Letter
Thos. L. Snead to Thomas Jordan, September 8, 1862
Tupelo, Miss., September 8, 1862.
Brigadier-General JORDAN, Ohief of Staff, Department No. 2: GENERAL: General Price left this morning and will go as far as Guntown to-night. His cavalry advance is at Booneville; Littleâs division
at and near Baldwyn; Mauryâs at Saltillo. The general expects to move with his whole army in the direction of Iuka within forty-eight hours. Nothing is delaying him but the want of transportation. He will lose no time in carrying out the instructions of General Bragg as conveyed to him through General Jones by dispatch dated at Chattanooga on the 6th instant. I am, general,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Tupelo, Miss.. Summary: Thomas L. Snead informs Brigadier-General Jordan of General Price's troop movements toward Iuka, highlighting transportation delays but intent to follow General Bragg's orders promptly.
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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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