Letter
William S. Rosecrans to Henry W. Halleck, June 18, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
June 18, 1862.
June 18, 1862. Major-General HALLECK, Corinth, Miss.: Your dispatch received and directions will be attended to. A guide named Austin left here for Corinth, who knows that country. Please ask Colonel Thom or Major Key to have inquiries made for him there. Please also send down by C. O. S. H. the positions of your troops east of us. We have information that the rebel rear is covered by all his cavalry massed under Chalmers, base at Tupelo, and hovering around Baldwyn and in the Tippah Hills, west of Blackland. General Elliott knows the Fulton and Iuka road. He says there is a creek 15 miles south of Iuka which is a very strong line of defense.
W. S. ROSECRANS,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Summary: W. S. Rosecrans informs Major-General Halleck of enemy cavalry positions near Tupelo and requests troop location details east of their position while coordinating reconnaissance efforts.
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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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