Letter
Unknown to Major-General Wright, October 27, 1862
Washington, October 27, 1862.
Major-General WRIGHT, Cincinnati, Ohio:
All available troops in Illinois should be immediately sent down the Mississippi, reporting first to General Grant, at Columbus, and if not required there they will proceed to Helena.
E. W. HALLECK, General-in- Chief.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Washington. Summary: General-in-Chief E. W. Halleck orders Major-General Wright to dispatch all available Illinois troops to the Mississippi, reporting first to General Grant at Columbus, then proceeding to Helena if unneeded.
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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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