Letter
Unknown to Don Carlos Buell, December 26, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CAIRO,
Cairo, December 26, 1861.
General D. C. BUELL, Commanding Department of thé Ohio, Louisville, Ky.: Iinclose you herewith an order defining the limits of my command.* The object is that you may know its extent and to express to you a *See p. 515. ‘Care pressing the smuggling that is now being carried on along the Ohio to some extent with the enemy. I would respectfully request a copy of such orders as you may have published on this subject.
U. 8. GRANT,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Cairo. Summary: Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant informs General D. C. Buell of his command boundaries and requests Buell's orders addressing smuggling along the Ohio River during the Civil War.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 7
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