Unknown to Henry Binmore, August 23, 1863

August 23, 1863. Lieut. Col. HENRY BINMORE, Assistant Adjutant-General:

Sir: I have just received copies of General Grierson’s Orders, No. 5, assigning the Sixth and Seventh Illinois Cavalry and the Third U.S. Cavalry to brigades out of this division. I have no doubt that this action is in accordance with the orders of Major-General Hurlbut, but I have no official.notice from headquarters Sixteenth Army Corps that these troops have been removed from my division. The commanding officers of the Sixth and Seventh Cavalry send these orders to me with inquiries whether they shall obey them or not. Having been attached to this division by the order of Major-General Hurlbut, they feel bound to obey orders only from these headquarters. You will greatly oblige me, and relieve these officers from difficulty, by sending me an order detaching these troops from my command, if such be the desire of the major-general commanding,

Respectfully, JAMES C. VEATCH