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J. H. Hammond to Rvol Xvii, Pt U, July 22, 1862
July 22, 1862. No. 60. } Memphis, Tenn., July 22, 1862. While negroes are employed on public works, fortifications, driving teams, and such public work, they will be subsisted by…
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Letters about 1862
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Jno. A. Rawlins to Major General Edward Ord, July 22, 1862
July 22, 1862. Respectfully referred to the commanding general. I have ordered the Seventh Kansas Cavalry to join the brigade near Rienzi. G. GRANGER, Brigadier-General, Commanding. SPECIAL Te HpDqQRs. DISTRICT…
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Philip H. Sheridan to Gordon Granger, July 22, 1862
Camp near Rienzi, Miss., July 22, 1862. Brig. Gen. GORDON GRANGER, Commanding Cavalry Division : GENERAL: posted the Seventh Kansas at Jacinto yesterday. I do not think there is any…
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J. H. Hammond to Roseorans, July 22, 1862, July 21, 1862
Trenton, 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…
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J. H. Hammond to Hpgrrs. Central Division Of The Mississippi, July 20, 1862
ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS, July 20, 1862. No. 55. Memphis, Tenn., July 20, 1862. In consequence of the total absence of water fit for man or beast at any point near…
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Unknown to Henry W. Halleck, July 22, 1862
Corinth, July 22, 1862. Respectfully referred to Maj. Gen. H. W. Halleck, with the request that the within suggestions receive early attention. The proper arming of the cavalry in this…
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J. H. Hammond to Cnar. Xxix. Correspondence, Etc.union. 107, July 19, 1862
July 19, 1862. No. 54. } White’s Station, July 19, 1862. It is manifest that a great many horses, mules, and other private property are now in our camps which…
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C. F. Marden to First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General, July 19, 1862
July 19, 1862. Ool. F. D. CALLENDER, Chief of Ordnance, Saint Louis, Mo. : Our cavalry is diminishing in numbers by contests with the superior rebel numbers on a front…
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Unknown to Asboth, July 19, 1862
July 19, 1862. July 19, 1862. General ASBOTH, Rienzi : The brigade of infantry and battery ordered from here to Rienzi has been ordered to return to this camp. The…
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Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, 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 where our troops massed could cover the front,…