Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, August 18, 1862
Washington, August 18, 1862.
Major-General GRANT, Corinth, Miss. : As General Buellâs communications in Tennessee and Kentucky are seriously threatened your communication with him should be kept open
if possible. H. W. HALLECK General-in-Ohief.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 18, 1862. Major-General GRANT:
Letter of General Davis of the 1st instant is just received. You will take stringent measures to prevent all articles deemed contraband of war from reaching the enemy. Arrest and exclude from your lines every sutler or trader engaged in unlawful traffic.
H. W. HALLEOK, General-m-Ohief.
CoLuMBUS, August 18, 1862. Major-General GRANT: All persons who bring undoubted proof of loyalty have been permitted to take specie and other money South over the railroad. I do not permit the express company to take packages, except to officers of
the army, without a permit. I will not allow my private judgment, however strongly it may condemn unrestricted traflic with the South, to interfere with orders unofficially. I cannot discourage it. I. F. QUINBY, Brigadier-General.
BETHEL, TENN., August 18, 1862. Capt. R. R. TOWNES, Jackson : We have captured 17 prisoners and 14 horses. What shall I do with them? Answer. I. N. HAYNIE, Colonel, Commanding.