Order
Unknown, November 17, 1862
Washington, November 17, 1862.
Your brother says you are solicitous to be ordered to join General McClernand. I suppose you are ordered to Saint Helena; this means that you are to form part of McClernandâs expedition as it moves down the river; and General McClernand is so informed. I will see General Halleck as to whether the additional force you mention can go with you.
Cuar, XXIX.} CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.âUNION. 351
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Washington. Summary: An 1862 letter discusses military orders assigning a soldier to General McClernand's expedition on the Mississippi River and considers sending additional forces with him.
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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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