Letter
Unknown to Gordon Granger, August 2, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
August 2, 1862.
August 2, 1862. Brigadier-General GRANGER, Rienzi: General Mitchell informs me they have had a spy in the rebel cavalry camp near Bay Springs Factory. The “rebs” have a battalion there; another 3 miles in rear, and reported some infantry support 3 miles in rear of them. Hundred and eighty bales of cotton there, and factory running for rebel use. Arrange the details of an expedition of infantry from Jacinto and cavalry from your front that will cut off this force unless strongly supported, capture the cotton, and destroy or disable the mills. Give me all the news.
W. 8S. ROSECRANS
Brigadier-General, U. 8. Army.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Summary: General Rosecrans orders Brigadier-General Granger to coordinate an expedition to capture rebel forces, seize cotton, and destroy mills near Bay Springs Factory based on intelligence from a spy.
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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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