Letter

Unknown to John Alexander McClernand, December 7, 1862

Author

Unknown

Recipient

John Alexander McClernand

Date

December 7, 1862

Type

Letter

Washington, D. O., December 7, 1862.

Major-General MCCLERNAND, Springfield, Iil.:

Your letter of the 2d instant reached me yesterday. Your proposed change of organization and equipment requires careful consideration and consultation with the General-in-Chief and Quartermaster-General before it can be approved, and also information from other heads of bureaus. I will have the questions determined as speedily as possible; but you will take no action on the subject until you receive instructions.

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

CORINTH, December 7, 1862. General SULLIVAN:

My cavalry are all on the move to the east, following Roddey. If it should become necessary I could send a sufficient force from here to the river to act in conjunction with you for all purposes; but I do not think any force except cavalry will venture this side of Tennessee north of Pittsburg, and of that I have already little.

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Washington, D. O.. Summary: Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton instructs Major-General McClernand to await approval before implementing proposed organizational changes, while reporting cavalry movements eastward to General Sullivan during the Civil War.

Topics

1862 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 ↗