Letter
Walter B. Scates to and Assistant Adjutant-General, January 17, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSIS**PPI,
Steamer Tigress, January 17, 1863.
GENERAL: Take measures immediately to extinguish the flames which are consuming Napoleon, and find if possible the ince®@iaries and punish them.
Place guards to stop the scandals which are being perpetrated by worthless men.
By order of Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand :
Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Steamer Tigress. Summary: Walter B. Scates orders Major General Sherman to extinguish the fire consuming Napoleon, identify and punish the arsonists, and prevent misconduct by soldiers.
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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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