Letter
Thos. L. Snead to Brigadier General Armstrong, September 10, 1862
Guntown, Miss., September 10, 1862.
Brigadier-General ARMSTRONG, Commanding Cavalry Brigade :
GENERAL: It is reported that the enemy have sent a force toward Bay Springs. If you find such to be the fact, and you have a sufficient force to do so successfully, make a dash upon them.
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Abstract from Return of Third Sub-district, District of the Mississippi, Brig. Gen. M. L.
Smith, C. 8. Army, commanding, for September 10, 1862 (headquarters Vicksburg,
Miss.).
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Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Guntown, Miss.. Summary: Thos. L. Snead instructs Brigadier General Armstrong to verify enemy movements toward Bay Springs and, if feasible, launch a cavalry attack against them in September 1862.
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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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