William T. Sherman to J. H. Hammond, June 10, 1862
No. 37. } Chewalla, June 10, 1862.
I. General Morgan L. Smith will move his entire command early to morrow morning on the State Line road to Pocahontas and beyond, so as to havea strong working party employed repairing the bridge across Muddy.
I. I. Colonel McDowell will march his whole brigade about 2.p. m. tomorrow to Pocahontas and then bivouac. He will follow the State Line road.
III. Colonel Dickey, Fourth Illinois Cavalry, will cross the Tuscumbia at Captain Young’s, make a circuit to the south and west and reach Pocahontas by night. His trains will follow McDowell’s brigade and train.
I. V. Commanders of brigades and detachments will hereafter see that in making their encampments they leave the roads entirely clear. Wagons must be parked in the woods and fields, and horses and mules placed so as not to interfere with any trains or column on the march.
By order of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman :
Assistant Adjutant-General.
CoRINTH, June 11, 1862.
Brigadier-General QUINBY, Columbus, Ky. :
and Columbus, will require only guards to take care of public property.
Have the telegraph line repaired to Humboldt as rapidly as possible.
The workmen repairing it, guarded by a good cavalry force, can with