Order
W. L. Sanderson to Ulysses S. Grant, July 2, 1862
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,…
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Letters about Military Correspondence
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Henry W. Halleck to Elliott, July 1, 1862
HEADQUARTERS RESERVE HEADQUARTERS RESERVE, July 1, 1862. General ELLIOTT : I directed Colonel Sheridan, according to orders received, to fall back slowly. Shall I, under these circumstances, re-enforce him now…
Dispatch
William S. Rosecrans to Elliott, July 1, 1862
CORINTH CORINTH, July 1, 1862. General ELLIoTT: Sheridan’s dispatches received. Asboth must at once re-enforce Sheridan with a good regiment and a battery. Your detail and orders to Asboth are…
Letter
Alexander S. Asboth to Communication just received from Booneville as follows, July 1, 1862
HEADQUARTERS RESERVE, Rienzi, July 1, 1862. Brigadier-General ELLIOTT, Chief of Staff: Communication just received from Booneville as follows : I have received your order to fall back. I have driven…
Letter
Philip H. Sheridan to Alexander S. Asboth, July 1, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, OAVALRY DIVISION, July 1, 1862. July 1, 1862—5 p. m. General ASBOTH: GENERAL: I will not want any infantry supports; I have whipped the enemy to-day. I…
Letter
William S. Rosecrans to J. O. Kelton, June 30, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, June 30, 1862. June 30, 1862. Col. J. O. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General, Corinth, Miss. : I report the following for the information of the commanding…
Letter
William S. Rosecrans to J. C. Kelton, June 30, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, June 30, 1862. June 30, 1862. Col. J. C. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General, Corinth, Miss. : I have sent a copy of the commanding general’s dispatch…
Letter
Henry W. Halleck to William S. Rosecrans, June 30, 1862
OORINTH OORINTH, June 30, 1862. General ROSECRANS: Tapas Le You will immediately recall the expedition to Holly Springs if satisfied that there is no considerable force of the enemy ‘ab…
Letter
B. P. Chenowith to H. W. Halleok, June 30, 1862
TRENTON, TENN. TRENTON, TENN., June 30, 1862. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK, Commanding Department of the Mississippi : GENERAL: About a week ago I was appointed provost-marshal of this town…
Telegram
Unknown to Henry W. Halleck, June 30, 1862
WAR DEPARTMENT, June 30, 1862. June 30, 1862-3 p. m. Major-General HALLECK, Corinth: Your telegram of this date just received. The Chattanooga expedition must not on any account be given…