Letter
Unknown to Brigadier-General Little, September 19, 1862
Iuka, Miss., September 19, 1862.
Brigdier-General LITTLE :
GENERAL: The enemy are driving in our pickets upon the Iuka and Bay Springs road, the one by which the army approached Iuka. You will please order Brigadier-General Hébert to move forthwith upon that road with his brigade and to prevent their further advance. General Armstrong will detail two or three squadrons of cavalry to report to him. The order is inclosed.
Iam, &e., THOS. L. SNEAD, Assistant Adjutant- General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Iuka, Miss.. Summary: Assistant Adjutant-General Snead instructs Brigadier-General Little to order Brigadier-General Hébert to counter enemy advances on the Iuka and Bay Springs road and coordinate cavalry support.
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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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