 p.…
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Major-General to Stephen A. Hurlbut, June 28, 1862
Moscow, Tenn. Moscow, Tenn., June 28, 1862. General HURLBUT, La Grange, Tenn. : Sir: I have long been impressed with the belief that we could not depend on this railroad…
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J. H. Hammond to Ulysses S. Grant, June 28, 1862
Moscow, Tenn. Moscow, Tenn., June 28, 1862. General GRANT, Memphis: mene letter by Gould received this a. m.; telegraphed its contents to alleck. I sent the Railroad Regiment to Germantown,…
Dispatch
William T. Sherman to Halleok, June 28, 1862
Mosoow Mosoow, June 28, 1862. General HALLEOK: Your dispatch received. I keep pickets out to Mount Pleasant. Will hold my division to march on Holly Springs on the shortest notice,…