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Unknown, November 17, 1862
Washington, November 17, 1862. Your brother says you are solicitous to be ordered to join General McClernand. I suppose you are ordered to Saint Helena; this means that you are…
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Letters about 1862
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Unknown, November 16, 1862
November 16, 1862. No. 6. La Grange, Tenn., November 16, 1862. I. Until further orders no passes will be granted to any civilian to pass south of Wolf River, nor…
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Unknown to William T. Sherman, November 14, 1862
La Grange, Tenn., November 14, 1862. Maj. Gen. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, Memphis, Tenn.: After writing to you by Colonel Grierson I received a dispatch from General Halleck stating that in…
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Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, November 14, 1862
November 14, 1862. November 14, 1862. General GRANT: Sullivan camped at Hudsonville last night, and will reach Davisâ Mill by noon to-day. He has 36 prisoners, including 7 officers. C.…
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Unknown to P. H. Watson, November 14, 1862
GENERAL GRANTâS HEADQUARTERS, La Grange, November 14, 1862. P. H. Watson, Esq., Assistant Secretary of War: John Riggin, referred to in your dispatch, is my aide. He has given but…
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P. H. Watson to Cuar. Xxix.] Correspondence, Etc.union. 347, November 13, 1862
November 13, 1862. November 13, 1862. General GRANT: Sullivan reached Holly Springs at 12.30. I think he must have gone to Leeâs support at Lathamâs Mill and fired a few…
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Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, November 13, 1862
November 13, 1862. November 13, 1862. General GRANT: I recalled Sullivan while you were here to-day. Have since learned that Sullivan went on to Holly Springs at Leeâs request without…
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J. H. Hammond to Edwin M. Stanton, November 12, 1862
November 12, 1862. No. 93. } Memphis, November 12, 1862. The troops now at Memphis and arriving will be arranged into five brigades : First Brigade, Brig. Gen. M. L.…
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Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, November 12, 1862
HAMILTONâS HEADQUARTERS, November 12, 1862. November 12, 1862. Major-General GRANT: No report from Lee as yet about the Coldwater Bridge. Quinby is at Davisâ Mill with one brigade. I should…
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Unknown to Major General Wright, November 10, 1862
Washington, November 10, 1862. Major-General WRIGHT, Cincinnati, Ohio: All spare troops are to be sent to Memphis. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief. LA GRANGE, TENN., November 10, 1862. Maj. Gen. WILLIAM…