Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, October 8, 1862
Washington, October 8, 1862.
Major-General GRANT, Jackson, Tenn.:
Prisoners of war will be paroled and delivered to the enemy at some point within his lines. A receipted list must be taken in duplicate, and one copy sent to the Adjutant-General, in order to effect an exchange
General Wright says he has placed seven Illinois regiments at your command. A large body of new levies will be collected as soon as pos: sible at Memphis. General McPherson is promoted. Report ethers who deserve it. . H. W. HALLECK, General-in- Chief.
BOLIvAR, [TENN., October 8, 1862). Major-General GRANT:
Order for Rossâ movement received. Two companies Illinois cavalry, one regiment, and one section will move, flying light, to seize and hold Davisâ Mill Bridge; the rest of the column will follow rapidly. 1 think Mackâs regiment (Seventy-sixth Illinois) had better remain here, and perhaps the Twelfth Wisconsin. Mack has no haversacks for provisions.
BOLIVAR, (TENN., October] 8, 1862. Major-General GRANT:
I have just heard from Holly Springs. There are no forces there; all left on Sunday. There is about one company of cavalry at Davisâ Mill to destroy the railroad bridge, if no more. Everything in shape of force above Wolf River has moved south. I am of opinion that the rout of Van Dornâs army is complete, and that Pillowâs force, late at Holly, has caught the panic. Ross moves to-night and will await further orders at La Grange and Grand Junction, which he is ordered to occupy by morning.
S. A. HURLBOT, Major-General.