Letter
Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, January 4, 1863
Washington, January 4, 1863.
Major-General GRANT, Holly Springs, Miss. : A paper purporting to be General Orders, No. 11, issued by you December 17, has been presented here. By its terms it expels all Jews from your department. If such an order has been issued, it will be immediately revoked. H. W. HALLECK General-in-Ohief.
HOLLY SPRINGS, MIss., January 4, 1863. NavaL COMMANDER CAIRO, ILL.:
Some light-draught gunboats now in the Tennessee River would be of great value. Forrest has gone to the east bank, but there are strong signs of him recrossing in the vicinity of Savannah. Can any be sent?
U. S. GRANT, Major-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Washington. Summary: General-in-Chief Halleck demands immediate revocation of Grant's alleged General Orders No. 11 expelling Jews from his department, while Grant requests naval gunboats to counter Confederate movements.
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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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