Dispatch

W. A. Gorman to Ulysses S. Grant, December 27, 1862

Author
W. A. Gorman
Recipient
Ulysses S. Grant
Date
December 27, 1862
Type
Dispatch

Helena, December 27, 1862.

GENERAL: If you have a chance to send a dispatch safely through to General Grant I respectfully ask that he may be informed that agreeably to his request I send General Washburn with 2,000 cavalry and four pieces of artillery to Coldwater and with orders to make his way to General Grant if possible; that I have garrisoned Friar’s Point with infantry, artillery, and cavalry.

General Washburn found the bottom lands so utterly impassable that he was compelled to return, and when the least rain falls at this season of the year the bottoms are impassable at all points between the Mississippi and Tallahatchie; that every effort has been made to get a communication with Oxford, but it is impossible from the causes stated.

There is no enemy in force this side the Tallahatchie.

your obedient servant,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Helena. Summary: Brigadier General W. A. Gorman reports to General Grant that General Washburn's cavalry and artillery mission to Coldwater fails due to impassable terrain, and Friar's Point is securely garrisoned.
Topics
1862Civil WarField ReportsMilitary CorrespondenceMilitary Operations
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 17, Part 1 View original source ↗
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