Letter

Unknown to Brigadier-General Gorman, January 8, 1863

Author

Unknown

Recipient

Brigadier-General Gorman

Date

January 8, 1863

Type

Letter

Memphis, Tenn., January 8, 1863.

Brigadier-General GORMAN: GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs me to give you a copy of Major-General Grantâs dispatch, received this p.m. If you can, send it to Major-General Sherman :

What number of troops have you transportation for in Memphis? I will send at least 15,000 more down the river, and want transportation ready for them. Send word, if you can send down theriver, that re-enforcements are going to them.

S. GRANT, Major-General. We have no transportation here, but shall stop all boats coming down that can convey them. If you have any boats that can be spared from – your fleet send them here immediately.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Memphis, Tenn.. Summary: Major-General Grant instructs Brigadier-General Gorman to prepare transportation for 15,000 troops arriving in Memphis and coordinate reinforcements with Major-General Sherman during the Civil War.

Topics

1863 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 17, Part 1 View original source ↗