Letter
Unknown to John A. Logan, August 6, 1862
Brownsville, Tenn., August 6, 1862. Brig. Gen. JOHN A. LOGAN, Commanding First Division : GENERAL: I have to report the receipt of Special Orders, No. 214, and also of an…
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Letters about 1862
3,322 lettersLetter
L. F. Ross to Special Orders, Hpqrgs. District Of West Tennessee, August 3, 1862
August 3, 1862. August 3, 1862. Brigadier-General DAVIS, Jacinto: The following from Major Smith, at luka,* indicates that it would be well for our troops to start there by crack…
Letter
Unknown to Morgan, August 3, 1862
August 3, 1862. August 3, 1862. General MorGan, Tuscumbia: Mitchellâs brigade of Davisâ division has been ordered to relieve your troops from Iuka to Bear Creek Bridge, inclusive. On being…
Dispatch
Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, August 2, 1862
August 2, 1862. August 2, 1862. Major-General GRANT, Corinth: No report from the front. General Morgan reports the Town Creek Bridge safe, and the command returned there. General Davis reports…
Letter
Unknown to Gordon Granger, August 2, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, August 2, 1862. August 2, 1862. Brigadier-General GRANGER, Rienzi: General Mitchell informs me they have had a spy in the rebel cavalry camp near Bay…
Order
J. H. Hammond to Morgan L. Smith, August 1, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS, August 1, 1862. No. 156. Memphis, Tenn., August 1, 1862. General Morgan L. Smith will send an expedition for three days, composed of one regiment of…
Letter
Unknown to Ellet, August 1, 1862
Washington, August 1, 1862. Colonel ELLET, Ram Fleet, Vicksburg, Miss. : You will employ such negroes as you require on your boats and send the others who are under your…
Letter
Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, July 31, 1862
Washington, July 31, 1862. Major-General GRANT, Corinth, Miss.: Cannot you move on the flank and rear of the rebels on the Hatchie and cut them off? At any rate drive…
Letter
William T. Sherman to Hpgrs. Fifth Division, Army Of The Tennessee, July 30, 1862
July 30, 1862. July 30, 1862. Colonel SHERIDAN, Cavalry Headquarters, Rienzi: Your dispatch received. Our troops left Grand Junction and La Grange for Memphis some time ago. Our first post…
Letter
Unknown to Henry W. Halleck, July 30, 1862
July 30, 1862. July 30, 1862â3.05 p. m. Major-General HALLEOK: Brigadiers scarce. Good ones scarce. Asboth goes on the monthâs leave you gave him ten months since. Granger has temporary…