Dispatch
William T. Sherman to Halleok, June 28, 1862
Mosoow
Mosoow, June 28, 1862.
General HALLEOK: Your dispatch received. I keep pickets out to Mount Pleasant. Will hold my division to march on Holly Springs on the shortest notice, with light baggage, all my artillery, and good men. Hurlbut and I are about the same distance from Holly Springs, viz, 25 miles. The place to meet and act in concentration is Coldwater, 6 miles this side of Holly Springs; but we should reach at the same time with Rosecrans. Had we not better clean Germantown, a dirty hole? There is where was planned the cutting the wire and destruction of road. I am told they openly boast the Yankees shall never run a train over the road. I am preparing a car for a 12-pounder howitzer.
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major-General.
Hpqrs. FIFTH DIvision, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE,
Hpqrs. FIFTH DIvision, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Mosoow. Summary: Major-General Sherman coordinates troop movements and artillery preparations for a swift march on Holly Springs, suggesting a strategic attack on Germantown to disrupt Confederate supply lines.
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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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