Letter

Ulysses S. Grant to Stephen A. Hurlbut, June 24, 1862

HEADQUARTERS DISLRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE,

Brig. Gen. STEPHEN A. HURLBUT, Commanding Fourth Division, Army of the Tennessee:

Iam directed by Major-General Grant to say to you that you can compel all clergymen within your lines to omit from their church services any portion you may deem treasonable, but you will not compel the insertion or substitution of anything.

W. M. 8S. HILLYER, Aide-de-Camp.

GENERAL a an Hpqkrs. DIst. OF WEST TENNESSEE, No. 57. Memphis, June 24, 1862.

Brigade Surg. John G. F. Holston, senior medical officer of this district, is announced medical director of the same.

Col. T. Lyle Dickey, Fourth Dlinois Cavalry, is appointed chief of cavalry force of this district. All orders from him will be obeyed and all reports required by existing orders will be made to him.

By order of Major-General Grant:

JNO. A. RAWLINS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS, ' Hpgrs. Dist. OF WEST TENNESSEE,
No. 118. Memphis, Tenn., June 24, 1862.
I. For the guidance and control of this city the following orders are
published :
Col. J. D. Webster, chief of artillery and chief of staff, is appointed
commander of the post. All needful rules and regulations for the government of the city will be made by him, subject to the approval of the
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Memphis. Summary: Major-General Grant authorizes Brig. Gen. Hurlbut to suppress treasonable content in church services within his lines while appointing key military and medical officers in West Tennessee.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 17, Part 1 View original source ↗