Letter
Unknown to Robert Allen, August 29, 1862
Washington, August 29, 1862.
General ROBERT ALLEN, Chief Quartermaster, Saint Louis, Mo. :
Columbus is not in the new Department of the Ohio, and Cairo was not intended to be. The arrangement was intended as only temporary in order to get the new troops organized and in the field. If General pager requires two small-armed boats in the Tennessee River get them or him.
H. W. HALLECK, General-in- Chief.
Omar. XXIX.} CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.âUNION. 191
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Washington. Summary: General-in-Chief H.W. Halleck clarifies territorial command boundaries and authorizes General Pager to acquire two small-armed boats on the Tennessee River for troop organization and deployment.
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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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