Letter

Unknown to John A. McClernand, January 16, 1863

Author

Unknown

Recipient

John A. McClernand

Date

January 16, 1863

Type

Letter

Napoleon, Ark., January 16, 1863.

Maj. A. SCHWARTZ, Assistant Adjutant-General to General McClernand :

Str: My corps is now all assembled here with the exception of one boat, the Spread Eagle, which I heard of at the mouth of White River, but which must learn there of their mistake easily by coming down the main river; also the Omaha with the Fifty-seventh Ohio, Colonel Mungen, which I detached yesterday morning to report to General McClernand, according to your orders.

Five boats arrived from Memphis this afternoon containing a small brigade commanded by Brigadier-General Ewing, which was detached from Western Virginia for General Rosecrans but sent to us on receipt of the intelligence that Rosecrans had repulsed Bragg and that we on the Mississippi needed re-enforcements. Brigadier-General Ewing brings orders, of which the following is a copy:

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Napoleon, Ark.. Summary: A Union corps commander reports the assembly of his forces near Napoleon, Arkansas, including troop movements and reinforcements redirected from Western Virginia following Confederate setbacks.

Topics

1863 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 17, Part 1 View original source ↗