Letter
Washington L. Elliott to Alexander S. Asboth, July 19, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
July 19, 1862.
July 19, 1862. General ASBOTH, Rienzi : The brigade of infantry and battery ordered from here to Rienzi has been ordered to return to this camp. The general commanding directs that two good companies of infantry and battery of artillery report to Colonel Sheridan until further orders.
W. L. ELLIOTT,
Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Summary: Brigadier General W. L. Elliott directs General Asboth to return the previously dispatched infantry and artillery units to camp and assign two companies to Colonel Sheridan's command.
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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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