Thos. L. Snead to Present for, July 29, 1862

Se Tupelo, Miss., July 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General LITTLE, Commanding Division : GENERAL: You will at once take position at Saltillo with two brigades of your division, ordering General Green’s brigade forward inCuar. XXIX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—CONFEDERATE 661

stantly, as that place and Guntown are threatened by the enemy. Colonel Wheeler, commanding a regiment of cavalry near Guntown, will report to you there. The major-general commanding instructs mc to request you to cause General Green’s brigade with one battery te move forward without delay. I am,

very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Absiract from Return of the District of the Mississippi, commanded by Maj. Gen. Earl Van
Dorn, July, 1862 (headquarters Vicksburg, Miss. ).
Present for
duty.
Aggregate present.
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and apsent.