Letter

U. S. Grant, August 11, 1863

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE,

GENERAL: Please send the companies of the Engineer Regiment of the West, now serving in your command, to this place as soon as transportation can be provided for them.

By order of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant:

T. 8. BOWERS,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: Vicksburg, Miss.. Summary: Ulysses S. Grant requests the immediate transfer of Engineer Regiment companies under a general's command to Vicksburg to support military operations.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 30, Part 1 View original source ↗