Order
Ulysses S. Grant to John A. Rawlins, July 22, 1862
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION,
July 22, 1862.
Respectfully referred to the commanding general. I have ordered the Seventh Kansas Cavalry to join the brigade near Rienzi. G. GRANGER, Brigadier-General, Commanding.
SPECIAL Te HpDqQRs. DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE, No. 141. Corinth, Miss., July 22, 1862.
III. Major-General Ord, commanding United States forces at Corinth, Miss., will have all the cavalry in his command in readiness to march to-morrow evening, with three days’ rations and one day’s forage. He will report to these headquarters as early as practicable the number of such cavalry as are available.
By order of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant:
JNO. A. RAWLINS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
ORDERS, } Hpqrs. FirtH Division, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE,
No. 58. Memphis, July 22, 1862.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
ORDERS, } Hpqrs. FirtH Division, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE,
No. 58. Memphis, July 22, 1862.
All houses inside the new fort must be forthwith vacated by families
or persons not constituting a part of its garrison. Under no pretext
must any woman or family be allowed to sojourn inside the fort which
must be strictly military, all non-combatants excluded,
or persons not constituting a part of its garrison. Under no pretext
must any woman or family be allowed to sojourn inside the fort which
must be strictly military, all non-combatants excluded,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Summary: Ulysses S. Grant orders Major-General Ord to prepare cavalry forces for immediate deployment near Corinth, Mississippi, and mandates evacuation of all non-military personnel from a new fort in Memphis.
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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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