Letter
Unknown to General Ross, August 7, 1862
Jackson, Tenn., August 7, 1862.
General Ross, Bolivar:
General Logan is mistaken in telegraphing you that the order for the relief of Lawlerâs brigade by sending the Twentieth and Twenty-ninth Illinois is countermanded. It was suspended at his suggestion that Lawlerâsmen were unable totravel. I am just informed that he has asked you
to relieve his men at Tooneâs Station. My order was, and is, that he should guard the road from here to Tooneâs and use the Forty-fifth for that purpose; and until he can accordingly do so his guard at Tooneâs willremain. If his guard is not ees enough, re-enforce it for the prescording to my telegram of last evening. arg ome a a JOHN A. MoCLERNAND, Major-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Jackson, Tenn.. Summary: Major-General McClernand instructs General Ross to maintain Lawler's brigade at Toone's Station until they can guard the road from Jackson to Toone's, authorizing reinforcements if necessary.
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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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