Letter
Unknown to Henry W. Halleck, January 8, 1863
Washington, January 8, 1863.
Major-General WRIGHT, Oincinnati, Ohio: Send Ewingâs brigade down the Mississippi, reporting to General
Grant, at Memphis. H. W. HALLEOK, General-in-Ohief.
OINCINNATI, OHIO, January 8, 1863â1 p. m. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Ohief :
Ewingâs brigade (2,600 strong) is about leaving Louisville, by river, for Nashville. Have you any information from Vicksburg which makes it important to send this force there rather than to General Rosecrans? Ewing is instructed to stop at Smithland for orders. Please answer at
once. H. G. WRIGHT, Major-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Washington. Summary: Major-General Wright requests immediate orders from General Halleck regarding the deployment of Ewing's brigade, debating whether to send them to support General Grant at Vicksburg or General Rosecrans.
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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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