HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, July 29, 1862. July 29, 1862. General GRANT: GENERAL: I send accompanying telegrams from Colonel Sheridan, giving information of the movements of rebels and his…
HUMBOLDT HUMBOLDT, July 28, 1862. General GRANT: We have been expecting an attack here all day. Rebels burned trestlework 5 miles below here at 11 o’clock this morning. Forces in…
HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS, July 27, 1862. General GRANT: Sheridan’s cavalry will attack Ripley from three directions to-morrow morning. If the attack from the south, which have the longest road, is a…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, July 18, 1862. July 18, 1862. Major-General GRANT, Oorinth : I have just telegraphed Thomas, inquiring if there are not points south of the road…
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, July 11, 1862. Ordered, That Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck be assigned to command the whole land forces of the United States, as general-in-chief, and that he…
Moscow, Tenn. Moscow, Tenn., July 8, 1862. Assistant Adjutant-General to General Grant, Memphis: Siz: My last report of the operations of this and General Hurlbut’s (Fourth) divisions was made to…
Mosoow Mosoow, July 7, 1862. General GRANT: By order of General Halleck I am back at Moscow. The line of Coldwater is the proper line from which to protect this…
JACKSON, TENN. JACKSON, TENN., July 2, 1862. General Grant orders me to take command of the troops and district south of Union City and north of Memphis and Charleston Railroad,…
Moscow, Tenn. Moscow, Tenn., June 28, 1862. General GRANT, Memphis: mene letter by Gould received this a. m.; telegraphed its contents to alleck. I sent the Railroad Regiment to Germantown,…
BOLIVAR BOLIVAR, June 17, 1862. General Sherman’s troops are in Grand Junction and on the road to Holly Springs. The road in good order to Grand Junction. W. L. SANDERSON,…