William T. Sherman to J. H. Hammond, July 21, 1862
I have 900 effective cavalry, with the worst guerrilla country to take care of on line of road. All my cavalry are now out, and it is very dangerous to take any away. The guerrillas are determined to give us work. A large force is between here and the Tennessee River, but I have no force to send after them until my cavalry returns. If you send any, the battalion of Curtis’ Horse better go, or three companies of Sixth Illinois. The Curtis Horse is thoroughly posted around Humboldt, and I do not like to spare them. Cannot some of the cavalry on the river be pushed out after the guerrillas, or also sent to me.
G. M. DODGE, Brigadier-General.
BOLIvaR, July 21, 1862. Major-General MCOLERNAND:
Colonel Leggett telegraphs me that Jackson’s cavalry is within 6 miles of him ; that Chalmers is at Burk’s Spring, 15 miles, with cavalry and infantry, and that they express intentions of attacking Grand Junction and think of attacking Jackson.
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
BOLIvAR, July 21, 1862. Major-General MOOLERNAND :
Colonel Leggett wants a couple of rifled cannon and infantry to sup. port them. I have no cannon of that kind and no infantry to spare. Can you furnish them ?
How soon can I have additional cavalry force ?
L. F. ROSS, Brigadier-General, Commanding.
ORDERS, } Hpgrs. FirtH Div., ARMY OF THE TENN., No. 56. Memphis, Tenn., July 21, 1862. The undersigned hereby assumes command in Memphis and vicinity. All orders issued by my predecessor will be respected and enforced. _
Staff officers stationed at Memphis will report at once in writing, giving full information as to the condition of their departments and the location of their officers.
W. T. SHERMAN, Major-General, Commanding.
ORDERS, ; Hpgrgs. FIFTH DIVISION, ARMY OF THE TENN., No. 57. Memphis, July 21, 1862.
Brigadier-General Hovey, with all the infantry regiments of his former command, will immediately embark for Helena, Ark., there to report for orders to Maj. Gen. 8. R. Curtis. The chief quartermaster at Memphis will provide steamboats at once, using boats bound up the river if the nature of their business be not of too much importance. He will notify General Hovey when one or more boats are ready that they ai once be freighted.
By order of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman :
Assistant Adjutant-General.
ROSEORANS', July 22, 1862.
General GRANT:
to Tuscumbia; the other can muster about 650 or 700, but they are so
distributed down on the front toward Booneville and Blackland and
Marietta that they could not be assembled in time for a night march before to-morrow night. A day march would defeat our purpose. Seven